Co-Architects of Our Destiny - Susan North Gilboa
02/21/2018 04:04:50 PM
February is officially known as Jewish Disability Awareness...Read more...
Learning Story - Abby Andiman Mars, ECC Director
01/04/2018 03:55:51 PM
Abby Andiman Mars, ECC Director
Telling stories is part of our Jewish tradition. As a people, we are connected one-to-the-other by our shared experiences and the telling and re-telling of them. Of course there is...Read more...
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” -Jackie Robinson -By Ami Monson, Director of Youth Engagement
11/30/2017 04:55:27 PM
Most parents are concerned about raising their children with good values: parents of Jewish children not only want good values, they want Jewish values. If this is so,...Read more...
Discover the Discovery Yard at the VBS ECC
11/27/2017 02:37:08 PM
The minute a child sets foot in the VBS ECC Discovery Yard, developmental...Read more...
Becoming a Mensch -By Keri Loventhal, ECLC Director
11/21/2017 11:39:10 AM
As each day comes to a close, we reflect on our actions and our words. We apologize for those we may have wronged, we say thank you for the blessings we have in our lives, and we tell ourselves that tomorrow will be filled with new...Read more...
Lech Lecha -By Ellen Brown, Member, VBS Board of Directors
10/25/2017 01:59:28 PM
In last week's parsha Noach, we ended with the listing of the 10 generations from Noach to Abram. When we begin this week's parsha, Lech L'cha, Abram is 75 and God says to him “Lech L'cha.”
Abram and his wife Sarai,...Read more...
It's a New World - By Scott Howard, VBS President
08/31/2017 11:12:04 AM
“It's a new world, Tevye, it's a new world." I always thought those words only pertained to the times in Fiddler on the Roof. Over the years, I continually am surprised to see once again, It's a new world.
Based on our...Read more...
Why is Yale so Emotional? -By Sheva Locke, Head of VBS Day School
08/24/2017 01:43:36 PM
This summer, five VBS Day School administrators and teachers traveled to Yale University to find out why Yale is so emotional. They attended a special conference at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence to learn about a...Read more...
Stand Up and Be Counted
07/13/2017 03:07:28 PM
Growing up in the era of Women's Lib in the 1970's I am the daughter of a single working mom. But I have chosen a traditional marriage and was a stay at home mom until my children were in middle school. Whenever we come to Parashat...Read more...
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