Schools

Hadar Bet Yaakov students lit their school with Chanukah simchah this past week with a chagigah, dance time, beautiful gift-sharing, doughnut making, cookie decorating, teacher parties, Chanukah Jeopardy, and Chanukah ice-skating. The plethora of activities wove into the students’ week as girls had academic classes “enlightened” with a little extra fun during the Chanukah week.

HALB’s Mission to Israel has begun. They brought several duffels filled with boots for soldiers, met with hero Baruch Cohen who saved his entire Kibbutz on October 7, met with displaced families, and volunteered on a garlic field. The experience was a powerful one for everyone involved.

On the Tuesday and Wednesday before Chanukah, the Pre-1A boys at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe eagerly awaited the arrival of their parents for a special, hands-on, Chanukah workshop! The program began with a fun game of Chanukah BINGO. Then, each boy participated in two very exciting Chanukah projects. The boys created a Chanukah caddy, which they collaged in their own unique style. They were also able to make a stuffed dreidel pillow, which they sewed on their own! Thank you to all the parents who rearranged their very busy schedules to join us. The boys and their parents really had a great time!

Mitch and Laurie Kirschner delivered letters written by Lev Chana students to soldiers in the IDF. Every letter gives them extra strength to continue fighting for the Jewish people!

Students at SINAI at YCQ celebrated Chanukah with tasty treats, art projects, and a carnival run by junior high school students!

MTA’s “Meet the Israeli Author” elective course for Juniors provides talmidim with the opportunity to work directly with an award-winning Israeli author via video-conference workshops conducted entirely in Hebrew. The course, created by Director of Hebrew Language Mrs. Rosenberg, is in its 14^th year and is unique to MTA.