Torah Talk for Parashat Vayetzei
November 13, 2018
In this parasha, Yaakov flees to his uncle Lavan’s household and lives there for several years, marrying Lavan’s daughters, Leah and Rachel, and establishing a large family. This is the beginning of a section of the Torah about which we can quote Bible scholar Andrew Lloyd Weber: “Strange as it seems, there’s been a run […]
MILTON selected to participate in the Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute Fellowship on Teaching and Learning Rabbinic Literature
November 8, 2018
MILTON is proud to have been one of several select schools across North America to participate in the Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute (LHILI), working in close collaboration with staff at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Participation in this two-year fellowship (2018-2020 academic years) will enhance […]
Torah Talk for Parashat Toldot
November 6, 2018
In this parasha, Rivka gives birth to twins, Esav and Yaakov, who struggle with each other, and Yaakov engages in bargaining and deception to obtain the birthright and Yitzchak’s blessing. The word sadeh (field) appears four times in the two chapters of this parasha that deal with the relationships in the Jacobite family. It occurs […]
News from the MPA Birthday Books and Libraries Committee
November 1, 2018
The Milton Parent Association presented the school with a one-time gift of $10,000 to help fund the new Milton Middle School Library in October during National Book Month. The libraries at Milton are funded solely by the MPA through the Birthday Books program. Knowing the new Middle School Library would require substantial set-up costs, the […]
Torah Talk for Parashat Chayei Sarah
October 31, 2018
In this parasha, Sarah dies. Avraham buys the burial plot of M’arat HaMachpelah and buries Sarah. He then sends his servant, Eliezer, to the ancestral home to find a wife for Yitzchak. The second verse of the parasha tells us of Sarah’s death: “Sarah died in Kiryat Arba which is Hevron in the land of […]
In the News: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Featured in Local Newspapers
October 30, 2018
Check out the full feature article about MILTON, our expansion, and DC’s first middle school since 1976. The story ran in The DC Line, a new media outlet that covers local news in Washington, DC, and his helmed by Chris Kain, former Managing Editor of The Current Newspapers for 26 years. Read the article here > The […]
Torah Talk for Parashat Vayera
October 23, 2018
In this parasha, the Torah continues with the adventures of Avraham and Sarah, including the announcement of the impending birth of Yitzchak and his actual birth, the destruction of S’dom, the exile of Hagar and Yishmael from Avraham’s house, and the famous episode of Akeidat Yitzchak (the Binding of Isaac). Before the destruction of S’dom, […]
In the News: North Campus Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
October 17, 2018
Extra, extra, read all about it! The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Kay & Robert Schattner Center North Campus was featured in articles in the Washington Jewish Week and the DC Line (paragraph 5 in the Week Ahead section). Read more about the event here >
Torah Talk for Parashat Lech Lecha
October 16, 2018
In this parasha, Avram and Sarai follow Hashem’s call to journey to Cana’an, where the covenant between Hashem and Avraham is affirmed. Avram is renamed Avraham and has a son with Hagar, Sarai’s maid, and Hashem promises that Sarai, renamed Sarah, will bear a son as well. One of the lesser-known stories in this week’s […]
Ribbon Cutting Celebrates New State-of-the-Art Facility, First Jewish Middle School in DC Since 1976, and Highest Enrollment in School History
October 11, 2018
MILTON officially opened its expanded Kay and Robert Schattner Center North Campus with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Celebration on October 8. The opening of the North Campus, which serves students in Grades 2 to 8, marks the establishment of the first dedicated Jewish middle school in Washington, DC since 1976. This year, MILTON welcomed […]
