The Heschel School

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About Heschel

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

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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Academics at Heschel
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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Alumni

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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There is no other school in New York City quite like Heschel. Across our curriculum, we foster academic excellence, as well as a love of learning and exploration and an emphasis on critical thinking. Your partnership is invaluable and we appreciate all the ways that you work with us to strengthen our school and our community.

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Watch the Middle School Virtual Costume Parade

Watch the Middle School Virtual Costume Parade

Mar 10 2020

Middle School Presents "The Lion King, Jr."

Middle School Presents "The Lion King, Jr."

Mar 6 2020

The Middle School put on their annual musical as parents and Lower School students were treated to a presentation of "The Lion King Jr."

Grade 7 Students Study Tefillin

Grade 7 Students Study Tefillin

Feb 14 2020

Grade 7 Toshba teaches the students the importance and details about Tefillin, including their significance and symbolism, how they are made and what verses they hold, and the practicalities of how to put them on and what blessings to say.

Middle School Students Put Talent On Display

Middle School Students Put Talent On Display

Feb 7 2020

Students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 sang, danced, played instruments, and performed comedy routines at this year's Middle School Talent Show.

Grade 8 Visits the MOMA

Grade 8 Visits the MOMA

Jan 30 2020

Grade 8 visited the MOMA today as a culmination to their art history unit. The students studied modern art, ranging from Impressionism to Pop art, and each studied a specific artist.

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