Scheck Hillel Community School has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for attaining female student representation in AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) for 2019. Out of 20,000 institutions that offer AP courses, Scheck Hillel is among the top 3% to be recognized and is the only Jewish school in Florida to receive the national honor. This award acknowledges the outstanding work Scheck Hillel is doing to engage more female students in computer science.

“Scheck Hillel is empowering young women to see themselves as creators, innovators, and problem-solvers,” said Stefanie Sanford, College Board global policy chief. “We hope to see even more high schools inspire female students to harness the potential of an AP computer science education.”

Schools receiving the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have achieved 50% or higher female representation in either or both of the AP computer science courses, or the percentage of female computer science examinees meets or exceeds that of the school’s female population. Scheck Hillel teaches coding from Kindergarten to Grade 12 and offers AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A.

“We’re very proud to have received this important award and it couldn’t have come at a more perfect moment,” said Vanessa Donaher, Head of Scheck Hillel Community School. “As a school we give our students opportunities to pursue their passions and maximize achievement, and over the years we have seen our Design/STEM program grow tremendously. Scheck Hillel's emphasis on Design/STEM in early childhood through high school, coupled with our high school STEM track and clubs like Girls Building STEAM have powered an increase in acceptances to college engineering programs.”

Providing female students with access to computer science courses is necessary to ensuring gender parity in high-paying technology jobs and to drive innovation, creativity, and competition. A 2014 Google study found that women are more likely to pursue computer science if they are given the opportunity to explore it in high school. At Scheck Hillel, 60% of the Design/STEM faculty is female, providing successful role models in the field.

Design/STEM at Scheck Hillel Community School starts as young as early childhood education (ECE) and progresses through Grade 12. In ECE, Design/STEM is taught in the classrooms through science lessons and project-based learning. Kindergarten-Grade 5 students also go to the campus I Lab: a dedicated space for inspiration and innovation designed to extend classroom learning in an environment that promotes collaboration and experimentation. There, students engage in developmentally sequenced activities with a focus on coding and robotics, social studies and digital literacy.

In Grades 6-12, the school’s Multimedia Maker Lab is the hub for Design/STEM education. Scheck Hillel offers an intensive 4-year high school Design/STEM track of hands-on laboratory courses, including Engineering, Engineering & Entrepreneurship and more than one computer science class, designed to mimic work environments in the real world. Applications for this program open for rising Grade 9 students every spring.

About Scheck Hillel Community School
Scheck Hillel Community School educates and inspires students 18 months-Grade 12 to become exemplary global citizens with enduring Jewish identity and values through an individualized college preparatory curriculum highlighted by Design/STEM, Capstone, college dual enrollment, arts, athletics and community service. Its 14-acres include a 115,000-sq.-ft athletic complex with academic expansion plans. Set within a nurturing, diverse community, Scheck Hillel is one of the world's largest Jewish community day schools and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. For more information about Scheck Hillel Community School or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact our Admissions office at 305.931.2831x173 or write to [email protected].

The Braman Miller Center: the University of Miami Hillel is thrilled to invite you to an exclusive event featuring the award-winning speaker, author, and a New York Times columnist, Bari Weiss.

Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor for the op-ed section of The New York Times. Vanity Fair recently called her the paper’s “star opinion writer.”

Through her columns and speeches, Bari has changed the way we think about important issues, including #MeToo, freedom of speech, and our common culture. Bari is a Pittsburgh native and her first book, How To Fight Anti-Semitism, was published by Crown in September 2019.

Before joining The Times, Bari was an opinion editor and an associate book review editor at The Wall Street Journal. For two years, Bari was a senior editor at Tablet, the online magazine of Jewish news, politics, and culture, where she edited the site's political and news coverage.

Bari is a regular commentator on television and radio, most especially on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.

In July 2018, Bari was awarded the Bastiat Journalism Prize for what the judges called “her brilliant, incisive journalism that defends the cornerstone of individual liberty and civil society: freedom of speech.”

When: Wednesday, February 19, 7:00 pm Where: Braman Miller Center for Jewish Life: University of Miami Hillel Buy tickets and learn more: miamihillel.org

WONDER

Award winning film with an extraordinary lesson of a child born with facial differences who eventually learned to deal with his struggles... and shine. Rated PG13, suggested for all ages.

Saturday Night, Feb 8, 8:00pm

Chabad Chayil, 2601 NE 211 Ter, Miami, FL 33180

No charge. A donation of any amount will help cover costs.

RSVP at https://ChabadChayil.org/EVENTS

Direct Link: https://www.chabadchayil.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4635520/jewish/Film-Wonder.htm

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For a complete program schedule and other providers in the U.S., go to www.jbstv.org.

