News from Leo Baeck

Ramadan-Rosh Hashanah

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.

30/06/2010

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Community Service

The Leo Baeck Education Center is committed to teaching its children, from pre-school through12th grade, the values of community service and civil responsibility and demands a high level of volunteerism from its students. As Israel's largest individual recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Gold Awards, Leo Baeck sets the standard within Israeli education as a school that promotes personal development through public service.

Elementary School

Children learn the principles of giving and caring through a wide range of projects which include playtime with the elderly, care packages for soldiers, and collecting coins for other children in need.

Junior High School

Duke of Edinburgh's International Awards – Bronze to Gold
"Big Brother Big Sister" reading program with elementary school pupils
"Medical Clowns" – Rambam Hospital
Close the Generation Gap – Students record life stories of the elderly
After school volunteer projects with Mercaz Ruth

Senior High School

Duke of Edinburgh's International Awards - Largest number of participants from a single school
Students volunteer in more than 60 projects as part of their 80 hour annual personal commitment to community service
After school volunteer work at the Sprinzak Clubhouse for Children at risk

Community Center

"Smile Club" brings mentally challenged and mainstream Leo Baeck students together once a week
After-School Care Centers provide hot meals, homework support and a comfortable environment for Jewish and Arab children at risk
University Leadership Training Program (ULTP) Ethiopian participants provide community service at Beit Yitzhak, Beit Hakilelah, and Mercaz Ruth