9 minute read
Schools
ABRAMS HEBREW ACADEMY
Morah Raya’s 6th grade Jewish history classes completed a Kibbutz unit. Each student had to present a different Kibbutz to a panel of judges and create a commercial about their Kibbutz. The students gained a new understanding of the history of the Kibbutzim, what life is like on a Kibbutz and how they impact Israel’s economy.
3rd and 4th Grade celebrated American historians and symbols with their annual Wax Museum. The students did a great job researching and presenting to the school in honor of President’s Day.
CHEDER CHABAD
Building a Mishkan for Parshas Terumah Chumash Bingo Music Class
Rabbi Levi Haskelevich from Chabad of UPenn gave a class on the halachos of shechita Studying 100+ Gemara Translations Nursery and Kindergarten celebrated 100 days of school and had the best day. Everyone had fun reading about 100, doing many activities, playing “100” bingo and eating special treats!
Abrams brought the “Machaneh Yehudah Shuk” from Jerusalem to Yardley, PA for Tu B’shevat. Students and parents experienced the sights and sounds of Israel with the Abrams shuk styled after the world-famous open market. A huge emphasis was placed on the fruits and produce of Eretz Yisrael for an unforgettable Tu B’shvat “chavayah” (experience). The children received “shekels” to purchase from a plethora of Israeli style goods, i.e., fruits, candies, pickles, halva, smoothies etc.
CASKEY TORAH ACADEMY (CTA)
This week, CTA’s Kindergarten classes celebrated the 100th day of school! Students participated in hundredth day STEAM centers where they were challenged to build or create something using 100 items. 4G is rolling with simcha into the month of Adar, with great learning about Purim, decoration contests, and simcha dancing. Adding to the list of fun and learning was a great bowling trip!
KOHELET YESHIVA LAB SCHOOL (KYLS)
Purim themed puppet show Students celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar with baking hamentaschen, pajama/silly dress up day and face paint.
CONGREGATION BETH SOLOMON PRESCHOOL
The kids of CBS learn through experience. They learned about the letter P this week, and they did things that connect to it. They played with a parachute, had a picnic and a pillow fight in their pajamas.
KOSLOFF TORAH ACADEMY (KTA)
Last week, KTA introduced its all new KTA Robotics Team! The team, led by Mrs. Sara Spiewak and under the advisement of University of Pennsylvania engineers Mr. Russell Spiewak and Mr. Gedalia Knizhnik, is building a robot using the VEX system. The team is drawn entirely from volunteer freshmen and sophomores who, on their own, offered to work during their lunch breaks to build the ‘bot. Different groups are on the team working on different parts of the robot-the software, base, wheels, etc., and over the next weeks, all will come together to build a robot that moves boxes and stacks them into a container. The robot will have its debut at the CIJE Robotics The KTA Kobras continued their undefeated season against Bnos Yisrael of Baltimore with an impressive 37-22 victory. Junior, Amalia Littwin led all scorers with 23 points! Kudos to KTA’s beloved alumna coach, Avigayil Weiss (‘’15). Go Kobras!
Competition on April 30 in New Jersey. Though KTA originally intended to attend the competition experientially and not as competitors, the students insisted that they could enter even on short notice. KTA is thrilled that its students have the enthusiasm and the initiative to get ready for our close up so soon.
KTA students were treated to a special Rosh Chodesh Adar lunch with guest speaker, Rabbi Jonathan Bienenfeld, Rabbi of Young Israel of Cherry Hill. KOHELET YESHIVA HIGH SCHOOL (KYHS)
KYHS students took part in the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Super Sunday.
Israeli Exit Polls few days of the campaign, Give Clear Edge to referring to their tactic as Netanyahu’s Likud Party, “cannibalism.” Nearly a 61-Seat Majority At the same time, CONTINUED FROM P. 29 Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu Party also likely won seven seats. While Lieberman is right-wing on security issues, which would seem to make him the natural partner to join with Netanyahu and establish a government, he continues to refuse to do so as he has done in the previous election rounds.
“We won’t move a millimeter from what we promised our voters,” Lieberman told his supporters, making it clear that he won’t join a Netanyahu-led government that includes the ultra-Orthodox parties, which he disagrees with on matters of religion and state.
Judicial matters could complicate coalition-building
Now Netanyahu must find a way to bring at least two more Knesset members from other parties to join his coalition. Some Knesset members in Blue and White are suggesting that the party should join a Netanyahu-led unity government, and some more right-wing Blue and White Knesset members have been talking about joining the right-wing/religious coalition. Another possible defector is Knesset member Orly Levy-Abekasis, who heads the Gesher faction of the Labor-Gesher-Meretz alliance.
Netanyahu faces another hurdle on the way towards forming a government: the Israeli judicial system. While half of the country has clearly stated that they want him to continue to serve in the top job despite the fact that he goes on trial March 17 for bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges, there has already been an appeal to the Supreme Court to stop him from being given the mandate to form a government.
The court refused to hear arguments and issue a ruling on this issue in January, when such an appeal was made, saying it was premature at that time. Now the issue will be raised. While Israeli law allows a prime minister to continue serving while under indictment, it is less clear about whether a candidate can be given the task of trying to form a government while facing a trial.
Final results may not be announced until next Monday, as extra precautions were put into place to prevent fraud and to assure the counting a few thousand votes from Israelis currently in quarantine because of the coronavirus.
PERELEMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
FORMAN CENTER
Gan Shabbat Celebration Preparing for Purim
STERN CENTER
4th Graders Celebrate Kabbalat Tikkunim Ganon students participating in weekly swim instruction at the Kaiserman JCC
POLITZ DAY SCHOOL OF CHERRY HILL
Preschool enjoyed a puppet show with Avishay Shitrit from Israel, who came with a delegation from Amiel Bakehilla. Adar is in the air! The students enjoyed Backwards Day, Wacky Wednesday, crazy hat day and general Purim fun!
THE GAN IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
POLITZ HEBREW ACADEMY
The Politz Kindergarten classes K1 and K2 celebrated the 100th day of school on Tuesday, February 25th with a grand celebration. The children are 100 days smarter and have learned so much since the beginning of the year. It was a day filled with fun, games, projects, and 100 treats. They enjoyed a celebratory cake baked just for us from Rolings Bakey.
The Girls Purim Festival was such a BLAST! Their carnival activities included face painting, count the chocolate chips in the marshmallow fluff, pickle racing and a soda-tasting challenge...not to mention hit the clown, (an eighth-grader) in the face with a wet sponge!
The Boys Purim Festival was energetic and creative! Students dressed in many different costumes. The older boys developed and ran all of the different activity booths. Some were athletic and others food related. Much fun was had by everyone!
KOHELET YESHIVA MIDDLE SCHOOL (KYMS) Students made hamentaschen in honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar.
THE MESIVTA HIGH SCHOOL OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA
Dr. Noam Wasserman, the Dean of the Sy Syms School of Business, visited Mesivta and presented to the students on the topic of “forty years in the dessert, the death of Reish Lakish, and our transitions in life.” Rabbi Yosef Ifrah of Yeshivas Ner Yisrael in Baltimore came to visit to discuss his Yeshiva and its college options with Mesivta students.
