Feb
24
February, 24th 2023
This week our Middle School students participated in our annual weeklong Minimester Program. Students were immersed in out-of-the-box courses which allowed their learning to expand outside the four…
Feb
24
February, 24th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
Parashat Terumah begins with Kadosh Barukh Hu’s command: V’Asu Li Mikdash, V’Shakhanti B’Tocham—They are to make a Mikdash for me and I will dwell in their midst.”…
Feb
17
February, 17th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
The literal meaning of the words of a Pasuk in Mishpatim is quite simple but the proper translation has been debated for millennia:
ויקח ספר הברית ויקרא באזני העם,…
Feb
10
February, 10th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community:
Isn’t it interesting that the Parasha which includes the Revelation at Sinai is named after Yitro who, according the Midrash, “had worshipped every form of idolatry…
Feb
7
February, 7th 2023
Senior Night was a success as we defeated Bridgeprep 68-41 while we honored our 5 seniors: Yonatan Mizrahi, Spencer Lehmann, Owen Ebner, David Saka & Ben Farkas! The JV Warriors also defeated…
Feb
7
February, 7th 2023
This week, our 8th Graders interviewed Holocaust survivors and began producing their documentary as part of the Names, Not Numbers elective. May their stories never be forgotten.
Feb
6
February, 6th 2023
On Tuesday morning, in honor of 7th Grader Ben Greisman's Bar Mitzvah, the Greisman family invited all of his classmates to join him for a Hachnasat Sefer Torah! Last year he began this process with…
Feb
5
February, 5th 2023
This week in grade 5 science students were able to continue our work with electric currents. Students are asked to guess what materials might make the safest gloves for handling electricity. Then they…
Feb
3
February, 3rd 2023
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik taught that there are two forms of Shirah. The first is the human response of praise and gratitude for miracles which transcend the laws of nature. The full Hallel which…
Jan
13
January, 13th 2023
Dear Hebrew Academy Community,
Rabbi Shalom Noach Berezovsky (1911 – 2000), the Slonimer Rebbe, asks a question about Parashat Shmot which surely has occurred to all of us. Hashem appears to Moshe at…
