Ramaz School
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| Ramaz School ישיבת רמז |
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| Established | 1937 |
| Type | Private coeducational primary, middle, and secondary |
| Principal | Rabbi Haskel Lookstein |
| Founder | Rabbi Joseph H. Loookstein |
| Students | approx. 1,150 |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Location | Manhattan, New York USA |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New York State Association of Independent Schools |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | The Ramaz Ram |
| Yearbook | Ramifications |
| Newspaper | The RamPage |
| Website | www.ramaz.org |
The Ramaz School is a coeducational, college preparatory, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located on the Upper East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.[1] It consists of a lower school (nursery-4th grade), a middle school (5th grade-8th grade), and an upper school (9th grade-12th grade).
The name "Ramaz" derives from the initials of Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies (1851-1936), the grandfather-in-law of the school's founder, Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein (1902-1979). The current principal, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, is the son of Joseph Lookstein and was a member of the first class of six students when the school was established in 1937.[2] Rabbi Haskel Lookstein gave up his role as dean at the end of the 2005-2006 school year, but he remained the rabbi of the associated Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue. He was succeeded as dean by Judith Fagin, formerly the headmistress of the Middle School.
The Headmaster of the Lower School is Rabbi Alan Berkowitz, and the Headmaster of the Middle School is Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin, Ramaz '87 (formerly the assistant dean at the Upper School). The current Deans of the Upper School are Ira Miller and Rabbi Eliezer Rubin, who will be leaving the school at the end of the 2006-2007 school year to become Principal and Rosh Hayeshiva of the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School. Rabbi Joshua Bakst retired in 2003 and is currently the Dean, Emeritus. Rabbi Jay Goldmintz is the Headmaster of the Upper School. The High School has recently promoted Rabbi Kenneth Schiowitz as the Rosh Beit Midrash (Head of Beit Midrash) [3]
The Ramaz Upper School is a college preparatory school. It is located seven city blocks away from the other two school buildings, and draws students from throughout the city, as well as commuters from throughout the New York Tri-State Region.
The school is affiliated with Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun ("KJ"), located on E. 85th street, which shares a building with the lower school and is across the street from the middle school.
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[edit] Sports
The Ramaz School's team name is the Ramaz Rams. Ramaz fields a number of competitive and recreational athletic teams throughout the school year, such as basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, hockey, track, soccer, tennis, fencing, and dance. In most cases, their teams are members of the Yeshiva High School Athletic League which represents many of the Jewish day schools throughout the New York metropolitan area. In addition, they play exhibition games against other schools both in the Jewish day school and non-Jewish private school communities.
[edit] Academic teams
Ramaz's academic teams include the debate, College Bowl, chess, Torah Bowl, Model United Nations, and Model Congress teams, which compete solely against other Yeshiva high schools, and the mathematics, mock trial, BIC (Business Investment Club), and National Fed Challenge teams, which compete against both public and private high schools.
[edit] Publications
Ramaz's publications include:
- Breakthrough - a science and technology publication
- El Ramillete - the Spanish student newspaper
- Ramaz Voice - the school Politics and Current Events newsletter
- Likrat Shabbat - a weekly publication devoted to Shabbat
- Our Israel - a publication devoted to Israel
- Parallax - the school's award winning literary magazine
- RamPage - the school newspaper
- 78 - the school magazine
- Tarte aux Pommes - the French student newspaper
- Toses - the Hebrew student newspaper
- Ramifications - the school yearbook
- The Sports Report - a sports publication
- RamStreet Journal - a business publication of Ramaz.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dr. Mitchell Baker, entomologist, Queens College, CUNY
- Dr. David Henkin, historian, UC-Berkeley; co-founder of the Mission Minyan
- Isaac Herzog, Israeli Tourism Minister and son of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog.[4]
- Dr. Terry Ann Krulwich, dean emeritus and professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- Natasha Lyonne, actress in the American Pie movies
- Achinoam Nini, Israeli rock singer
- Daphne Merkin, author and journalist.[5]
- Noa Netanyahu, daughter of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Dr. Sara Reguer, chair, Judaic Studies, Brooklyn College
- Dr. Jeffrey Shoulson, Milton scholar, University of Miami
- Dr. Tevi Troy, the White House's Jewish liaison.[6]
- Laurence and Preston Robert Tisch, the namesakes of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation.[7]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Ramaz Mission and Legacy
- ^ Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1989). Ramaz: School, Community, Scholarship, & Orthodoxy. Ktav. ISBN 0-88125-323-5.
- ^ Ramaz Contact Information
- ^ Damage to Diaspora ties, Jewish Living (Toronto), November 15, 2006. "Herzog calls his years at the prestigious Ramaz school 'the formative period of my life.'"
- ^ Biographies for "SELF-CONCEPTIONS: WOMEN, CREATIVITY AND JEWISH IDENTITY", YIVO, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ The United States Mission to the OSCE: Office of Public Affairs - Tevi Troy, accessed December 25, 2006
- ^ ‘Prozac Nation’ Author Speaks at Chabad Fundraiser, The Jewish Journal (Boston North), July 2, 2004
