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Pictures and Commentary by School Director Rabbi Rebecca Ben-Gideon

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 4:35pm
 
 
 

What attracts Jews from a diversity of backgrounds to day schools?  “Ours is hardly the typical profile for a day school family…And yet, the choice to send our daughters to [our day school] was an easy one.”  Read why below.  From http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/general/deciding-how-we-fit-into-jewish-day-school/

Deciding How We Fit into Jewish Day School

By Amy Meltzer | February 9th, 2012 11:30 AM
Categories: General
Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What would make day schools more attractive to non-Orthodox parents? This has been a key topic in the Jewish world of late, as seen with...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:21pm
 
 
3rd and 4th grades' Jewish Lens Project, which examines Jewish identity through photography.
 

by Nancy Brower

Zoe told guests around her Thanksgiving table that she is grateful to go to Madison Jewish Community Day School.  Nikko comes home from school filled with a sense of pride in who he is, knowing he is a valued member of his school community.

In recent conversations with parents of MJCDS students, it was abundantly clear that the school is enriching the lives of students and their families.

Alice Schneiderman, whose son Nikko is in third grade, says that she and her husband were pleased with the education their older daughter had received at their neighborhood school, which Nikko also attended for kindergarten and first grade.  “But Nikko was bothered by being the only...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:08pm
 
 
 

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Studying Hard with Mrs. Harris Talia Jane Nikko Anna and Chloe Anna Alana at Gan Nikolai jumping at the camera while jogging laps around the gym at the YMCA Penguindance
 
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MJCDS is a pluralistic, Jewish elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Our outstanding curriculum of both general and Jewish studies is taught by experienced, highly-qualified educators in a caring Jewish environment.  MJCDS educators challenge and nurture each student, fostering curiosity, independent thinking, leadership skills and a lifelong love of learning.

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Phone:
(608) 204-9900


Address:
2702 Arbor Drive, Madison, WI 53711

E-mail: info@madisonjewishdayschool.com

Head of School:
Rabbi Rebecca Ben Gideon

Asst. Head of School/Judaics Director:
Meisha Leibson

Teachers:
Jodi Harris, Geri Goldman