We had a great day today with an almost full house! Our Jewish Feminists continued watching and discussing the film, Yentl, and our Scattered Fragments students continued digging further into biblical archeology (pun completed intended). Next week we wrap up our year with each class closing out the semester and our traditional celebratory Shiraz lunch. Many […]
We’re at T-2 sessions to go, which is hard to believe. Let’s all make every effort to end the year on a high note with as close to perfect attendance as we can get. There’s still a lot of engaging learning in store for our students this month! If you do know that your child […]
Just another typical, engaging, meaningful day of learning at HSJS today—we’ve only got 3 more sessions for this school year so let’s make each one count! Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one hour next Saturday night (if you still have clocks that you have to set manually ;-)) and have a great week!
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 […]