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Gala Honoree Spotlight: Public Health Response Team

1216 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10029 We express our sincere gratitude and admiration for the Schechter Manhattan COVID-19 Public Health Response Team – Randy Feld, MD, Neal Hoffman, MD, and Isaac B. Weisfuse, MD, MPH. Schechter Manhattan is fortunate to have three dedicated Alumni Parents who have and continue to volunteer since January […]

Schechter Manhattan 26th Anniversary Annual Gala

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2022 | 14 SIVAN 5782 | 6:00 PM THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 1216 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10029 Cocktails/Buffet Dinner & Program Gary Pretsfelder, Co-head of School/Principal of Schechter Manhattan and Nina Bruder, Executive Director of the Jewish New Teacher Project, are a couple who reflect a strong commitment to Jewish education, Jewish identity […]

Schechter Manhattan 26th Anniversary Annual Gala

1216 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10029 Cocktails/Buffet Dinner & Program   Honoring     Gary Pretsfelder and Nina Bruder Schechter Manhattan Community Leaders           Randy Feld, MD, Neal Hoffman, MD & Isaac B. Weisfuse, MD, MPH Public Health Response Team   Tammi Hawa (’09) 2022 Schechter Manhattan Alumni Leadership […]

Exciting Announcement – Next Head of School

Dear Friends of Schechter Manhattan, We are excited to share the very happy news that the Board of Trustees has chosen Chris Agüero to be Schechter Manhattan’s next Head of School, beginning on July 1, 2022. Chris comes to us from Austin, Texas, where, since 2018, he has served as Head of School of the Austin Jewish […]

Schechter Manhattan Students Rally Support for Ukraine

  Schechter Manhattan fourth and fifth-grade students showed their support for Ukrainian people during a Q&A session with Snizhana Marianova, a tour guide at the L’viv office of the Cobblestone Freeway Foundation. Marianova shared the details of her four-day journey from a suburb of Kyiv to Poland with three friends – one who is six […]

A Passion for Lifelong Learning

Lately, I have been taking the time to reflect on my time at Schechter Manhattan, and I realize how lucky I was to be part of a community where the teachers not only loved what they did but cared about each student as an individual. A few years ago, on a trip to Germany, I caught […]