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Noticing and Appreciating
Next week, all our middle school students head off on their annual Tiyul Week, and I am so excited to join the eighth-grade trip to...
Stephanie Ives
5 days ago5 min read
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From the Mouths of Babes: Meaning Making during Challenging Times
Processing my thoughts out loud, and especially in conversation with others, is how I walk through the world. The more overwhelmed or...
Stephanie Ives
May 24 min read
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We remember, mourn and celebrate. Together.
We returned from Pesach break yesterday and jumped right back into the annual "Jewish Memory Season." This is a term I learned from my...
Stephanie Ives
Apr 255 min read
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Happy Someone Special Day!
Today was Someone Special Day at Beit Rabban! This is a very unusual day because, generally, there is no one special in this building....
Stephanie Ives
Apr 42 min read
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It Takes A Lot To Move Hearts
We close out Sefer Shemot this week with Parashat Pekudei, the second of two Parshiot that details the entire process of building the...
Stephanie Ives
Mar 284 min read
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We Can Do Hard Things
Last May while staffing the Eighth Grade Washington DC trip, I realized that something in my life had to change. I was struggling to keep...
Ingrid Goldfein
Feb 2810 min read
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Getting Un-Stuck during Difficult Times
There have been many days of sad and stressful news at home and in our homeland. I suspect many of you reading this email are not doing...
Stephanie Ives
Feb 213 min read
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Planting Seeds: Tu Bishvat and Beyond
This Shabbat is a very special one for my family. Twenty years ago, on Parashat Beshalach, my husband and I launched a lay-led...
Stephanie Ives
Feb 74 min read
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We Don't Leave Anyone Behind
Do you know what it is like to have a song stuck in your head? You might not even realize it is happening until you find yourself singing...
Stephanie Ives
Jan 314 min read
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Birthrights and Rites 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....
Stephanie Ives
Jan 174 min read
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We SURVIVED the Whole School Project
We had an amazing last week of school before winter break! As we do each year, we held our Whole School Project this week, dividing into...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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If These Walls Could Talk!
You can learn a lot about people from what they hang on their walls, intentionally and unintentionally. I love visiting a friend's home...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 13, 20241 min read
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An Ode to People of the Book During Jewish Book Month
In honor of Jewish Book Month, I write this message as an ode to the literary tradition of our people (of the book). Jewish Book Month...
Stephanie Ives
Dec 6, 20244 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving 2024
The way we celebrate Thanksgiving at school is one of our most public expressions of communal values, and it never gets old. We prepared...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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Think Before You Act & Act Before You Think
Anyone with a child (let alone more than one) understands that you have to be ready at any moment to pivot- from conversation to...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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Post-Election 2024 Message
This has been a year of unprecedented instability for so many of us and our loved ones. As an American patriot and Zionist with close...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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Early Voting: Inconclusive and Fabulous
Today, we hosted a full-school early voting election to select this year's theme for the Whole School Project. Middle schoolers held...
Stephanie Ives
Nov 1, 20243 min read
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Right or Wrong- Pure Joy This Sukkot
I spent the last few mornings learning Jewish texts in our Sukkah with students, teachers, and parents. On Monday, I had the great...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Not Hiding This Yom Kippur
There is comfort in hiding, pulling a blanket over our heads, and pretending to be invisible. We hide our mistakes, our flaws, and even...
Stephanie Ives
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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Sharing Our Hope for This First Yahrzeit of October 7th
We hope this week has been supportive and meaningful for you as we enter the new year alongside the first yahrzeit of the October 7th...
Beit Rabban Day School
Oct 7, 20241 min read
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