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Wednesday broadcast at America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program hurtin listeners sponsor digital radio around the world in the webinar from seagull comm I'm an awesome seagull network and of course on the beloved NSN app welcome to a Wednesday today a big day for us a big day in the world of Jewish education frankly because today we are kicking off and participating in and celebrating with you Shabbat know I'm at their 18th anniversary celebration right here believe it or not in the and the foyer in the lobby in the atrium of the amazing is Shabbat know I'm in Paramus New Jersey and it's a pleasure to welcome everybody from around the world I've been saying for the last couple of weeks is quite a significant event one of the reasons because we remember the first day obviousiy bought know'm 18 years ago and - believe it or not time flies and hi 18 years later here we are to celebrate this milestone rabbi Shyam Hagler wonderful friend of mine a head of school you bought know um since day number one is here to kick off the festivities with us Mazel Tov and welcome to JM in the a.m. let's get rabbi Hagler's microphone on there we go my salt over by Hagler thank you very much and we are so so thrilled to have you guys here I am thrilled that you are dressed in your Shabbat know I'm a blue and orange it looks like am I correct about that you are correct and I want you to take special note of the tie beautiful a special 18th anniversary tie special for the 18th anniversary and you are you're dressed to the nines as we say or in this case to the 18s all set for you she bought no arms big year actually the year of course has already begun I will give you a couple of initial comments if I may first of all just by walking around this building early in the morning it seems that the year has gotten off to a very good start here you see right now I'm you you pick up you know some of the things that are happening the projects that are going on the the things that the teachers are emphasizing the decorate the decorative lobby with the beautiful pictures that shows activities of the that these children the students have been involved with and it seems that these schools gotten off to a very good start so far this year I think you're 100% correct we've got enough really to a wonderful wonderful start this year excuse me and I think you hit the nail on the head it's really the teachers it's the amazing teachers that we have that bring the the the of Iran and bring the building to life that you are able to see so early in the morning now I have to make an observation this might show my age as I taught and I know how old that is as I toured this building I said to myself boy at times have certainly changed in the world of Jewish education schools are a little bit different yours is I mean this is a magnificent facility a really an incredible place and in addition to that you see the creativity the creativity that I don't remember my teachers having the creativity that I don't remember you know people in my era really spending a lot of time dealing with and concentrating on and you just you see the projects and the way the rooms and the school is laid out and you see just at remember we would say in Israel I guess it runs about a home air a lot of material just so many things going on at one time and so that's you know there's tributes the way things are today I guess huh definitely definitely and and thank God you know Jewish education has grown and we're meeting the children where they are and making learning Torah more exciting and something but they're really enjoying doing vice I am Hagler is the head of school here to Shabbat know um so you you have your own career you had the opportunity years ago to be in a variety of schools and different positions does somebody like yourself you know 20 years ago say I want to start my own school or is this something that you know fate had it and God put you in the right place where there was a need for a new school in Bergen County and you were there to fill this need because I would think that as someone progresses in the world of Jewish education they might have their sights on being a principal one day or ahead of school one day but to think that you could start your own school from scratch I would think that that's really a pipe dream it wasn't anything that I was ever thinking about to be on I was very happy where I was I was working and as a head of school and I got a phone call from rubber udin our very owner about you correct and I said I'm really not interested thank you very very much and as you know every uni can be very persuasive and convinced me just come for a meeting to meet with our steering committee meet with Hashim orchids as they present the steering committee and several other members and I agreed I'll come one evening to this meeting as a as the story goes actually there was some confusion as to when the meeting would be and we had mixed signals and I didn't get home to around ten o'clock at that night and I had about five messages hi we're here or we're arse like calling back I said why don't you come over now so I got there around 10:30 left the meeting at about two o'clock in the morning I drove home and said to myself if they offer this to me I want to do this and I only found out subsequently that as I was driving home they sat and said this is our this is our man we have several other interviews set up but they realize I was the right person I realized this was the right thing from me well 18 years later I think everybody in that meeting was right my Shyam Hagler head of school celebrating issue about norms 18th anniversary and from that point on people think you know you wake up the next day and you have a building like this in a school filled with seven eight hundred kids it's just the opposite you go through multiple buildings and locations growing the school convincing parents to send their kids to the school because even though Bergen County had a neat numbers why still you have to convince parents if this is gonna be the right place for their kids and then of course we finally get to it they like today all these years later you get to reflect and look forward at what's happening here which is pretty amazing that is definitely true and there were a lot of growing pains and there was a team effort it was really wonderful with so many people pitched in to get us to where we are today and I know that we had this guy we've discussed this a million times the very first day you just had this feeling as the kids were coming off the buses or cars and even if there was a regular route of a school bus at that point you just had this feeling that we that you were off to a really good start this is gonna work well that is for sure as the children came in all over the work and the effort that you know it was a a year and a half that we were working on getting this school open and in the last few weeks and literally on plays there later on last weekend just to get everything together and a lot of parental help right remember a lot of parental a lot of parents coming in and and doing some physical work just to get things started and to get things off the ground we are joined by the president of the school Yale Barron is here who leads yeshiva no I'm rabbi hackler you will you can tell this worldwide audience that there's nothing more important than having effective lay leadership in a school right that is that is the case in bank of literally from day one we have been blessed with wonderful wonderful leadership Yale I joked with you earlier I said Mazel Tov on your point fitness school president but you know you never know should you wish the school president the mazels ever or warden that what they're about to get themselves into however the first few months go to this position so far it's been it's been three months but it's really been what I really taken away about three months as much as I recognized how hard and dedicated our our head of school rabbit Hagler is our administrator administrators and our faculty it's even more than that I've really taken always a very deep appreciation for the effort and and care and dedication they put into our our students we're by Hagler mentioned the teachers I'm sure you marvel at the way they're able to to teach the children during the day both intraday consecutive studies we've spoken many times meaning you and I are behind lura about the recruitment process how it's always foremost on your mind to get the best people in here are you satisfied Yale Barron with the with the way that the faculty has shaped up for this school year yeah I'm very excited I'm a parent as well so I've had I've two kids who already graduated three kids in the school oh you're a real veteran that's right but I've been exposed to our faculty and knew how great they are but in this role as president I'm gonna seeing much more of it and it's it's really we're off to a great start what would your children the alumni say if they were here right now what would they say to Rabbi hagler about what they remember from their days that you see about not I think I think they look back and it was a phenomenal experience for them some of their best friends today are kids they got to know and and at UC about Noah they're in high school together and it's really was a tremendous experience for them do you have a platform or an agenda something that President Barron wants to specifically accomplish this year now that you're in this position everyone comes in with it with a specific goal or something to either want to change or implement anything that that you have in mind as this school year starts I saw I borrow a clutch time I think the schools in in really strong shape and I think my role as president is gonna be as further strength in it I'm looking into some initiatives we could implement around increasing our financial stability and really planning forward strategic planning I don't think we have any major capital campaigns to initiate initiate where I think our that's good we've been through that are we're in a beautiful building as you could see but there are things we could do to strengthen our future and we're going to focus on that all right and you have no objection to our by Hagler x' uniform this morning right he he looks all decked out and no I'm orange and blue very proudly I love it I'm used to it from all the sport games I've been to watching him cheer on our fans ah so you mentioned the beautiful building which it is just give me the layout here and you don't have to go into the exact number of students who I know people don't like to do that but at least give us a perspective where we are now is what we would call the middle school no this is the yeah this is really early childhood and the elementary schools the early childhood has one part of this building right and the elementary school 1st of fifth grade okay here as well so the youngest through fifth grade are in this building and their next door is the middle school sixth seventh and eighth grade sixth seventh and eighth grade dude when we when we purchased this building we had no idea that that was going to be what we were going to do because I remember am i right that you were exclusively that building no we okay okay it was just this building exclusively and we thought this would be more than enough to hold us forever seems sufficient and we just grew and grew and grew and we you know again our wonderful leadership started searching for another location and convinced the building next door to sell literally and we would then debated which should we knock it down and add on to this building it just was not financially responsible to do that and now we love it we love the idea that the middle school they kind of graduate out of elementary school just go down the path and they're in the middle school they have their own building their own environment and it's it's just wonderful for middle school when will all the excitement start when will this parking lot to start to be very very active how many minutes from now around 8 o'clock you'll see students but even a little bit early your son will start to trickle in we have an early drop-off we have so many parents that are working right so you can drop off as early as 7:30 here or pick up as late as 5:30 but if I eat a clock you'll really start to see the students streaming in and both buildings both the building's start at 8:00 and both buildings will have plenty of school buses and cars coming up around that time and this place will really start to be energized but a really nice it comes to life right a lot of energy in this building well you haven't even seen the kids yet I can only imagine what's gonna happen with a show it just gets it just gets even better president Barron I wish you the best of luck this year like I said it seems everyone hears off to a really good start and I hope that the that the students have a very successful year and I assume you're already preparing your graduation speech for June right starting to think about it but thank you and thanks for joining us in celebrating our agent animators a pleasure to be here at happy sigh anniversary to you know by Hagler we'll check in later and that is one of the functions of these school president's speaking graduation am i right yes it is it's one of the things you get for for those words of inspiration those words of inspiration how many graduates were they're gonna expect in this crazy world of ours these days right and it's constantly changing this is an ever-changing world to say the least and I acknowledged earlier and in light of the week that we've had in the Jewish world that one of the most important people in your school is the the high assume head of security would that be the right yes the right title and that's one of the things that to thank God our schools including yours are taking very seriously not just these days but have been for years and you know I had drunk last night as I was going to to my children's school I said I think we're at a point now where even I just can't get it anymore now obviously that's not the case parents and students are obviously welcome but you do take and everyone here takes that whole air of life very very seriously that is correct as do we so everyone should keep that in mind especially with the week that we've been having all right more coming up where you see but now um it's an 18th anniversary celebration blue balloons orange balloons a special 18th anniversary balloon in back of me and plenty of plenty of decorative items plus the school choir is gonna be here later on to help us celebrate in the best news we're here all the way until 10 a.m. Eastern Time no joke all the way until 10 o'clock Eastern time we are going to be here at you show you about now I'm celebrating the 18th anniversary with everybody in Paramus New Jersey keep it right here on a very special Wednesday morning broadcast at JM in the a.m. [Music] become Chia shine on him shouldn't Cosima - cool hello I'm Sean Dava I come dear mama comb 6 that alone are you it's a call mr. Lumm many stars buying club le it physically i-i'm flower me a near dying [Music] you suck it touches your man it'll keep [Music] it's a shame I'll give you a shiny Xiaomi Qin said so haha gunshot [Music] - oh man it'll keep [Music] all the time is my team on there - oh man [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Sheila Smith [Music] to have the Lord Yuni ha - off - Lisa [Music] a meltdown yi seong we go [Music] I'm [Music] [Applause] [Music] about some [Music] [Applause] [Music] JME in the am it is a Wednesday morning broadcast and a very special day for us as we visit the Shabbat know I'm here in Paramus New Jersey we are with Rabbi Hagler who is the head of school of course and our by Hagler already a special guest calling in believe it or not all the way from Israel help me with the pronunciation is Ezra snuck a snuke Oh Ezra Snuggle is with us and Ezra I am told is serving in the IDF and is a proud alum obviously about know him as R are you there as are you there Ezra are you there I am here alright now we got him Ezra is here you're on the air believe it or not on a radio show that I hope you're familiar with JME and the a.m. and her by Hagler is here it is wonderful wonderful to speak to you we are looking at your picture right now on the Alumni spotlight chart which tells us about which members of the school's alumni are now in the IDF tell us about your journey after you see about Noah you go to high school then at satalia oh you made alia - Wow how long have you been in the Army Mazel Tov on that congratulations and we can ask you to give them as all Tufts are by Hagler and everybody about know I'm because I'm sure a longtime alumni like yourself would find this hard to believe but they're celebrating their 18th anniversary BC about no I'm here this morning so it's amazing I still remember when they're in that tiny little little office building before they moved in to that thing called a complex in Paramus that is plenty of sweet memories and you know a great shot on thank you two of the Hagglund more Astor entire administration for you know putting me on the Derek which led me to here to trial and death you know as a mystic mystically and religiously and just straight out of more giving me the morals everything I need to succeed and to get me to where I am today thank you so much and congratulations Wow thank you very much Ezra thanks for calling in and Mazel Tov again to you and and thanks for representing the alumni of you see right now on Ezra as our just wonderful to hear from you as you please send regards to your wonderful family Ezra's a graduate of our third graduating class in 2012 Wow pretty amazing Thank You Ezra just just one of the alumni and when you walk around this building and I'll mention this throw by Hagler later on the show and you walk around this building you do get the feeling that aaron sustar al-madinah tutorial every plea at the rit the hebrew language are all extremely important to the the faculty and administration here and they passed that on to the students one of whom who just heard is now member of the Israel Defense Forces mrs. ELISA channel this is here she is the middle school general studies principal a pleasure to welcome you to JM in the am thank you how has the school year started for you how has five seven seven nine the kicked off so far do you see about Noah it has been awesome energy is just astounding how long have you been associated with this school this is my 11th year is she right home Wow and so you've seen a lot of growth and I know by then by the time you were here it already add you know many hundreds of students but you've seen a lot of tremendous growth over the last 11 years when I came there were three classes in the middle school like sixty kids all together now we have 280 plus children in the middle school it's booming what's it like trying to put together and and supervise and approve the curriculum for almost 300 students and make sure that all of them are being taken care of academically the way need they need to be we have a phrase we use with the students called ooh a challenge to embrace hundreds of challenges every day so it keeps it exciting and interesting the world is constantly changing what kids are interested in it's constantly changing the skills they need to be successful are constantly changing and we are always reevaluating looking at students we have the world that we have and matching the curriculum to meet their needs keep them engaged and excited all the time not an easy task but as I said earlier you walk around this building and I as an outsider get the feeling that what you just said is actually happening because of all the incredible material it's being taught to the students in many different ways by the way I see in different you know in formal education formal education you get the idea and you're trying to cover all the bases and reach the students in many different ways mrs. Ali's a channel is this year middle school general studies principal yeshiva no I'm now today is spirit day lily is an 18th anniversary celebration explain to the audience how your cap your earrings and your sneakers play a part in spirit day here at yeshiva no here so my cap will start my cap I have sometimes I post on social media and some fun things going on at school and I hash tag it always my job is more fun than your job Wow yes I do indeed find my job very very fun and you're in a school and you say that how do you like that well you got 280 tween agers they are a lot of fun and people here are a lot of fun so my job is definitely very enjoyable all the time I got these really cool keychains on the first day of school as a birthday giveaway serving as your earrings today just you know replace them put them on as earrings and and they do have smiley faces in addition to being orange which I know is one of the school colors but those smiley faces represents you know happiness happy children I'm looking at some smiling children right here the ones who are here for early drop-off huh they're here early in the morning and then you have sneakers that are interesting because a lot of people like sneakers and like the B comfort that a lot of people like to make a statement with lit-up sneakers but you you've gone the extra step so to speak you have sneakers one in one of you chemin alums color and one of the other of each shoe I know I'm just going true they should make sure to take a photograph of those for today but those so you have a a blue and an orange a lit up sneaker and that completes your wardrobe for spirit day here at UC but no I'm amazing it must be a very satisfying feeling when when kids start the school year and you see them getting into it and enjoying the curriculum and really you know Mele absorbing all the information from their teachers and those are by Hagler said earlier it is those teachers on the front line that are doing this amazing job and for some reason in this building you've always had really good teachers we have amazing teachers amazing they are like day and night committed to putting out the best work for the kids they care so much so so deeply emailing all hours of the night reaching out to parents reaching out to kids making the extra time for the curriculum but also for individual children boy I keep saying schools different than in my day but some of the things you're describing very very different there's so much attention that thank God is being paid to each child by each of the by each of the faculty members all their teachers and the administrators like yourself it's really a gratifying feeling I'm sure for all the parents well I thank you very much and wish you the best of luck this year and really get it the spirit that you you need to really I mean come on you can't dress up in a wardrobe like that and then not be full of spirit in a few minutes oh really some middle school students in here to share their spirit you're gonna be the 18th anniversary cheerleader that's why you have many tasks to say the least one of them is middle school general studies principal good luck with that and thanks for joining us wishing mazelTov to all of the Shabbat know I'm faculty in this case through mrs. Chan Alice in her role as general studies principal and now the unique category that rabbi Hagler mentioned to both me and Miriam Wallach weeks ago the unique category of people have to be represented this morning those who have literally been with you she bought naam with her by Hagler since day one who would be with you she bought naam since day one those would be 18-year parents including ELISA Fishman who was here this morning at JM and the a.m. welcome to the show thank you and happy spirit day are you into the 18th anniversary celebration it's a little bit surreal to me having been here since the day they opened their doors you know I've seen my kids grow up through all this time but the fact that the school has reached this this milestone is is really astounding to me it's it's a beautiful thing thank God tell me about the very close knit quarters at the beginning of this journey and now being in buildings like these you know I made a few notes for myself yesterday and one of them was about that original building on South Washington Avenue when the the night before school opened we were it was a grand total of 53 kids are so at the time and all the parents were there setting up the building the night before my husband was building the wireless network we were knocking nails into walls to hang clocks it was really some of my closest friends now I know from the beginning days of Yeshivat know I'm when we all we all were part of this close-knit amazing community that just came together to create what we have here today and I can imagine what the the bonding that took place during those experiences early on yeah and there are there as you just mentioned 53 students obviously there are other people in your group of 18 year parents there honestly yes it's a it's a wonderful group of people that have spread in our children is distinction the widely spread of the ages to make sure they've stayed this issue for all these years uh yeah and you have alumni already in your family obviously I have three daughters who have graduated what would they say about today what would they say from their perspective what they remember about this wolf when I was talking to them about it they were astounded I mean when Raquel Starr FL is now a sophomore in Hunter College and she is yes she was part of the the first nursery class here at Yeshiva Nam so she was the youngest and she was the youngest in the class so she was literally the youngest child to have started this school they were still you know even as you see things differently from an adult perspective really than you do from from a kid's perspective but even from their perspective you know my daughter who's turning 18 in a few months it boggled her mind that things were so we're so connected that things were you know as she grew up the school grew up and it's pretty amazing to see yeah they really it's a parallel growth that students and the parents for all these 18 years ELISA Fishman she represents a unique group eighteen-year parents here at the Evod know'm and she is celebrating spirit day on this 18th anniversary celebration Mazel Tov to you and to all the parents thank you very much Mazal w shabbat Nam is right it's spending Wednesday here at issue about no I do I remind our listeners that after the show we are on our way to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania tomorrow we will be broadcasting from Pittsburgh and we're going to be emphasizing themes mrs. Hagler or as I call her javi Hagler welcome to the show we're gonna be emphasizing themes that are by Hagler and his staff are always emphasizing here Jewish unity being there for one another I'm sure attention has been paid to what happened this week and that students have reached out with the guidance of their administration faculty to our brothers and sisters in Pittsburgh we're gonna do that tomorrow we leave after this great show at UC bought no I'm and we have two fresh juniors in the building two young ladies who are going to be taking on the rigorous academics at the Frisch school later today but did not want to go to school without first stopping by at the Shabbat nom because both of them are alumni of you Shabbat know I'm Neely sharpest here who's Neely well come to the show nice to have here in kala Stelzer is also here this morning good morning to both you happy 18th anniversary you might be in a different school now but you insisted on coming back to celebrate right yeah see your father's among those parents has great hot karate at OU do you see about know of it's as simple as that alright I'm gonna give each of you a chance to give us I don't know a memory something that you want to say about what the school did to prepare you for what you're doing now give me something about you about no on that that really helped you in your young life I just really loved my teachers here like I look they're all amazing well that's wonderful and Neely um I remember when I was here all of our teachers used to invite us to their houses for corrigan for Purim and I remember I would like love going to when teachers houses to spend time with them outside of school Wow very good I'll say we keep comparing today to my day - my day nobody wanted to spend time with their teachers after hours you guys you guys went ahead and made sure to have a good time with your teachers especially on special occasions as you just described well Neely Scharf and Kayla's Seltzer now and Frisch I hope things are going well the first people know that you're a proud proud no I'm alumni yeah are there other normal um nine first yeah very nice and so send our best over there and thank you so much for joining us this morning happy sized spirit day yeah here at UC about no often they may go to a different school now but they're dressed like proud alumni of yeshiva no more coming up you're listening to a Wednesday morning edition of Jam in the a.m. we are at the Shabbat know I'm in Paramus New Jersey keep it right here at the now home Siegel Network [Music] Makena [Music] [Applause] [Music] JME in the AMR live at you Shabbat no I'm we're celebrating 18 years believe it or not those of you who remember 18 years ago and are by Hagler joined me on day one of each Evod naam guess what it's 18 years later I know it's hard to believe but here we are with a lot of wonderful young students a lot of great parents faculty members a lot of very spirited members of the administration I noticed I think it was a one of the adults here had a a wig on in the in the colors of the school both blue and orange they are very creative outfits that are being utilized today in the shabbat nam 18th anniversary spirit day here at the school and I hope everybody out there's getting a taste of this great celebration tomorrow and Ross Rothenberg are here many of you of course are familiar with the Rothenberg law firm and if you are familiar with the fact that the Rothenberg sponsored our 2018 kosher halftime show many of you are familiar with the fact that both Tamar and Ross are very active and proud parents at Yeshiva know I'm here in Paramus New Jersey Boker Tov good morning and Mazel Tov to both of you on this big 18th anniversary celebration good morning and Mazel Tov Malcolm I appreciate that very much good morning so is there a way to encapsulate in these couple of minutes what this school is all about why it's such an important part of the Jewish community of New Jersey in this country I think you could just look at the children walking in right now look at the smiles on their faces they seem happy what's the story with these guys very very strange very strange I was thinking frankly but this isn't everyday experience these kids come at the school every single day with smiles on our faces pretty amazing it's not easy running a school in 2018 it's a little bit