Akiva celebrated the holiday of Sukkot this week filled with lulavs and etrogim, special prayers, sukkah visits, and holiday learning in all grades. Many thanks to the Cohen and Elituv/Scott families for opening their sukkahs to our Grade 1, Kindergarten and Junior kindergarten students. Thank you also to Chabad Westmount and our Akiva donor families who helped supply lulav and etrog to every family and staff in the school to use at home and in school every morning during prayers.
Rosh Ha-Shanah Message from the Head of School Rabbi Grossman Head of School I write in my Rosh Ha-Shanah message about our power to make choices that can change our destiny. At the same time, the passing of my mother reminds me that life also presents us with...
Does My Teacher Notice Me? by Tyler Gilbert, is a new book on pedagogical practice released this year. I know that I constantly asked myself this question when I was in school, and I assume that it is likewise top of mind for students today. I find it surprising...
(Post appearing in The Times of Israel Blog, March 11th, 2024) As an opening gambit in their war against the Jews, in the early 1930s the Nazis ended shechitah, Jewish ritual slaughter. At a time when antisemitic incidents reminiscent of pre-war Germany are exploding...
As appeared in The Times of Israel Blog... Visiting the Dachau concentration camp on a trip to Germany this summer, I was drawn to an exhibit on Nazi medical experimentation that illustrated the brutal procedures performed on inmates at Dachau and other camps during...