The Year Ahead with Ingrid Goldfein
Please enjoy these words from Ingrid's speech at Curriculum Night... I'm Ingrid Goldfein, Principal of Beit Rabban. I am deeply...
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Stephanie Ives
- Sep 6
- 3 min
A Time for Laughter, a Time for Tears
"What a week." We say this when you can't decide which emotion or event to describe first because each one warrants priority. I am...
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Stephanie Ives
- Apr 19
- 4 min
Billy Joel, 8th Graders, and Passover
Each school day is packed with a year's worth of stories. I could not possibly share all the beautiful stories from this week. Or can I?...
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Stephanie Ives
- Apr 12
- 2 min
A Week of Memory Making
We shared a week of communal learning and memory-making. On Monday, K-8 traveled to Riverside Park to watch the solar eclipse, where many...
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Adam Kahn
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Less is Moh(s)
The following is a speech given by Chativah Teacher Adam Kahn at a student's in-school Bat Mitzvah. Every time a student has a b'nai...
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Stephanie Ives
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Flipping the Switch: Holding Ta'anit Esther through Purim
Yesterday, we observed Ta'anit Esther, the Fast of Esther that immediately precedes Purim and commemorates Esther’s request to the Jewish...
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Stephanie Ives
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Appreciating Communal Art in the Parashah and Today
This week's parashah, Parashat Vayakhel, calls all artists, craftspeople, and those whose hearts are moved to bring their talents and...
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Stephanie Ives
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Gratitude for the Sounds, Smells, and Sights of Our Hallways
This morning, I stood around the corner from our second-grade class, smiling while listening to the sounds of the students praying...
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Stephanie Ives
- Feb 23
- 3 min
It's All About Purim Katan!
The following is an objectively true statement: the last period of the day on Friday is the worst period of the week to teach anything....
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Rachel Wolf
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Meet Our Incoming Board Chair
Thank you so much for the outpouring of love after last week’s announcement about the change in leadership for our Board. It feels a bit...
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Stephanie Ives
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Making Tu B'Shevat
Have you ever heard the phrase "making Shabbat"? As in, "are you making Shabbat this week," or "I'm sorry, I have to head home to make...
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Stephanie Ives
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Sensitivity with Sefer Shoftim: A Window into Teaching with Mindfulness
I am copied on all Beit Rabban Outlook distribution lists, which means I see a lot of reminders to parents about snowsuits for outdoor...
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Stephanie Ives
- Jan 12
- 4 min
The Torah Reading Ceremony: a Birthright and Rite of Passage
This morning was our annual second-grade Torah Reading Ceremony, a critical rite of passage in the lifetime of a Beit Rabban education....
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Beit Rabban Day School
- Dec 22, 2023
- 1 min
Wholly Home - Whole School Project 2023
From Wednesday, December 20 through Thursday, December 21st, each student from Kindergarten through Eighth Grade came together for this...
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Stephanie Ives
- Dec 15, 2023
- 3 min
8 Gifts for the 8th Day
We have eight gifts for you on this eighth day of Chanukah. Please enjoy the following seven short reports from our student's week, plus...
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Stephanie Ives
- Dec 8, 2023
- 3 min
An Invitation With Humility and Urgency
Thank you for supporting my visit to Israel last week, arming me with love packages, and eagerly listening to my reports upon return....
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Stephanie Ives
- Dec 1, 2023
- 5 min
Emphatically Listening
I am writing this message from Jerusalem, where I have been all week. Like many of you, since October 7, I have been longing to get to...
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Stephanie Ives
- Nov 17, 2023
- 4 min
Relief and Hope
Yesterday, I joined eighth-grade students for a session to process our experience at the March for Israel on Tuesday. About 200 notecards...
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Stephanie Ives
- Nov 3, 2023
- 2 min
Sharing Meaningful Joy
I have been having trouble praying since October 7. I desperately want to pray for the safety and welfare of individuals and groups in...
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Stephanie Ives
- Oct 27, 2023
- 5 min
Give Them Some Air: The Importance of Giving Your Child Airtime
I studied painting in college, and my professor, Susan Gardner, insisted that budding artists needed to delve into art history alongside...
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