Tag Archives : Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School


New day school attempts to take flight

by Marla Cohen Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School had no sooner announced that it would be closing, than the Rockland Jewish Academy heralded its arrival. The new school, which is proposed to be housed in the Rockland Jewish Community Campus in West Nyack, will be an early childhood to fifth grade school run in partnership with […]


The canary in the coal mine

I had gone to Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School to give a talk to Fallon Coffield’s 8th grade social studies class. I spoke about my career in newspapers and magazines, gave a short overview of how you structure a news story and then let the students interview one another, write a lead for a profile […]


The end of an era

This year to be Gittelman’s last Virginia Feldman stood before the crowd in a room that serves as Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School’s gym, cafeteria, and auditorium — a room that had staged middle school plays, siddur and chumash ceremonies, basketball games and graduations. As president of Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School’s board of trustees […]