After more than a decade of using the NETA Hebrew curriculum, Schechter Westchester reevaluated its Hebrew language program this winter and decided to leave the full NETA curriculum and use its Hebrew teachers to develop a curriculum. NETA, a Hebrew language curriculum developed by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and supported by The AVI CHAI
By Sarah Fortinsky For years, Schechter Westchester students have learned that the daily prayers they recite in school are timeless and unchanging—until last week, when the administration introduced a change. Each minyan at Schechter will now give students the opportunity to recognize the imahot, or matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah), alongside the avot, or