The Frisch School was featured on Fox NY and My9 News last night! Watch the story below focusing on our talented students' use of music and art in preparation for our march down 5th Ave in Sunday's Salute to Israel Parade.
You can read about this news story here.
The Frisch School
The Henry & Esther Swieca Family Campus
Friday, June 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Exciting News – Frisch on TV Tomorrow Night!
We were vey excited to have had Noah Gurock and a camera crew from MY 9 News come to Frisch today and meet with some of our students who are helping to prepare this year’s art and musical presentations for the Celebrate Israel Parade.
The piece is scheduled to air tomorrow night, Thursday, June 2nd during the 11:00 PM news on MY 9. (barring any major breaking news story)
The piece will also be rebroadcast during MY 9’s live coverage of the Celebrate Israel Parade, this coming Sunday, June 5th from 12:00 – 2:00 PM.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Shiriyah 5771 Hallway Presentations are now posted online!
The Frisch School Shiriyah Hallway Presentations are now posted online! You can watch them below. Enjoy!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Yesterday @ Frisch
A brief report on yesterday's special programs at Frisch:
1. The Seniors: Our seniors, and the Ma'ayanot Senior Class who were invited to join us, participated in a presentation of Faces of Israel, a film produced and directed by Amy Oppenheimer (Frisch '03). Ms. Oppenheimer spent a year at Midreshet Lindenbaum before going on to major in International Relations and Jewish Studies at Johns Hopkins and then working in management consulting. Amy has been touring the country presenting her film which thoughtfully explores the Jewishness of The Jewish State: The role of the Rabbanut; questions of synagogue and state; conversion, marriage and divorce; the Masorati and Reform movements in Israel; organizations which are attempting to create a Modern Orthodox version of the Rabbanut, etc. Amy facilitates a wonderful and thought provoking discussion as the audience watches the film. (If you think you'd be interested in having this program at your Shul or organization Amy can be reached at director@facesthemovie.com.
2. The Juniors: We've been studying Massechet Sanhedrin which focuses on the Jewish judicial system. Rabbi Yona Reiss, a graduate of Yale Law School (and senior editor of the Yale Law Journal) and for ten years director of the Beth Din of America, the largest rabbinical court in this country, met with the eleventh grade to talk to them about the Halakhic and logistical ins and outs of a functioning modern-day Beth Din. The students were fascinated with some of the cases Rabbi Reiss, currently Dean of RIETS (the yeshiva part of Yeshiva u.), presented to them and we were gratified that Rabbi Reiss was very impressed with how much the juniors knew about some of the esoteric issues he discussed.
3. Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors: Do you know what BDS signifies? Frisch students now do. Each grade heard a superb presentation by Ms. Michele Rojas-Tal of Stand With Us who helped us understand the sophisticated manipulation of public opinion by Israel's enemies and the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism masquerading as anti-Zionism and humanitarianism. The BDS Movement = a drive to delegitimize Israel and to launch a worldwide campaign for Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions. Yesterday's sessions are part of The Frisch School's continuing educational initiative to be sure that our students are prepared to be advocates for Israel on the college campus and beyond.
1. The Seniors: Our seniors, and the Ma'ayanot Senior Class who were invited to join us, participated in a presentation of Faces of Israel, a film produced and directed by Amy Oppenheimer (Frisch '03). Ms. Oppenheimer spent a year at Midreshet Lindenbaum before going on to major in International Relations and Jewish Studies at Johns Hopkins and then working in management consulting. Amy has been touring the country presenting her film which thoughtfully explores the Jewishness of The Jewish State: The role of the Rabbanut; questions of synagogue and state; conversion, marriage and divorce; the Masorati and Reform movements in Israel; organizations which are attempting to create a Modern Orthodox version of the Rabbanut, etc. Amy facilitates a wonderful and thought provoking discussion as the audience watches the film. (If you think you'd be interested in having this program at your Shul or organization Amy can be reached at director@facesthemovie.com.
2. The Juniors: We've been studying Massechet Sanhedrin which focuses on the Jewish judicial system. Rabbi Yona Reiss, a graduate of Yale Law School (and senior editor of the Yale Law Journal) and for ten years director of the Beth Din of America, the largest rabbinical court in this country, met with the eleventh grade to talk to them about the Halakhic and logistical ins and outs of a functioning modern-day Beth Din. The students were fascinated with some of the cases Rabbi Reiss, currently Dean of RIETS (the yeshiva part of Yeshiva u.), presented to them and we were gratified that Rabbi Reiss was very impressed with how much the juniors knew about some of the esoteric issues he discussed.
3. Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors: Do you know what BDS signifies? Frisch students now do. Each grade heard a superb presentation by Ms. Michele Rojas-Tal of Stand With Us who helped us understand the sophisticated manipulation of public opinion by Israel's enemies and the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism masquerading as anti-Zionism and humanitarianism. The BDS Movement = a drive to delegitimize Israel and to launch a worldwide campaign for Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions. Yesterday's sessions are part of The Frisch School's continuing educational initiative to be sure that our students are prepared to be advocates for Israel on the college campus and beyond.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Chag Samai'ach from Frisch
Yesterday's Yom HaZikaron program was organized by our Ivrit Department. It featured appriopriaste readings and songs, one performed by eleventh-grader Shachar Avraham who was accompanied by his classmates Esther Moerdler and Avi Krupman, the others performed by the Amal Choir from Nahariya, the UJA's Partner City in Israel. (Special thanks to Morah Dafna, to the UJA, and to Rabbi Tzvi Pittinsky).
This morning and early afternoon our students participated in our annual Yom Ha-Atzma'ut extravaganza which was created by Director of Student Activities Rabbi David Goldfischer and sponsored, as it is each year, by the Frisch Parents Association.
The theme of today's program was religious Zionism as articulated in Rav Soltoveitchik z'tsl's Kol Dodi Dofek, in which the Rav identified six specific "knocks on the door", six events/phenomena which a religiously sensitive Jew should see as clear indication of the special opportunity God was extending to the Jewish People with the creation of Medinat Yisrael, a knock to which HaKadosh Barukh Hu clearly expected His nation to respond. After our Tefilah Chagigit, including, of course, spirited singing of Hallel, Rabbi Goldfischer introduced the program with a short video he produced and with inspiring words. Each grade then participated in a round robin in which four of the Rav's "knocks" were portrayed in an informative and substantive, but also somewhat lighthearted, manner. In no particular order:
1. The miracle at the United Nations in November 1947 when just about for the only time during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union both supported a UN Resolution, that is, the decision to partition Palestine and create a Jewish State. The kids saw a very amusing skit performed by Rabbis Feldman and Schachter who portrayed the American and Soviet ambassadors followed by footage of the roll call in the General Assembly and of the resulting celebrations in Eretz Yisrael and elsewhere, including one at the Arch of Titus in Rome which, of course, honors the Roman conquest of Judea and the destruction of the Mikdash. At the end of this session, as at the end of each of the succeeding ones, students heard the words of the Rav describing the spiritual significance of this miracle
2. Rabbim B'Yad Me'atim, The Many defeated by the Few. As in the military victory of Chanukah, the War of Independence of 1948-49 was a miraculous victory of the small, poorly equipped, and in many cases untrained forces of the just-organized IDF against the comparatively huge force and equipment of the Arab armies. The students particularly enjoyed hearing the account of an American veteran of the war who commanded a unit on the Egyptian Front. Rabbis Goldfischer and Sher performed brilliantly as Israeli soldiers.
3. A place of refuge: For the first time in nearly two thousand years Jews throughout the world know they have a State which is ready and willing to welcome them. Rabbi Fleischmann, in a series if vignettes introduced by Rabbi Jaffe, appeared as Natan Sharansky, who among other things read them a beautiful letter he read to his daughter Rachel under her Chuppah; as Chief Rabbi Lau who talked about his days as a child survivor and about a suitcase an American G.I. gave him at the time of his liberation and which he carried with him to Israel and kept with him till only the handle was left; and as the founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh who, thankfully, deals with Jews who voluntarily make Aliyah rather than as refugees from oppression.
4. For the first time in modern history Dam Yehudi Eino Hefker, Jewish blood is no longer for the taking. The existence of a State which can defend its own citizens and Jews throughout the world is in itself a miraculous phenomenon. Rabbis Wald and Ciner and Mrs. Goldfischer presented this thoughtfully but humorously in a Seder table discussion and Dvar Torah, we hope that Rabbi Wald will be able to do a better job with Mah Nishtanah by next Pesach, and in a series of videos including footage from one of the Entebbe movies.
The program concluded with some words of Torah by Rabbi Eliyahu Blum, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Nehar Deiah in Nahariya and with an inspirational summation by Rabbi Goldfischer.
One of the issues which we also tried to address is the need to expand our students' perspective about Israel. We spend a lot of time talking about the centrality of Medinat Yisrael in Jewish life, about threats to Israel and our responsibility to give of ourselves and of our fortunes to support and advocate for Israel, about the spiritual accomplishments and potential of Israel.
But we don't often enough talk about the incredible scientific, technological, economic and humanitarian achievements of a tiny little state in a very backward region, achievements of which advocates of Israel should be proud and about which they should be prepared to speak. Rabbi Sher, our AISAC advisor, and a group of his kids have created a huge map of Israel which is covered with lots of facts and factoids about these many, many wonderful achievements. It will remain on display throughout the week downstairs in front of the Shul.
