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Shinshinim

ShinShinim Corner

October 13, 2023

Hello everyone! It’s Yahli and Shaked, your Shinshinim! We are so excited to be able to celebrate all the Tishrei holidays with you.  For Yom Kippur, we...
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Introducing our 2023-24 ShinShinim!

April 25, 2023

UJA’s Israel Engagement ShinShinim are a group of Israeli high school graduates who defer their enlistments in the Israel Defense Forces to spend a “year of...
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Zimriyah

March 20, 2023

On Sunday February 26th, we had the pleasure of attending the first Zimriyah since 2020, presented by the Julia & Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education....
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Finding the Dead Sea Scrolls

December 13, 2022

Under the Generative Topic of “Even desolate places can be teeming with life,” Grade 6 students have been learning about the Judean desert and its surrounding...
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Meet the 2022/23 Shinshinim!

May 20, 2022

We are thrilled to introduce 2022/23 UJA ShinShiniyot, Tamar and Tamar! They are very excited to come to Toronto and meet our amazing Heschel community. Click the image below to...
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ShinShinim Bring Israel to Heschel

October 7, 2021

As part of Heschel’s commitment to Israel engagement and education, we are proud to welcome two new UJA ShinShinim to our school. Ma’ayan Gordon and Semyon...
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Nuit Blanche - לילה לבן

February 21, 2019

Nuit Blanche took place on Saturday, February 9. Many of the grade seven and eight students came to participate. It was a very fun-filled night, with...

שלום ש"ש

June 1, 2018

On Tuesday, all of UJA’s Shinshinim came to Heschel for a wonderful Group Impact Day. Grades 1-4 experienced an Israeli shuk and Grades 5-8 watched Israeli leaders...
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שלום ש"ש

February 9, 2018

This week in grade 8 we learned about the Ma’abarot in Israel. In the 1950’s the Ma’abarot provided housing for Jewish refugees and Jewish immigrants arriving to...