Yearly Archives: 2015


Weekly Update 12-14-15


Great Jewish learning yesterday—Jews and baseball, Hebrew conversations, and deli delights imported from NYC for the Yiddish students!! Since it was our last session of the calendar year, we passed out the second semester elective course selection forms. Most of the students turned them in yesterday, but if your child was absent or didn’t have […]

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Weekly Update 12-7-15


Put on your yarmulke, here comes Chanukah!! We had a great, virtually full house yesterday and there was lots of almost-Chanukah learning going on! We were treated to a special presentation during lunch from Moshe Ohayon of Educational Justice Activists, a group that provides a terrific opportunity for our students to make a commitment to […]

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Weekly Update 11-23-15


Our hallways and classrooms were buzzing with activity yesterday!! In addition to our terrific classes, some of our students got to perform some mitzvot by helping out with the Chanukah Helpers program sponsored by JFCS. We were also treated to a fascinating talk during lunch by American Jewish History expert, Murray Toborowsky. We’re off this […]

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Weekly Update 11/9/15


Great session yesterday—I was serenaded by the lovely voices of our Pitch Perfect students as they explored both old and new Chanukah music, students in Jews in Sports delved into issues of barriers and discrimination faced by some famous Jewish tennis stars, and some of our 9th graders, in preparation to launch into The Trial […]

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Weekly Update 11-2-15


What an awesome day we had yesterday!! Rather than try to recap the amazing trip that 21 of our 10th graders experienced, I’ll let Rabbi Miles’ words to his fellow rabbi/teachers give you an idea of what transpired yesterday: I just landed from our 10th grade Philadelphia trip. Be proud! Be VERY proud! Our 10th […]

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Weekly Update 10/26/15


Our classrooms were rocking yesterday, with a virtually full house of engaged and inspiring Jewish learning!! Next Sunday is a very special day for us: most of the 10th graders will be traveling to Philadelphia under the guidance of Rabbi Miles, Allisa Stieha, and Justin Smith where they’ll visit one of the oldest synagogues in […]

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Weekly Update 10-19-15


Another great day in the books, even with two fall breaks and a NFTY Kallah going on! There were strains of the Klepper/Friedlander Shalom Rav and Tradition! from Fiddler, wonderful original artwork done in the styles of Chagall and Agam, an in-depth look at Jews in Football, and a lot more! Way to go, awesome […]

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Weekly Update 10-12-15


We couldn’t have designed a more perfect opening day for the High School of Jewish Studies!! Even with several big events going on (BBYO MAR/KIO Convention, Ironman triathlon…), we had a pretty full house and everyone was engaged in energetic, inspirational Jewish learning. Thank you for being completely on the ball and letting us know […]

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Update 9-27-15


With opening day two weeks from today, some of our classes are almost full–email your selections to Sarah (hsjssarah@gmail.com) ASAP!!

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Weekly Update, 9-2-15


Sadly, we had to cancel our New Student overnight retreat and Climb NuLu bash scheduled for this Sunday/Monday September 6-7 due to lack of interest. frown emoticon We also won’t hold a new parent info session beforehand….If you have any questions at all about HSJS, email Sarah at hsjssarah@gmail.com!! There are still a handful of […]

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