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As I’ve commented on before, one of my favorite things about learning the weekly Torah portion is that I never know exactly what I am going to find. For me and for our students, each week is an invitation to connect to our sources and find personal meaning.
I wrote last week about Isaac…
This week’s parasha, Chayei Sarah, tells of the death of Sarah, Abraham’s acquisition of what will be an ancestral burial ground, and the search for a suitable partner for Isaac. However, Isaac himself is mysteriously absent from most of this week’s Torah portion. While our sages have…
This week’s blog highlights Ezra’s new middle school Civics program. Over the summer, two of our teachers, Rabbi Amanda Brodie and Madeleine Cahn, joined the third cohort of faith-based schools and organizations enrolled in Civic Spirit’s flagship program, the Educator Cohort. Their ex…
Earlier this morning, after hearing voices of excitement coming from the science lab, I stepped in to witness our fourth graders participating in a challenge to build towers out of straws. It was fascinating to see how each pair of students had set out with the same goal to build the tallest…
While our school year started almost a month and a half ago, the end of the Jewish holidays (for now!) comes with a new sense of beginning. In Jewish educational, organizational, and religious spaces, there is even a term for this, acharei ha-chagim or after the holidays. I’m so grateful t…
