Tag: Israel
JPDS-NC Students Celebrate Israel’s Independence Day
May 6, 2015 by
Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, is a day of celebration in Israel and for Jews around the world. It starts on the fifth of Iyar (Hebrew month). We learned that in Israel, in the evening, fireworks pop out in the sky over Jerusalem and can be seen from many other areas of Israel. A lot of people […]
Fostering a Love of Israel and Hebrew with Hands-On, Immersive Learning
April 23, 2015 by
One of JPDS-NC’s core principals is Ayin L’Tzion, “Looking toward Zion.” At JPDS-NC we strive to foster a deep connection to Israel’s history, people, culture, and language in our students. Central to this mission is our goal to educate independent speakers of the Hebrew language. When we teach the Hebrew language at JPDS-NC, we are […]
JPDS-NC Students Meet their Israeli Pen Pals
January 14, 2015 by
We are brothers who are in 3rd and 4th grade at JPDS-NC, and we each have a pen pal in Israel. Over the break, we traveled to Israel with our family. We visited JPDS-NC’s sister school, Har Tuv, and got to spend time with our pen pals, Michael and Yonatan. We write letters to them […]
Sixth Graders Organize a “Shuk for Shalom” to Raise Money for Israel
November 26, 2014 by
This fall, the sixth graders at JPDS-NC led a school wide campaign to show our support for Israel. We decided to hold a fundraiser and organized our own shuk (market) at school. In Israel, there is a big shuk where people sell all kinds of things. At our mini-shuk, we sold donated books, toys, games, […]
A Special Visit with Ambassador Kurtzer
November 21, 2014 by
Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt (and JPDS-NC grandparent), spoke to our students as part of the month-long Rabin Curriculum on Conflict Resolution. Students gathered in the Rabin Library for a lively discussion with the Ambassador about his recollections of Prime Minister Rabin, his work as a diplomat under Presidents Bill […]
The Shuk for Shalom, our Student-Led Tikkun Olam Project to Raise Money for Israel
November 20, 2014 by
This fall, as part of their Tikkun Olam project, JPDS-NC’s sixth graders led a school-wide campaign to engage students, show our school’s support for Israel and raise money. On November 12, the sixth graders hosted a fundraiser and transformed the Gottesman Auditorium into the Shuk for Shalom, resembling Israel’s large outdoor markets. After weeks of […]
JPDS-NC Selected as Demo School for Hebrew Language Education
November 13, 2014 by
JPDS-NC has been selected to serve as a demo school for our approach to teaching and learning Hebrew. Ivrit B’Merkaz or Hebrew at the Center (HATC), an organization that is at the forefront of advancing Hebrew language teaching and learning, has identified JPDS-NC as a resource for Hebrew language educators teaching in schools across the […]
Fourth Graders Help Decorate the Sukkah at the Israeli Embassy
October 22, 2014 by
JPDS-NC’s fourth graders visited the Israeli embassy to decorate their sukkah. A sukkah is a tent-like structure built from organic material with the roof having gaps in it so you can see the sky. A sukkah is used on the holiday of Sukkot to symbolize how the Israelites lived in the desert, as described in […]
JPDS-NC at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for Shimon Peres
June 27, 2014 by
JPDS-NC students and administrators attended the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in recognition of the life and work of President of Israel Shimon Peres. We were honored to attend the ceremony and to see Ambassador Dan Shapiro and many JPDS-NC community members!
JPDS-NC Students Perform Israeli Dance at Annual Showcase
June 4, 2014 by
Last week, we had our fifth annual Israeli dance show. At the show, students perform group dances to Israeli music. The students work together as a class to learn the dances. All students in the younger grades learn Israeli dance and perform in the show, but it is an elective for fifth- and sixth-graders. In […]
