Manhattan Day School

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Manhattan Day School, often referred to as MDS, is a co-educational Modern Orthodox Jewish yeshiva elementary school located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. [1] [2] It was founded in 1943 as Yeshivat Ohr Torah Community School, [3] the first Jewish all-day independent school on the West Side of Manhattan. The rabbis and congregants of Congregation Ohab Zedek and The Jewish Center helped Dr. Joseph Kaminetsky to found the school, who served as its first Executive Director before being recruited by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz to work at Torah Umesorah. [4] Shlomo Riskin served as dean of the school at a later time. [5]

Contents

Manhattan Day School consists of an Early Childhood (Two year olds - Kindergarten), Lower School (1st - 5th grade) and Middle School (6th - 8th grade). Ms. Raizi Chechik became Head of School in 2017. [6] The school is a not-for-profit organization. [7]

After-school programming and athletics

At Manhattan Day School children can participate in the After School program on the school premises. Starting from Nursery 3 through 8th Grade, children can join extracurricular activities in addition to their coursework. The after-school program options include karate, ballet, songwriting, dance, art, robotics, chess, cooking, and E2K. [8]

The MDS Blazers is the name carried by the sports teams that play for MDS Middle School. MDS has basketball,Football, and now soccer teams.[ citation needed ]

Israel advocacy

MDS has a comprehensive program of Israel advocacy training called Stand With Israel. Students choose a topic to research and present to various influencers and organizations to show their support for Israel. The MDS Stand With Israel team has presented to the Upper West Side community, Alan Dershowitz, the United Nations, and at the Museum for Jewish Heritage and has partnered with Stand With Us, AIPAC and NORPAC, among other organizations.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ New York Magazine, 17 Nov 1986 p.59
  2. ↑ Alvin Irwin Schiff. The Jewish day school in America. Jewish Education Committee Press, 1966. p.52
  3. ↑ Manhattan Day School Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths". The New York Times. March 18, 1999. pp. B9.
  5. ↑ Weiss, Stewart (28 May 2015). "Rabbi Riskin – until 120". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "EDUCATIONMDS Appoints New Head of School, Ms. Raizi Chechik". thejewishvoice.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ↑ https://casetext.com/admin-law/manhattan-day-school, p. 992 & p. 1001
  8. ↑ Excellence.org.il Archived 2010-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

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