of a crazy world out there there's a lot of demands academically there are a lot of demands on students and at the same time you want them to have this disposition right you want them to be as happy as possible and have as much fun as possible what goes on here tomorrow that they're able to balance all of this and really accomplish everything on such a big level I think what's unique about this school Malcolm is that the administration the teachers the faculty they create this extremely warm environment for the schools so they feel warm they feel comfortable they feel welcome and and that in essence makes them prepared and almost happy to really succeed academically they they feel less pressure they just they thrive here one of the one of the things all of us as parents hope for is that we drop over at kids at school or get them there you know by school bus and that they have good calm peaceful productive days because we know how stressful it could be if those days are you know the opposite for parents you know it makes it makes nighttime very challenging frankly or after school air is very challenging do you get that relaxed feeling as a parent that the kids come home and they've had the type of day I just described maybe we should bring our kids what they would say to that there whatever there who's here yeah we have Josh amélie Josh come say hi Joshua when the day ends did you get my question when the day ends do you look back like you really had a good peaceful productive and fun day is that the way things end up if you see my dog Josh josh has been told that there's no altar day answer to that question well tomorrow at least I got the answer we work hard to get the answers right here you can say that again you know we were talking earlier about the beginnings of this school and I don't know what year you guys started being involved and you can tell us how long ago was chemita can I tell you on the air sure sure we didn't get into this school originally and Ockham believe that Wow we were wait-listed wow that's that's how packed they were we were living in Riverdale at the time but I could tell you why I wanted to come here yeah two seconds we went to a few different schools in the Bergen County area all of which are really some great achievements all doing a good job and we watch from I had to walk around this school and it's a time not oh no they were six seven hundred children they said I know every kid who knows every child little kids they call them buds and they walk into this school every single child hi Connor hi Sara hide of it hi he knew every single kid and that really it starts at the top and that's when Rabbi Hagler can you know they say you can fake caring but you can't fake being there car accident something that I do get an email there's something happened one of the bosses in the school I come home everything's fine what happened well it was a little bit of a fender bender but the police were there and Hagler was there as the bus was crashing over Hagler Superman jumps on the bus and he's there three weeks later there's a hockey game but Hagin is there Jay you see on a Tuesday night so again I think the kids see from that from the top you care you're there and that's what was all about Hagler's friends by the way I've paid the price for that because our Hagler's Fred's that dude with her by Hagler what he was called away and had to end our you know our social evenings early but you know that's that's the price you pay all these wonderful friends and I'm jealous of his ability to know every kid it would take me two months to learn every kid's name of this school that's me speaking the tomorrow Ross Rosenberg very active parents you were you were referred to as star parents here so you've gone from waitlist to star that's a that's a pretty big leap huh oh well yes we we did we were wait-listed and we were signed up for another school and in I remember one Arab Shabbos on a Friday after I was in June we got a phone call we were living in Riverdale at the time we got a phone call on our voicemail from Rabbi Hagler saying that we were accepted to UC about Nam and I turned to Ross and I said let's start packing literally to move to literally literally to move to Burton Kenny we moved in August so you are really a testimony to the south great this school is to move the entire family just to make sure you're close to you she might know I'm pretty cool and now in the school how many how many brought Sandberg's are in this Florida we have two right now with children we have Josh in sixth grade and Neely in second and we have one alumni Ellie he's a freshman and fresh very cool say so your family has both buildings in use each day they're enjoying both of these spend a lot of time on century Road I can imagine and what do you like doing for the school what are some of the things you've gotten involved with that you like to do you know as a volunteer pair over the years I think I volunteered on I don't know almost every committee but probably my favorite committee is the parade and actually I mozzie mozzie she helps us with the parade I brought today a present for Miriam because last year at the parade broadcast she said she wanted a cake right from she might know him so this is for you Miriam we thought that was a very innovative costume or get up or outfit for the parade no we I wear it all the time at home all the time you're so welcome enjoy and in 2017 based on my tour of the building earlier this morning in 2017 the school was actually recognized for their role in the celebrate Israel parade right yes we won first prize and we we think we win every year you were you were annoyed that 2017 met you could have waited 2018 but everyone's a winner you might not so there you have it it's have our draw so Rosenberg there they are they are great examples of people who are taking great pride in this amazing school and with two students here at UC but no anything else you'd like to add Ross another 18 years you know onward and stronger yeah happy fine anniversary Steve I know he's pretty amazing and the tomorrow anything like that and on this auspicious day his day of celebration oh I just think we have to keep it up keep up the spirit keep up our academic excellence and just keep being who we are here at UC about Noah let's hear it for the rothenburg's everybody not Ike so hard come back tomorrow you'll see these kids will be just like this just as happening this is no put off this is not a show this is not a show a show this is not a show they wear tutus every day they want the boys they will walk in with this disposition tomorrow morning you say all right absolutely that's great to know and it certainly seems that way from here more coming up you're listening to JM in the a.m. [Music] JME in the a.m. it's Miami of course my name is Malcolm Siegel and this is America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard on listener sponsored digital radio around the world in the webinar from single comm and then awesome single network and of course Andy beloved NSN app right you see right no I'm and you know why there's so much noise in the background because there are so many happy youngsters who are now in school arrival has begun and we are being watched and observed by some by a large group of orange and blue wearing students who are ready for spirit day ready for the 18th anniversary celebration of UC but no um here at JM in the am hair a good friend DJ wire tell ski is with us live via telephone DJ welcome to jam in the a.m. nice to speak with you what do you remember now that Urrea now you're a big-shot high schooler in Manhattan what do you remember about UC about Noah well we thank you for checking in with us happy sigh anniversary to you and all of the alums from you she might know um more coming up here at JM in the am mrs. Esther file is here the founding early childhood director of yeshiva know'm and the current admissions director here at UC brought no I'm I was told mrs. file and welcome to the show thank you I was told that you were the very first hire that her by Hagler brought into UC but no I'm family that is true and I remember the night that I met rabbi Hagler I was working at another school and we just wanted to check out what was going to be the new kid on the block and we there we were sitting in and Rabbi Hagler got up to speak because that was all there was of you she but now I'm at the time he started speaking and I could feel the threads of what he was saying going straight into me and I was hooked I was done I knew this was going to be something extraordinary and it has and you know what Nahum I'm looking at all these kids this is about double what we had the first year and you're the position of of early childhood director now has a little bit of a different focus than you had at that time you wanted to you were starting the department you were starting a school you were establishing what the curriculum would be moving forward very different than people who are in a position today right it is very different but with with what's special about what I'm doing now we study what I did before I knew these children when they were three four and five and for me the worst day of my life was in kindergarten graduation I thought I'd never see them again so now that I'm Director of Admissions on the other end and I and the thing that gets to me is that all the things that we wanted to put into these children I see them they are mentioned they are warm compassionate kind special curious human beings and it's a pleasure to have a different relationship but it's an ongoing one and and we do we know every child now the worst day for you is probably eighth grade graduation I get put in the second row and they're watching you cry Oh completely I bet you for my Hagler it's also tough eighth grade graduation I have a feeling I mrs. ester file is here now you're the current director of admissions if I lived in New Jersey would there be any chance that I'd have a kid in this school or if I had or likely would not allow it we take pretty much everybody we're an equal opportunity employer whatever side you would have a shot I would make sure you'd have a shot I would take you around you wouldn't be able to get through because we always have kids that come up and are dying to tell you what they're learning that very that's what happens when parents visit yes yes they have students come up to that I'll take them on what's happening you know that the students have to be paying attention they can say that again oh my god it's a very special skill to be able to come up to someone who you don't know and be able to talk coherently articulately I know it's an impossible Suzy astok about what goes on over Hagler's here obviously to make sure that he blocks any type of admission to the Siegel family is actually just going to say that there's always room in this school for Stacy Siegel's after all you go back and walk away with her all right so I do have an in I just discovered that it's who I'm married to at least have it in anyway so here we are you know what's interesting about the admissions process these days and I know that this is true with high schools you'll tell me if it's true all entry school it's going on year-round now yes it's a year-round process you know we joke about the recruiting process in yeshiva being like you know the college basketball coaches who are doing it year-round this is what's going on here now you're doing this as a twelvemonth of your job it is pretty much a twelve month a year job it used to wind down around January not at all before pay something after pays off it becomes a flood and just people are just coming from it's it's a different world people are moving more people are reconsidering more the word of mouth gets out and we have people that are first of all it's a tremendous diversity that's coming for the diverse amount of reasons and we're always here and then the thing is they need to come for a tour because the kids and the teachers are the beating heart of this school and if you don't see that you don't get a sense of it and you can see it pretty much at any time we do have interesting times like the day before winter break right yeah that's a special time when we have Chanukah celebrations with cuts not with celebrations but that's part of the culture of the school and they need to see that and it makes an enormous impression that's what we've discovered is that there's a curriculum of the school and then there's an unwritten curriculum you can't orchestrate that you can't fake that it's just there and you see it at any time this might be an inappropriate question and ER by Hagler might insist on handling this diplomatically but I think it does reflect the popularity of the school could you share with us how many families unfortunately sometimes are not able to be an issue about naam because you just don't have the space out of the room we try very very hard to include everyone to include everyone no child should be denied either the know'm experience or a Jewish education plan for a variety of reasons so we tried this when you're in education but it's not one of your greatest challenges it is a challenge it's a challenge and and I've at times that I've talked with Rob I had when I said what are we doing but I'll try I'll make it work and he makes it work it's hard and you want to also keep your classes at a certain it's not just the space in this building you want your classes have a certain population and numbers that make sense to the teachers right but the truth is that is important the classes have to be you know it's not just one more child each child is a universe unto themselves and it's it's it's it's a balancing challenge how's the norm sports department doing oh they're doing well we actually if I could we had a great game last night mazelTov girls 7th and 8th grade basketball and they won welcome this is a team that has won three years in a row the championship Wow you seem like a big fan listen when we have people coming and we show them the middle school we tell them I just need you to know we take our sport seriously do you know I see why mrs. file was your first hi Suzie Azzam she's just she's uh you know it's a ball of fire here about you she about dogs so yes she is she really represents everything that we are you see about know I mean it was with me every step of the way in building this wonderful wonderful school amazing do you like all the noise that we're hearing I love this no like this is phenomenal this is what makes it work and I will tell you that we as one I think was as rich knuckle that said we started in an office building right described you know where we started we started and robbed by Hatton's dining room that's where it all began that's where all began we hired teachers that first year we were meeting with them in my dining room pretty amazing anyway it's just as you reflect on it it's it's really an incredible accomplishment mrs. Esther file as they found the early childhood director 18 years ago obviously but no I mean now serves as the director admit she's the one you want to know you want to get your kid a teacher she's the one you want to meet she's one you want to impress she's the one you want to make sure to tour the building with and get those two teachers and students I will tell you something nothing I find myself more impressed with the parents that come by the way they talk about their children and what they're looking for I'm glad you said that yeah I wonder sometimes about our generation of parents I'm glad you