Tag: Israel
In the News: Washington Jewish Week covers 10th Anniversary Rabin Lecture
June 23, 2016 by
At the 10th Anniversary Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Lecture, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro spoke with Washington Post Editorial Writer Charles Lane about Rabin’s legacy and the current political situation in Israel. The community also heard personal remarks by Yuval Rabin, son of the late Prime Minister. Read the Washington Jewish Week article about the event […]
Traditions and Core Values
June 16, 2016 by
Traditions abound at JPDS-NC. As I hear the students practicing speeches for graduation, I see how longstanding JPDS-NC traditions stand out and deeply shape our students’ overall experience. TEVA, the New York trip, Chagigat HaSiddur, historic site guides and kindergarten self-portraits have become a part of the anthology of the JPDS-NC experience. Like these great […]
South Campus Celebrates Lag Ba’Omer
May 26, 2016 by
Today, JPDS-NC students celebrated Lag Ba’Omer like they do in Israel – by lighting a bonfire, eating hot potatoes that are cooked in the bonfire, and with a lot of spirited singing. Enjoy the video below of our Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade students at their joyful Lag Ba’Omer celebration! We also invite you to […]
JPDS-NC Fourth Graders Perform and Teach Israeli Dance to Area Students at Embassy of Israel
May 26, 2016 by
The Fourth Grade Trailblazers class was invited to a special program at the Embassy of Israel on Friday, May 20. A Fifth Grade class from Hearst Elementary School was invited too. We performed an Israeli dance routine for everyone. Every year, JPDS-NC has an Israeli Dance Performance. We performed the choreography from that show. Then […]
JPDS-NC Celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut
May 16, 2016 by
JPDS-NC had a school-wide, all-day celebration for Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day! The students spent the day traveling to cities and special places in Israel. In Yerushalayim, younger students built the Kotel out of boxes and wrote notes for it, and older students made trifolds of the three major religions of the city. In Be’er […]
Celebrating the Light Within at Rabin Ceremony
December 15, 2015 by
On the last day of Chanukah, the whole school gathered for a powerful, light-filled ceremony marking the culmination of the Rabin Curriculum on Conflict Resolution. The program centered on the idea of “light” and the “light within” each person. We built a large artistic chanukiah that filled the back wall of the stage. Each grade, from […]
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Visits JPDS-NC
November 11, 2015 by
Rabbi David Lau, the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, came to the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital recently. He came to the U.S. to learn more about Jewish life in America, and while he was here, he visited JPDS-NC and spoke with the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-graders about his role in the […]
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin
November 5, 2015 by
It was a sunny Shabbat afternoon in Miami twenty years ago when I first heard the unimaginable news that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin had been shot. I was spending the afternoon with a group of friends, young couples with babies or, like me, expecting our first ones. We were studying Pirkei Avot, the Ethics of […]
Welcoming Distinguished Guests from Israel at JPDS-NC: Michal Cohen, Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Education and Rabbi David Lau, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
October 22, 2015 by
JPDS-NC was honored to welcome several special guests from Israel to our school this week. On October 21, we were privileged to share our best practices in Jewish and Israel education with Israel’s Ministry of Education and Jewish education leaders. We enjoyed an inspiring conversation with the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Education, Michal […]
Fourth Graders Celebrate Sukkot at the Embassy of Israel and in the Design Lab
October 7, 2015 by
Fourth grade students at JPDS-NC celebrated the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in special ways this year. During Sukkot, some Jews build a sukkah in their back yard and eat there. A is a hut or booth with at least 2 ½ walls and schach (plants) on top. A long time ago, when the Jews were […]
