Good turnout and even better Jewish learning going on yesterday: from acrostic poems using their names and the word Judaism, to an up-to-the-minute discussion of the Women of the Wall movement in Israel and the historic/groundbreaking/game-changing creation of an egalitarian worship space at the Western Wall. We’ve got some exciting programming coming up in the […]
Sincere thanks to those of you who let us know your child would be absent yesterday—it helps us be smarter planners for lunch and class time. Unfortunately, there were about twice as many students absent as expected—I can’t emphasize this enough: please let us know if your child will be absent no later than “Erev […]
Nothing like some winter weather cabin fever to bring our attendance up to almost 100%!! Great to see everyone yesterday for the official first day of our second semester. Our electives this semester include, Hagoof U’Neshama aka Body and Soul/Jewish Bioethics, Jewish Entertainment, Jews in the News, Modern Hebrew continued, and Teachable Talmud. It should […]
Due to the condition of the roads this morning, including Interstate 64, there will be no school today, January 10th. Please stay warm and safe!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]