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The fourth-grade students of Bnos Malka Academy gathered for a special occasion: the beginning of learning sifrei Nevi’im. As a unique siyum for finishing the first perek in Sefer Yehoshua, the students had a lavish breakfast and were thrilled to hear Rabbi Weichselbaum discuss the importance of learning Navi and the timely lessons for our daily lives. Students received a special Birkon as a gift to commemorate the morning and were able to make the connection that Yehoshua wrote the paragraph of Nodeh in bentching.

This past Friday, October 27, marked five years since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The anti-Semitic attack killed 11 people, injured six, and is the deadliest attack on Jewish people in the United States in our nation’s history.

The eighth-grade boys of Yeshiva Har Torah recently participated in a meaningful event aimed at supporting the chayalim (soldiers) in Israel. In response to a request for tzitzis from the soldiers, and under the guidance of Rabbi Etan Ehrenfeld, Middle School Assistant Principal, the students engaged in the making of tzitzis. By crafting the garments, the eighth-grade boys of Yeshiva Har Torah hoped to provide the chayalim with an additional layer of protection as they fulfill their duties in protecting Medinat Yisrael.

In the z’chus of their many brothers and sisters in Israel, SINAI@YCQ students recite brachos out loud before consuming their yummy treat. Kol ha’kavod!

Nearly 100 families attended YCQ’s Open House on Sunday, November 5. After Rabbi Mark Landsman, Principal, welcomed everyone and led the audience in T’hilim for Eretz Yisrael, the Uncle Moishy concert began. Uncle Moishy engaged the crowd with some old and new Torah-themed songs, including classics like the “Clean Up Song’’ and “Hashem Is Here.” Parents and their children then broke into four groups and had the opportunity to meet the moros of YCQ and see the Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms in action.

When the Central community committed to this year’s theme of positivity, no one could have imagined what the global events of the semester would bring. But this ethos has been leading the Central community in its initiatives since October 7. “We are here, and our hearts are in Israel,” said Central’s Head of School, Ms. Bracha Rutner. “Ever since we woke up on Shemini Atzeres morning to the news about the horrific events in Israel, we have been thinking about how we can support the families, the soldiers, and the country as a whole. This is our homeland, and we want to help them.”