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"Sephardy Gras"- Wild, Delicious & Educational

Tuesday's Sephardi Party in honor of Rosh Chodesh Nissan was an unqualified success, giving the primarily Ashkenazic student body a chance to see how the other half lives! Thanks to Boca Raton Community Kollel director Gabe Ohayon's thorough guided tour of the Sephardic siddur on Monday, the entire school prayed Sephardic and enjoyed it on Tuesday morning! Davening was followed by a presentation by birthday girl sophomore Sahar Zaghi on the history of Sephardic customs and how they differ from those of Ashkenazim. Many students wore traditional Sephardic garments to davening and breakfast -- including some wannabe Sephardis! Speaking of breakfast, everyone filled up on a delicious variety of Sephardic foods, including shakshooka and jachnun, while listening to Sephardic music playing in the background! Special thanks to Gabe Ohayon for organizing the davening, to Eli Berdugo for enlisting several Sephardic men to participate in the WYHS minyan, and to Dr. Hedy and Dori Zaghi for sponsoring the breakfast in honor of the birthday of their daughter Sahar! click here for Sephardy Gras Pictures Galore »

The Week in Review

This week's town meetings in Boca and North Miami Beach gave parents an opportunity to raise and discuss several important issues. In the academic arena, topics such as what courses are offered, how course levels are determined, and test and homework policies were brought up. In the extracurricular arena, parents and WYHS administrators considered the issue of creating more diverse clubs for non-athletic students, as well as what to offer students who try out for sports but do not make the team. As always, many creative and valuable ideas were brainstormed at each of these meetings. Thank you to all the parents who attended the meeting in their community. WYHS had the honor this week to host Rabbi Menachem Liebtag, of Virtual Beit Midrash, Tanach.org, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. While at WYHS, Rabbi Liebtag, a popular teacher at many seminaries in Israel, was busy in several different capacities. On Wednesday, before traveling to North Miami Beach to deliver a joint WYHS- Congregation Shaarey Tefilah sponsored shiur, Rabbi Liebtag delivered a Judaic Studies faculty in-service to discuss next year's chumash curriculum. On Thursday, Rabbi Liebtag returned to WYHS to speak to two separate groups of students about the structure of the Haggadah and the meaning of many of its components. On Friday morning, a number of classes are scheduled to enjoy a presentation by Rabbi Mordechai Becher, senior lecturer for Gateways, who is visiting from Israel.

Yeshiva STORM Tennis, Baseball and Basketball

Although the inclement weather has caused many of their matches to be cancelled, the WYHS varsity tennis team is in good spirits as their season rolls forward. Last week, the dynamic duo of Borzak sisters Ilana (junior) and Shira (freshman) (pictured at left) beat their opponents in a stunning doubles victory! WYHS sports is proud to announce the first ever Storm baseball game, which will take place on Sunday, March 28th at 4 p.m. at South County Regional Park in Boca. The two teams are both comprised of WYHS students, who train under two separate coaches, Rabbi Ben Sugerman and Mr. Adam Dobrick. The two teams will play each other throughout this season in the hopes of forming one official team for next year. The boys varsity basketball season has come to a close with the return of the team from the Yeshiva University Red Sarachek basketball tournament last weekend. The Yeshiva Storm placed third in their tier after winning games against Eshkol Academy of Silver Spring, Maryland and Robert M. Beren Academy of Houston, Texas! In one game, the Yeshiva Storm scored the first 17 points of the game, with scoring leader sophomore Jon Struhl going on to score 23 points! Congratulations to the boys varsity basketball team on an exciting season!

The Exciting Pre-Pesach Week Ahead

WYHS faculty alumni Rabbi Avi and Mrs. Leba Schneider are coming to WYHS with our graduates presently studying in Israel on Monday, March 29th, for a Layl Iyun with the junior and senior classes beginning at 7:30 PM with dessert! As per the school calendar, there will be a 2:45 p.m. dismissal (Friday schedule with Thursday times) on Thursday, April 1st, which is the last day of school before Pesach vacation. Get ready for Pesach by bringing your car to the Car Wash next Sunday, April 4th. Bring your car to the WYHS parking lot from 8-4 to have it cleaned by the talented student cleaning crew! The WYHS Committee for Israel Action (CIA) would like to announce a new program being run in conjunction with Hear O Israel, a non-profit organization that collects and refurbishes hearing aids for Israeli victims of terror (who often suffer hearing loss from bomb blasts) and elderly. Please contact Ilana Borzak (561-367-7298) if you have a hearing aid to donate to this worthy cause!