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Thank goodness…it’s almost Adar! We are told to be happy in the month of Adar as we look forward to celebrating Purim. Our 8th graders are learning to chant the Megillah, writing the annual [...]

Do you remember your first big decision? Did you make a pro and con list? Did you discuss it with a friend or parent? Were you so torn between the choices that you couldn’t decide? According to a [...]

If you had the powers of Dr. Strange to turn back time, would you go back to before the pandemic started? This has been a hotly debated question in my house over the last 6 weeks. You see, in an [...]

It is with great gratitude for her service that I share with you that Daniela Silverstein let us know that she will be ending her tenure at Yavneh at the end of the month. Daniela joined the [...]

Most questions that young children ask begin with the word, why. More than just wanting facts, children want to be able to connect new ideas with existing knowledge so that they can understand [...]

The human brain is an amazing organ. By way of electrical impulses which cause the release of hormones, it basically controls how we move, think, and act. It also holds all of our memories. We [...]

Yom Ha’Ivrit is celebrated in Israel on כ”א בטבת , which is the birth date of Eliezer Ben Yehuda (Perlman) The Revivalist of the Hebrew Language. “Hebrew is an ancient language that [...]

How do we record and produce a song in 2020? Up until a few years ago in order to record a song, you would need to go to a professional music studio. Most of the albums and songs we love so much [...]

Can a robot light a chanukiah? One of the hallmarks of a Yavneh education is our dedication to integration – we believe that integrating curricular strands leads to a more meaningful and [...]

“A little bit of light pushes away a lot of darkness” – Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi In the summer after I became a Bat Mitzvah, my family traveled to Israel for two weeks. My great-uncle [...]