Ramadan-Rosh Hashanah festive dinner at The Clore Neighbourhood Centre
20/08/2010
Summer Madness Madrichim
For the third year running Leo Baeck sends Summer Madness Madrichim – this year lucky 11th graders Ben and Oz - to Alyth Gardens, London
18/08/2010
Chicago opens its doors and hearts to Leo Baeck's Ethiopian Outreach
Unforgettable Shabbat services featuring Gobeze and Million with Rabbi Michael Zedek and his Emanuel Congregation and Rabbi Capers Funnye and his Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
21/07/2010
Weekend at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, NY
"A Pluralistic and Inclusive Israel" - showcasing Dani Fesler together with one of Leo Baeck's first Ethiopian graduates, Gobeze Wubagegne and his daughter, Million, a Leo Baeck 11th grader.
30/07/2010
Centropa Summer Academy
Three key Leo Baeck educators joined educators and historians from all over the world, including President Obama's special envoy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Hannah Rosenthal, for the first ever Centropa Summer Academy traveling workshop in Prague, Vienna, Budapest.
17/07/2010
Schools for Human Rights, June 2010
Denmark school hosts Leo Baeck students and teachers for 9-day human rights fact-finding visit
30/06/2010
Europeans for Peace, June 2010
Leo Baeck hosts Manheim group in Haifa and Um el Fahem and represents Israel in Aqaba, Jordan.
9/06/2010
Shanghai, June 2010
6 Leo Baeck students compete against 600 students from 30 countries in the World Scholar's Cup international debating competition.
24/06/2010
Leo Baeck is Number One School, June 2010
Leo Baeck comes out on top with highest matriculation scores in Haifa Region.
1938 Kindergarten for 30 German Jewish children opens its doors on Hillel Street, Hadar – Headmaster, Rabbi Dr. Meir Elk
1947 Rabbi Leo Baeck visits the school
1970 Leo Baeck School with ca. 250 pupils moves to new home on Haifa's French Carmel – Headmaster, Rabbi Dr. Meir Elk
1980 Ohel Avraham Progressive Synagogue is established on the Leo Baeck campus, reaching out to the local community and offering a special Bar/Bat Mitzvah program for populations with special needs and for poor new immigrant families – Rabbi Robert Samuels, also Asst. Headmaster to Dr. Elk
♦ 1985 Leo Baeck introduces University Leadership Training Program for Ethiopian students
♦ 1990 Leo Baeck Community Center opens 4 after school enrichment & care centers for Haifa's children at risk.
♦ 1990 Allan Offman Sports Centre opens adjacent to school
♦ 1991 Leo Baeck's first Arab-Jewish Summer Camp for Children at Risk supervised by counselors from its Arab-Jewish Youth Leadership program
1991 Leo Baeck wins prestigious Buber-Rosenzweig Prize
1998 Leo Baeck Community Center established aimed at serving all of Haifa and with social outreach at its core
1998 Leo Baeck takes on problematic nearby Junior High School
1999 Leo Baeck opens a unique matriculation/integration program and welcomes 23 new immigrant teenagers from Quara, Ethiopia
1999 Dani Fesler, Leo Baeck graduate, returns to his alma mater to take over as CEO and principal
2002 Lokey International Academy of Jewish Studies opens
2002 Israel Education Prize
2002 Beit Yitzhak Early Childhood Education & Parenting Centre for Ethiopian & New Immigrant Families opens in Kiryat Sprinzak
2003 The Clore Neighborhood Centre for Arab-s & Jews opens in Ein Ha'yam
2003 Beit El center for Senior Citizens opens
2005 Leo Baeck Junior High School welcomes PDD teens into mainstream school
2005 Mercaz Ruth Center for Youth at Risk opens in Kiryat Sprinzak
2006 Ministry of Education Heritage Award
2007 Avichai Foundation Citation of Excellence
2007 Leo Baeck opens Beit Ha'Kehillah Centre for Underserved Ethiopian Families in western Haifa
2007 Leo Baeck takes over Haifa's multicultural WIZO School of Art & Design
2007 HRH Prince Edward awarded 120 Leo Baeck pupils with the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Medal Award
September 2008 Leo Baeck Hof Hacarmel Regional School opens its doors to 456 7th – 12th grade pupils and 29 students at the Junior College for Technicians and Practical Engineers
Headmaster, Rabbi Dr. Meir Elk