And, of course, a terrific Chagigah with great music and dancing and our now traditional outdoor barbecue picnic on the back lawn courtesy of the sponsorship of the Frisch Parents Association and the hard work of many, many wonderful parent volunteers.
This morning and early afternoon our students participated in our annual Yom Ha-Atzma'ut extravaganza which was created by Director of Student Activities Rabbi David Goldfischer and sponsored, as it is each year, by the Frisch Parents Association.
The theme of today's program was religious Zionism as articulated in Rav Soltoveitchik z'tsl's Kol Dodi Dofek, in which the Rav identified six specific "knocks on the door", six events/phenomena which a religiously sensitive Jew should see as clear indication of the special opportunity God was extending to the Jewish People with the creation of Medinat Yisrael, a knock to which HaKadosh Barukh Hu clearly expected His nation to respond. After our Tefilah Chagigit, including, of course, spirited singing of Hallel, Rabbi Goldfischer introduced the program with a short video he produced and with inspiring words. Each grade then participated in a round robin in which four of the Rav's "knocks" were portrayed in an informative and substantive, but also somewhat lighthearted, manner. In no particular order:
1. The miracle at the United Nations in November 1947 when just about for the only time during the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union both supported a UN Resolution, that is, the decision to partition Palestine and create a Jewish State. The kids saw a very amusing skit performed by Rabbis Feldman and Schachter who portrayed the American and Soviet ambassadors followed by footage of the roll call in the General Assembly and of the resulting celebrations in Eretz Yisrael and elsewhere, including one at the Arch of Titus in Rome which, of course, honors the Roman conquest of Judea and the destruction of the Mikdash. At the end of this session, as at the end of each of the succeeding ones, students heard the words of the Rav describing the spiritual significance of this miracle
2. Rabbim B'Yad Me'atim, The Many defeated by the Few. As in the military victory of Chanukah, the War of Independence of 1948-49 was a miraculous victory of the small, poorly equipped, and in many cases untrained forces of the just-organized IDF against the comparatively huge force and equipment of the Arab armies. The students particularly enjoyed hearing the account of an American veteran of the war who commanded a unit on the Egyptian Front. Rabbis Goldfischer and Sher performed brilliantly as Israeli soldiers.
3. A place of refuge: For the first time in nearly two thousand years Jews throughout the world know they have a State which is ready and willing to welcome them. Rabbi Fleischmann, in a series if vignettes introduced by Rabbi Jaffe, appeared as Natan Sharansky, who among other things read them a beautiful letter he read to his daughter Rachel under her Chuppah; as Chief Rabbi Lau who talked about his days as a child survivor and about a suitcase an American G.I. gave him at the time of his liberation and which he carried with him to Israel and kept with him till only the handle was left; and as the founder of Nefesh B'Nefesh who, thankfully, deals with Jews who voluntarily make Aliyah rather than as refugees from oppression.
4. For the first time in modern history Dam Yehudi Eino Hefker, Jewish blood is no longer for the taking. The existence of a State which can defend its own citizens and Jews throughout the world is in itself a miraculous phenomenon. Rabbis Wald and Ciner and Mrs. Goldfischer presented this thoughtfully but humorously in a Seder table discussion and Dvar Torah, we hope that Rabbi Wald will be able to do a better job with Mah Nishtanah by next Pesach, and in a series of videos including footage from one of the Entebbe movies.
The program concluded with some words of Torah by Rabbi Eliyahu Blum, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Nehar Deiah in Nahariya and with an inspirational summation by Rabbi Goldfischer.
One of the issues which we also tried to address is the need to expand our students' perspective about Israel. We spend a lot of time talking about the centrality of Medinat Yisrael in Jewish life, about threats to Israel and our responsibility to give of ourselves and of our fortunes to support and advocate for Israel, about the spiritual accomplishments and potential of Israel.
But we don't often enough talk about the incredible scientific, technological, economic and humanitarian achievements of a tiny little state in a very backward region, achievements of which advocates of Israel should be proud and about which they should be prepared to speak. Rabbi Sher, our AISAC advisor, and a group of his kids have created a huge map of Israel which is covered with lots of facts and factoids about these many, many wonderful achievements. It will remain on display throughout the week downstairs in front of the Shul.
And, of course, a terrific Chagigah with great music and dancing and our now traditional outdoor barbecue picnic on the back lawn courtesy of the sponsorship of the Frisch Parents Association and the hard work of many, many wonderful parent volunteers.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Exciting Additions to The Frisch Golf & Bike Outing
We are pleased to announce a few new and exciting additions to The Frisch School Family Golf & Bike Outing, which will be held on Monday, June 20th at the Minisceongo Golf Club.
