Ahavat Yisrael
Ramaz's mission focuses on our commitment to Medinat Yisrael, a love and support for the State of Israel. Our students learn about Israel's history, current events, and culture, approaching all areas of Israeli identity with love. They step up with HINENI: "I am HERE for you, I will master your language, celebrate your existence, and champion your causes."
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![Students Learn Life Lessons from the Mother of a Fallen Chayal]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1764959511/ramaz/b5bg03z4gy4rcn0gcoke/JenAirley.jpg","width":2200}])
Upper Schoolers received a deeply moving visit from Jen Airley, mother of an IDF soldier who was killed in Gaza. She spoke about Binyamin z”l, celebrating him and the lessons his life and death taught her. She...
![Upper Schoolers and Alumni Team Up for an Impactful Mission to Israel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764955706/ramaz/otyjpyuj6xggehywz22o/Dec2025MissiontoIsrael.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764955706/ramaz/otyjpyuj6xggehywz22o/Dec2025MissiontoIsrael.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764955706/ramaz/otyjpyuj6xggehywz22o/Dec2025MissiontoIsrael.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764955706/ramaz/otyjpyuj6xggehywz22o/Dec2025MissiontoIsrael.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764955706/ramaz/otyjpyuj6xggehywz22o/Dec2025MissiontoIsrael.jpg","width":1600}])
Upper School volunteers went on an absolutely amazing mission to Israel. They joined up with Ramaz alumni currently on their gap year in Israel, and together they participated in meaningful activities and made a big impact. Their chesed...
![Fourth and Eighth Graders Prepare to Invent Disability Aids with ADI Israel's STEM Challenge]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1763747874/ramaz/ashrduvflosfka5hfutw/ADI2025group.jpg","width":2200}])
Fourth and eighth graders had the privilege of attending the kickoff of the ADI “Make the Change” STEM Challenge. Each year, Elie Klein from ADI Israel (ADI: Ability, Diversity, and Inclusion) starts off this sponsored STEM Challenge by providing Ramaz students with...
![Yossi and Yarden Vasa Present the Graphic Novel of Yossi's Childhood as an Ethiopian-Jewish Refugee]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1763744987/ramaz/c7jrbjk4nh7tcwfsyog0/YossiVasa.jpg","width":2200}])
Students received a powerful visit from Yossi and Yarden Vasa. Yossi is a famous Israeli television actor, but he came to Ramaz under a different hat: speaking as an author of his new memoir, a graphic novel titled...
![Israeli President Isaac Herzog '78 Writes of His Appreciation for Ramaz Teacher Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz z"l]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1763131590/ramaz/z5gojdazhasqbijvtkxm/LetterfromPresidentHerzogtoMoskowitzFamily.jpg","width":2200}])
Israel's President Isaac Herzog '78 has written to express his condolences and grief at the recent passing of beloved Ramaz teacher Rabbi Mayer Moskowitz. Rabbi Moskowitz was a guiding force at Ramaz for more than 50 years. Through...
![Pictures Inside: Second Graders Help Write a Sefer Torah to be Donated to Israel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1762527257/ramaz/wez6eptdwfkdzbaq76op/Gr2SeferTorah.jpg","width":2200}])
Our second graders collaborated with thousands of children worldwide to create a new Sefer Torah with Otiot Shel Ahava. Every student said a special bracha and wrote...
![Eighth Graders Hold a 20th-Century World Zionist Congress]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762526722/ramaz/fjys9ycin3fcyvhdppx3/8thGradeWorldZionistCongress.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762526722/ramaz/fjys9ycin3fcyvhdppx3/8thGradeWorldZionistCongress.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762526722/ramaz/fjys9ycin3fcyvhdppx3/8thGradeWorldZionistCongress.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762526722/ramaz/fjys9ycin3fcyvhdppx3/8thGradeWorldZionistCongress.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762526722/ramaz/fjys9ycin3fcyvhdppx3/8thGradeWorldZionistCongress.jpg","width":1436}])
The eighth grade history classes showcased their research and public speaking skills at the Eighth Grade Annual World Zionist Congress! In this mock congress, students pretended that it was the early 20th century and...
![Rabbi Ethan Tucker '93 Discusses "Civil Discourse in Politics" Before the Mayoral Election & on the Anniversary of Rabin's Assassination]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1762468929/ramaz/jp6ff7jjd2q8enjgfuzb/TuckerLieberman.jpg","width":2200}])
The Upper School received an incredible visit from Rabbi Ethan Tucker ’93, Yeshivat Hadar’s co-founder and rosh yeshiva. He visited on a significant date: November 3, both the day before the NYC mayoral election and the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabbi Tucker...
![A Ramaz Security Guard Shows His Support for Israel and the Hostages with Powerful Art in the School Lobby]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761929556/ramaz/pmxpz28tc7of1kekska5/SecurityCollageforReturnedHostages.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1761929556/ramaz/pmxpz28tc7of1kekska5/SecurityCollageforReturnedHostages.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1761929556/ramaz/pmxpz28tc7of1kekska5/SecurityCollageforReturnedHostages.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1761929556/ramaz/pmxpz28tc7of1kekska5/SecurityCollageforReturnedHostages.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761929556/ramaz/pmxpz28tc7of1kekska5/SecurityCollageforReturnedHostages.jpg","width":1440}])
When anyone walks into a Ramaz building, they can see how much the school cares about each other, the world, and Israel. That care is often contagious. Willie, a beloved security guard who has been with Ramaz for almost 10 years, showed his solidarity with Israel and Am Yisrael by...