Next week we will get to see one of the compelling films that’s part of this year’s Louisville Jewish Film Festival, Once in a Lifetime. Drop off and pick up will be at the Village 8 Theatre, 4014 Dutchmans Lane/Dupont Circle. Fred Whittaker, Science teacher and Holocaust Educator at St. Francis of Assisi will lead a […]
Today our Moot Beit Din team finished their written argument and will be submitting it this week; there were discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and exploration of strategies Israel can choose regarding peace negotiations in the face of continuing terror attacks; and students learned what Judaism says about the use of doctors, the use of […]
I might sound like a broken record, but I’m pleased to share that we had more terrific, engaging Jewish learning going on today, including getting to hear from award-winning journalist, Uri Heilman about his career as a Jewish journalist and insight about both the history and future of journalism in our world today. Many thanks […]
We were privileged today to witness part of Susan Stein’s one-woman play and audience dialogue based on the diaries and letters of Esther “Etty” Hillesum, a 29 year-old Dutch Jewish woman who lived and perished during the Holocaust. Our students were enthralled. If you’d like to read more about her play, go to www.ettyplay.org. Many thanks to Temple Shalom […]
We had another inspiring day of Jewish learning and engagement today—from Maimonides to Jewish Humor to the Jewish Mafia, I never fail to learn something new every week! Now that we’re fully ensconced in the second semester, I want to share that our student class survey results were stellar as always. I read every one […]
It was great to see everyone back at HSJS yesterday—as promised, we’ve got some engaging, thought-provoking electives and awesome core classes that all add up to a whole lot of Jewish learning going on! As a reminder, next Sunday, January 15, we’ll be going to see the play I Never Saw Another Butterfly at CenterStage at […]
I hope everyone had a restful break and a radiant Chanukah celebration! We’ll be back in the saddle this Sunday, January 8 with new electives to explore and some exciting events coming up on our calendar. I will remind you again next week, but please mark your calendars that on Sunday, January 15, we’ll […]
Sunday was our last day of the fall semester and our students were engaged with everything from wrapping up The Trial of God to debating why there hasn’t been a Jewish Disney princess to enjoying delicacies imported from Zabar’s delicatessen—fantastic Jewish learning all around. Thank you once again to those of you who let me know […]
We had a great day on Sunday, filled with delicatessens, Moot Beit Din cases, and famous Israeli pioneers. Next Sunday is our last day of the fall semester; we’ll be back after the break on January 8, 2017. That means it’s time to make your selections for second semester electives. Please go to our website […]
We had an awesome day of Jewish learning on Sunday, ranging from Klezmer music to the roots of religious extremism to digging into the Moot Beit Din case that will be argued next March to Jewish exorcisms and dybbuks (I didn’t even know that Jewish exorcism was a thing—which just goes to prove the old […]