I hope everyone is enjoying a rejuvenating winter break! If you haven’t done so already, go here and rank your spring elective choices. For more details, just click on the courses tab on the top of the homepage. See you on January 13th!
Remember–we’re NOT in session tomorrow. Good luck on your finals, enjoy your winter break, and we’ll see you on January 13, 2019! Watch your inboxes for when our 2nd semester elective selection is live.
Today we wrapped our fall semester with yoga practice, Kabbalah, and some social justice and awareness discussions in the Jewish League: I learned that Batwoman is one of the most prominent Jewish characters in comic book history and that in addition to being Batman’s cousin and a lesbian, she’s the reason DC comics accidentally made […]
It was great to see everyone back after our Thanksgiving break! We’ve got one more session of the semester—I look forward to seeing everyone next Sunday, December 9th. Wishing everyone a Chanukah filled with light, love, and latkes!
As is our custom, we had another inspiring day of Jewish learning at HSJS this afternoon. Our Moot Beit Din team is digging into their case, Stan Lee was remembered in The Jewish League, and the concept of privilege as it relates to our Jewish identity was explored in Jewish Relationships. This is just a […]
We were a small but mighty group today that explored everything from how we should live our lives according to middot to Kabbalah to how Captain America is really a golem. Thank you to those who let me know that your children would be absent today: it helps enormously in our pizza ordering and, even more […]
Today was/is a great day for our students—our annual trip to DC is currently underway where the students and their stellar chaperones have already visited the Lincoln Memorial, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and they should be wrapping up a stealth visit to the Spy Museum right about now. There will be more monuments and […]
Today we came together as a school community to discuss, share, vent, and offer support and healing as we try and process the horrific mass shooting that took place yesterday at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Please keep the dialog open with your children. If you’re not already aware, there will be a community-wide […]
As I walked around and observed today I heard everything from animated discussions about Jewish comics and Jewish values to explorations of Kabbalah. Our Moot Beit Din team started to dig into this year’s case and our Torah yogis practiced Jewish mindfulness: another engaging and enlightening day at HSJS! Thank you to those of you […]
We were privileged and enthralled to learn from Avner Avraham, former Mossad agent and Curator/Consultant for the film, Operation Finale: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann (now playing at the Village 8!). Big thanks to Temple Shalom, The Temple, and especially Rabbi Jacowitz Chottiner for bringing Avner to Louisville. Everyone have a great week, whether you’re fall breaking or […]