Sixth Night • Sparks of Light 5783
Reena Fixler and Yamaya Newman, Grade 10 Why do we celebrate the holiday of Chanukah on the 25th of Kislev specifically? Chanukah is a holiday filled with light and happiness. It’s a time when all Jews – no matter their specific beliefs – get together and remember the miracles our ancestors experienced many years ago. […]
Sixth Night • Sparks of Light 5782
Looking Beyond the Bright Light Shoshana Rucker and Tali Wercberger, Grade 11 Why do we say Maoz Tzur on Chanukah? The song we sing by the candles each night is one that recalls times in which Hashem rescued us from our enemies, specifically Pharoah, Bavel, Haman, and the Greeks. If this is a song where […]
Sixth Night • Sparks of Light 5781
Significance of the Menorah Tikki Reichman (Grade 11) Many people might wonder what the connection is between the lighting of the Chanukah candles and the lighting of the Menorah in the Beit Hamikdash. What’s the significance of a Menorah in the first place? I’d like to share one perspective based on the Ramban’s commentary on […]
YOC Basketball First Game
Uniting behind Jewish education within our city
Dear Friends, There is no greater holiday that focuses on Jewish education than Pesach. There are only two Torah commandments that we perform at the seder and one of them is to educate our children in how Hashem took us out of Egypt. We spend our seder doing everything possible to get our children involved; […]
Important announcement from Bnei Akiva Schools
Dear Parents, Since the recent announcement of the five-year drop in tuition at CHAT, we have been engaged at both the board and supporter levels of our schools to determine the potential impact of this decision, and how to most prudently address the issue of middle income affordability. While the school’s cost to educate each […]
Tzeitchem L’Shalom Akiva!
At a flash tisch, students extended their best wishes to Akiva Friedman, who will be returning to Israel shortly, where he will complete his Education degree at Herzog College. Rabbi Spitz and Jacob Herman (grade 12 student) spoke about the impact Akiva has had in his few short months here. Shane Judelman (grade 12 student) […]
UO Volleyball Games Schedule 2017
Tues. Jan 17 at 3:45pm at Linden Thurs. Jan. 19 at 3:45pm at FKCS Thurs. Feb. 2 at 3:45pm at WillowWood Thurs. Feb. 9 at 3:45pm at Bond Tues. Feb. 14 at 3:45pm at Hudson College Thurs. Feb. 23 at 3:45pm against TPS Tues. Feb. 28 at 3:45pm against MPA
UO Pre-Pesach Learning
At Ulpana, on Friday, students participated in a mock seder. Monday morning, the girls learned in groups in a program led by the Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov.
Stephen Harper – A Modern Day Yitro?
The Torah, through the story of Yitro, gives us 3 criteria to discern who is a true friend of the Jewish People: Yitro recognizes, and has a deep appreciation for the events surrounding Jewish fate and history in his time (“Yitro was happy for all of the goodness Hashem did for Israel. Yitro said blessed […]
