Raising Change Makers
April 27, 2021
Racial injustice is a problem for every American. My burden is your burden. I’ve heard these from our Vice President this week speaking about race. I read them in Amy Hammerman’s Jewish Light article on Asian American hate. And they echo from my 52 years of Jewish...
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What we can learn from an inauguration
January 25, 2021
The lights came on after the seventh grade watched the inauguration in Mr. Armstrong’s Language Arts classroom. Their teacher had written tallies on the board next to books of the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. Amos had two, Micah had one and Isaiah, three. “That was...
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What Sets Us Apart
January 19, 2021
Of all the great elementary and middle schools in St. Louis, you have chosen Mirowitz! Some of you always knew you’d send your children to Jewish day school. For some, this experience is beyond anything you ever imagined. As our teachers will spend this day...
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What’s Your Favorite Hebrew Word
January 11, 2021
I proudly wore my favorite Hebrew word (well, phrase) today – הכרת הטוב (Hakarat Hatov). It means “recognizing the good,” and it’s one of our school’s core values. It seems fitting, since our country was shaken to the core this week, to focus our attention on...
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In THIS we believe
December 8, 2020
Did you ever anticipate that you would know so much about public health? These times of anxiety open our world to new understandings, and also help us define our values. The same is true for organizations. I often joke that we are educators who have...
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Being Present and Noticing the Sunshine
November 9, 2020
If you’re like me, you’d give anything to NOT think about the elections for a few minutes. Those of us who are fortunate to spend our days with your children benefit from frequent reminders to be present and to celebrate special moments, even as the...
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Civility, Dialogue & Courageous Conversations
November 2, 2020
Election season presents a challenge and an opportunity for us at Mirowitz. We want to present ourselves as a model of how an election season COULD look, how it SHOULD look, how it WOULD look if Mirowitz alumni were in charge. As a pluralistic school,...
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Water Justice STEAM Teaches Life Lessons
February 10, 2020
Perhaps, like me, you are curious about what “Water Justice” means. “Water justice. It’s about fairness,” a 4th grader explained to me. “There’s enough water in the world for everyone to have clean water. Even the animals! Yet some people have access to more water...
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How We Prepare Mirowitz Students
December 9, 2019
“I was not simply prepared for high school…I was over-prepared.” We hear this all the time from our alumni, and we heard it once again from Mahlet Fentaw who sat on our Middle School Open House panel Wednesday. What did she mean by that? Our 8th...
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Israel is in Our Hearts
November 18, 2019
Rockets have rained down on Israel over the past three days sending our friends and relatives who live there to bomb shelters. Schools have been closed and the country has been on heightened alert. Here at Mirowitz, we join Jewish communities around the world in...
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