Monthly Archives: March 2016


Weekly Update 3-28-16


Another great day of engaging Jewish learning yesterday: as always, thank you to those of you who let me know if your child would be absent or leaving early. You directly impact our planning process!! We’re off for the next two Sundays for Louisville-area-schools spring break. We’ll be back in session on April 17th, our […]

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Weekly Update 3-21-16


Here’s what’s cool about our terrific faculty and students: yesterday during lunch, before class, the Jews in the News students were debating which newsworthy Jewish person would be discussed during class. I’m pretty sure they guessed correctly—their lively discussion about Merrick Garland was just a small piece of the energizing Jewish learning that we’ve come […]

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Weekly Update 3-14-16/Pi Day


Great Jewish learning going on yesterday, which is as it should be!! In case you missed the terrific presentation by Scott Fried on March 6th, feel free to explore his website, www.scottfried.com, to discover more about his empowering work. It’s hard to believe, but we’re already coming down the home stretch for HSJS: we have […]

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Weekly update 3-6-16


Yesterday we were inspired by Scott Fried who spoke to our students about valuing one’s own life and holding it sacred in order to refrain from dangerous behaviors that are common survival mechanisms in adolescence. Many thanks go to Keneseth Israel, Yonatan Yussman, Rabbi Wolk, and Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence for coordinating the entire […]

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