Schools

The MTA Dorm officially opened on Sunday, August 29, and talmidim couldn’t wait to move into their new home away from home! MTA’s dorm program includes weekly dorm dinners, dorm Night Seder, exclusive programming, Friday morning breakfast and chaburos, regular Shabbatonim, trips, and more.

Sunday, August 29, was a meaningful and inspirational day for graduates at the Bnos Malka Academy. There was a culminating brunch and video premiere for the program Names, Not Numbers©: an interactive, multi-media Holocaust project created by educator Tova Fish-Rosenberg.

The brunch facilitated beautiful intergenerational connections where students, the interviewers, and their families, sat with survivors, the interviewees. Together they watched the documentary, created by the students. Throughout the 2020-2021 school year, students at Bnos Malka took the necessary steps to create this incredible masterpiece. They learned about the Holocaust with their teacher, Ms. Atara Kanner, and created a professional film that will be archived in museums and universities.

Having the opportunity to connect to past generations and perpetuate their memory is something that these students will never forget. The lessons learned of emunah, bitachon, and hope will stay with them for many years to come. The Names, Not Numbers© program is generously supported by a prominent national foundation.

The Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) prepared for the new year with the first Parent-Child learning program. On Motza’ei Shabbos, August 28, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Senior Maggid Shiur at Beis Medrash L’Talmud at Touro’s Lander College for Men and rav of the Young Israel of Queens Valley of Kew Gardens Hills, joined YCQ staff, students, and their parents for an evening of inspiration, followed by a beautiful S’lichos led by Rabbi Moshe Hamel, JHS assistant principal of Judaic Studies.

With the inauguration of the SKA Beit Midrash Fellowship Program, the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls pioneered an outstanding initiative last year that contributed to the vibrant Torah atmosphere of the school while developing impactful Judaic educators. This year, with the extensive renovation of the SKA Library, the program has been broadened to include a fresh and creative space, increased hours and added responsibilities for its participants.

The staff and students of IVDU LI were excited to begin the year this week, greeting old and new friends and reacquainting with all of the staff.

The year began with our students immersed in hands-on learning of Rosh HaShanah halachos and minhagim, led by our Rebbe, Rabbi Peretz Lipka. The students tasted different apples and voted on their favorite ones, heard the shofar blows from different-sized shofaros, and learned of the various simanim that relate to the Yom Tov.

The staff and administration of IVDU LI wish everyone a k’sivah v’chasimah tovah and a healthy and productive year for all.