In addition the to great golfing and bike ride and the delicious barbeque, this year, we will be having:
- Golf Short Game & Putting Clinics at registration (golfers select which clinic they want to take part in)
- Pilates w/ Nurit Chasman (for women)
- Zumba w/ Neshe Antelis (for women)
- Swimming (separate scheduled times for men and women).
Our outing is so much more than just a good time playing golf and biking with friends. The Frisch School Family outing is also a fantastic opportunity for parents and their children to spend the day golfing or biking together. We know that these new additions will only add to this wonderful day.
Registration is now open. Visit www.frischgolf.com for more information and to register for the event.
See you there!
Eli Davidoff
Paul Rolnick '87
Sharon Sherman
Chairpeople
Golf & Bike Outing Chairpeople
Cougar Sports Breakfast - Don't Miss Out!
Don't Miss Out!
Send in your RSVP for the
Cougar Sports Breakfast
This Sunday, May 15, 2011
8:45 Shacharit
9:30 Breakfast and Program
RSVP by mail or email to theacademicoffice@frisch.org
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Save the Date - Frisch Drama Society
SAVE THE DATE
The Frisch Drama Society's Annual Spring Production
"PLAY ON" A light high British comedy (with a dark low side)
Sunday, May 29th 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 31st 5:45 p.m.
Tickets on sale soon!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Yom HaShoah @ Frisch
Today, for our Yom HaShoah commemoration, our students were privileged to hear from Mrs. Sophie Infield, mother and grandmother of several Frisch alumni and of current and future students. Mrs. Infield is a child survivor who spent most of the first six years of her life in the freezing forests of Eastern Poland and being hidden with her parents and aunt by a Polish family for twenty-two months in a space which, as she graphically described it, was no larger than the area under one's kitchen table. We also watched a film produced by Rabbi Krug, a film consisting of scenes from the ghettos of Eastern Europe which the Nazis proudly recorded but with a voice-over of an obscenely and hysterically anti-Semitic tirade by member of the Nation of Islam at Kean University right in our back yard not so many years ago.
This morning at Shacharit I asked those students whose grandparents and/or great grandparents are Holocaust Survivors to stand. I must admit that both I and most of the kids were taken completely by surprise when well over half of the students stood up. My friends and I grew up on the Lower East Side with minimal awareness of the Shoah. Our parents were American, not quite of Mayflower vintage, of course, but our families were all safely ensconced in New York long before the Shoah. The realization that so many youngsters sitting there in Shul on a Monday morning were the descendents of survivors prompted me to share with them something that I heard just this Shabbat from my friend and teacher Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter in the name of his father, Rabbi Herschel Schacter, who as a U.S. Army chaplain liberated Buchenwald and went on to become one of the most prominent Orthodox rabbis in the United States for the next more than fifty years.
The Gemara in Sanhedrin (92b) discusses the story of the Prophet Yechezkel and the Valley of Dry Bones (which is the Haftorah of Shabbat Chol Ha-Moed Pesach) and wonders about what happened to those people who had been brought back to life. Rabbi Eliezer says that they rose up, Amru Shira - thanked God for resurrecting them, and then died. Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yossi HaGalili says no, they actually made Aliyah, married, and had sons and daughters. Whereupon Rabbi Yehuda ben Bisaira stood up and announced, - I am one of their descendents and these Tefilin which were left to me by my grandfather belonged to my ancestor - who rose from the dead that day.
Rabbi Schacter, who was careful to emphasize that no one has the right to be judgmental about the how survivors chose to lead their post-Shoah lives, commented that the three perspectives in the Gemara mirror the choices made by different groups of survivors. Some survivors chose to say thank you, perhaps even Thank God, for their survival and then cut themselves off from Klal Yisrael, withdrawing into themselves and into their non-Jewish surroundings, eschewing identification with or participation in the destiny of the Jewish People. Hundreds of thousands made Aliyah. To our eternal gratitude they fought for and built Medinat Yisrael and gave life to the generations who continue to defend and develop the Jewish State. And finally, there are those (not mutually exclusive from the second group) who also made it their mission to pass down their Tefilin, that is, their Emunah and their devotion to Torah and Mitzvot to their children and grandchildren.
It is told that when the Satmar Rebbe decided to leave Israel and settle in Brooklyn his Chassidim in Israel were distraught because in the absence of the Rebbe there would be no one to whom they could give their kvitlach, their requests for a Bracha. The Rebbe responded that they should go to Shul on a weekday morning and request a blessing from any gentleman they saw who was winding his Tefilin over the numbers tattooed on his arm.
I asked our students who are fortunate enough to still have grandparents who were survivors to call them tonight to thank them for having bequeathed them a religious legacy and in the absence of grandparents, as is often unfortunately the case, to spend some time talking to their parents about their parents struggles during and after the war.