said that I find oftentimes that Rob I had when I have spoken about it when you hear parents talking about their children you learn a lot about parents correct and we've learned over the years that for parents coming to the school and interested in this school they care about their children they care about their children's education which is different from schooling right bullying is for education is broader one of the reasons I'm glad you said that because honestly as you know you know we spend a lot of time speaking about problems in the community on this show for obvious reasons I mean it's important to highlight them and to get people to pay attention to them but for you to tell us that there are a lot of great parents in our community who act the way you just described is really heartwarming that's great well thank you very much a Mazel Tov to you thank you you've got you've got your orange and a mushy but no all right we are celebrating with the orange and blue the orange and blue is she bought know I'm this morning is they are celebrating and we are celebrating with them the 18th anniversary celebration here on this incredible Wednesday in Paramus New Jersey tomorrow we are going to be in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as we mentioned I do want to order by Hagler you can help me with this I was told by my good friend dr. mark that the ad loved her family is a family here at the Shabbat Noah yes they are standing right so I have a special hello for you this is what is your first day Shira Sarah sir I have special regards for you you know that right so a special good morning for you and what and what do you add today's your birthday and a happy birthday to you rabbi Hagler how many celebrations can we take here it gives you an omen to one day we love we have an eighties anniversary and we have a birthday celebration we celebrate together here at UC if I know him so Sarah Mazel Tov to you I also want to wish a Mazel Tov to my niece and nephew Shalom own devorah's Siegel the risk of there before is right now it's happening this moment so I say I told them I got to be with you but they're celebrating as we speak so I was all tough to them from all of us here at JM in the a.m. all right more coming up a plenty for me about nom if you keep it here everybody as we continue with this 18th anniversary celebration let's do this brand-new selection that has come across our desk recently from dove at Pearlman at JM in the a.m. [Music] lift namely [Music] for each one when you come to hear the source of life and everything let's raise our voices as we see [Music] brand-new from Govan Pearlman it's called modem here at JM in the am yeshiva Nam invites prospective parents to come visit the school both this coming Sunday November the fourth and on December the second that's gonna give you an opportunity to check out the school to hear stories enjoy music snacks crafts playtime you could bring your three and four-year-olds and obviously it's open to three and four-year-olds and their parents starting at 9:30 in the morning this coming Sunday here at Yeshiva know um which is at 70 west century Road in Paramus marina we'll be there playing music with the children will be amazing nice she knows her music yes he does walk-ins are welcome and you can register online by going to y know i'm org slash sunday y know i'm org slash sunday by Hagler help me welcome no I'm from oh it's no I'm are you there Baruch Hashem nice to speak with you know I'm from which is now in Israel he's an alumni of UC about Noah first graduating class 2010 Wow so you're living in Israel now huh so you've already come down you've already completed army service you're in Malaya do Mimi's Shiva how did the Shabbat know i'm education and experience helped in getting you both to join the IDF and to be in israel i think that special that the issue and all experiences that they really gave independence of thought independence of experience really giving the students sense of responsibility over their actions and I think that really instilled the defense responsible for like people towards the my country I think that really the issue and I've experienced the sense of responsibility Wow so it's not just the love that they have here of Eretz Israel with the Nazis rail of the Hebrew language but it's also a personal a sense of responsibility you picked up in this building that's that's pretty amazing happy 18th anniversary bye as you know no I'm no I'm she about Noah is celebrating its 18th anniversary today so I'm sure you want to wish all my hagler a big Mazel Tov absolutely from day one I was administration and faculty should continue doing what they're doing I mean thank you know I'm it's wonderful wonderful to hear from you thank you though I'm no I'm probably calling in from Israel part of our broadcast this morning here at JM in the am pretty amazing and again I remind you that you Shabbat know um is open to the that's the public in a way this coming Sunday all three and four-year-olds and their parents are invited to be part of a Sunday time experience for prospective families of usually about Noah and that's happening here at the building at seventy West century Road beginning at 9:30 in the morning go to y know um org slash Sunday why no um org slash Sunday one of our long I don't wanna say old that wouldn't be fair one of our longtime friend Moshe Kindle air who has helped us in in multiple roles promote the jam and am an alum seagull Network and I'm very happy to call a friend is also am I correct the issue about no I'm parent yes longtime gnome is a long time you see about no I'm parents and he is also the editor in chief publisher publisher publisher of the Jewish link of New Jersey which has other publication publications as well in places like Westchester Connecticut etc right Jewish Lincoln Bronx was just a Connecticut Queens Jewish link we have a paper also in DC and we also paper in Rothman cambio paper Washington do you say yeah call hobby row these days a lot going on in Washington yeah the Silver Spring community is growing expanding like crazy even DC community places like you know Georgetown other are it's really community now what was the other one you mentioned Muncie why you can cover a whole Jewish world just by linking into the Jewish link that is the plan very nice congratulations on that I hope you're a staff photographers here this morning noting all the celebratory things are going on here to see but no I have a secret tell you know first of all we don't we have we don't that many staff photographers but we do rely on for example we rely on people like Amy Vogel and our Shiva no I'm staff whenever what everything happens in a school in this community we get inundated overwhelmed with so many pictures that I don't really have to rely on staff photographers for school pictures yeah and then I'm sure but now I'm thinking about what happens in your office because I would bet every school and there are a lot of them in New Jersey in the surrounding areas are sending you about a thousand pictures a week it's more like five 600 or so each one and your step has to go through them and you want to choose good ones obviously yeah I do want to tell you something you know you should know I'm obviously is a special place in my heart but for us in the community for the Jewish link our schools are so critical I show people who don't know our community who don't know our readership and they show them what's going on and they look at the school section they're blown away they're literally blown away oh my god there's so much going on this community yeah I call it the Shiva League that's how I refer to the schools in our community frankly and I don't think most people realize just how just how packed it is how many schools there are how many students are many families are that are part of that scene and actually as I think about it now your paper is a great way to to study that because you have a special section dedicated to schools and people are reading about school they never even heard of before frankly and of course the what they have heard yeah absolutely correct I want to get back to human over the hundred percent the Schooley the reading about the schools like I get calls like from you know what CIBC see what are these schools like in Livingston in this there's so many good schools actually you should know her by Hagler's responsive one of my best you Siobhan no um but he's Jewish link moments okay it was early in the paper about five years ago and it's from this moment that I knew that the other paper would be a success it's I think maybe the third or fourth month of the paper it's now I think early 2014 maybe late 2013 and by Hagler sends me a picture of a hallway and if you've got Noah and the hallway is filled with kids you see if I'd known kids I think it's this hallway that we're standing right now and the kids are all reading the Jewish link every one of them you're looking for their own pictures and I said whenever I had was sent me that picture I said I know I made it I said cuz every single kid in school is looking for their for their picture their friends picture I knew I had it that's right you have to you have to publish a special section with all the photos that each kid has at least what photograph of themselves in the vapor you should know when I say it must be so frustrating everyone comes up to you I was like I'm in a beautiful business the business I'm in is if they're not in this week I can get them in that's okay it's great but your kid the lawyers here talking about you she bought no op alright so 18 years it's a big celebration lots to talk about obviously from your perspective as a parent that somebody who's been involved what is it that's unique about into that about this institution that gives it a right to celebrate these first eighteen years okay can I be he's gonna be humorous he can do that numerous achieve I know him has a very secret weapon okay and that happens to be and I'm revealing on air for the first time no one's ever heard this before okay happens to have beer by Hagler's smiling okay that's what a rabbi Hagler smile okay his beatific angelic smile has warmed so many parents hearts okay has smoothed over so many situations that I'm aware of okay it's a lot more than the smile but the smile is symbolic of who her by Hagler is and what he is do you might know him and we love him and to me Reb I had was growth over the 18 years has been incredible and you see what gnomes growth over the last 18 years is incredible and we love him we love him for many levels and we love you she got no home as well I always do he'd be great at this I didn't know he'd be this great at this frankly I've got being very honest I'm glad to hear you even thought I'd be great do you do great I did be this great frankly yeah but it is wonderful actually you know as to to graduates oh so you have two alumni do a lot and what would they say if they were here right now how would they reflect on the school you know for them issue even oh I'm was just a you know I can't first was how different it was from the way we went to school I think not that taking it away from the way we went to school but the sheer enormity Rian's for them was a positive Toro filled the you know secular education filled just an education that really there was they walked away from me she about know I'm knowing that you know I finished I got through eighth grade and I'm ready for high school I'm ready for the next I'm ready to become a I'm you know practicing you know Orthodox from Jew and I I have only over by Hagler and that's the team here to thank for it and my kids will buy them at all different levels and we love you shiranami and I hug her I had low regularly for this so I mean that's kids tend to go off in different directions but they all have this amazing base leader that's rooted in them when they're in an institution like this and one other thing not to be too dramatic but you know it's a very sensitive week in the Jewish world and we've been reminded that you know what sanctuary means I don't just mean buildings and rooms I mean kids feeling safe and feeling like they're in a family environment and feel like it's there and I and I think that's one of the most important things about our issue of Education is that the schools in our community should feel you know safe and a sanctuary for kids not just for personal safety but in general a place that they feel at home a place that they feel like hey these are people who care about me there's a place where I can have fun this is a place where I could be late at night for an activity and feel like I'm almost at home practically and I think that that feeling does come through here 100% it absolutely does I also want to say I think you shouldn't over the years has taken security very seriously and as a parent we've always felt we felt comfortable with with how everything's you had known delivers in terms of security I'm speaking even beyond the physical but a hundred percent I think both areas are covered really nicely moshe kendall era the next issue that hits the newsstands would be today or tomorrow no we go to today actually today is a very very interesting day I never leave the office on a Wednesday okay ever because Wednesday is our deadline day so it's a Wednesday I'm actually out of the office no one ever sees me out of the office on a Wednesday so but we oughta print tonight it'll be in the it'll be online tomorrow morning and this week actually is a big week of course post a lot of Pittsburgh contacts also you know a lot of also election cars a lot of allograph going on this week okay imagine the ads you have for every position that's running in the in every little area burton county it's a it's it's a it's interesting 100 percent of part of one of the problems we have is in the Orthodox communities will divide it so we actually don't get as many ads as you might think ah good point though I'm working on it boy okay I also I have to give a shout-out to my my special son a young here who my sixth grader who's just as here oh yeah and yeah Liz rest in orange and blue hey al is looking forward to his middle school career he's also his happy made the basketball team and he's looking to do big things God willing going forward very nice alright and please I'm begging you as you go to Deadline later today the best photograph of me in her bag land you could find I know it may be difficult because you know not as young as we used to be but you know take the one that looks the best let's publish that I have bad news for you guys I think you guys are on next week next we just told the kid the letter Otto cycle II I believe I believe Amy's gonna collapse under this it's just send me pictures after Thanks there he is much like in Valera everybody reminder we head from here to Pittsburgh we're going from here is she about Nam to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania we're at the con gation Shirey tour tomorrow morning if every Wasserman and this message that we've been touting all week of Jewish unity and solidarity and being there for our brothers and sisters we'll be doing that firsthand you'll hear the entire thing tomorrow morning live from Pittsburgh with her a Wasserman and company during JM in the a.m. and this is this is Gabby Gabby Gabby Altman is here Gabby Altman believe it or not has been a parent and you see but no I'm for 18 years how'd you pull that off and you're joined by Elizabeth Onofre or who are here good morning nice to see you last time I saw you you were