Class of 2020 High School Acceptances
Mazal Tov Class of 2020! Congratulations to the Senesh Class of 2020 on receiving acceptances to the following schools. This list represents some of the most selective schools in New York City. Independent High Schools: Abraham Joshua Heschel High School Avenues: The World School Bay Ridge Prep Berkeley Carroll School Friends Seminary Grace Church School Packer Collegiate Institute Poly Prep Country Day School Trinity School The Winchendon School Public High Schools: Bard High School Early College Manhattan Edward R. Murrow High School Vocal Music and Instrumental Music Essex Street Academy High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology Manhattan Village High... Read More
Diary of a Day-School Mom
Diary of a Day-School Mom by Senesh parent Helen Chernikoff Forward Our kids’ school, the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn, is very on top of things. The attention to detail is really something fine, and it’s reflected in the number of emails they send me, some of which I manage to read. It sometimes makes me, a working mom with average organizational skills, feel a bit ashamed of myself … But mostly, I’m grateful. The school is a safety net. Our communal encounter with coronavirus is a case in point. They were on it early. I’m talking late... Read More
A Four-Step Approach to Increasing Diversity in Jewish Day Schools
By Nicole Nash Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools As a JTA article from May 2019 reported, many Jewish day schools are looking to address diversity in their communities. The article states that there is “a growing effort by Jewish day schools across the nation to educate students and community members about people from different ethnic backgrounds. While Jewish schools in America remain overwhelmingly white and Ashkenazi, schools increasingly are looking for ways to welcome Jews of color and other Jewish minority groups while sensitizing students to the wide cultural milieu outside the schools’ doors.” Read the rest of the article here.
In Grappling with Race, Jewish Schools Rethink Approach to Jews of Color
By Eric Berger, May 9, 2019 Jewish Telegraphic Agency When Martha Nadell and her partner decided to enroll their daughter, Georgie, at the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn, they were excited about the school’s pedagogical approach and values. Read more…
New York Jewish Week: Elena Kagan, (High) Court Jester
by Amy Sara Clark Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan began her discussion at a Brooklyn day school last week by acknowledging that she wasn’t able to talk about politics, and that the evening, therefore, was going to be “dull.” It was anything but, because it turns out that the 58-year-old Upper West Side native could have had a successful career as a stand-up comic. Read More…
Think Progress: Kagan Warns that the Supreme Court’s Legitimacy is in Danger
by Ian Millhiser “People don’t have to believe in the judiciary,” Justice Elena Kagan warned at an event styled as a conversation between her and Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick. “You can lose that belief,” the justice warned. And then she made what may be her most important point — that it is up to Supreme Court itself to prevent this outcome. Read More...
JTA: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Talks About Jewish Upbringing
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, appearing at a Jewish day school in Brooklyn, spoke about her Jewish background and how her family jumped from synagogue to synagogue. “I had a very strange Jewish upbringing actually,” Kagan, 58, told journalist Dahlia Lithwick, who moderated the Wednesday evening conversation. “You would think Lincoln Square Synagogue, she comes from a Modern Orthodox family. Actually my family didn’t really know what it was.” Read more…
Brooklyn Eagle: Supreme Court Justice Kagan speaks at Brooklyn school about challenges to SCOTUS
By Rob Abruzzese, Legal Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle While all the talk surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court surrounds the confirmation hearing of Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan dropped by a Jewish day school in Brooklyn to talk about her upbringing and some of the challenges the court faces today. Read more…
8th Grade Israel Trip Blog
Read dispatches from our 8th graders Israel trip here!
National Student Walkout Press Coverage
Senesh was featured in several pieces about the National Student Walkout on March 14, 2018. Here is a roundup of press coverage: JTA Article with photo and quotes. Two CNN Pieces with a photo of a Senesh student: Student Walkout Best Signs and Student Walkouts Cheddar TV interview featuring a Senesh student at 19 seconds Youth Radio video includes photos taken by a Senesh student And here’s a video about what Senesh middle school students experienced in school that day and during the walkout. Senesh Remembers Victims of School Violence/March 14, 2018 National School Walkout from Hannah Senesh on Vimeo.