Schools

The spring semester has been a success for the humanities at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central). On the heels of the Central Playhouse’s successful production of the musical Frozen is a first-place overall win for Central’s Envision Shakespeare troupe at this year’s citywide Envision Shakespeare competition, which was held at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School on Wednesday, April 16.

Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe’s Early Childhood Program is filled with excitement and meaning during these weeks of S’firas HaOmer. As we count the days from Pesach to Shavuos, our youngest talmidim are diligently working on refining their midos in preparation for Kabbalas HaTorah.

This past Sunday, MTA hosted its annual Legacy Day, a day devoted to bringing together talmidim with their grandparents and other special relatives. After a beautiful davening together, a lavish breakfast was served. Talmidim sat with their relatives, friends, and rebbeim, enjoying the varied options offered and the camaraderie.

In honor of Yom HaShoah, the students of Bnos Malka Academy’s sixth through eighth grades had the special privilege of hearing from Mr. Ephraim Berger, grandfather of sixth grader Aliza Tropper. Mr. Berger shared the extraordinary and moving story of his parents’ survival during the horrors of the Shoah. He recounted the miraculous escape of his father, who crossed a bridge to safety just moments before it was blown up. Mr. Berger also spoke about his mother’s incredible resilience, surviving the unimaginable conditions of Auschwitz alongside a group of relatives.

The Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) marked Yom HaShoah and honored the victims of the Holocaust with meaningful ceremonies led by our students, featuring survivor testimony, film, song, and t’filah.

After a year of competition, studying, and arguing, the Rambam Rhetoric Team concluded their national qualifiers with competitions debating everything from philosophy to our national holiday policy.