Schools

This week, the Rambam Mesivta had its first week of Club Hour! Club Hour is a weekly time on Wednesdays allotted for students to join a club of their choice. Rabbi Yitz Milworn, Rambam’s new Director of Student Activities, offered students a menu comprised of close to 25 clubs to choose from. Everything from Music Appreciation to Skill-and-Tell, to Sofer Society, to Mixed Martial Arts was on the table.

In preparation for Yom Kippur, YCQ students engaged in a variety of meaningful activities to inspire them for the holy day. Students in Grades 1-5 performed kaparos and then donated the money to tz’dakah. The Fifth Grade and Junior High girls ventured to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to perform Tashlich, while the Junior High boys had the opportunity to hear from the following local rabbanim: Rabbi Ben Tzion Chait, Rabbi Moshe Bamberger, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Greenberg, and Rabbi Yosef Singer. Later in the week, Junior High School students were moved by special words of chizuk from Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman, the Mashgiach Ruchani of Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim.

On Sunday, November 3, the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) will welcome the community to its annual Open House. The event is a chance for faculty and students to share the Central story and to demonstrate the unique warmth that defines the Holliswood campus. It’s also a chance to share the school’s profile outside the classroom and celebrate the many special programs that make Central unique. “The Central Open House is a chance to bring prospective families into the warmth of Central, meet our amazing faculty, and experience what it’s like to be a Central Wildcat. It is a gift to be a link in the Yeshiva University chain, a stellar institution since 1948! We cannot wait to welcome you on November 3!”

The one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks was a powerful day for our entire school community. Together, we honored the lives lost and reflected on the ongoing challenges faced by the Jewish people through powerful learning, moments of remembrance, and acts of unity. Our hearts remain with the more than 100 hostages still held captive in Gaza, and with the heroic men and women of the IDF who continue to fight for Israel and the Jewish people every day.

This past Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic events of Simchas Torah 5784. Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe talmidim, like so many Yidden across the globe, took the opportunity to remember the victims, reflect on the tragedy, and focus on a Torah-based response. Renowned speaker Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn, a close friend of our yeshivah, shared inspiring stories of courage, ahavas Yisrael, and hope.

This past Monday was October 7. This date will live in infamy for the foreseeable future, but if commemorated appropriately, can be a very meaningful and inspirational experience. For talmidim and rebbeim at MTA, it was a powerful morning filled with meaning – through song, t’filos, and learning.