There was so much positive energy flowing through our classrooms today, thanks in large part to having an almost full house (and the usual awesomeness that is standard for our HSJS curriculum). Between the recent Israeli space initiative, to Abraham and Lilith, to more delving into the Jewish view of parental rights vis a vis […]
Kudos are in order for the 8 students in attendance today and the families who let us know their children would be absent—on the plus side, several students learned about Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat to Lithuania, who rescued over 6,000 Jews during the Holocaust by issuing them visas to Japan against the directive of […]
I took an informal poll after seeing today’s powerful film, and A Bag of Marbles received a resounding two thumbs up on the Roger Ebert scale of movie reviews. Thanks again to Festival Director Marsha Bornstein, Festival Committee Chair Keiley Caster, and for the generous support of the Ann & Coleman Friedman Children’s Judaic Activity Fund, which […]
We were a small but mighty group of eager students today, from biblical archeologists to Jewish feminists to Jewish bioethicists, there was a lot of engaging learning going on! Remember, next week we’re off to the Louisville Jewish Film Festival. I’m copying the information again below. I need to know no later than Thursday if […]