“Be Fit, Be Well” on December 8
“Be Fit, Be Well” is an all-school opportunity to participate in fitness activities as a way to promote health and wellness; there will also be…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Chayei Sarah
Tamar Rabinowitz, Dean of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Our parsha begins abruptly with the death of Sarah. How does she die? The straightforward answer is…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Vayera
Rabbi Joshua Buchin, Co-Dean of Students and Jewish Studies Teacher In this week’s Torah portion, Vayera, we are shown the importance of welcoming guests. At…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Lech Lecha
Tamar Rabinowitz, Dean of Jewish Studies and Hebrew In this week’s Torah portion, Lech-Lecha, God speaks for the first time to our ancestor Avraham. The…
JCHS Welcomes the Cast of “Freedom Song”
When: Tuesday, November 8During Community Block JCHS will get a private performance of “Freedom Song”, a play that interweaves a Passover Seder with personal stories…
D’Var Torah: Parashat Noach
Maybe Don’t Pick That Lupine: Reflections on Noah’s Flood Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher Ancient flood narratives and myths abound: Mesopotamian, Greek, Norse, Native American,…
Find out more about JCHS
See what makes JCHS extraordinary at one of our Open Houses: October 30 or November 3. You’ll have a chance to experience different classes and hear about programs and departments including Athletics, College and Gap Year Advising, Student Support, Performing Arts, Jewish Studies, Math/Science, Humanities, World Languages, Student Life…and more!
Dvar Torah – Ha’azinu
Rabbi Howard Jacoby Ruben, Head of School There is a curious pattern emerging in the Torah narratives we read on either side of Yom Kippur…
D’VAR TORAH (Nitzavim): In Your Mouth and in your Heart – Rosh Hashanah FoodsÂ
Raizy Lichtenstein, Jewish Studies Teacher The book of Deuteronomy is, above all, a collection of Moses’s final words to the Jewish nation, whom he has…
D’Var Torah: Ki Tetze
On Parents and their Young Ones Merav Rozenblum, Hebrew Teacher Our previous department head would give every new faculty member a gift at the beginning…
