Updates


Weekly update 2-20-17

Next week we will get to see one of the compelling films that’s part of this year’s Louisville Jewish Film Festival, Once in a Lifetime.  Drop off and pick up will be at the Village 8 Theatre,...
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Weekly update 2-12-17

Today our Moot Beit Din team finished their written argument and will be submitting it this week; there were discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and exploration of strategies Israel...
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Weekly update 2-5-17

I might sound like a broken record, but I’m pleased to share that we had more terrific, engaging Jewish learning going on today, including getting to hear from award-winning journalist, Uri Heilman...
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Weekly update 1-29-17

We were privileged today to witness part of Susan Stein’s one-woman play and audience dialogue based on the diaries and letters of Esther “Etty” Hillesum, a 29 year-old Dutch Jewish woman...
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Weekly update 1-22-17

We had another inspiring day of Jewish learning and engagement today—from Maimonides to Jewish Humor to the Jewish Mafia, I never fail to learn something new every week! Now that we’re fully...
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Weekly Update

It was great to see everyone back at HSJS yesterday—as promised, we’ve got some engaging, thought-provoking electives and awesome core classes that all add up to a whole lot of Jewish learning...
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Update!

I hope everyone had a restful break and a radiant Chanukah celebration!  We’ll be back in the saddle this Sunday, January 8 with new electives to explore and some exciting events coming up on our...
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Weekly update 12-13-16

Sunday was our last day of the fall semester and our students were engaged with everything from wrapping up The Trial of God  to debating why there hasn’t been a Jewish Disney princess to...
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Weekly Update 12/5/16

We had a great day on Sunday, filled with delicatessens, Moot Beit Din cases, and famous Israeli pioneers. Next Sunday is our last day of the fall semester; we’ll be back after the break on January...
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Weekly update 11/21/16

We had an awesome day of Jewish learning on Sunday, ranging from Klezmer music to the roots of religious extremism to digging into the Moot Beit Din case that will be argued next March to Jewish...
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