In the summer before my first year at Akiva, I called my friend, mentor, and predecessor Cooki Levy, z’’l, to ask her if she knew why our founder, Rabbi David Hartman, z’’l, had chosen to name our school Akiva. I had known Cooki at that point for over 20 years, and,...

Faces of Akiva
Emily Padan Akiva teacher Changing the world, one child at a time. “… I’ve always wanted to be a teacher ever since I was little … I really believe that changing our future begins with our children. As teachers, we have this amazing opportunity to improve the world...What exactly are Values of a Two-Year School.
Leading-edge education and learning in such a nation is rather quickly becoming a necessity during the organization group rather then an extravagance. During the past the people who experienced a secondary school education still experienced the prospect to manufacture...