Dr. Kalman Stein, Principal
This morning at Shacharit I asked those students whose grandparents and/or great grandparents are Holocaust Survivors to stand. I must admit that both I and most of the kids were taken completely by surprise when well over half of the students stood up. My friends and I grew up on the Lower East Side with minimal awareness of the Shoah. Our parents were American, not quite of Mayflower vintage, of course, but our families were all safely ensconced in New York long before the Shoah. The realization that so many youngsters sitting there in Shul on a Monday morning were the descendents of survivors prompted me to share with them something that I heard just this Shabbat from my friend and teacher Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter in the name of his father, Rabbi Herschel Schacter, who as a U.S. Army chaplain liberated Buchenwald and went on to become one of the most prominent Orthodox rabbis in the United States for the next more than fifty years.
The Gemara in Sanhedrin (92b) discusses the story of the Prophet Yechezkel and the Valley of Dry Bones (which is the Haftorah of Shabbat Chol Ha-Moed Pesach) and wonders about what happened to those people who had been brought back to life. Rabbi Eliezer says that they rose up, Amru Shira - thanked God for resurrecting them, and then died. Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yossi HaGalili says no, they actually made Aliyah, married, and had sons and daughters. Whereupon Rabbi Yehuda ben Bisaira stood up and announced, - I am one of their descendents and these Tefilin which were left to me by my grandfather belonged to my ancestor - who rose from the dead that day.
Rabbi Schacter, who was careful to emphasize that no one has the right to be judgmental about the how survivors chose to lead their post-Shoah lives, commented that the three perspectives in the Gemara mirror the choices made by different groups of survivors. Some survivors chose to say thank you, perhaps even Thank God, for their survival and then cut themselves off from Klal Yisrael, withdrawing into themselves and into their non-Jewish surroundings, eschewing identification with or participation in the destiny of the Jewish People. Hundreds of thousands made Aliyah. To our eternal gratitude they fought for and built Medinat Yisrael and gave life to the generations who continue to defend and develop the Jewish State. And finally, there are those (not mutually exclusive from the second group) who also made it their mission to pass down their Tefilin, that is, their Emunah and their devotion to Torah and Mitzvot to their children and grandchildren.
It is told that when the Satmar Rebbe decided to leave Israel and settle in Brooklyn his Chassidim in Israel were distraught because in the absence of the Rebbe there would be no one to whom they could give their kvitlach, their requests for a Bracha. The Rebbe responded that they should go to Shul on a weekday morning and request a blessing from any gentleman they saw who was winding his Tefilin over the numbers tattooed on his arm.
I asked our students who are fortunate enough to still have grandparents who were survivors to call them tonight to thank them for having bequeathed them a religious legacy and in the absence of grandparents, as is often unfortunately the case, to spend some time talking to their parents about their parents struggles during and after the war.
Dr. Kalman Stein, Principal
Friday, April 29, 2011
Community-Wide Yom HaShoah Program @ Frisch
68th ANNIVERSARY
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING
Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day
YIZKOR – Remembrance Service
YIZKOR – Remembrance Service
for the 6,000,000 JEWISH MARTYRS
Sunday, May 1, 2011 / 27 Nisan 5771 at 11:00 AM
The Frisch School
120 West Century Road, Paramus, New Jersey
Featuring the first-ever, live broadcast from Auschwitz of a March of The Living Yom HaShoah Ceremony
For additional information call your synagogue or Dr. Wallace Greene 201-873-3263
Sponsored by the HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
of the UJA FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
and MARCH OF THE LIVING
Thursday, April 14, 2011
And the winners are...
Last month, we had our 9th Grade Fully Integrated Day of Learning on the topic of Fate and Free Will. All ninth grade students watched the movie Gattaca, which is devoted to the theme of genetic engineering, and then students attended five different sessions in different disciplines on this important topic. You can read a full description of this day in a previous posting here: Fate and Free Will: The Grade Nine Integrated Day of Learning.
As a summative assessment of their learning on this day, all ninth graders worked in pairs on PowerPoint presentations that both summarized the content of two or more of the sessions and extended this content to new areas based on their original research. Today, the two winning PowerPoint presentations created by four very hard-working and talented students were announced. You can view the presentations below.
First Place: Fate and Free Will by Isabelle Berman and Ariela Rivkin
Second Place: Eugenics, Fate and Free Will by Yael Zeldin and Ari Spitzer
Congratulations to our winners!!!
As a summative assessment of their learning on this day, all ninth graders worked in pairs on PowerPoint presentations that both summarized the content of two or more of the sessions and extended this content to new areas based on their original research. Today, the two winning PowerPoint presentations created by four very hard-working and talented students were announced. You can view the presentations below.
