In this opening session, we will examine and evaluate a variety of contemporary approaches to Tanakh study and lay the groundwork for our own collective study. To illustrate the literary-philosophical approach, we will do an in-depth analysis of the first 2 chapters of Genesis.
The session will introduce the Social Development Strategy to parents, provide them with a data portrait of our community, and invite them to consider their deepest hopes for their children and think about how we get there.
This class does a deep dive into the early stories of our covenantal relationship with God, and the struggles and triumphs of Avraham and Sarah.
This session will help parents clarify their values, articulate guidelines to their children, monitor their children’s behavior, and implement appropriate consequences, positive and negative.
Through interactive sessions, we will provide teachers and administrators with essential theoretical and practical tools to bring education about Israel and Zionism to life for their students.
This session will help parents manage their anger so that it does not corrode family bonds, and express their feelings to their children in ways that can be productive, not destructive.
In this class, we will examine the story of our origins as a nation and consider the layers of leadership within the core story.
The session will introduce the Social Development Strategy to parents, provide them with a data portrait of our community, and invite them to consider their deepest hopes for their children and think about how we get there.
This session invites the students to come learn refusal skills: how to say no when invited to participate in trouble, while holding onto valued friendships.
This session will help parents clarify their values, articulate guidelines to their children, monitor their children’s behavior, and implement appropriate consequences, positive and negative.
The session will introduce the Social Development Strategy to parents, provide them with a data portrait of our community, and invite them to consider their deepest hopes for their children and think about how we get there.
This session will help parents identify ways to expand children’s roles within the family, in the realms of decision-making, chores, health, and finances, as a way to strengthen family bonds
This session will help parents manage their anger so that it does not corrode family bonds, and express their feelings to their children in ways that can be productive, not destructive.
This session will help parents clarify their values, articulate guidelines to their children, monitor their children’s behavior, and implement appropriate consequences, positive and negative.
In this class we will explore the relationship between law, halakha, and ethics in Judaism and consider how we navigate apparent competing values between the two as we try to cultivate fealty to halakha with a strong moral compass.
Over 17 Yeshiva Day Schools came together at SAR High School for M’mizrah L’Ma’arav, a conference focused on supporting Sephardic students in our schools, held in partnership with Machon Siach, JIMENA, and UJA. The program featured a historical overview by Dr. Ronnie Perelis, a presentation by Dr. Elana Riback Rand on school culture and student belonging, a panel of principals from Ramaz, Flatbush, North Shore, and BPY reflecting on institutional practices, and a session by Ms. Denise Samstein exploring Sephardic halakha, minhag, and cultural norms. Together, we examined what meaningful Sephardic representation looks like and shared ideas for practical implementation across curricula, tefillah, and school culture. The day sparked important conversations that we look forward to continuing.
Machon Siach’s Gemara Project facilitates teacher learning and writing to strengthen capacity to make Gemara accessible and meaningful to contemporary high school students. Over twenty teachers from eight schools joined the Rashei Yeshiva of Siach Yitzchak, developing skills to personalize and draw meaning from learning the p’shat of a sugya.
The session will introduce the Social Development Strategy to parents, provide them with a data portrait of our community, and invite them to consider their deepest hopes for their children and think about how we get there.
