School Leaders Blog

Passover is coming!

If you have made a trip to your local supermarket recently, then perhaps like me, your pre-Passover planning anxiety has also begun to take hold in a more serious way. In the various local Jewish social media groups and channels, in casual conversations, and especially here at Ezra, Passover…

Freedom in Expression

This week, our building and its occupants have looked a little different. If you have been in the building or haven driven by and seen students and teachers in bright colors, creative headgear, and funky socks, please don’t be alarmed. We are just taking the month of Adar and lead-up to Pu…

Energized From Break

We returned today from our February long weekend, energized from a couple of days of break, but also from a rigorous and rewarding day of faculty professional development yesterday. 

Ezra is fortunate to be one of three Jewish day schools that received a special grant for three years of Is…

Upcoming Celebrations

Dear Ezra Community, 

With our February break almost upon us and March just around the corner, the countdown towards Purim and, dare I say it, Passover (!!) has commenced. While this may be anxiety producing on multiple levels for many of us, it also sets us on a path towards spring and it…

A Message from Middle School Teacher, Madeleine Cahn

 Dear Ezra Community,

 

In this week’s Torah portion, the Children of Israel become a nation with a representative government and a law code.  First, Moses’s father-in-law, Yitro, for whom the parashah is named, helps him set up a system of righteous judges to shoulder some of the d…