How a Committed Public School Family Chose Rashi
My name is Michele Markley. My daughter Mia is a third grader and my son Adam is in first grade. Full disclosure, my husband is a rabbi. So most people…
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What makes Rashi an exceptional place to learn, explore and grow.
Creating Space in My Classroom for Students to Find Themselves
What is your name and what do you teach at The Rashi School? I am Jessica Solomon and I teach the third grade general studies curriculum. What do you love about…
What Leadership Means to Me
In kindergarten, I was amongst the tiniest kids at Rashi. I stared at the “Big Kids” in awe with my mouth wide open, curious as to how I could one…
An Easy Tikkun Olam Project for Children
Making warm winter hats is easy and fun! Here’s how you can make a winter hat of your own.
Ordination Sermon: Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner Shabbat, June 8, 2013 Reposted from: http://urj.org/about/union/leadership/pesner/ What an honor to offer the ordination sermon in the very spot where Isaac Mayer Wise preached. All the…
Love Letter from a Graduating Parent
Dear Rashi, I can’t believe our relationship is ending, or at least significantly changing. We have been together for nine years. True, not every moment was perfect, but what relationship…
This Year As a Teacher: By Jessica Solomon
This Year As a Teacher: By Jessica Solomon This year as a teacher, I will have taught children about gun violence and bombs and meteors exploding in the skies. I…
The Tamchui Project: Teaching Kids the Mitzvah of Helping Those in Need
Reposted from News and Views of Reform Jews: http://blogs.rj.org/ by Jacki Hart and Stephanie Rotsky Still relatively green as parents, choosing a school for our then-4-year-old and nearly-6-year-old felt like…