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On Thursday night, December 7th,  Central hosted its second mishmar of the semester. The focus of this year's mishmar has been educating students about different kinds of Jews around the world. At the first mishmar, the students heard from a convert about his…

With debaters from 12 different schools (including Central) coming from the tri-state area, Central's annual debate on Thursday, November 30th.  The entire debate team worked together to make the event a success.  All the debaters, even those who had a volleyball game…

On Monday, December 4th, rows of laptops were set up in the cafeteria for an "Hour of Code," and freshmen Savi Kessler, Rachel Rose, and Tiferet Weissman, who are studying computer science in their Engineering I class, taught the basics of code to all interested students.  "Hour of Code" is…

Whether donating your time or your blood, the gift of giving can impact and even save another human beings life.  This past Tuesday Central had a record number of students and faculty members donating blood at our bi-yearly blood drive.  With 40 successful donations, we had our…

The relationship Central has with our alumni goes beyond the halls of the building. Throughout the year, Central offers alumni shiurim so that our alumni can continue to learn with their beloved teachers. Wednesday, December 6th, Rabbi Zvi Lew will be giving a shiur on the topic, "Do you believe…

Chesed is an important value to our Central community, Jewish community, and global community. It is for this reason we have made it a priority to create Central Service Initiative (CSI) missions during school time, to give us all a taste of the fantastic work people are…

This past month, we have had advocates and Torah scholars teaching our students about Israel's past and the role they need to take In Israel's future. Wednesday, November 29th, we concluded our celebration of Zionism month by commemorating the 70th anniversary of the UN vote for the Partition of…

On Thursday morning, November 9th, in commemoration of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the entire student body was privileged to hear from Mrs. Edith Himmel. Mrs. Himmel was a twelve-year-old living in Vienna when she personally witnessed the horrors of that harrowing night. Her father was taken…

Central was privileged to host Rabbanit Shani Taragin, Wednesday, November 8, 2017 as part of the Central @ 70 Sandy Thurm Memorial Learning Program, Distinguished Speaker Series. Rabbanit Taragin is a renowned teacher at Midreshet Lindenbaum, MaTaN, Migdal Oz, Sha'alvim for Women, and other…

On Monday, Central commemorated the tragic events of September 11th. During davening, we played a running loop of photographs of those who were murdered on 9/11, as well as images from that horrific day. After davening, Rabbi Strulowitz spoke to our students about…