StandWithUs UK recently celebrated the graduation of the StartUp Class of 2024. StartUp is a 6-month extracurricular leadership programme for pupils in Year 10. Over a number of Sundays from October to February, the participants developed leadership and teamwork skills, all in the context of the entrepreneurial and creative Israeli spirit of the start-up world....
What an incredible term of Torah learning we have had at JFS’s morning Bet Midrash! We have hosted several incredible visiting speakers, who have provided our students with exciting, thought provoking and insightful Torah thoughts. From the importance of not sleeping your way through life, to working out what Hashem is calling on each of...
The U15 Girls 5-a-side team finished in first place in the Maccabi Tournament at Trent Park. We played four games in total winning 5-0, 5-0, 7-1 and 10-0 to finish in first place. The team consisted of Sasha Cohen, Nili Shmuel, Ella Rosenberg, Anabelle Kaye and Evie Estrin. Well done girls!
Eden Baron, Year 9, competed in the U15 France Mediterranean Football Cup in Béziers. She played for a team called PSA, who fought through the group stages making it all the way to the Semi-Finals where they won on penalties and Eden scored hers. Unfortunately, they lost in the Final but put up a good...
For the 9th year running, Brady Hirsch in Y10, has competed in the Watford Festival. He performed an excellent piece of solo acting and prose reading, the latter of which he won. This weekend he competed in the Watford Festival Finale and beat off stiff competition to win the overall prose reading cup. Well done...
Year 11 student, Lila Myers (in centre of photo), successfully auditioned for one of 24 places out of over 1000 applicants, at the Brit school to study dance! This week specifically she is rehearsing for a piece she will be performing with her dance company next weekend at the Sadlers Wells theatre and a month...
Yesterday, the U16 Girls Brent Badminton Tournament took place at Claremont School. Five JFS students participated in the tournament and, as a team, came 3rd overall. Well done girls!
The U16 Boys Football team retain the Brent Cup against QPCS with a 4-2 win. JFS went 1-0 up through Noah Bull but just before halftime, QPCS pulled a goal back from a corner. We went 2-1 down after a penalty but the boys showed huge amount of resilience after being sent down to 10...
The U18 Boys Football team came up just short against QPCS in the Brent League Final, losing 3-1 on penalties with the score 1-1 at full time. It was a tight game with few chances and going into the final stages, Luke Misan managed to bundle the ball over the line bringing it to penalties....
This week, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were engaged in an enlightening session with Project ImpACT, a programme offering inspiring volunteering opportunities, supporting a variety of local charities. As part of their participation, they spent time assisting Maccabi GB to pack Yellow Candle boxes for Yom HaShoah this year.
