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 […]
It was great to see everyone today: we had almost perfect attendance—woo hoo!! Our Confirmation students joined together to learn and share with guest speaker, Haleh Karimi, Executive Director of Interfaith Paths to Peace and our Jewish Feminism scholars started exploring some of the notable women in the Torah. That’s just a small sampling of […]
HSJS is CANCELLED today due to icy road conditions. Please be safe and stay warm! See you next Sunday!
It was great to see everyone back for our spring semester today! We’ve got a great line-up of classes, from Jewish Relationships and Chai Mitzvah to Jewish Feminism, Jewish Bioethics, and Biblical Archeology. Based on my informal survey of the students as they were leaving, today merited a resounding thumbs up! Two reminders: if you […]
With the current prediction for possible snow this weekend, this is a good time to remind everyone to sign up for our text alert notifications (if you aren’t signed up already). The Remind Text alert system will be our 1st line of communication about cancellations or other important and/or last minute information. I will also […]
Most of our students have made their elective selections (thank you!) and just a handful still need to go online and rank their choices for next semester. We’ve got a nice mix of classes from which to choose: Jewish Bioethics, Biblical Archeology, Jewish Feminism, and Moot Beit Din (with travel to the Shabbaton/Competition in Greensboro, NC […]