Chesed

The Upper School commemorated the 23rd anniversary of September 11, 2001, with a meaningful day of service and reflection. The day began with school-wide tefillah and an address from Jamie Lassner '82, a Hatzalah volunteer and first responder on 9/11. Mr. Lassner shared stories about his experience on the day, and...

Ahead of September 11, students from the Middle School baked treats and wrote notes for Ramaz's local fire department, FDNY Engine 22/Ladder 13/ Battalion 10, to thank them for their service. Students from 6th and 8th grade visited the fire department on September 10 to deliver the home-baked goods and handwritten notes and...

First graders began the year reading the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? This is a book about kindness, which shares ways that each person can "fill someone's bucket" and lift them up throughout daily life. This relates to their first unit in Ramaz's Character Strong curriculum, in which students have their "Kindness Kickoff." First graders had a discussion about how they can fill someone's bucket in the classroom, at home, and in their community. They completed a drawing and writing...

The welcome evening for incoming Pre-K and Kindergarten parents not only provided an opportunity for sushi, wine, and bonding — it also provided an opportunity for chesed! The Ramaz Department of Admissions wanted to set up a warm and welcoming meeting and to partner with the Washington Heights Y around chesed. The outcome? A gorgeous message about "the beauty of mitzvot" as...

Eleventh graders truly took advantage of NYC as their classroom when they visited Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx with their teacher, Rabbi Josh Blaustein. This is the largest produce market in the world and supplies at least 60% of all the produce consumed in NYC. Students got to meet the market's CEO and hear about market operations, and then they walked...

The ECC classes have been collecting tzedakah this year and now they have finally delivered it to Rabbi Haskel Lookstein '49 to be donated as maot chitim. These maot chitim (literal translation: wheat money) will be used to help provide Passover seder supplies and food to families in need. The students are so excited to know that their...

The Fresh Opportunities student-run chesed club, which packages and delivers leftover food to community fridges, did everyone proud at the 2024 Jewish Climate Summit! When the club members learned of the event, they took action and reached out to the summit's organizers, asking if there was any way Fresh Opportunities could get involved. In response, the club was cleared to run their very own table! Between...

The fourth grade has been learning all about the mitzvot associated with Purim. One way they are exploring this theme is through special art projects! On a page decorated to look like a scroll, everyone chose a mitzvah they liked best and wrote in Hebrew why it...

Ramaz students always hype up our athletes on days of sports games – but during school before the Boys’ Varsity Basketball game on Tuesday, students decided to take it further, widening the scope of support into an entire spirit day dedicated to kindness. They supported...