First Place: Fate and Free Will by Isabelle Berman and Ariela Rivkin
Second Place: Eugenics, Fate and Free Will by Yael Zeldin and Ari Spitzer
Congratulations to our winners!!!
Frisch Students Help Build Houses in New Orleans With Habitat For Humanity
NCSY and Frisch partner for New Orleans Chessed Mission
Ten juniors from The Frisch School traveled last week to New Orleans to take part in an NCSY sponsored Chessed mission.
While in New Orleans, students worked with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild a home in the devastated Ninth Ward.
“I was shocked to see that so much of New Orleans was still destroyed,” said Frisch student Yosepha Sebrow (2012, Teaneck). “I would have thought that so many years later everything would have been fixed. It is so important that we made this trip because it is volunteers like us who are helping to rebuild New Orleans.”
“Our students learned a very important lesson while in New Orleans,” said Rabbi Mark Staum, the Frisch advisor on the trip. “As Jews we need to be at the forefront of the volunteer response to disasters. Our students gained so much from their time working as volunteers. They learned that not only do the people for whom you are rebuilding a house benefit, but as volunteers, they personally benefit from the time they spend working on these important projects.”
As part of the trip, the students toured the lower Ninth Ward to see many of the areas that were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina that have yet to be rebuilt. Following the tour of the Ninth Ward, the students took an tour of the destroyed Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Lakeview and visited the cemetery where the Beth Israel Torah Scrolls and Seforim (religious books) that were destroyed when the synagogue flooded during Hurricane Katrina were buried.
“The visit to the Shul and cemetery was particularly emotional for me,” said David Moed, a junior from Englewood, NJ. “Seeing the devastation caused by Katrina was very moving. This experience showed me the importance of helping communities affected by disasters and the need to stand with those who are affected.”
Frisch Students also spent a morning with elementary school students at the New Orleans Jewish Day School in Metairie. The Frisch students gave classes about the upcoming Pesach holiday and worked with the students on a variety of educational arts and crafts projects.
Students on the mission also spent one afternoon at a local nursing home entertaining and visiting the home’s residents.
Frisch Golf & Bike Outing - Now with Pilates!
SAVE THE DATE!
The Second Annual
Frisch School
Family Golf & Bike Outing
Monday, June 20, 2011
NEW THIS YEAR: PILATES CLASSES FOR WOMEN!
Stay Tuned: More Exciting
Details After Pesach
Volunteers needed! Email golf@frisch.org to help out.
For more information visit www.frischgolf.com or email golf@frisch.org
The Second Annual
Frisch School
Family Golf & Bike Outing
Monday, June 20, 2011
NEW THIS YEAR: PILATES CLASSES FOR WOMEN!
Stay Tuned: More Exciting
Details After Pesach
Volunteers needed! Email golf@frisch.org to help out.
For more information visit www.frischgolf.com or email golf@frisch.org
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Kol HaKavod! National Latin Exam Results
Kol HaKavod (which is Congratulations in Latin) to the many Frisch students who excelled on the National Latin Exam and to their teacher, Dr. Jillian Davidson:
Grade 9: Purple ribbons for outstanding achievement to Abigail Katcoff, Benjamin Glass, Caroline Brauner, and Jonathan Brauner.
Achievement certificates to Noah Potash and Sam Rochlin.
Grade 10:
Gold Summa Cum Laude medalsto Elisheva Rosen, Helena Goodman, Jordana Gross, Avigayil Weinberger, Josh Bock and Karen Segal.
Grade 11:
Maxima Cum Laude to Rachel Blumenthal and Eric Brauner; Magna Cum Laude To Elliot Finkelstein; Cum Laude to Danielle Orenshein. Rachel Rolnick, a junior, took the more advanced exam taken by seniors and earned a Gold Summa Cum Laude award.
Grade 12: Jesse Gruber achieved a Magna Cum Laude.
"Macte virtute, sic itur ad astra"
(Those who excel, thus reach the stars!)
ALSO Kol HaKavod to Elliot Finkelstein who has been named NJ Regional Winner of this year's Chidon HaTanakh.
Grade 9: Purple ribbons for outstanding achievement to Abigail Katcoff, Benjamin Glass, Caroline Brauner, and Jonathan Brauner.
Achievement certificates to Noah Potash and Sam Rochlin.
Grade 10:
Gold Summa Cum Laude medalsto Elisheva Rosen, Helena Goodman, Jordana Gross, Avigayil Weinberger, Josh Bock and Karen Segal.
Grade 11:
Maxima Cum Laude to Rachel Blumenthal and Eric Brauner; Magna Cum Laude To Elliot Finkelstein; Cum Laude to Danielle Orenshein. Rachel Rolnick, a junior, took the more advanced exam taken by seniors and earned a Gold Summa Cum Laude award.
