The momentum for the Hoops for Heroes Yashar LaChayal 8th Grade Boys Basketball Tournament is building! A personal funding page was created for each participating student and their pages are now active. The students have already started to raise funds and awareness about Yashar LaChayal to their families and friends. The Tournament preliminary games have been scheduled. The first game will take place today, Monday, November 5 vs. Manhattan Day School @ Ramaz at 6:15PM...

This past Friday, pink frosted donuts, wrist bands, caps, tension footballs, and bandanas were sold to raise funds to support cancer research and to celebrate the Cure. All of the items were carefully chosen by the dedicated members of the Chesed Committee...

The Ulpianada is a problem solving competition based on math skills and logical reasoning for Orthodox high school girls. Now in its sixth year in Israel, this is the third year that the Ulpaniada is international. Girls from Orthodox high schools worldwide are invited to participate...

As a culmination to their study of Zionism in Jewish History class, the 8th grade held a mock World Zionist Congress. In small groups of four or five, students researched primary source writings from such illustrious thinkers as Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, Ahad Ha'am, Theodor Herzl, and A.D. Gordon...

This week, Ms. Bernstein announced some exciting new changes to the structure of Student Organizational Presidium (S.O.). For the first time, Ramaz will have officers--a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. 8th graders are eligible to run for these leadership positions and we are eager to maximize the leadership potential in our middle school "seniors."...

This week the Ramaz US hosted Yossi Klein Halevi in dialogue with Imam Abdullah Antepli from Duke University, as part of the Shalom Hartman Institute MLI, Muslim Leadership Initiative. The speakers, who were in dialogue with our own Rabbi Elie Weinstock, a participant in Hartman's Rabbinic Leadership Initiative, spoke to students about the importance of building interfaith relationships...