The Heschel School

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When the Abraham Joshua Heschel School was founded in 1983, a new model of Jewish day school was created. Named after one of the great Jewish leaders, teachers, and activists of the twentieth century, The Heschel School opened with a commitment to creating a pluralistic Jewish community dedicated to the values that characterized Rabbi Heschel’s life: intellectual exploration, respect, integrity, love of the Jewish people and tradition, and a commitment to social justice.

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The Heschel Experience

The Heschel experience embraces both what it means to be a pluralistic community and the values that characterized Rabbi Heschel’s life: intellectual exploration, respect, integrity, love of the Jewish people and tradition, and a commitment to social justice. Learn more.
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The Abraham Joshua Heschel School fosters critical thinking and a love of learning in an environment of intellectual challenge and academic excellence. By weaving together Jewish and general studies we nurture each student’s intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual growth.
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Welcome to The Abraham Joshua Heschel School. We are a unique pluralistic Jewish day school, emphasizing academic excellence as well as awareness of social and communal responsibility through an offering of a superb integrated curriculum of general and Judaic studies.

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The PA is comprised of all parents in the school, including Early Childhood, Lower School, Middle School, and High School. We foster communication between the parent body and the administration, faculty, and staff. Throughout the year, we engage families by creating and producing community-building and educational programs.
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Heschel's alumni, now over 1,400 strong, span the continent and the world. We are proud of their accomplishments and celebrate their successes as artists, educators, scholars, journalists, business and financial leaders, and rabbis, with the foundation of a Heschel education.
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2023 High School Shabbaton Recap

Jan 26 2023

Last weekend, the High School held its annual Shabbaton at the Hilton in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. The weekend was filled with so much laughter, bonding, and learning. On Friday, we began our time together with lunch and circle games followed by our annual theme session. The theme for this year’s Shabbaton was corruptive disruption and our sessions, led by members of the student government and councils, focused on social media, ChatGPT, and a teaching from Rabbi Heschel. After a communal candle lighting to bring in Shabbat, students gathered in Tefillah spaces followed by a delicious Shabbat dinner. Our Friday night programming concluded with learning sessions led by our faculty, grade activities, and Shabbat activities such as the Tisch. On Saturday, students gathered together for services, lunch, and free time. Our afternoon consisted of a full school trivia program, grade activities, and a new Master Class program presented and taught by members of the senior class. We finished our time together with a beautiful musical Havdalah led by the Heschel Harmonizers and our annual game of Panopoly, a multi-media trivia game! Looking forward to next year’s Shabbaton!