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Amazing Reflections from Spring 2017 Students
Heller High impacts our students in many different ways, from challenging them to be more independent, creating a connection to Israel, learning more about their Jewish identity to learning new study habits and immersing them in Jewish history in the Jewish homeland.
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Nachlaot: One of Jerusalem’s Hidden Gems
Several weeks ago, the students spent some time in Nachlaot, a culturally diverse neighborhood comprised of 32 small neighborhoods. Ellie discussed her experience at the sitting at the strawberry garden as well as having to speak Hebrew to the merchants at the shuk.
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URJ Heller High: Marissa Steiner, Fall 2016 Alumni
Marissa Steiner, Fall 2016 alum captured all the exciting and unique activities that students participate in while at URJ Heller High.
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Auschwitz: Exploring History & Trying to Bring Life Back
Auschwitz. We all knew this day was going to be difficult, and for some of us it was exactly what we expected, but for others there was no way to prepare for what we were going to see.
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Rabbi Loren Sykes’s Islam Tiyul Reflection: Meeting the Other
Last week, we had an interaction that is all too rare today in Israel, the US and around the world. We visited the Israeli Arab village of Ein Rafa which sits at the base of the hill below Kibbutz Tzuba.
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Diversity of Jewish Life in Middle Ages (Less Foreign Than You Would Think!)
At the Israel Museum, we focused on the diversity and uniformity of the various Jewish communities throughout the world and Jewish life in the Middle Ages.
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The Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and the Zealots
Last week we visited the Israel Museum to learn about the Roman Period and the different groups of Jews who lived under Roman rule - the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and the Zealots.
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Rabbi Loren Sykes’s Weekly Reflection: First and Second Temple In Jerusalem
This past week Heller High students focused on the Biblical Era, specifically on the period of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem. They learned about the construction of Solomon's Temple and its destruction at the hands of the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
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Gadna: An Eye Opening Experience
Gadna was 5-day long thrilling and tiring experience where students get an idea of what it is like to be a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.
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Machane Yehuda Market aka Your Favorite Shuk
Jillian Sturim, a Fall 2016 student is a junior from Burke, Virginia. She is a member of Temple B'nai Shalom, a participant of NFTY-MAR and has been a camper at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech.
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