What We May Be Getting Wrong About Philanthropy In Jewish Education
Mr. Hillel Rapp Director of Education There has been a lot of ink devoted to different ideas for using philanthropic dollars to lower the costs that families bear in paying for their children’s Jewish education. These ideas include raising direct subsidy dollars, raising endowment funds, coordinating estate and life insurance gifts and other ideas […]
Making Meaningful Connections
Mrs. Shyndee Kestenbaum Coordinator of Religious Guidance and Growth, Ulpanat Orot One of the struggles our teenagers find themselves in today is the lack of real connections and relationships. While loneliness is increasing among all age groups, Generation Z (those born between 1996-2010) is being impacted the most. According to a recent survey of Americans by […]
Action, Inaction, and Failed Fire Drills
Mr. Jonathan Parker Assistant Principal, Yeshivat Or Chaim The fire alarm went off at the gym recently. There was a siren and a flashing light, and for a moment everyone in the gym stopped and looked at one another. Then we went back to our routines. A recorded voice then came over the P.A. […]
Graduation Address 2018
Graduation 2018 Rabbi Dr. Seth N. Grauer כבוד הרבנים, מנהלים, צוות המורים, חברי הועד, הורים, וכמובן כל הבוגרים – ברוכים הבאים ותודה. Honoured Rabbis, fellow administrators, members of the faculty, members of the board of directors, parents and of course our graduates – welcome, thank you and mazel tov to you our 2018 graduates. […]
Reflecting on Israel at 70
Rabbi Seth Grauer Rosh Yeshiva/Head of School Hundreds of articles will be written this year focusing on Israel’s accomplishments over these past seven decades. These literary pieces will most likely focus on Israel’s population growth, infrastructure development, economic prosperity, defense capabilities and military might and of course Israel’s status as a leader in high tech […]
Resilience
Mrs. Temima Cohen Director of Guidance Do you think about resilience? I do! I think about resilience a lot, as a mother, as a person who works with teens, and as a child and grandchild of Holocaust survivors. I think about who has resilience, what makes one person more resilient than another person, and if […]
Ha Lachma Anya
Ha Lachma Anya Atara Cohen הָא לַחְמָא עַנְיָא דִּי אֲכָלוּ אַבְהָתָנָא בְאַרְעָא דְמִצְרָיִם. כָּל דִכְפִין יֵיתֵי וְיֵיכֹל, כָּל דִצְרִיךְ יֵיתֵי וְיִפְסַח. הָשַּׁתָּא הָכָא, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּאַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל. הָשַּׁתָּא עַבְדֵי, לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בְּנֵי חוֹרִין. This is the bread of affliction which our fathers did eat in the land of Egypt. Let all who are […]
חירות
חירות תמימה טובה גרסטל בזמן שאתה בחושך ומרגיש שאף פעם לא תהיה שמח כשהעולם נראה ככלוב ואין לך מפתח בזמן שאין בריחה והכל נראה סגור כשאתה מרגיש לבד ויש רק לילה וקור תדע שתמיד יש דלת תמיד יש לבן עם השחור ה’ תמיד יתן פתח קטן רק צריך ללכת אחרי האור במצרים […]
Reflections from Shalva
Yoni Bensoussan, Grade 10 A specific part of the Shalva trip that stood out was our visit to Tzfat. The humility of the city really grounded me in reality and got me emotionally invested in every little detail. Hearing the humbling stories of Rav Meir Baal HaNes and the Arizal showed me how […]
Obligations, Rights, and Relationships
Mr. Jonathan Parker Grade Coordinator, Yeshivat Or Chaim In his opening address of the 2018 Azrieli HUB conference, Rabbi J.J. Schacter discussed the age-old discord between obligations and rights. He asserted that Judaism is a religion primarily composed of obligations, and pointed out that the word commonly mistranslated as “good deed” – mitzva – actually means […]