Noah's Flood & Climate Change

Three panels discuss the Biblical story of the Flood and how it relates to contemporary challenges of climate change. By the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (Fairfield, Ct) & the Federation for Jewish Philanthropy of Upper Fairfield County at Sacred Heart University (Fairfield). Monday - 7pm & 1am; Wednesday - 1:00pm

ADL: Bret Stephens & Bari Weiss

New York Times columnists Bret Stephens and Bari Weiss join Eric Ward (Western States Center) to discuss ways of reversing hate in America. With Jodi Rudoren (The Forward) at the 2019 ADL “Never Is Now” Summit from the Javits Center in NYC. Tuesday - 8pm & 1am; Thursday - 2pm; Saturday – 8pm & 1am

Israel Briefing: Elazar Stern

Former IDF Major General Elazar Stern briefs American cadets on the current state of the Israeli armed forces, and addresses the way in which the IDF is seeking to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into the Israeli army. A production of the Miryam Institute. Tuesday - 7 pm & 2am; Thursday - 1pm; Saturday – 7:30pm

U.N. Holocaust Memorial

On the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (2019), the United Nations holds a memorial ceremony with remarks from world leaders (Germany, Israel, U.S.) and a keynote address by Judge Theodore Meron (UN Commission on Criminal Tribunals). Wednesday – 7pm & 1am

In The News Special: Trump Administration Peace Plan

The strengths and weakness of the Trump Administration Peace Plan are analyzed by Steven Bayme (AJC), Danny Ayalon (former Israei U.S. Ambassador), Eric Mandel (Middle East Political Information Network) and Shahar Azani (JBS). With Mark S. Golub Sunday – Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

Talmud: Not Taken Literally

As the Jewish community reads the account in Exodus of the Red Sea, JBS presents a lesson by Rabbi Mordechai Becher (Gateways Organization Senior Lecturer) discussing how the Rabbis discourage reading the Torah text literally on “Dimensions of the Daf.” Sunday 9am; Tuesday – 9am & 4:30pm

Jewish 101: The Miracle of Nachshon

As the Jewish community reads the account in Exodus of the Red Sea, Rabbi Mark S. Golub discusses the classic midrash in which the Rabbis suggest the meaning of “miracle,” as they describe how the sea only split when Nachshon plunged into the waters. Sunday 10:am; Wednesday - 9am & 4:30pm

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Report

Founding Director and President of ISGAP Charles Small discusses his organization’s research on Students For Justice In Palestine (SJP) and the BDS movement, and the urgency of combatting antisemitism today. With Mark S. Golub on L'Chayim. Sunda) - Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

West Bank Map

Mark Langfan, President of Americans For A Safe Israel and an expert on water on the West Bank, uses a relief map to illustrate the problems that would be created for Israel were the West Bank high ground to come under Palestinian control.
Monday - 9pm & Midnight

Richard Stone Pt 1

Richard Stone, former Chair of the Conference of Presidents, describes growing up in New Orleans and how he became more observant while at Harvard and in Jerusalem; and shares his concerns over the failure of non-Orthodox Judaism. With Mark S. Golub-Pt 1
Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

Richard Stone Pt 2

Richard Stone, former Chair of the Conference of Presidents, reflects on why many American Jews are critical of Israel and why they fail to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and addresses issue challenging Israel today. With Mark S. Golub-Pt 2 Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday - 3pm

Builder of Elon Moreh

A co-founder of the Israeli town of Elon Moreh, Zev Saffer, explains why he chose to leave the United States to make Aliyah, and describes how he helped to build a community and raise a family on Israel's West Ridge. With Mark S. Golub on L'Chayim. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 2pm

Nancy Spielberg

Nancy Spielberg describes growing up Jewish in Phoenix with her brother Steven and about her film "Who Will Write Our History" documenting the Oyneg Shabes, a clandestine group of Warsaw Ghetto Jews who documented Nazi atrocities. With Mark S. Golub.
Saturday - 6pm

92nd Street Y: Deborah Lipstadt/Bari Weiss

Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University Deborah Lipstadt discusses the topic of her latest book, Antisemitism Here and Now with New York Times Op-Ed staff editor and writer Bari Weiss.
Sunday – 8pm & 2am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday – 8:30pm; Saturday - 3pm

From the Aleph-Bet: Lesson 15

Complete the Hebrew alphabet and learn to read an important word containing "Vuv" Monday - 9am & 4:30pm; Wednesday - 7pm; Saturday - 11am

Free Concealed Carry Permit Class For the South Florida Jewish Community Must Register at ChabadChayil.org/events

Thursday, Feb 6, 6:15pm

Chabad Chayil, 2601 NE 211 Ter, Miami, FL 33180

Chabad of Palmetto Bay, in partnership with the Village of Palmetto Bay, will host a Tu B'Shvat Tree Planting Celebration event on Sunday, February 9th starting at 11:00 am at Ludovoci Park,17641 Old Cutler Rd, Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157.

