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Posnack School Student Chalk Up More Wins at Maccabi Games
Fischer High School student, Rachel C., is representing the North Miami Beach JCC at the JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFestl in Detroit. Her team took the silver medal in volleyball and she was awarded a Midot medal. Kol ha-kavod.
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The Answer to Bertrand Russell
Many years ago, the Nobel Prize winner, mathematician, and thinker, Bertrand Russell, was interviewed by Look Magazine. The topic of the interview was Russell’s well-known position on agnosticism to which he lent his enormous intellectual powers to support. After many questions, Russell was finally asked, “What kind of evidence would convince you that God exists?” This week’s Torah portion, Ve’etchanan, records the event that provides evidence that would even satisfy Russell.
read more#PosnackEverywhere On the Road Again
Posnack School students were on the road again this week with visits to Russia, Mexico, and places closer to home. Click for this week’s beautiful #PosnackEverywhere pics.
read moreThe Posnack School PTO RAM Shack Has Arrived!
Among the many exciting things happening this year is the launch of the new Posnack School PTO RAM Shack! Click for details on this great new PTO initiative.
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The 9th of Av: What Are We Mourning?
This year, since the 9th of Av falls on Shabbat, the 24-hour observance begins immediately upon the conclusion of Shabbat. In Judaism there are two concepts, “new mourning” and “old mourning.” “New mourning” occurs when we lose a loved one. The immediate grief is intense. We disengage from the world until, through mourning, we come back to a functioning equilibrium. With “old mourning,” like Tisha B’Av, the process goes in reverse.
read more#PosnackEverywhere in the Good ‘Ole USA
This week #PosnackEverywhere comes to us from closer to home as our Posnack School students and families travel the U.S.A. Click for photos.
read moreFun, Fun, Fun with #PosnackEverywhere
This week #PosnackEverywhere spends time closer to home but still manages some overseas fun. Click to enjoy the photos.
read morePlaybook of the Haters of Israel, Then and Now
In his great wisdom, King Solomon stated in the beginning of Ecclesiastes “There is nothing new beneath the sun.” Since human nature does not change over time, the way modern man deals with current events is no different from how past generations handled the events of their time.
read moreSenior Emmy B. Attends National Best Buddies Leadership Conference
Fischer High School senior Emmy B. recently attended the Best Buddies Leadership conference at Indiana University. Emmy, who leads the school’s Best Buddies Club, declared the conference life-changing. Click for details and photos.
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Women Learning Torah
Living in the 21st century, we like to think of ourselves as enlightened and progressive. We are breaking down the barriers of social discrimination that have permeated most societies. Judaism, its philosophy and religious practice, has been assailed as archaic and discriminatory. An event recorded in this week’s Torah reading sheds light on how we should understand our Jewish religion in this realm.
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