up on a podium speaking just a week or so ago anyway sir you're all 18-year parents this is one of the best perspectives of the day for us to hear what you have to say about this school with all this noise as you're accompanying background what can you tell us about the last 18 years at usually my dog who's gonna start I'll be happy to start the last 18 it's been more than 18 years just understand my school opened 18 years ago but it started about 20 years ago in my mind and in my world I was in Chum rate or a nursery school with Esther file and I carpooled with the Hagler's and there were these meetings that were happening in discussions that were happening in rabbi you didn't show with Rabbi Yuda and Aguilar is a Nestor file I had a three-year-old she worka when has she yeah has she and we were they my kid was three and they said you know we're gonna start this school soon doesn't it up so it really started you know longer than 18 years ago that's how I got it pulled in so when you say day one you mean even before day one did your call we were hosting you know kind of pre parlor meetings see who was interested you know prospective parents who were very young their oldest children were starting nursery pre-k kindergarten and can't believe it's been 18 years you know since they started day one and you were able to attract over 50 kids that first year yeah I guess those parlor meetings went well there were many of them we went to all of them we weren't sure if this thing was gonna work the Hagler's were at all of them probably bye-bye hi I'm side at every single one of these meetings people's basements Danny Michael's basement on Standish Road before he moved and all over the place and then Beth Erin you name it there was a meeting and we all went we weren't sure body when we wanted every bit of information that we could get I knew she might know um what was it gonna be like you know is it worth the risk and it certainly has been you know at the time that no I'm started it was such a large population of Eric and Kathy that had to be addressed in terms of the number of students they needed a school here they needed another school and people were wondering is this going to be an effort to simply fill another school or is this going to be an effort to make this a state-of-the-art you know top-of-the-line place and under his leadership I'm a heckler obviously they went in that direction hiring a lot of very quality people and I'm sure you could speak to the fact that your kids have had amazing faculty members during all these years beyond beyond the leadership dat rubba Hagler has shown and I don't want to dominate so just jump in anytime it is there is no I've been involved in a lot of other schools and a lot of organizations there is leadership like the leadership of rabbi Hagler he used to walk around with this little folded a piece of paper in his pocket this is in the days before Palm Pilots and for sure iPhones and any type of you know electronic calendar with his little folded up mission statement and take out the statement and show everybody saying this is my vision for the school this is what its gonna be and he never strayed from that vision in that mission and I think he still has it in his pocket maybe singing of his own vine with its connection with the kids you know and he stayed true to that I mean we have a first grader so we have many more years with me she might know I'm another eight hopefully and they look forward to parsha absorbing hacker in kindergarten and first grade and and he knows all of them and they feel so comfortable with him you know the highlight of Purim for all these children you know from buds through alumni is going to the Hagler's house and you know dancing on program with Roma higher because they feel that love and that comfort and it just exudes that warmth exudes in the school what would what would your son's the alumni say if they were here today about the school they loved it I mean our oldest gobby son Isaac my son yo saber classmates in that first graduating class that was a very special and unique class they were twenty boys that graduated but you know they formed the bonds that's really unbreakable and it must be it must be really cool being that class that continues to get added as time goes by right I mean they're the first every class a little bit like guinea pigs I think but you know they felt great about themselves they came out feeling great they didn't feel like they were at it you know because they were that first graduating class that they were any less prepared for high school they all succeeded they're all you know some are graduated college time are still in college they're all successful wherever they are and they're all still very connected my son has said there is no finer educational institution than she might know him he really feels that way the biggest threat to my kids when I can't come up with anything else do your homework whatever is else what you having me about no no no they love it here every single one of them has such a connection to this school on every level but again I can't say enough that it all boils down to grab my Hagler's leadership and without his leadership there would not be issue but now I'm and wouldn't it would for sure not be the success that it is today I still see all these years later 18 and in my head 20 years later when I go to pick up the mich marker pool rabbi Hagler is there doing car pool I don't know why I think he's busy he's doing car pool he's putting the kids in the mission marker pool there was one night and I'm sure then that ORS probably remember this years ago we were building up a hockey team there was only seventh graders they lost every game they didn't win any game ever but he was so proud of this team and we went to there was a game an hour and a half way away in a Kushner it was a lot of rain so it was an hour-and-a-half way rabbi Hagler was there in his jersey coming to see this losing team he knew it would lose on Saturday night and cheering them on I think there were two or three other parents and it made up for it in later years even grace row by Hagler and the rest of us I want to thank Gabi Altman Elizabeth and Oprah or they are eighteen-year parents here at Yeshiva know um it is unusual to hear that kids are still connected to their elementary school and your cases you could tell us that they certainly are which is very cool I must say thank you both very much for joining us jam and the aim is we continue on this Wednesday morning broadcast and I am told that we have another listener actually another color I should say another caller with us live via telephone somebody who now is enjoying life at the T ABC t ABC students Harry orlinsky welcome to jam in the a.m. what grade you in in C ABC that's great all right what do you remember about Yeshua Nam seems like you haven't left that long ago huh [Music] Harry um it's rabbi hagler Harris thanks so much for calling in now do you wanna tell me awesome about your sports experience here we played on the basketball team in sixth grade seventh grade and eighth grade did you guys win any games tough connection it sounds like a lot going on there TABC it's that a good well Harry thank you so much and happy sigh anniversary to you and to everybody at at you she got Noah part of our three championship teams where the three ball three three in a row Wow repeated you imagine being in school for you know a finite number of years and coming away with three championships that was Harry and his and his team that's pretty cool well congratulations Harry and thank you for calling in more coming up you're listening to a Wednesday morning broadcast here at JM from achieve at no I'm and the 18th anniversary celebration of yeshiva no um this is brand-new from Benny Friedman you're listening to Jim in the a.m. [Music] yeah [Music] ah-ha-ha-ha-ha metal [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] I know [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] half points for new this year [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] brand-new from Benny Friedman a song called pesetas inna here at JM in the a.m. tomorrow we head to Pittsburgh or more accurately after the show we had the Pittsburgh tomorrow morning from Herve Wasserman Schultz re Torah in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pennsylvania Myra Deena smiling as I say that well Amy Vogel is here and it looks like based on my notes are we gonna be spending the rest of the show speaking to her because she has a lot of titles and a lot of distinctions here had you see about no I'm Amy Vogel's director of development and communication here at the Shabbat nom is also a current parent and has alumni in her family as well love maybe she bought Noah and first of all a happy high anniversary to you thank you I hope you're enjoying the celebration so far school thank God for chakras it's a little quieter now here the atrium of my dog did you notice the difference it was it was noisy but great noise earlier this morning and will sure we'll see some of the students later on as well as we continue here until 10 o'clock Eastern time this morning all right so first of all what would your alumni children say about the issue by Nam if if he or she or they were here what would they say about the last 18 years my daughter is in 10th grade and she had a fantastic experience that you got now um she would say that it is a very happy school the programming is always over the top spirit day as you see today is fantastic color war log ba o mare class trips every detail every I is dotted every T is crossed to make everything child centered and exciting for our students and the students feel that so re Ella's memories are positive and you can see the students come to visit on a regular basis they come to see their teachers they come to see rabbi Hagler the doors are always open they come back and visit and I think that's a sign of how much they really love their elementary school and middle school experience and over the top is the way to describe it I'm so glad you use that phrase because you walk the halls and you see it you see the dedication to the projects and the dedication to the both formal and informal education plus you see people in blue and orange socks blue are sneakers blue and orange ties blue our scarf split orange caps blue and orange whatever you balloons and you get the feeling that in fact the celebration is over-the-top just as you described in the form that the Shiva nom always takes your now director of development and communication there is such a need for great Jewish education in our community someone just commented to me by the way literally minutes ago as the song was playing about the level of education they feel their children are getting here and they said it quite honestly about other schools as well in this area but you see about no I'm certainly among them and I think that says something about frankly the New York New Jersey area we do have really high quality schools that are providing amazing education and in your position you must be very outspoken about how important it is to support that type of education absolutely right now we're giving out over a million dollars a year in scholarships 20% of our families are receiving partial scholarships to attend yeshiva now on and it's the generosity of the current parents the grandparents in the community that are giving philanthropic gifts to support those families so I feel very passionate about how important Jewish education is I mean you see in the building today how how happy our students are how well-educated and we need to raise over a million dollars a year to give out scholarships to support those families plus we are thank God in beautiful facilities here we have an ongoing capital campaign as well we have a beautiful donor recognition wall on the outside of the building it's ongoing and we still have several million dollars in debt to pay for this beautiful campus and an ongoing basis we accept classroom dedications and opportunities to support the school an addition has to be noted in all fairness if you want good personnel if you want faculty members are gonna make a difference in the lives of students those who are going to be over the top in the way they educate their students they have to be compensated properly and in this environment there are a lot of schools out there both Jewish and non that want high quality people are looking for them I would definitely agree with you and personally I would say that no teacher is paid enough for how hard they work and and how often they work and the programming that our school does in school and out of school is unbelievable we just had a sunrise minion at the seekin the teachers all came out the entire grade of earning at 5:30 in the morning we had another teacher in fifth grade do a cake boss competition in her house for the fifth grade girls in the evenings school here no boundaries morning night Saturdays Sundays Shabbos the teachers are always working for our students yeah I was wondering if anybody emulates or by Hagler's habit of being available 24/7 and popping up everywhere whether it's whether it's carpool or games but it sounds like some of the faculty you have in fact copied his dedication let's say that you know it's one thing to be a mentor to faculty members and expect them to do their job well but to get them to dedicate all their or a good part of their free time so to speak to all of this is a challenge and obviously you have people who are following that directive we're definitely blessed to have those type of people and they're passionate and they love the children and love Jewish education that's why they do it yeah it's pretty amazing all right Amy Vogel's director of development communication here at UC about Nam information obviously just contacted she bought naam she would love for everybody out there who wants to be involved to be involved plus there are fundraising events obviously there'll be an upcoming dinner coming up in March oh it's already set for March 6th so it's set for March 6th and obviously we want everybody in the community to recognize the importance of Jewish education and those who will be recognized at night is honorees by coming out and and supporting the cause obviously we'll talk more about that as we get closer to the event and there are other things as well there are a lot of different ways that people can get involved they want to learn $80 any day in memory of somebody in honor of somebody would do carnosine Yom it's a great way that's probably all available on the website yes it's very easy to do with if you're listening around the world right now you can actually do it very easily no need to call anybody you do it from the comfort of your own home right at your computer so get involved and certainly look into sponsoring a part of the great work of issue but naam Amy thank you and happy happy sigh anniversary thank you thanks happy 18th on this spirit day and and wave the orange and blue proudly thank you awesome today as everyone else seems to be doing here I want to say good morning to sabe Hagler again as I learn more about my wonderful I don't say old I'll say longtime friend rabbi hackle appreciate that as I as I as I learned more and more about his habits of how he runs the school I am sure that everyone out there joins with me and offering sympathies to hoppy Hagler and the rest of the family for the level of dedication that he has but I'm sure you are very proud of it to say the least I know I and anybody who