American Hebrew Academy: Religion and Scholarship Together

The American Hebrew Academy is the only Jewish Pluralistic College Prep Boarding School in the United States. The Academy is located on 100 acres at 4334 Hobbs Road in Greensboro, across the street from Temple Emanuel. Here we see a night shot of a small corner of the soccer field fully lit at 10:30 p.m. with students practicing. This sprawling campus is stunning on rolling hills with many beautiful buildings. However, campus security is high with a gatehouse and checkpoint at the only entrance and the entire campus is fenced around the perimeter. We took this picture through the wrought iron fence because it looks so beautiful at night. Next time we feature the campus, we'll go by day and try to get an appointment to go inside.

The school's goal is to develop students' academic potential while helping them learn to become tomorrow's Jewish leaders.  Building a sense of community is emphasized. As stated on their website, "(a)t sunset every Friday, students and teachers gather for Shabbat. There are Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv prayers followed by a family-style meal complete with Zamirot (Shabbat singing), Birkat ha-Mazon (grace after meals), and Israeli dancing. Shabbat morning services follow a late wake-up call. Students often lead morning and evening prayer services held every day at the Academy.

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[Greensboro Daily Photo]

Cinema Emanu_El is currently underway in Dallas, TX. Too bad Dallas is so far from Greensboro as the films sound fabulous. The following films are being shown: Hineini; My Father My Lord; Noodle; Live and Become. A rabbi-lead discussion follows each film. What an educational/faith probing opportunity. Have any of these ever movies been shown in Greensboro?

(see Dallas Morning News article)
http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/07/cinema-emanu-el-cranks-up-next.html

[Greensboro Daily Photo]

Two blogs that we visit, especially on Sky Watch Friday, are relevant to today's post. Jew Wishes is more focused on Judaism. Jerusalem Hills comments on many topics related to Jerusalem.

Jew Wishes
http://jewwishes.wordpress.com/

Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo
http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.com/

Finally, for those of you who visit GDP on Sunday for our religious posts on Sunday, we recommend:

Monastery Daily Photo
http://monasterydailyphoto.blogspot.com/

MDP is as close as you will come to getting an insider's view of the cloistered life without actually joining!

[babooshka]

Fascinating.Intersting to see the mix of religions you have. Small islamds like mine do tend to be very insular

[Jacob]

Fascinating. It is sad, that even today, the need for security is so great!

[Dina]

Wait, so what does the "pluralistic" mean?
Looks and sounds like a fine school. Hope they give you the grand tour inside.
Nice to catch up with your week of posts, all so different.
Thanks for the mention. The two other blogs you name are really great.
Shalom!

[Ellie]

Looks like a spaceship! Very interesting lights! Love it!

[Jew Wishes]

Thank you so much for the link!

The photo of the Hebrew Academy is stunning. I love the contrasts of light and tones.

[Betsy from Tennessee]

Hi There, We're home after a wonderful weekend in the gorgeous North Carolina mountains. I'll post in the morning.

Interesting post... Thanks for sharing.

Hope you had a great weekend.
Hugs,
Betsy

[Dina in Jerusaelm]

You asked what you would wish a person on 17 of Tamuz. I finally got to answering some comments...
On Yom Kippur people wish you "Tsom kal," meaning "Easy over the fast" or literally, an easy fast. But that one is from late afternoon till the next day after sunset.
Not sure what they say on 17 Tamuz, which is only during one day fasting.

[Jonathan Livnat]

Great picture. Feel free to contact me (via email)to schedule a tour on campus.
Jonathan Livnat, American Hebrew academy

[FA]

Thanks for the link. I am privileged to be cited among such great bloggers.