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Chodesh Elul is an experiential process for Hadar Bet Yaakov students, where Torah isn’t simply lectured but lived.  Girls began the school year with a multi-faceted Yom Iyun focused on the greatness of our teachers under the guidance of Mrs. Shaindel Simes, titled “Class Act.”  Students focused on the relationships between talmidot and teachers while also workshopping on the chain-linked mesorah connecting the Jews of today with the Torah given on Har Sinai.  Girls played games and presented skits and songs that all culminated with Mrs. Simes showing them a timeline of Jewish history filled with all our great chachamim listed in order followed by our present-day rabbanim who teach our generation Torah.  Given a new lens with which to understand the role of their teachers as present-day emissaries of Torah, students also uncovered new respect for the pivotal role every rabbi and teacher plays in our lives.

This year, the Yeshiva University High School for Boys (MTA), held their Yeshivah-Wide Shabbaton in Elul, and it turned out to be a perfect choice. The theme: Mi K’Amcha Yisrael.

At the Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central), the first weeks of September bring new opportunities and excitement – and for the class of 2028, that excitement is happening on the water and in the air! This year’s Freshman Fun Day took Central’s newest Wildcats to Manhattan, where they spent the day kayaking on the Hudson River and experiencing the Beast, a speedboat that takes passengers on a scenic thrill ride around New York City. It was a day of fun to kick off the new semester and life at a new school. Freshman Meira Husarsky spoke to the chances for bonding provided by trips like this one: “It was a great opportunity to get to know and spend time with the kids in my grade,” she said.

 The newly elected JHS Student Government had the privilege of meeting with NY Assemblymember Sam Berger on Monday. Students had the chance to ask Mr. Berger, who represents YCQ’s district, questions about his journey into politics and what it’s like to be a Jewish representative in Albany.

As it has done every year for over 20 years, the Rambam Mesivta held assemblies commemorating the horrific terrorist attacks carried out on September 11, 2001.

HALB Middle School girls had their first Big Sister Little Sister program. Our sixth grade “little sisters” got to meet their seventh grade “middle sister” and eighth grade “big sister” and work on a project together. The girls had a great time!