knows him are all right we're going past nine o'clock as we've been mentioning all through the week we're gonna go all the way until a 10:00 a.m. Eastern time as we celebrate in fact the kids are gonna rejoin us don't think the celebration is over the kids are gonna rejoin the the children the students the youngsters the bugs they're all gonna rejoin us here with a choir performance and all the noise that you'd expect at a wonderful school so don't think that that's over with folks speaking of a longtime friend or a Yitzhak Moe tension is here he is the middle school Judaic Studies principal here at the shabbat nam rabbi mo touch and welcome to JME in the a.m. weren't enough I'm so great to see you again I appreciate that how long have you been a did she buy no I'm this is my fifth year and it's been such a an uplifting experience I'm so thrilled I came to she might know I'm I've grown I think as much as the Tommy do me Tommy don't it's a place full of just the most positive energy and enthusiasm for learning enthusiasm for really so many things that's spectacular place you know we speak often in the world of secular academics how many new innovations have come up in the last five years 10 years 20 years use whatever you know demarcation you want our timeframe you want in order to you know in order to make learning more fun and learning more productive and the time usage even better and Judaic Studies are able to do that are able to implement a lot of interesting new and innovative programs to make Taurus study even more fun and interesting absolutely and it's it's something that if there's any new way of educating that can be used and the Jewish educator doesn't use that or try to see how to incorporate that into Jewish Studies then really you're not tell me them what they what they need and the proof is that we have an amazing amount of participation in what we call our sumati Torishima program the program that operates in memory of dr. Bella's on who was a pillar in the Jewish Teaneck community and we have a doll me that takes place every day during lunch where 30 to 40 Tommy didn't Tommy dote they learn from this abridged Gemara called the Talmud Jewish army it's a brilliant work and every day 30 to 40 students they get their lunch they meet in 502 and they sit together with Rabbi Finkelstein and they learn that filming together we have tens of students learning mission I out on their own guided by their teachers every week we started a snipe maker of f retiring program where we have about 25 students that are participating that on a weekly basis so the innovations that we've brought into LaMotta Ron have not just elevated the enthusiasm what's going on in the classroom in a formal setting but really in the times that students have when they're not obligated to be in class they're participating actively in Lima Toro well now I'm really glad I asked the question I've marveled at how some of our high schools have made unbelievable use of what would normally be downtime but that it's happening here in elementary school settings during lunch now lunch as I remember in elementary school is a pretty important part of the day you didn't want to neglect having I believe very much eating that you know but it's really a matter of what the environment is when they're when they're when they're eating some are welcome to learn we have besides having the damnedest shock that anybody's doing and you say 30 what 35 Oh between 30 and 40 that's and that's only one of the one of the many more tireless about programs here Arroyo sakamoto tension is here it's I see that even you in the in the position as Judaic Studies principal even you regulated yourself to an appropriate wardrobe for spirit day for the 18th anniversary you are actually wearing orange sneakers the orange and blue orange or blue sneakers these day you would think that you again in your position representing the Torah environment might think that you know that more formal dress would be either necessary or appropriate but even you were sucked into this incredible celebration decided to go in an outward fashion with the celebratory outfit this morning it's a whirlwind but when you're part of you Shabbat knowing you for just find that anytime you're shopping anywhere you're looking blue and orange I have three racks of pies in my in my closet tour for the other ties and then one entire rack for blue and orange ties I wonder how he decided rabbi haggle that these should be the colors of school that don't answer I'm a hacker I'll save this for later but there's got to be a reason why in fact he he went in this direction and we see that it's a very big part of spirit day here at UC but no I'm the colors I don't know why why you pick one orange but I'm sure he's never asked that question well I'm I am assuming that had nothing to do with the Mets or the Knicks rights that I sure seemed I know I'm a mature that has on a completely different area than they then the resort everybody talked about that I thank you and yeah that's why it's 400 there's still the Islanders reason anyway where my remote tension continued success I want to tell you something you you've enhanced my morning and I knew that I would hear from you that you have great faculty and you do have great rabbis and faculty members in the Judaic Studies department correct Oh amazing I knew I'd hear from you that there's a great curriculum and if the students are using their time wisely but that you tell me this morning in all seriousness that there's an elementary school that high school but elementary school that's taking its free time and offering extra programming and Judaic Studies in Judaic Studies not necessary tutoring in secular studies but free Judaic Studies extra learning and that over 30 kids big advantage is just that one program every day is unbelievable no I I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak with you and I just want to reiterate and expand something I mentioned to you about ten years ago on the air that the influence that you had on me and so many others as we were growing up and the role model of energy enthusiasm for Yahoo and Torah was was not something that just inspired us as individuals but to be able to participate in disseminating that kind of energy to others is something I'll always be grateful I greatly appreciate that your words are very meaningful continue your success in your leadership position and the happy 18th anniversary you talked about touching everybody wonderful to reunite with him in this forum as we wish him oh my gosh look at these look at these little guys here Oh who's responsible for these little guys who gets the opportunity to spend the day with them I'd like to know holy cow mrs. files is acting like she gets to spend the whole day with them unbelievable we have with us rabbi mordechai Schwarzenegger's that through correct pronunciation all right rabbi Rosinski is the elementary school principal here at yeshiva no um I say congratulations amaz all Tov to you thank you you as well have a no I'm sweatshirt and orangey scarf that's right you are not neglecting your responsibility to show them no I'm colors today personalized pronounce it well what do you think well first of all how long have you been here so the school is celebrating its 18th year I'm celebrating my 18th day brand-new here what attracted you to know I'm what you hear about this place where you said to yourself you know what I'd like to be there so lots of different things some of the things that really stuck out to me were the there's such an energy and excitement here there is a commitment to such a strong mission of education and you know from the moment you meet parents teachers students you see in every aspect of the school there's a unified voice there's a unified mission very nice and I guess it's an unusual question to ask because it's not a big body of work but how are the first 18 days gone like all your expectations as you took this job have they come to reality beyond the reality more than you thought it's been amazing the way that I've been welcomed here the way how just everything has been set up and laid out almost perfectly for me to step into this position and leave the faculty and the students what's the great challenge of an elementary school principal these days what is the that is a great question what's the difficult part of this job because these days you know it's not simple out there anymore as we like to say especially old folks like myself so I think the biggest challenge we have is keeping students engaged you know keeping them focused keeping them really seeing the meaning behind what we're teaching them the relevance behind what we're teaching them there's so many distractions today as we all know and are aware of so keeping them really engaged and focused on what we're doing here I think so one of the biggest hurdles and it seems like that's been very successful I mentioned earlier that as I toward your hallways and you may not be able to and you may not believe that one could pick this up as an outside observer just by touring the hallways but it seems that both the formal and informal education here is on a really really high level and one that's done in a very fun and thorough manner yes and awful a very thought out and planned out and obviously the way on the way to accomplish that only is with great faculty members who are willing to you know take to make the time of the commitment right well I take this opportunity to wish you a very very big mazels I've had a lot of great success thank you 18 years from now you might be celebrating herei think that a bursary do you see but no I look forward to that and if you do please invite us back at that point you don't mind we'll check back in you got it all right Mordechai Shores NC a pleasure elementary school principal here at the Shabbat know um I do want to take this opportunity to thank Madison caterers Madison caterers are the official sponsor of our use Shabbat no on broadcast this morning Madison caterers is making sure that everybody has some fuel to make it through the morning so thank you very much for that and and we thank you for your support not just this morning but if you should about no I'm in general so Madison caterers a big thank you to you from all of us here at Jam and the aim and a big thank you to you from all of us here at UC but nom eight-ton fray loss is next more coming up remember we're here past nine o'clock going all the way until 10:00 a.m. Eastern time from you shabbat Nam as we celebrate 18 years at the KY anniversary of the orange and blue Jewish education that to Shabbat now I'm here in Paramus New Jersey from here we go to Pittsburgh tomorrow live from the congregation Cherie Torah rabbi Wasserman synagogue in Squirrel Hill Pennsylvania all happening here of course at JM in the a.m. [Music] oh yeah [Music] 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until 10 o'clock this morning here at JM and am extending the show until 10:00 and with me is not just there not only I should say bye hi I'm Hagler but the aforementioned javi Hagler who is of course mrs. Hagler and has been the recipient of our sarcastic comments this morning about rabbi Hagler being ultra who were dedicated to yeshiva Tom Kha be welcome to the show thank you I hope you take it all in good humor which I know you do you don't only take my comments good you where you take the whole situation to good humor but you do see up close and personal how somebody can really be dedicated to building something and to keeping it established as one of the best Jewish educational institutions in our in our area right you've seen that and you know coffee gets very very involved and it's quite busy yourself with helping up racially but now I'm well we hosted a new family lava Malka this past moats a solid family must be a lot of families in our home there were probably about a hundred people in Arlen it's a lot every year you know then we'd love to meet them this way I get to know them also and we get to host them and they get to meet each other and it's a really lovely event talk about courage it's one thing to be courageous to put the other set up at your pho but the hosts they do parable um about get your home it's pretty cool a week from the Shabbos is the seventh grade girls Chabot own and all of the cooking for Shabbos lunch is done in our home there's a group of girls that come next Wednesday night they'll be there and they cook all of the food for the Shabbat so we actually had a meeting yesterday I met with the group committee of seventh grade girls and we came up with the menu together and they're gonna come over and cook with me and then we'll eat in our house it's a really fun activity it's one of my favorite events of the year so we shouldn't be talking to you about about being sad living with somebody who's dedicated just like your kids about having two parents two parents who are dedicated to you see about no up it's spending all this time but it's these in and look we joke about all this and believe me your schedules have to be admired but this kind of thing which never went on years ago of parents in your home and students in your kitchen and students who aren't your students but are you know the students have you sure but no in your kitchen doing these activities and enjoying Llosa and it's so it's so different unique it's it just seems like such a I don't say better I wouldn't be fair to the previous generation but it seems like such a high quality way to educate and be a role model for students it is very special I feel like I am puts every part of his being into thinking about how could he create a better environment a warmer place a more loving and nurturing place for the students and the families so it's all he thinks about and to do it must be interesting being creative with each other about all this your obably always thinking what can we do different and you know what program can we create or recommend to our faculty or recommend to our athletic director anybody you know who's in a the department head and you know and offer them you know a creative idea to just make things more exciting for the kids yeah when you come up with a good one it must be amazing what's wonderful is that everybody runs with it right that's the culture here to be creative to try new and not everything works right and we're fine with that that's why I say when a good one strikes it must be an amazing feeling it is wonderful well there you go all congratulations what's the next big event is is this Wednesday they cooking next job is gonna be the shepherd right you've done this before by the way have you done have you had have you had menu challenges where afterwards you said you know what maybe maybe we should have left this relatively predictable they all want daily role not to repeat or what adjustments are necessary oh baby oh sorry and then after they leave she has to work for another few hours this is Kavi Hakala thank you very much thank you very much thank you we have rabbi fine Hagler of course who's gonna be with us for the remainder of the show ruff Hayley full they big shout out through a Hayley from all of us here at the DiNapoli's Eagle Network eighth-graders these are current eighth graders these are the ones willing to reveal all the secrets of the last ten years and you might know um these are the ones who I could put on the spot and see exactly what they'll tell us these are the ones we're gonna make our by Hagler very nervous about what they might say in front of all these thousands of people's is