In a single day, Shira Perez found out that her brother Yonatan had been shot and injured in the October 7th Hamas terror attacks—and her other brother Daniel, was “missing in action” and presumably held hostage. Only 10 days later, the family went on to hold Yonatan’s wedding, with Daniel’s status still completely unknown. Shira, […]Read More

The SAR Academy community has had the unique opportunity to welcome Amit and Tomer Ades, a displaced family from Kfar Aza who survived the attack of October 7. Before they return to Israel, we had the unique opportunity for our students to share with the Ades family and help us in supporting Israel. Tomer, who […]Read More

Dr. Caryn Keller, SAR history teacher, Ms. Adina Shoulson, History Department Chair, and Ms. Gloria Schneider, Director of General Studies, accompanied 17 students to the ADL’s Never is Now Conference. Students learned about combating anti-semitism and all forms of hate by attending workshops about social media, disinformation, and empowering allies. Attorney General Merrick Garland shared moving words […]Read More

Representing SAR on the Prizmah mission for 22 Israel educators from North America, Ms. Rebecca Wolf, SAR’s Israel Education Coordinator, engaged with thought leaders and educators in Israel. The mission, made possible by a generous grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation, addressed the question: “What has changed – and what hasn’t changed – since October 7th […]Read More

Twenty students accompanied by Rabbi Jonathan Kroll and Ms. Shira Schiowitz traveled to Israel to run in the Jerusalem marathon to benefit Shalva. Students spent time with Shalva kids on Thursday and at the marathon in the pre-marathon community run, then enjoyed a beautiful Shabbat with other schools.On Sunday, SAR students went to Tel HaShomer Hospital to […]Read More

We are proud of our students who continue to find creative ways to raise money to support Israel. In the last few weeks, more and more students have undertaken this effort by selling items from cookies to kippot and donating the money to various charities such as Magen David Adom, FIDF, and b’Lev Echad.Academy students wrote Purim cards […]Read More