Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
The Hebrew Academy of Cleveland is a private day school in Cleveland, Ohio with over 1,000 students. It provides Judaic and secular education from pre-school through high school. The Hebrew Academy was established in 1943 by the Telshe Yeshiva and was the first Jewish day school founded outside the east coast. In 1947, Yavne, a girls division, was added.[1]
Divisions
[edit]Yeshiva High School / The Oakwood Campus
- Beatrice J. Stone Yavne High School.
The Living Memorial Project
[edit]The Living Memorial Project is a project to develop a national curriculum to teach day school students about the Jewish world in Europe before the Holocaust, headed by members of the school faculty. The curriculum has included the "Learning For Letters" Mishnayos Program, dedicating a Sefer Torah in memory of the one million martyred children, a family genealogy project and four published textbooks which delve into pre-war life.[3]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Brian Michael Bendis, comic book artist, writer of Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man.[4]
- Jeff Jacoby (1977), conservative political commentator and Boston Globe columnist.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Ira (December 1, 2018). "The Evolution of the Orthodox Jewish Community in Cleveland, Ohio, 1940 to the Present". Studies in Judaism, Humanities, and the Social Sciences. 2 (2): 105–120. doi:10.26613/sjhss.2.2.46. ISSN 2473-2613.
- ^ GOLDENagolden@cjn.org, ALEXANDRA (September 8, 2023). "Renovation forces Hebrew Academy girls to start year at Wiley Middle School". Cleveland Jewish News. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Rabbi A. Leib Scheinbaum". www.hac1.org. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Brian Michael Bendis". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ "Jeff Jacoby - Op-Ed Columnist - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official Hebrew Academy website
- List of Living Memorial Books
- http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2015/11/new_hebrew_academy_of_clevelan.html
- http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/new-home-sweet-home/article_8a517ed8-79de-11e6-9ad0-fb242e042304.html
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