that the group that now sits to my left avi guile Ehrlichman is where where's AVI guy hi happy guy how are you ari Spivak where's Ari hello there Ari Mia Robin is it Rabin Mia Rabin is here well the my sister was a ribbon ski then became a Rabin and then became her up in if those of you who are interested in my own family history that's why I said Mia Robin but of course it's Mia Raven an eight-ton book wears a ton a ton welcome to the show alright everybody eighth grade come on it's a frame we we don't have to go to class we don't have we don't have to pay attention to our teachers all we got to do is work on the yearbook and get ready for graduation right guys they actually said yes to that by the way well we don't we don't watch your teachers to think they have nothing to do for the next few months let's at least make believe you're gonna be paying attention in class I mean anyway how exciting is this tell me how exciting it is to to be now an eighth grader what are some of the things you're working on are you involved in some of the things I mentioned like your book graduation all the different committees and events that are gonna be taking place over the next few months who's there is that sign or a time a time go ahead correct these are all unique to eighth grade because the early grades all the way until 7th you get an opportunity to do some nice things but the 8th graders they get all the cool stuff to work on so what else besides your book you said sort of other things what else is involved what do you got there yeah we're doing the 8th grade girls play all right all right what does that take place what month is that gonna be very good that's gonna be a year-long project now you guys are at a very big transition in addition to being eighth graders you have to start thinking about what you're doing next year right so what's dominating is it the fun of the eighth grade or the tension of what's gonna be happening between now and 9th grade what's what's going on in your minds these days it's definitely a balance between both I mean there's a lot of tension with like high school and stuff but eighth grade is like so fun so it has the high school process started already yes well I'd like during the summer last month over yontiff discussion with your parents getting their opinion about what they want your future to be like then tossing in your opinion then discussing it quote-unquote discussing it right and try to determine which schools you're gonna apply to everyone applies to what two or three high schools is that usually how it works and then the open houses and the interviews and the visitation days gosh it's great so much more fun than all that say that again all right so quick memories quick sir tell us something about the last 10 years that makes you see about know I'm so great what could you tell us well last year actually they give you a chance to have a leadership role oh yeah in a outside of the classroom activity anybody else mia eight-ton anybody else want to tell us something about the last 10 years in this school all right they give you guys a lot of responsibility it seems how many students are there now and you I know what you guys know would you guys have any idea how many students there are about 800 you guys realize you guys realize you're the kings of the 800 you guys realize you are the you're the highest level of all 800 students so you get that it's the eighth graders of you see right now let's hear from a guy on Ari and Mia an eighth Todd thank you so much for joining us guys and good luck this year have as much fun as possible even as you consider what high school is gonna be like well it is a great honor for me to welcome rabbi udin rabbi benjamin unit of course congregation summary tour in Fairlawn but today rabbi udin is accurately portrayed as one of the founders of yeshiva Nam rabbi udin a pleasure to welcome you to jam in the a.m. hi so as you see you I know imagine that we don't normally see each other but in this case we do it it's not even Erev Shabbos how do you like that I mean you you must be looking back and you probably look back very often frankly when you think to the early days of this incredible educational institution but today's a good day to look back because they're celebrating 18 years here I eighteen years so what do you remember about the very first days of each about know because I recall you were among the first to say there was a need for another school in Bergen County correct so I'm gonna go back not 18 years but 20 years approximately 20 years ago it was on a simplest Torah and me because I had just a little bit more than a little bit to have a low high him okay look about about him after you know in those days I was allowed that's right okay so what happened was there was a definite need for another school why thank God Burton County was and is growing and simply speaking there were children not getting in to the established ish she vows and talking very openly there was an influx of families from the former Soviet Union still at that time there were Israelis coming to our community and being very clear about this schools could be objective as to you know who they are gonna take not gonna take it centrist much frankly you wanted to encourage them to go to yeshiva you wanna tell me good okay so there definitely was a need for another school okay and Hedgecock apprentice we were after the festivities a gentleman named Heshy Mort Kuwait's oh please God is very much involved remembered yeah just retired younger gentleman and I said to him Pesci I have a job for you we're gonna start another school that's how it started on that simplest tourist and I am so grateful because azorín be Dima marina you can solo that's exactly where we are sitting now those who put the time the effort and I want you know it was a two-year process in order to have this school begin with the blessings of the other school I spoke to the other principals let them know why we were doing how we were doing it etc we went and I can tell you rabbi Hagler who truthfully blew us away on our first interview with him he stressed one word and thank God he's lived up to his word he said me toes in this school we're not only gonna teach clearly that which is usually taught we're gonna teach a love of Judaism and a love of Meadows and he will have a curriculum he assured us starting with pre-k K through high through the eighth grade as you saw thee young boys and girls before but a curriculum of meadows and we said to ourselves Wow yes we need it we want it and I said the rest is history and over two year period we planned the opening of Noah and we are so grateful that it has taken the course eighteen years later it's very strong school it's a very has a very strong presence in the Jewish community it's being emulated by schools not only in this area but others as well it's really become a leader a leader in Jewish education and what more could you ask for that's right rabbi you didn't join us as we celebrate soon me as we celebrate 18 years of you see about naam and look back at these 18 years we for obvious reasons stress that faculty is the key you mentioned her by Hagler we acknowledge of course is amazing role but he would be the first to say that the faculty are you know are in the front lines and providing this you know rich and fun experience for the kids as they learn everything in both the Judaic and secular departments and you know how difficult it is to find good quality faculty it is a it is you know frankly it is a big challenge you know kind it seems this school thank God has and he has been able to identify people who really relate well to the kids that's part of the success here correct and I can only tell you wow this week is Kyocera as well please God and you and I have been in have run together in hey Sarah ah well as an aside but go ahead but I could only tell you what made a rum different then those that preceded him he was not the first one to believe in monotheism the difference is the mana she had sat there as bun of Naseby so our of he was able to perpetuate what others were not able to do why because of sadaqa or mish pot which is exactly what the text says about a Brahma vino and what does that mean stock up we wish but it means that there's an approach to life the first approach is that of generosity a generosity of spirit a welcoming which is so important and then there's no question about it there has to be rules and the rules are applied but I really believe that children love to come to school here love is not the word you would have I'm with you by the way they're they're so proud of it and if others can emulate this well that's very special well it's wonderful to have you here on this special day I'm a little surprised that our by Hagler did not insist you wear orange and blue today you did go with the blue but I don't see any orange but nonetheless you'll probably get a pass because you were so instrumental in the beginnings of this fine institution but dojo all kidding aside I should say Mazel Tov a happy high anniversary and hizaki I match we should continue to go forward with places like this a mate thank you so much right Colt rabbi you didn't of course we'll hear from him of course on Friday we are on our way by the way Oribe you didn't to Pittsburgh right after here we'll be in rabbi Wasserman Schultz Amaro morning broadcasting and then Friday we'll have an opportunity to hear your words about parshas Kyocera all right a big thank you to mrs. Debbie Berman a big thank you to a Madison caterers for catering and sponsoring this morning and now we get to say a big THANK YOU Tamura Adina Mermelstein more Edina Wow I mean we've had we had we've had ovations on the air before but that was a nice spontaneous ovation from a group of youngsters that she is now going to lead in some wonderful musical selections mara Dena Mermelstein is with the fourth and fifth grade choir let's hear it and the fourth and fifth grade choir are going to be singing some beautiful songs for us this morning here at JM in the a.m. we're going all the way until 10 o'clock everybody Mara Dean are you all set you're all set take it away [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] JME in the a.m. with these shi maat no i'm fourth and fifth third and fourth fourth and fifth grade choirs everybody give yourselves a nice round of applause how is it possible oh that's weak Lorna so apparently miss speed is now mrs. s so I told mrs. s mrs. s his nephew and my son went out of added a bit on the basketball court last night and two other schools faced each other so we were reminiscing and talking about the present day anyway if you have mrs. s here you have another great quality faculty member I must say that is true I will also say that more Edina Mermelstein is amazing let's hear it for more Edina and she claims the choirs amazing so they get a big round of applause and leave it to you she about now um if we show up there not doing they're not doing a regular Jewish music song they're doing their original words amaura Adina wrote they're doing the feel the magic in the air song for the very first I was never been performed before first time you guys can't just get up and sing Jewish songs like any other school you got to have original words and you have to have a debut a world premiere and sure enough you saved it for us which we appreciate so the second song everyone heard was she might know my song appropriate for the 18th anniversary words written by Moe Rodina and the first one talks about dara it's an issue I know I'm song so derech Eretz is our motto talks about Israel being our homeland mentions the fact that people should come out and see your basketball team and other teams score their points and they also mentions that the teachers are awesome MOA Dina did you feel comfortable after knowing the kids in this school writing the words our teachers they are awesome in this original song of course today I have no voice because we're getting ready for spirit day what I loved was I'll say boo shame I hope you don't mind I meet I guess ler when we were doing our teachers they are awesome so we didn't do it for the choir just because we've got a lot of hands going on there but for the rest of the school we did our teacher right now me tell you our teachers they are heads in the air and this school is awesome and we're very lucky to be such a part of such a unique place how long have you been here Berta sham I just finished my Tempe this is my finished my 10th your 10th anniversary anniversary get it to see but no I have to give a little shout out because the words to the spirit I swung really I had a lot of help from my family because there was one Shabbat recently that I said no one's taking an afternoon nap until we get this forth first I didn't let them I think was there too so she knows I'm telling the truth give up his naps 18 years ago exactly what you mean thank you for having us the pleasure having you and and in all seriousness not to that people should not read into any of this schools have different levels in terms of the way how seriously they take their music and extracurricular departments I would assume if Martinez here for 10 years under your leadership where I would assume music and extra curricular like that is so vital and she must be doing a great job for I say is doing an amazing job really justice instilling a sense of music but it's more than just the music Laura Dena instills a love of Torah Eric sister else she's constantly talking and teaching the children about Israel and tying it in you're gonna see she runs a beautiful onyx about every single Friday with the younger children and I'm sure although I haven't even discussed with them I know for sure this week will be so special because of her honor and Shabbat of Rome she's had people calling in live from cleveroad for to our own ago the years at school and she calls it live on my yachts boat show every year more Edina from you know each year so the spirit of that day I'm sure is very big here in the school and no joke I wouldn't say that you're gonna go on record saying that music is as important as math but you do believe that music is as important as any academic so 100 percent so definitely that we could say on the record I'm lucky because I get a lot of teachable moments in my classroom so we may be learning about great composers you know great composers from 200 years ago but we may also be learning that's you know there were great people great new gunam that have gone on hundreds of years and have been passed down that's true big part of our heritage and tradition exactly all right we'll send your regards to Pittsburgh because you certainly will and a as we say in in this difficult week for the Jewish world it's amazing the concentrate in the Jewish future by being here and seeing all these wonderful kids are there are we keeping them are they lined up for another perfect I think they're good oh we're ready we're gonna say that we're gonna say thank you to them and let me see them a little bit later Thank You choir members thank you very much we have bought your Paul with us bachi is also a founding parent of you Shabbat know I'm you would think with all the founding parents here the school is five or six years old but no it's 18 years old and she's in addition to being a founding parent a board member as well by founding board member a founding board member bought you're welcome to jam in the a.m. thank you a pleasure to have you here well obviously you have some alumni in your family I do I have two