In moving addresses to our High School students and faculty this morning, HA parents Rabbi Mark Fishman, Rabbi Reuben Poupko, Rabbi Adam Scheier and Grade 10 student Aviya Scheier recounted their recent experiences at Poland’s Ukrainian border where they...
As part of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, Hebrew Academy hosted a range of initiatives that promoted sensitization and inclusion: High School grades watched Just As I Am,a touching CBC documentary about Montreal’s Shira Choir, whose...
Grades 5 and 6 commemorated Kristallnacht on November 10 with meaningful assemblies. School Rabbi Rabbi Eddie Shostak spoke about the day’s significance and showed a brief film, and High School Judaic Studies teacher Dror Yechieli recounted a fascinating story...
High School students can now access an entire library of ebooks on the Sora app! To sign up: 1. Download the Sora app on your device 2. Click on QAIS, then HA Student 3. Sign in with your HA gmail address, and you’re in! You now have access to all kinds of books...
Grades 4 through 6 and a number of High School classes commemorated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with memorable activities that paid tribute to the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples who suffered horrific abuse at Canadian residential schools between...
It was a short but festive and jam-packed week as Kindergarten through Grade 11 celebrated Chol Hamoed Sukkot B’simcha! The Sabbah family treated all Grade 6 boys to a scrumptious breakfast in the sukkah on Thursday, which included ruach-filled singing and...
From its top-notch speakers and fascinating topics of discussion to students’ enthusiastic reception, Hebrew Academy High School’s first-ever Media Literacy Week was a tremendous success. “Media Literacy ‘is the ability to identify different types of media and...
Montreal’s Diabetic Children’s Foundation and Leucan, an association for children with cancer, are $2,500 richer today thanks to seven Grade 10 Hebrew Academy students who won grants on the organizations’ behalf. This morning, four semi-finalist student groups...
Hebrew Academy and École Maïmonide united for a solemn Yom Hazikaron Zoom ceremony this morning that included introductory remarks and tefillot by School Rabbi Rabbi Eddie Shostak, Maïmonide Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Yamin Benarroch, and Bnei Akiva Shaliach Eli...
Hebrew Academy’s librarians were given a very meaningful gift today by Grade 7 student Talia Aspler: two copies of her grandmother Sylvia Goodman’s memoirs. Someone to Watch Over Me: Looking back on a life of upheaval, kindness & fortune, details Mrs. Goodman’s...
