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March 13, 2015
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22 Adar - 5775
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From the Head of School ~
Dr. David Portnoy
Dear Yavneh Family,
We at Yavneh found ourselves, once again, at the center of Jewish life in Dallas this week as we welcomed Rabbi Israel Meir Lau to campus. It is indeed a blessing to host our fellow day schools on our extraordinary Schultz Rosenberg Campus, and Rabbi Lau's compelling message that day school education is critical to Jewish continuity resonated with every student, parent and supporter who attended his addresses here at Yavneh and later that evening at the Night to Celebrate Jewish Education.
I was also fortunate to attend the North American Jewish Day School Conference in Philadelphia, where more than a thousand day school leaders, professional and lay alike, learned together from a rich array of professors, expert consultants and colleagues on topics ranging from board leadership to twenty-first century technology and learning.
We also learned of some terrific awards for both our journalism program and our boys' varsity basketball team (see below). On top of our recent math competition victory and continued acceptances from colleges and universities around the country, it has been an exceptional week for which we are grateful.
In all, it was a week of tremendous learning, growth and Jewish pride and connection. My deepest thanks to each of you for your support of Yavneh!
Shabbat Shalom,
Dr. P
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Yavneh Calendar
March
April
| 4-1 to 4-12 | Pesach Break - No School | | 4-13 | Classes Resume |
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to download
Dvar Torah from
Rabbi Meir Tannenbaum
Assistant Principal/Judaic Programming
Shabbat Shalom from
Rabbi Meir Tannenbaum, Mrs. Naomi Schrager, and the Judaic Studies Faculty
To hear more about the Parsha of the week, parents can join Rabbi Yaakov Tannenbaum in the Atrium Boardroom every Thursday morning from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
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Awards and Recognitions
Yavneh Academy's Bulldog Print was awarded a Gold Medal and All Columbian honors from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Congratulations to Ms. Rachel Abrams '07 and the entire Bulldog Print staff!
TAAPS Recognition for Yavneh Academy basketball:
Boys Basketball
Noah Weiss- Academic All-State, Second Team All-State, First team All-District.
Steve Levine- First Team All-District
Ori Guttman- Second Team All-District
Daniel Chernikov- Second Team All-District
Noah Rubinstein- Honorable Mention
Girls Basketball
Anna Wernick- Second Team All-District
Samantha Harris- Honorable Mention
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Welcome Rabbi Lau!
 Yavneh welcomed former Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, to campus this week. Students and teachers from Akiba, Levine, Torah Day and Mesora joined Yavneh students, faculty, and staff in Pollman Hall to listen to Rabbi Lau's stories of his personal experience as a child survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp and his subsequent journey to Israel. Rabbi Lau also spoke to over 800 members of the community at "A Night to Celebrate Jewish Education," honoring Frank and Helen Risch, grandparents of Aaron Minsky '17, sponsored by the Center for Jewish Education (CJE) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas. Rabbi Lau emphasized the importance of Jewish education and praised the efforts of all of the Jewish schools in the Dallas community.
Born in Poland, Rabbi Lau lost most of his family in the Holocaust. He was liberated by American forces in Buchenwald at age eight and made aliyah shortly thereafter. Rabbi Lau has served as Chief Rabbi of several cities in Israel and is currently Chair of the Yad Vashem Council. He speaks around the world about the memory of the Holocaust. Hundreds of Yavneh alumni have been fortunate to hear Rabbi Lau speak at Auschwitz during the March of the Living experience. We were honored to welcome Rabbi Lau to Dallas and to the Schultz Rosenberg campus!
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Jerusalem Marathon
The day has finally arrived, Team SHALVA Yavneh Academy is on their way to Israel for the Jerusalem marathon. All their hard effort has paid off and these amazing kids raised $21,815.88.
What an incredible experience they are about to have.
Thank you, thank you and thank you! To all our family and friends who donated to this amazing organization.
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Meet & Greet for Prospective Families
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Join the Yavneh team at Kosher Chili Cookoff
Contact John Lacritz
(972) 849-3869
buymytime@aol.com
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Mazal Tovs and Condolences
March Birthdays~
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8- Jackie Mitzner
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10- Rosie Bernstein
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12- Hayden Berman
Noah Shore
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13- Carolyn Smith
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22- Brennen Bliss
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23- Michael Schramm
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30- Raphe Burstein
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31- Amit Gurman
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Condolences~
Our thoughts and prayers are with Austin Jacoby '15 and his family
on the loss of his grandmother, Mariela Velasquez.
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CLASS OF 2015 COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Many Yavneh Seniors have already received acceptances through early action, early decision, or on a rolling basis. Colleges that our Yavneh students have decided to attend are listed in bold. Please note that many colleges will not release their decisions until later this spring.
| Taylor Blue: | University of Alabama |
| | Steven Bokov: | University of Texas at Dallas |
| | Haley Chestler: | University of Alabama | Indiana University |
| University of Kansas
| University of Miami |
| University of Missouri |
| | Hadas Cohen: | Arizona State University | Indiana University |
| University of Kansas
| University of Miami |
| University of Missouri |
| | Meir Epstein: | Rutgers University | SUNY Binghamton |
| Yeshiva University | Western Univ/Canada | | Tom Erlich: | University of Missouri | University of Kansas | | Macy Golman: | Clark University | St. Edward's University | | Cassie Gross: | University of Maryland -
College Park Scholars |
| | Ori Guttman | University of Kansas | Yeshiva University | | Samantha Harris: | Indiana University | University of Florida |
| University of Missouri -
College of Engineering | University of Maryland
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| Tulane University | University of Wisconsin | | Aaron Herschberg: | Indiana University | University of Florida |
| University of Kansas | University of Miami |
| University of Missouri |
| | Jacob Herstein: | University of Texas *Yavneh Top Scholar Admit* | | Austin Jacoby: | University of Texas *Yavneh Top Scholar Admit*
Business Honors Program
| | University of Southern California | | | Jonathan Kravitz: | Bradley University | Drexel University |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| Yeshiva University |
| | Scott Lacritz: | Indiana University
Hutton Honors College | University of Kansas
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| University of Miami | University of Texas |
| Tulane University |
| | Alexandra Lavi: | University of Kansas | University of Missouri |
| University of Texas | San Diego State University | | Elvira Levi: | University of Arizona | University of Kansas | | University of Tampa | | | Sophia Lynn: | Culinary Institute of America |
| | Ethan Pearson: | Sierra College | University of Missouri | | Grant Prengler: | Indiana University | University of Missouri |
| University of Texas | Tulane University | | Serina Romick: | Tulane University
Honors College | Washington University in
St. Louis |
| University of Miami |
| Zachary Romick:
| University of Texas
Plan II Honors/McCombs Business | Tulane University
Honors College | | University of Miami | Washington University in
St. Louis | | Zak Schultz: | University of Alabama | Arizona State University |
| University of Arizona | University of Kansas |
| University of Missouri |
| | Noah Shore: | Indiana University | University of Missouri | | Noah Weiss: | Indiana University | University of Florida
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| University of Maryland |
| | Erin Wernick: | University of Maryland | University of Missouri | | Clara Wohlstadter: | University of Denver | Hofstra University |
| Tulane University
| University of Georgia
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| University of Miami | University of Texas |
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Community Events
Host Families and Volunteers Needed:
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Please send all news and updates for Yavneh Academy's Etone to: info@yavnehdallas.orgYavneh Academy of Dallas 12324 Merit Drive Dallas, TX 75251 214.295.3500 www.yavnehdallas.org
Yavneh Academy is a beneficiary and partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas |
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