Schools

Students at the Yeshiva of Central Queens marked Yom HaShoah with meaningful ceremonies featuring Holocaust survivors on Tuesday, April 18. Through film, song, stories, and t’filah, students and guests honored the victims of the Holocaust.

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Yeshiva Har Torah and lay leaders representing Teach NYS, an education advocacy group and a division of the Orthodox Union’s Teach Coalition, recently hosted New York State Assemblymember Edward Braunstein for his first visit to the school.

The theme of the 2022-23 school year at Central has been “A Community of Kavod.” With this concept of respect in mind, Central observed Yom HaShoah on Tuesday, April 18, and, as a community, reflected on the Holocaust and its impact on the entire world.

Students at SINAI@YCQ wasted no time during their first day back after Pesach break, creating papier-mache globes in connection with their geography lessons. What a hands-on, engaging way to learn about the world!

Over the weekend, the MTA Baseball Lions traveled to Boston for the annual Ezra Schwartz Z’l Memorial Tournament hosted by the Maimonides School. The tournament, which honors the memory of Maimonides alum Ezra Schwartz, who was killed in a terrorist attack while visiting Israel, allows high school students from around the country to gather together for a weekend of camaraderie and fun. Baseball was one of Ezra’s great passions, and the tournament is a great testament to his life and impact on his school and community.

On Tuesday, 27 Nisan (April 18), SKA commemorated Yom HaShoah. Throughout the programming of the day, the students acquired a sense of meaning and inspiration. At the start of the program, the students and faculty joined to hear an empowering speech given by Mrs. Drebin on her personal connection to the Holocaust and how we can internalize the events to our everyday lives. The school-wide commemoration was highlighted by the lighting of yahrzeit candles in memory of those who perished. Posters and original student art depicting the World War II war years were on display in the hallways of the school.