The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, celebrated this year on Monday, February 10, 2020, is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. Commonly known as Tu Bishvat, this day marks the season in which the earliest blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle.

We mark the 15th of Shevat by eating fruit, particularly from the kinds that are singled out by the Torah in its praise of the bounty of the Holy Land: grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates. On this day we remember that “man is a tree of the field”, and reflect on the lessons we can derive from our botanical analogue.

This is a FREE family event and everyone is welcome to attend. There will be a tree planting ceremony followed by a workshop on the meaning of food and sample preparations of food.

For more information call Chabad of Palmetto Bay at 786 282 0413.

This worldwide effort advocates for inclusion of people with disabilities and mental health conditions to be active participants in Jewish life. Federation is proud to help local organizations raise disability awareness, remove barriers and celebrate diversity in our community. This month’s activities include a special story time with PJ Library, an inclusive Shabbat service, a Tu B’Shvat celebration, a scavenger hunt and much more. For more information and to RSVP, click here.

LOWER SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE

Where:
Scheck Hillel Community School
19000 Northeast 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33180

When:
Friday, January 31, 2020
8:15 AM

RSVP here.

Scheck Hillel Community School added a student-designed class to its Capstone Senior Seminar: a signature Scheck Hillel program that prepares students for college and career. The class, entitled “Introduction to Adulthood” and created by Class of 2020 seniors Michael Berenstein and Alex Wagenberg, brings outside speakers from various fields to share the lessons and values that shaped their professional, entrepreneurial journeys.

The class is taught by the school’s Experiential Learning & Internship Coordinator Cristina Florez, and it also covers career awareness, personal budgeting and investing.

“Alex and Michael are amazing young men. They came in with a big idea, and we made it happen,” said Christopher Johnson, Director of Scheck Hillel’s High School. “It is great to see our students bringing the Scheck Hillel community, one of the strengths of our school, into the classroom. I strive to lead a high school where students explore their passions and take initiative to mold their high school experience. Alex and Michael are doing that, and then some. I am very proud of them.”

The seniors conceived the concept when they were talking about college and what they wanted to learn before graduation. “We noticed that the school prepares us very well for getting into college, and how to deal with certain situations in college, but we wanted to deepen our learning within real life skills that would help us when we actually leave for college,” said Wagenberg. They realized that their classmates had the same questions.

A project that began as a business plan to learn from real-life situations and inspire the senior class became a curriculum Berenstein and Wagenberg built with the support of faculty. Students now have the opportunity to learn from industry experts and learn life skills such as building a budget, identifying and managing investments, and learning to build and sell a company.

“You can learn from a textbook, but that just provides the information. “Introduction to Adulthood” doesn’t only teach these essential skills, but also helps incorporate them into the real world,” Berenstein observed.

About Scheck Hillel’s Senior Capstone Program
As Scheck Hillel’s Grade 12 students continue to pursue requirements toward a Scheck Hillel diploma, they rotate through courses in Capstone Senior Seminar, one of Scheck Hillel's signature programs preparing students for college and career. Courses in both General and Judaic Studies are created and taught by Capstone faculty using seminar-style instruction - covering themes around identity, entrepreneurship, essentials of Judaism, and other “big questions” that require interdisciplinary thinking.

About Scheck Hillel Community School
Scheck Hillel Community School educates and inspires students 18 months-Grade 12 to become exemplary global citizens with enduring Jewish identity and values through an individualized college preparatory curriculum highlighted by Design/STEM, Capstone, college dual enrollment, arts, athletics and community service. Its 14-acres include a 115,000-sq.-ft athletic complex with academic expansion plans. Set within a nurturing, diverse community, Scheck Hillel is one of the world's largest Jewish community day schools and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. For more information about Scheck Hillel Community School or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact our Admissions office at 305.931.2831x173 or write to [email protected].

For a complete and timely schedule and other television providers, go to www.jbstv.org

Yad VaShem Ceremony

The Fifth World Holocaust Forum’s ceremony from Yad VaShem in Jerusalem featuring remarks by Israeli Pres. Rivlin, PM Netanyahu and heads of state from France, Great Britain, Russia, Germany & the U.S; with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and Cantor Shai Abramson. Sunday - 12 Noon

Talmud: Morality In The Shoah

With the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Jan 27, JBS presents Rabbi Mordechai Becher’s (Gateways) review of Talmudic examples of how one maintains moral integrity and Jewish identity in extreme circumstances. Sunday - 9am; Tuesday - 9am & 4:30pm; Thursday - 7pm