Grade 12: Jesse Gruber achieved a Magna Cum Laude.
"Macte virtute, sic itur ad astra"
(Those who excel, thus reach the stars!)
ALSO Kol HaKavod to Elliot Finkelstein who has been named NJ Regional Winner of this year's Chidon HaTanakh.
Tikvah High School Scholars Program @Frisch
Next year, for the third year since its inception, The Frisch School will be one of a handful of Jewish high schools participating in the Tikvah High School Scholars Program.
Selected Seniors--see below--spend the year in a special seminar which deals with sophisticated issues in Jewish Thought led by two teacher-mentors. This seminar is taken in lieu of the Nach elective taken by all other seniors. Besides the regular three-times-each-week seminar, these students and the Tikvah Scholars from the other schools attend three weekend conferences on a college campus--typically very early September, mid-year, and June--at which they study with prominent academics. Students are also required to present a major research paper on which they work through the year with their mentors.
Why undertake this additional work? Yes, it does look good on college resumes but, to be frank, it's unlikely that this plays a major role in colleges' admissions decisions. The one and only good reason to participate is to experience the intellectual and religious excitement and ferment of the seminars and conferences.
How are participants selected? Tikvah limits each school's contingent to a rather small number, typically to about six students per school. Students are required to complete and submit a substantial application--as the kids know, they are now available in the academic office--by May 20. The Tikvah Foundation's admissions committee chooses the applicants it wants to interview, interviews them in school, and makes its selections. The choices at Frisch--other schools use other methods--are made exclusively by the Tikvah Foundation: We do not pick and choose from amongst the many wonderful Frisch students who apply each year.
Next year, for the first time, Frisch has decided to admit several other qualified students, that is, qualified students who had applied but not been admitted by Tikvah, to the in-school seminars. These students will gain a great deal from this sophisticated seminar but only the small group chosen by Tikvah are invited by Tikvah to the weekend conferences. (These additional students will not be required to submit the major research presentation).
We encourage our brightest, most intellectually motivated and curious students to consider this opportunity.
Selected Seniors--see below--spend the year in a special seminar which deals with sophisticated issues in Jewish Thought led by two teacher-mentors. This seminar is taken in lieu of the Nach elective taken by all other seniors. Besides the regular three-times-each-week seminar, these students and the Tikvah Scholars from the other schools attend three weekend conferences on a college campus--typically very early September, mid-year, and June--at which they study with prominent academics. Students are also required to present a major research paper on which they work through the year with their mentors.
Why undertake this additional work? Yes, it does look good on college resumes but, to be frank, it's unlikely that this plays a major role in colleges' admissions decisions. The one and only good reason to participate is to experience the intellectual and religious excitement and ferment of the seminars and conferences.
How are participants selected? Tikvah limits each school's contingent to a rather small number, typically to about six students per school. Students are required to complete and submit a substantial application--as the kids know, they are now available in the academic office--by May 20. The Tikvah Foundation's admissions committee chooses the applicants it wants to interview, interviews them in school, and makes its selections. The choices at Frisch--other schools use other methods--are made exclusively by the Tikvah Foundation: We do not pick and choose from amongst the many wonderful Frisch students who apply each year.
Next year, for the first time, Frisch has decided to admit several other qualified students, that is, qualified students who had applied but not been admitted by Tikvah, to the in-school seminars. These students will gain a great deal from this sophisticated seminar but only the small group chosen by Tikvah are invited by Tikvah to the weekend conferences. (These additional students will not be required to submit the major research presentation).
We encourage our brightest, most intellectually motivated and curious students to consider this opportunity.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Extra Torah @FrischSchool
Congratulations to Michael Rochlin (Grade 12) who just completed an excellent Shiur to his schoolmates on various aspects and modalities of the recitation of Hallel throughout the year. He specifically zeroed in on the singing of Hallel in Sepharadi and some Ashkenazi Shuls on the first two nights of Pesach and on the nature of the Hallel we say at the Seder.
Please remember that all parents and students are invited to prepare for Pesach at tonight's (8:00 pm) adult education program: Rabbi Eli Ciner will be speaking about Bedikat Chametz, which is not only timely but also is the first topic our students will be studying when they begin their study of Massechet Pesachim next fall. Dr. Shira Weiss will be dealing with Pesach from a philosophic perspective: Free Will and Divine Providence in the Exodus Narrative.
We are very excited to inform you that on Thursday morning after Shacharit tenth graders Zachary Flamholz and Yisroel Quint and their Rebbie, Rabbi Joshua Wald, will be making a Siyum for the sophomore class on Massechet Megillah which the three of them have been studying together in their free time.
