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This week the seventh and eighth grade girls had the privilege of listening to a special guest speaker named Tamar Bezalely. Tamar Bezalely shared the incredible and powerful story of her daughter's journey to health and the power of Tefila, especially when it comes as teamwork. She told us how we can change both ourselves for the better and also make a huge impact on the world through Tefila. Mrs. Bezalely shared her speech through an awesome PowerPoint which helped us imagine her whole story by seeing actual pictures of her daughter Sarah and her family. Mrs. Bezalely told us how she used Facebook to create a page of Tefila and support for her daughter, Sarah, which got over 2000 followers in a week. Many people followed Sarah's journey to health on Facebook during her hospital stays, heart transplant, kidney transplant and more. There was a mikvah opened in her honor, a Shul in Great Neck that was saved because of her and a lot of tefilot said for her. In the end, Sarah's story unfolded for us with a tremendous amount of inspiration because now she is back in school like any regular girl just like us. However she has a much deeper appreciation for life than we ever would. This story was so meaningful and there is so much that can be learned from it. Thank you to Morah Hakimian who brought Mrs. Bezalely to school to speak.
By: Nili Kushner
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NAMES NOT NUMBERS © INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM
NAMES, NOT NUMBERS © is an oral history film project and curriculum which takes the teaching of the Holocaust and its lessons well beyond previous efforts. At the opening session of our 2016-17 project, our principal, Rabbi Hecht, spoke to us about zachor--remember. We learned about the importance to remember and to pass on the lessons to future generations. He described the different facets of the program. He explained how we will be trained by professionals to make a Holocaust Oral History Film Documentary. We will be learning interviewing techniques, documentary filmmaking and editing
Next, Mrs. Tova Fish-Rosenberg, the creator of the program, described the importance of our project. We are the last generation to be able to hear the survivors' stories first hand. We have to remember it is as difficult for us to hear these stories as it is for them to tell them to us. Besides hearing the stories, we also have the duty to bear witness to the witnesses and we will be the ones who will be telling these testimonials to future generations.
In addition, our documentary film will be archived in Yad Vashem, the National Library of Israel and Yeshiva University's Gottesman Library.
As part of our session we had the opportunity to watch a short documentary about a Holocaust survivor and that led us into a discussion about interviewing techniques.
The final part of the program was role playing with a documentary filmmaker. One of the eighth graders practiced the techniques that were just taught. It was interesting how it is difficult to ask the right questions and you really have to pay attention to the interviewee's answers.
All of the students left the room excited for the wonderful opportunity to be a part of such an incredible program.
By: Ilana Pfeffer and Amiad Schick
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Last week in 8th Grade STEM, students were challenged to build a vessel that could support an uncooked egg for a drop of approximately 9.5 feet (a drop from the top of the stairwell). Each group had to design a solution and "buy" the appropriate materials. Once the designs were completed, we proceeded to the stairwell to test them. A volunteer from each group performed the "egg drop" and Ms. McDougall judged the degree of damage that occurred. If there was a tie on least amount of damage, the group that used the lower budget for materials would prevail. Following the challenge, to cement concepts that we had explored, we discussed the science behind how things break, how impact speed is affected by height, the difference between speed, velocity, and acceleration, and how this challenge could be applied to the design of real-life items such as helmets, football equipment, and airbags. All in all, it was an egg-cellent learning experience and a ton of fun!
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October 17-25 - Sukkot- School Closed
October 26 - School resumes
October 27 - Girls' Torah Bowl Tryouts- Please study: Sefer Devarim, Perek Alef
October 28 - Student Council kickoff
October 31 - BJE Review - 8th grade
Rabbi Benzion Klatzko kicks off our "Shabbos Project" programming
November 3 - BJE Review - 8th grade
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