Witness: Survivor Esther Geizhals

Esther Geizhals recalls her childhood in Lodz, Poland and the nightmare she endured throughout the Shoah -- from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen -- through liberation – to her creating a beautiful life and family in the United States. Sunday 3pm; Monday 10:30am

92nd Street Y: Rabbi Israel Meir Lau

Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Rabbi Meir Lau (formerly chief rabbi of Israel) describes his miraculous survival as a young child in Auschwitz and shares tales of his storied rabbinic career in conversation with Rabbi Menachem Genack at the 92nd Street Y.
Sunday – 8pm & 2am; Monday - 10pm & 4am; Wednesday - 10:30am; Friday - 8pm & 1am; Saturday - 3pm

In The News: International Holocaust Remembrance

Amb. Ron Adam, Israel’s Ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda, discusses the significance & importance of the United Nation’s commemoration of “International Holocaust Remembrance,” held annually on January 27 marking the liberation of Auschwitz. With Shahar Azani. Sunday - 5:30pm & 11:30pm; Monday 3:30am, 8:30am & 12:30pm

Concert: Hershtik & Stark

Cantors Netanel Hershtik and Yaakov Stark present an inspiring cantorial concert “The Music Lives On,” featuring classic melodies from pre-Holocaust Europe. In honor of “The March of the Living” from The Hampton Synagogue, Westhampton Beach, NY. Tuesday - 8 pm & 1:30am; Thursday - 2pm; Saturday - 7pm; Sunday – 3am

DL Conference: The Human Dimension

Alice Greenwald, Ivy Schamis and Dr. Ruth Westheimer discuss the ways in which antisemitism and hate affect average individuals. With Stephen Smith (Shoah Foundation) from 2019 ADL Conference “Never Is Now” from the Javits Center in NYC. Monday - 7:30pm & 1:30am; Wednesday - 1:30pm

Adam Frankel: The Survivors

Author Adam Frankel (“The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance and Healing”) discusses the traumas of learning his father was not his biological father and of his family legacy as survivors. With Indra Nooyi by UJA-JCC of Greenwich, Ct at G’wich YMCA. Monday - 8pm & 1am; Wednesday - 2 pm; Saturday - 8pm & 1am

JLC Conference: Wisse & Hanson

Ruth Wisse (Distinguished Senior Fellow, TIkva Fund) discusses the threat of socialism in America; and Victor Davis Hanson (Military Historian, Hoover Institution) addresses Israeli exceptionalism. From the 2019 Jewish Leadership Conference on Jews & Conservatism, NYC.
Wednesday - 8pm & 1:30am; Thursday – 1pm

Jonathan Sacks

The former Chief Orthodox Rabbi of the UK, describes how meeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Joseph Soloveitchik changed his life; his years as Chief Rabbi; and his evolution on Jewish pluralism.
Today (Sunday) - Noon & 6pm; Monday – 3pm

Commander Lebovitz

Eugene Aryeh Lebovitz, commander of troops in Haifa during the 1947 War of Independence, reminisces about his survival at Auschwitz, his running the British blockade, and his ongoing work on behalf of Israel and Jewish life.
Monday - 9pm & Midnight; Tuesday - 3pm

Child of Buchenwald

Moshe Avital, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald to become one of the “Children of Buchenwald” (a ship which ran the British blockade of Palestine), describes his journey and his fighting with the Haganah in the War of Independence. Tuesday - 9pm & Midnight; Wednesday - 3pm

SJP Report

Founding Director and President of ISGAP Charles Small discusses his organization’s research on Students For Justice In Palestine (SJP) and the BDS movement, and the urgency of combatting antisemitism today.
Wednesday - 9pm & Midnight; Thursday – 3pm

Daniel Pearl's Father, Yehuda Pearl

On the anniversary of the 2002 murder of his son, journalist Daniel Pearl, who ended his life with the words "I am Jewish," Yehuda Pearl talks about his own sense of Jewish identity and whether he sees himself as Abraham in the Akedah. Thursday - 9pm & Midnight; Friday - 2pm

Article Of Hope – Ilan Ramon

Documentary producer Dan Cohen talks about "An Article of Hope," his film on Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon carrying a small Torah scroll from Auschwitz into space before tragically perishing when the Columbia shuttle burned on re-entry, Feb 1, 2003. Thursday 10pm & 1am

Saturday: Israeli Films – Dorit Inbar

Dorit Inbar, General Mgr. of the New Fund for Cinema & Television of Israel, talks about the blessings associated with being a foster mother (for both her family and her foster son), and describes the creativity of the Israeli documentary film industry. Saturday - 6pm

From the Aleph-Bet: Lesson 14

Learn the Hebrew letters Final Nun and Tzadek. Monday - 9am & 4:30pm; Wednesday - 7pm; Saturday - 11am