On Friday, May 12th our 6th grade students had the unique opportunity to learn from a world renowned expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls when Dr. Lawrence Schiffman visited our school. Upon learning that Dr. Schiffman was a member of the Great Neck community, Ms. Danielle Orville, NSHA Middle School Social Studies Teacher and Computer Science …
By Rabbi Jansenson – 7th grade Haggadah Project Editor Once again the 7th grade students, with the help and guidance of their teachers: Rabbi Shalom, Rabbi Jensen, Rabbi Acobas and Rabbi Kobrin published a Haggadah for Peasach. By Chanukah each student was given a part of the Haggadah to study. They learned about the structure …
Every year our Kindergarten students participate in an art appreciation and immersion program with the Hecksher Art museum. It is always a highlight both for our students who spend time with Art education specialists both in their NSHA classrooms and in the Hecksher galleries, as well as for our faculty who take so much pride …
By Ms. Lisa Guggenheimer The Names, Not Numbers program is a unique opportunity for students to become an integral part of documenting history. This is North Shore Hebrew Academy’s second year participating in this extraordinary endeavor. Academically, the students acquire an understanding of the Holocaust and the horrific events that took place. They are taught …
Shakespeare Comes to Life at NSHA Middle School By Ms. Carol Prisamt On Wednesday, February 1st, the 8th grade students had the extraordinary opportunity to spend their day with teaching artists from the highly acclaimed, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, as they were introduced to the language of William Shakespeare through several interactive workshops. The program …
Have you ever had the opportunity to sing Hatikva with a unit from the Israel Defense Forces? Today our students did just that at one of the most moving assemblies yet at NSHA. The IDF Musical Ensemble traveled all the way to Cherry Lane to perform Israeli music and Chanukah songs for our students in …
By Ms. Naomi Fredman, Director of Educational Technology How do we teach our students about the world beyond our sheltered walls? Under the direction of our seventh grade English teacher Mrs. Lisa Guggenheimer, our students have begun an interdisciplinary unit focusing on global adversity. Integrating traditional classroom learning with technology and special programming, our students …
By Rabbi Adam Acobas Over the summer, during a time when most Rabbis and educators are thinking about Tisha B’av and the upcoming Elul Zman, there was one holiday that I couldn’t release from my thoughts: Succot. This holiday is traditionally associated with hospitality – we literally take our home outdoors and open it to others. …
Hearing the shofar in the month of Elul, on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is a poignant call for teshuva and self-reflection for any Jew. But how many of us have had the experience of creating a shofar from start to finish or the zechut of learning the proper way to use it? Every year, …
10 Things You’ll Find in Mr. Sigal’s New Office Meet Mr. Ofier Sigal, the new General Studies Principal of North Shore Hebrew Academy. Mr. Sigal started out as a science teacher in the Bronx and Manhattan; worked as the assistant principal of the Solomon Schechter School of Queens; and most recently served as the director …
Dear NSHA Families: I am thrilled to announce that today, in partnership with the Great Neck Synagogue, we welcomed our two Israeli Bnei Akiva Shlichot, Rachel Wisemon and Efrat Carmi, to the NSHA Family. Rachel and Efrat will work with NSHA through June developing and implementing programming around Zionism, Israeli history and current events, Hebrew …
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