Critical Minds, Compassionate Hearts
The Rashi School’s fifth-grade science fair is a rite of passage for students at the Boston area’s Reform Jewish day school. Each year, fifth-graders design and complete a science experiment…
“GIMME A K!” “GIMME AN E!” “GIMME A Z!” “WHAT DOES THAT SPELL?” “KEZ!” A room full of Kindergarteners stand and cheer for Keziah Furth, the school nurse at The…
When I was growing up, white children like me were taught that the best way to handle race relations was to be “colorblind.” I think what was meant by “colorblind”…
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss Rashi recently celebrated its 3rd annual…
During the 2019 Rashi Purim Tamchui Project, students at The Rashi School have been studying the environmental and social issues that endanger leatherback sea turtles. These studies are connected to…
by Lynda Bussgang Rashi P’11, P’14, P’16 “Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God.” -Leviticus 19:32: In 2010, I joined…
Innovation: Africa is an Israeli nonprofit that empowers communities in African countries to access solar energy. Solutions include lighting schools and hospitals, and bringing water to villages by building solar-powered…
For Jewish citizens of Israel, service in the IDF is compulsory and most high school graduates go directly into military service following high school. However, a select number of deferments…
