News
JPDS-NC Wins $25,000 PEJE Challenge Award!
Read more here and here...
December 28, 2011
Ehud Barak, former Israeli Prime Minister and current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, visits JPDS-NC. Read more in JTA, The Forward, and WJW.
December 15, 2011
U.S. Ambassadors and JPDS-NC Parents Norman Eisen and Lindsay Kaplan and Daniel Shapiro and Julie Fisher to be honored at 2012 Purim Ball.
December 10, 2011
Read about Dan Shapiro, the "Hebrew-tweeting, U.S. Ambassador" (and JPDS-NC Parent).
November 16, 2011
Rabin Lecture Receives National Attention
September 20, 2011
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen spoke Tuesday night with The New York Times columnist and JPDS-NC alumni parent David Brooks before 500 supporters of the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital in Washington, D.C. Read more...
Washington Jewish Week Reports on JPDS-NC Purim Ball and Auction
April 7, 2011
Washington Jewish Week put out a spread about our 2011 Purim Ball & Auction, highlighting the tremendous turnout in celebration of our successes and in honor of our parent honorees. Read more...
JPDS-NC First People of the Book Series Event is a Huge Success!
February 10, 2011
Our own ABC News correspondent John Donvan and Washington Post reporter and author Laura Blumenfeld kept us spellbound on February 10th with an intimate interview exploring Laura’s quest for revenge against the Palestinian terrorist who attempted the murder of her father in Jerusalem. Read more...
JPDS-NC Students Teleconference with Israeli Students for Tu B'Shvat Seder
January 26, 2011
The Washington Jewish Week reports on JPDS-NC students having a Tu B'Shvat Seder via teleconference with students in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Read more...
JPDS-NC Community Hosts Israeli Dance-a-Thon to support Reforestation in Israel
January 19, 2011
On the evening of Wednesday, January 19th, erev Tu B’Shvat, members of theJewish community fromJPDS-NC and the greater Washington area participated in an Israeli Dance-a-thon to help raise funds for JNF’s “Operation Carmel Renewal: From Black to Green”. Read more...
Isaac Silber wins the 2011 JPDS-NC Geography Bee
January 10, 2011
As the JPDS-NC champion, Isaac will have the opportunity to take a test that could qualify him for the DC Geography Bee. Good luck, Isaac! Read more...
JPDS-NC Featured on Israeli TV
December 9, 2010
Daniel Yuval, an eleven year old from Ramat HaSharon, recently visited the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capital to talk about his participation in the campaign for a mine-free Israel. Read more...
JPDS-NC Featured in Haaretz Newspaper
November 5, 2010
Haaretz newspaper called JPDS-NC, "a place with a special soul." Read more...
JPDS-NC Teacher Published in the Fall 2010 Issue of Jewish Education Leadership
Fall 2010
Shifra Kaufman, Judaic Studies teacher for grades 5 & 6, writes about methods for teaching Torah. Read more...
JPDS-NC & Jabotisnky School in Beit Shemesh, Israel Celebrate Hanukah
December 2, 2010
The JPDS-NC fifth graders joined their friends from our sister school, the Jabotinsky School in Beit Shemesh, Israel, in the lighting of the chanukiah for the second night of Chanukah. The two classes held a video-conference, hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Read more...
DiscoverGenomics! Mobile Lab Visits JPDS-NC
November 18, 2010
The sixth grade class participated in a
hands-on learning experience when the J. Craig Venter Institute’s DiscoverGenomics! Mobile Laboratory came to JPDS-NC. Read more...
JPDS-NC Welcomes a New Torah
November 7, 2010
This past Sunday, with over one hundred people in attendance, the JPDS-NC community welcomed our first Sefer Torah. Read more and see pictures here!
JPDS-NC Featured in Haaretz Newspaper
November 5, 2010
Israeli reporter Natasha Mozgovaya writes an endearing story about the uniqueness of JPDS-NC. Read more...
JPDS-NC's Annual Rabin Memorial Lecture, featuring George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, receives international attention
May 25, 2010
Read coverage of the event from Washington Jewish Week, Politico, and Haaretz.
JPDS-NC Receives $5 Million Gift from an Anonymous Donor
October 23, 2009
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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits JPDS-NC and Talks to Students
May 3, 2009
Read about Secretary Rice's visit from The Washington Post.
Click here for a video of Secretary Rice's visit to JPDS-NC.
List to JPDS-NC student Misha Lerner on NPR, talking about Secretary Rice's visit. |
