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As part of their preparation for Names, Not Numbers®, eighth-grade students at HALB went on a trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Museum educators led six groups of students on a 90-minute private guided tour of The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do exhibit. It was extremely moving and informative for the students and staff who attended.

Yeshiva Har Torah proudly celebrated the bas mitzvah year of its sixth-grade girls with a beautiful and inspiring Mother-Daughter Bas Mitzvah Workshop held on Saturday night, December 6. The event brought together students, their mothers, and educators for an evening centered around a powerful theme: the three merits through which the Jewish people were zocheh to leave Mitzrayim: preserving their Jewish names, their lashon ha’kodesh, and their Jewish dress.

This past Shabbos, Rambam students gathered at Colbeh for the Rambam Hotel-A-Ton, an immersive, uplifting, and unforgettable Shabbos experience filled with Torah, unity, and nonstop programming.

Chanukah at Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) is always a highlight of the year, but this season felt especially meaningful as the school continued to live out the theme of the 2025–26 school year, Full Hearts, Full Souls, which celebrates the kind of heartfelt connection that defines the holiday. Some of the major events occurring before the week of Chanukah that prepared Wildcats for celebration included a day of chesed work for the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes on Wednesday, December 10, followed by a pre-Chanukah mishmar with Rabbi Shmuel Ismach entitled “When Your Candle Gets an F: Why Failure Is Never Your Final Grade.” The week helped Wildcats prepare their hearts and minds for the holiday of Chanukah.

This past Motza’ei Shabbos, December 13, the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) hosted its 85^th Annual Scholarship Dinner at Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation, bringing the YCQ family together for an evening of unity, gratitude, and celebration. The event honored exceptional individuals who have made a lasting impact on the school while raising vital funds for its scholarship program.

At MTA, learning does not stop when the bell rings. Through a wide range of clubs and hands-on experiences, talmidim are encouraged to explore passions, develop skills, and connect classroom ideas to the real world. Two recent club experiences highlight how MTA brings creativity, leadership, and real-life learning together.