From the Head of School

Shabbat Shalom

Dear Yavneh Family,

Yavneh. Alumni. Basketball. Thanksgiving. Hanukkah.

It was incredible seeing so many of our alumni on campus this past week! From the nail-biting basketball games to the endless catching-up conversations, we have so much to be proud of and thankful for here at Yavneh. Extra special thanks to our Board President, Jay Kleinman, for setting up a donor challenge match for our graduates, and to Grace Rosenthal, Class of 2008, for marshaling our outstanding Alumni volunteers for the Annual Fund. Please join our more than 400 alumni by clicking here to donate to our Annual Fund before the end of the year.

In this week's Torah portion we read about the unsuccessful attempt of Potiphar's wife to entice Yosef into sin. It is Yosef's steadfast refusal to be lured into the world of debauchery that earns him the epithet Yosef HaTzaddik (the righteous). While the piety of Yosef is a well-established fact, is it that laudable that he did not succumb to the temptation for adultery? Even the simplest of Jews know that for the three cardinal sins; adultery, idolatry, and murder one must sacrifice his own life rather than capitulate. Why is this so remarkable that Yosef resisted the overtures of Potiphar's wife?

Mark Your Calendars!

December

12-6		Erev Chanukah
12-10 to 12-18		Fall Exams Click here for schedule
12-12		Chanukah Concert
12-21 to 1-1		Winter Break -- No School
January
1-4		School Resumes

Click here to see more dates

Lunch Calendar

Remember, to hear more about the Parsha of the week, parents can join Rabbi Ariel Rackovsky in the Atrium Boardroom every Thursday morning from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Honoring Ezra Schwartz hy"d

We were all deeply affected by the murder of post high-school student, Ezra Schwartz hy"d, in Israel in a terror attack this past month. Yavneh will be joining dozens of other Jewish high schools in a learning project in Ezra's memory. The schools have gotten together and decided to finish the entirety of Mishna which includes over 4,000 individual mishnayot. We have already started this project and we will be finishing our mishnayot by December 21st for Ezra's shloshim (30 days after his death). I am very proud of our participation in this beautiful project. It is a very appropriate way for us to both honor Ezra's memory and also be a part of the larger Jewish community.

Click here for the list of participating high schools

Support Us

Your Annual Fund gift supports the people, programs and classes that make Yavneh Academy of Dallas second to none. To make a donation or learn more about how you can join one of the many groups of supporters and volunteers, please contact the Development Department at 214.295.3500, or at development@yavnehdallas.org.

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Bulldog Bytes

Click here to read BulldogBytes, a blog by Principal Rabbi Maury Grebenau.

SENIOR

Avi Baynash

Name: Avishai Baynash

Parents: David and Amy Baynash

Synagogue: Ohev Shalom (Rabbi: Rabbi Areyeh Rodin)

Lower School: Torah Day School of Dallas

Favorite Class: AP Calculus

Favorite co-Curricular: Journalism and Robotics

Yavneh is ..... a school that welcomes Jews of varying religious backgrounds to explore the world of ideas and delve into questions of faith.

Yavneh Student Leaders Share Their Passion for the School with the Akiba 8th Grade

Yavneh hosted the Akiba 8th grade on campus this week. The prospective Yavneh students were greeted by Head of School, Dr. David Portnoy, in the Beit Midrash and then participated in a text-focused learning with Rabbi Tannenbaum and Akiba alumni. They experienced the "Projectile Prediction," an experiment in which they tried to guess the angle that would enable the marble launcher to launch the marble the farthest in the science lab.

College Cues

Scholarship Opportunity - Bronfman Fellowship

The Bronfman Fellowships is looking for outstanding high school juniors for our 30th Fellowship cohort. With a year of engaging content and learning, including a 5 week all-expenses paid trip to Israel, The Bronfman Fellowships experience provides a forum for inquisitive and creative Jewish students to engage with important texts and learn from respected teachers in a community of diverse peers.