Please remember that all parents and students are invited to prepare for Pesach at tonight's (8:00 pm) adult education program: Rabbi Eli Ciner will be speaking about Bedikat Chametz, which is not only timely but also is the first topic our students will be studying when they begin their study of Massechet Pesachim next fall. Dr. Shira Weiss will be dealing with Pesach from a philosophic perspective: Free Will and Divine Providence in the Exodus Narrative.
We are very excited to inform you that on Thursday morning after Shacharit tenth graders Zachary Flamholz and Yisroel Quint and their Rebbie, Rabbi Joshua Wald, will be making a Siyum for the sophomore class on Massechet Megillah which the three of them have been studying together in their free time.
Frisch Chessed Mission to NOLA
The eleventh graders who participated in the Chessed Mission to New Orleans where they worked for Habitat for Humanity and interactted with the local Jewish community returned to school Yesterday morning. We received this beautiful letterfrom the Shul in New Orleans:
Dear Rabbi Mark Staum, Mr. Aaron Keigher, the administration of The Frisch School, and Rabbi Ethan Katz of NJ NCSY,
On behalf of Congregation Beth Israel, I wanted to thank you for bringing such a wonderful, mature group of students to visit our community. We host many different groups every month, but found our experience with your students to be exceptional. Their eager participation in Tefillah and the Seudot enhanced Shabbat for everyone. We hope in some small way that they too were inspired with their visit to our resurging community.
The students clearly feel a special warmth towards their school, which is so admirable, and speaks volumes about the program at the Frisch School. We were also all taken by their respect and connection with their advisors. On a personal level, it was a pleasure to share Shabbat with them all, and we welcome them and another group at any time.
May you all continue to find nachas from your good work.
Chag Kasher ViSameach,
Sincerely,
Rabbi Uri Topolosky
MSG Varsity Shiriyah Video
MSG Varsity filmed bits of Shiriya.
http://www.msgvarsity.com/new-jersey/frisch-school-color-wars-1.455027
http://www.msgvarsity.com/new-jersey/frisch-school-color-wars-1.455027
Doesn't quite do justice to Shiriya but still......
Tikvah Lecture Series: Dr David Shatz @Frisch
This morning more than 100 students participated in the third instalment of our Tikvah Lecture Series. Dr David Shatz, Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva U., Associate Professor of Religion at Columbia, and editor of Torah u-Maddah Journal, led a vibrant and thought-provoking discussion on philosophical and halakhic considerations of ethical dilemmas. Students gained an appreciation of the different types of factors that go into an ethical decision (utility, act, virtue, etc.) which led them to the conclusion that the 'right' act is not always the 'good' act. The presentation was extremely interactive as students weighed in on what they perceived to be the proper mode of conduct in the challenging cases that were presented. They came to understand the complexity of each dilemma and the diversity of opinions among their peers. Many students continued the discussion with Dr Shatz long after his presentation concluded.
The Lecture Series exceeded our expectation, as many more students than we anticipated chose to participate in the program and benefitted from the scholarship and expertise of our presenters. We hope to expand the program in the coming year, affording students more opportunities to interface with scholars and to engage in serious thinking about the interplay between Judaic Studies and Western Thought.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Frisch Dance Team Performance
R E M I N D E R
CALLING ALL FEMALES:
Take a break from your work and Pesach preparations. Come show your support while you enjoy the award winning
Frisch Competition Dance Team
in their annual end of year showcase for the benefit of the KAHAL Tzedakah Society.
This is always a wonderful performance with a variety of dance genres highlighting
the members' talents and teamwork. You'll be glad you came!!
MONDAY APRIL 11, 2011
7:30 PM
AUDITORIUM (back of shul)
$7.00 (donation)
For more information or questions contact Kimberly Bernstein, Dance Team Captain, at kimberly.bernstein@frisch.org or any Dance Team member.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Frisch Dance Team
Mailing Address:
The Frisch School
120 West Century Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Contact Name: The Frisch School
Telephone Number: (201) 267-9100
CALLING ALL FEMALES:
Take a break from your work and Pesach preparations. Come show your support while you enjoy the award winning
Frisch Competition Dance Team
in their annual end of year showcase for the benefit of the KAHAL Tzedakah Society.
This is always a wonderful performance with a variety of dance genres highlighting
the members' talents and teamwork. You'll be glad you came!!
MONDAY APRIL 11, 2011
7:30 PM
AUDITORIUM (back of shul)
$7.00 (donation)
For more information or questions contact Kimberly Bernstein, Dance Team Captain, at kimberly.bernstein@frisch.org or any Dance Team member.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Frisch Dance Team
Mailing Address:
The Frisch School
120 West Century Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Contact Name: The Frisch School
Telephone Number: (201) 267-9100
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