Learning Mesillat Yesharim in Memory of a Fallen Soldier
The students of Talmud Torah Netzach Yisrael in Beit Shemesh have launched a meaningful learning project in memory of a fallen soldier from Jerusalem that they never met. Students at the Netzach Yisrael boys’ elementary school in Beit Shemesh have recorded a song based on the opening verse of the book “Mesillat Yesharim” that they […]
Ofek Women’s College Opens Medical Imaging BSc. Course
Netzach’s Ofek Nursing Education program has changed the landscape of medical training for Charedi women in Jerusalem. Since the College opened in 2018, we have successfully placed hundreds of graduates in nursing roles in Israel’s hospitals and in the wider community. This year, Ofek College opened an additional Medical Imaging track for Charedi women, leading […]
Exemplary Road Safety Demonstrations
All the Netzach Elementary Schools participated in Israel’s National Road Safety Education Week, and prestigious visitors from the Education Ministry came to visit Netzach’s Torat Chesed Elementary Schools to admire their innovative programs. The school principal Mrs. Margalit Barhom, and acting principal Rabbi Yisrael Rieder, hosted Mr. Shai Calderon, Director of the State Charedi Sector […]
Inclusivity in the Classroom
By Chani Gergel, Principal of the Netzach Yisrael Beit Yaakov Elementary School in Beit Shemesh. One of the many challenges we face in education today is teaching children about people who look or behave differently from them. Children’s natural curiosity often leads them to react in ways that may appear insensitive: staring at someone in […]
Chayei Olam – Preparing for Life’s Challenges
Many of us moved to Israel in the hope that we would find amazing religious yeshiva high schools – like the ones we had “back home” – and we were disappointed that Israel was not New Jersey! We wrung our hands with despair, but very few of us did anything about it. Except for a […]
Leading the Growth of MaMaCh Education
Netzach’s flagship girls’ high school in Jerusalem, Darkei Sarah, was one of the schools selected for a tour by the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Education, Meir Shimoni. At the start of the school year, he came to familiarize himself with the expanding sector of state-affiliated Charedi schools. The Director General met with Netzach […]
Exploring Real Environmental Challenges with Virtual Reality Technology
Students from the Chayei Olam Yeshiva in Beit Shemesh were invited to join a Skills Building & Community Challenges workshop through the United States Embassy in Jerusalem. The Year 11 students were exposed to issues of global concern and 21st century technology such as Virtual Reality, in an environment that was appropriate to their cultural […]
Teachers Celebrate Netzach’s Values
With three more schools opening this Fall, and increasing registration in its 13 existing schools, the Netzach Educational Network is expanding year on year. 300 teachers gathered at the Vert Hotel in Jerusalem on August 4, 2024, for a day of inspiration and brainstorming. The gala event was opened with the recitation of Tehillim for […]
Netzach Jerusalem Students Design Winning Robots
Robots created by students at Netzach’s “Torat Chesed” school in Jerusalem won two trophies in a national schools’ robotics competition. The robotics team from the Torat Chesed elementary school in Givat Ze’ev participated in the annual MasterBit competition as part of the international First schools’ robotics program, organized together with the BabaDa Charedi STEM science […]
B’Deracheha Youth Movement awarded Ben-Gurion Prize
Netzach’s B’Deracheha youth movement for Charedi girls in Jerusalem has received a NIS 50,000 prize for its social volunteer work, community involvement and leadership development. B’Deracheha is a new youth movement for 11-13 year-old Charedi school girls in Jerusalem, and run by counselors from the Netzach Darkei-Sara High School. It is part of the Netzach […]