one who is currently studying in Ishibashi Alvin one who is studying in NYU to be a genetic counselor wow that's nice yeah our daughter was recently got engaged yes thank you I've been asking this of most of the 18 year veteran parents and that is what would your alumni say if they were here today what would they say about this school so I think that both of them would say that while they got a great academic education which is enable them to go on and be where they are they maintain amazing connections and relationships to their teachers they go back my older daughter is an incredible writer she sends her pieces from the teachers up here elementary school teachers mrs. Wasserman many times looks over pieces of her writing they really have maintains amazing relationships and I believe they really bow we'll tell you that the foundation for the way that they lead their lives in terms of connections with people goes back to the mid owed and-and-and foundations they were taught when they were young children here I made this point before and I think for us meaning people in my generation we would believe if they look back and maintain relationships with high schoolers with people they were you know in that age group with in school but when it comes to elementary school it's amazing to watch that alumni of schools like no um are coming back to school to visit are in touch with their teachers are handling them projects look over which is a new one for me that you just mentioned it's really amazing they've been able to maintain this type of relationship it's unique it's unique to the school it's the foundation that Rabbi Hagler set from day one and again eighteen years later it's still filtering through over and over again my I have an eighth grader it filters through with him and the way he relates to his teachers and and I think will continue for a long time it's really the foundation of our school being one of the founders was there a point where you said oh this place is gonna make it was it when the first 50 kids were enrolled was it the first a couple of years later were you said to yourself you know what we I I now feel like this is a real school so my husband could tell you that I was on the board first he then became president of the school many years later I used to come home late at night one o'clock in the morning for board meetings because we at those days we were an ad-hoc committee we discussed every little detail from every dollar that has to be raised to how the forms had to look and and what the education was gonna look like for kids in first grade in our first year and I would wake him up at 1:00 in the morning saying we're not gonna have enough money to pay teachers next week we're not gonna be able to get a building we're not gonna be able to you know like it was very stressful there are a lot of moments where I believed we were gonna make it I just didn't exactly know how and look where we are wearing the orange and blue one of them one of the very first meetings we ever had with parents was in bachas living room and that was to send their kids having a stir file was coming on board yes yes really it was an amazing journey that's by the way you know we said this earlier the parents of those 53 students get a lot of credit they put a lot of faith in a new school in general we see this with seminaries knew she was in Israel that start we see the the high schools that start people are had camps people are hesitant to be part of that first experience and they were brave enough totally I remember his words he said my minbar that's what we did it was exactly that we had no building we've no early childhood director and here we were giving him money and starting up and look look what happened so when you pull up now in between these two buildings what thoughts go through your mind so I had the real privilege of working on building the middle school building that must be a great amazing experience and I I Drive up every day and I feel like this is an incredible institution and and and I can't believe that happened from our tiny little building in Bergenfield to what we are today it's a lot of pride it's really really a lot of pride it's remarkable bachi Paul founding parent and founding board member here at Yeshiva know them as we celebrate 18 years I take this opportunity to wish you a big 18th anniversary Mazel Tov and the school should continue to go from strength to strength I mean I mean it's really remarkable thank you we have here we have a TA BC students who is going to be speaking with us via telephone now a lot of students checking in this morning the best was when we heard from somebody who's now in Israel two of our tours to to students at you I know I'm now in Israel Rami Gertler are you there Rami what grade are you in the TABC tell me something about you Shabbat know I'm something that you remember and I was so amazing about this place as we celebrate 18 years this morning the last day of school is like a good day but on the last the last day you get to reflect on Ted previous years write on the last day of eighth grade you get to reflect on the 10 previous years and how amazing they were around me it's great to hear from you thank you for calling in it's rabbi Hagler happy sigh anniversary to you and all the know I'm alumni and thanks for joining us and Robert will show you your surrounding probably by a bunch of Nome alumni right now tell them what we say hello it's probably true all right what is the what's the story you know your earlier we spoke to the 8th graders we mentioned to them that or at least I tortured them by reminding them that they now have to apply to high school and go through this whole process I would guess there are I don't know exactly how many but plenty of high schools in this area and beyond that have no I'm alumni I thought of taking your students yes right yes at this point we've been to we're involved with all of the high schools in the area primarily in the local high schools but we have our students again on buses every single morning and travel to some of the high schools or all those high schools saying we want no I'm kids that what goes on in their offices they are in the back office that's what they're saying to each other let's go after the norm crowd and it's and it's graduates like Romney and the other graduates have called in that are really you know setting the table for all of the future norm raters once you see students and experience with students that are you know high quality and of a certain nature you want their you want their fellow alumni to be in your school as well rachel Markovitz is here an 18 year teacher at Yeshiva know which means well first well good morning to you and Mazel Tov on the 18 years and you really get a Mazel Tov we've met a lot of 18-year parents I don't think we've met too many 18 year teachers here what department are you teaching in right now I teach an elementary school I used to teach in early childhood what gradient teaching this year I'm teaching second grade how is that it's amazing second graders are I'm trying to think back when I have kids who are in second grade it's me what description I would use but they're they're a challenge but they're fun right that's an important story so Rachel what's the what's the story here why has this institution been so successful for 18 years why when you started in the in the the desert that was described earlier with those 50 students why didn't they go in a different direction why did they go in this direction of building into one of the best schools in our community I think it's because of the family feeling and the heart that we have behind everything and we just you know with all of that feeling and emotion there's just no way that we couldn't succeed it was just everybody wanted everybody was so dedicated to the cause and to making it work that we just it just was astounding everybody was in it so on this spirit day you would argue it's the spirit that kept everybody going well I'll tell you you know that there's a lot of practical elements to running his school the faculty we've noted is amazing and you're one of the 18 year veteran are there other there are two or three other 18 year veteran when we started we only had the early childhood we sit around one table and that was the entire faculty faculty lounge where we are that exactly I know it's a little bit more complicated and and so you you're one of those few people that gets to enjoy all this and and look back and and appreciate just what's gone on here and Rachel's also apparent in this school that's pretty cool did you ever teach one of your kids no not in my class everybody wouldn't allow that we try to avoid it if we can all right that has happened yes it has happened okay won't go there anyway so Rachel Markovitz I thank you my salt up on this 18th anniversary may you go from strength to strength and another 18 as I said earlier to somebody who is here for 18 years let's meet 18 years from now and review the next 18 years a Maine amazing and where the orange and blue proudly today you want to reveal to us why it's orange and blue or not or is it random it's a little bit it was really just to get we want the colors that that that captured that spirit also that had the bright colors right so if there would have been a splash of red or yellow in there that would have been acceptable it might have just wanted stuff that stand there I would stand out yes and give us a real identity yeah I don't even realize elementary schools have colors and so I walked it here yes they do I should pay more attention as I toured the neighborhood you're learning a lot now about whether some of the things we now have in elementary school I don't have something funny by the way I walk into a school for an away game for my kids away basketball game had they they say who are you no security rightfully says you know who are you what he doing here I said you know my kids on the away teams what are the colors of the school the security guard says one of the colors of the team so I said honestly I haven't like I've watched the place so many times I kid I can't remember something so you do see that colors have been a challenge for me when it comes to this stuff but in your case for my Hagin Arbor I'll tell you a similar story last year to a to a soccer game a playoff soccer game an away game and I traveled there and I got there parked and I'm coming into the building and there was a parent right in front of me just at the security I didn't see me right behind them and the security guards said to him okay who's the principal of your school that you see but no him with me standing right behind him fortunately he got it right that would have been terrible I would have kicked him good fate was on inside that's for sure we should mention again during this week that we commend those especially in all the schools that are taking all the security measures seriously and protecting our children on a daily basis it's a very important part of everything that goes on in our schools and we are glad that everyone is taking it seriously my thanks and everyone's thanks to Madison caterers for sponsoring and catering this morning here at JM and the am mortified Shapiro is next as we continued until 10 o'clock at JM in the a.m. [Music] down the highway of life give me five my friend here we are together [Music] all the jewels and we knew that no matter I can travel [Music] all the years [Music] and there's a song [Music] to the side I can travel down any road cuz I know that [Music] my friends on the sunny days I've got my friends in and when I see [Music] JME and the am friends done by mortifies shapiro speaking of friends we have a friend of you she bought know um who at one time when t she but no i'm sia Hirsch is with us live i telephone hi are you there what grade are you in it Kushner these days oh you just left you see but nom you just graduated in June what do you have to what do you have to say to our by Hagler about the big 18th anniversary celebration that's true you have any great memories to be about no I graduate and what about the what about preparing you for a high school do you think you should my mom did a good job in preparing you for the adventure you're on there well you said hi it's so great to hear from you please sale to say low to I rub my rooting for me okay a lot of you think a lot of great people over there at Kushner and one of them is a graduate of UC but know him that's higher Hirsch next star by Hagler is Joyce Buckman meets on a no on this program is introduced to me as follows normally the the youngest grade would be just enlighten me the youngest grade would be will be pre-k which we call Bud's four-year-old in your building right here yes what you've done is with Joyce Buckman's leadership you've created something called neat Sanae no um which invites parents of two and three year old students to send those students to your program which is now its largest that it's been ever we have 37 children in the program now we are busting at the seams you're a principal of two-year-olds them and I love them they are amazing and when he comes into the building they love him believe me what do your students last year called you lower what they call a smaller choice yeah mo rejoice look at your alumni sitting in front of us this yup I see some of them sitting right in front of me I mean should we speak to them about their memories of neat Sunday no up so we get them up here I don't know if we should do that I mean we've been asking all the alumni about their reflections and their recollections of their experience maybe would be a good opportunity to find out what they thought I'm game if you are so these are now four year old students who are in the youngest graded you see but no on but again as we just pointed out your program which happens in Teaneck is open to a parents and students who are two and three years old as and the natural progression would be once they complete that program they come here so these faces are all recognizable to you everyone not everybody many of them are from your program and look at them they are enamored by our conversation and theirs tell me can you put it into words what it is about this age say tell me something about I mean look you'd think me being a parent and thank God having a nice family I'd be able to do it myself but you as being an educator in the professional what is it about these young incredible kids that's so amazing so everything is new for them everything that we introduced to them is new for them and our entire day is the curriculum it's not it's not only when we teach them about Israel it's not only when we teach them about Election Day it's when we teach them how to hang up their coats it's when we teach them how to share with each other the entire day is a curriculum nothing is taken for granted because they're so young and everything is so new for them you're making a very very good point that's one of the reasons why they're so enamoured as I said earlier with everything that's going on and everybody who's here today and they they are enjoying this spirit day as I hope you are as well yes very much a big Mazel Tov to you and by the way I'm told that we have someone with us live by a telephone a former teacher avi Shiva know um who has moved to Israel and is calling from Israel mrs. nahama Konigsberg is with us mrs. Konigsberg are you there nice to speak with you on this big 18th anniversary day do you remember you see about know um Wow better known here as more in the summer Meredith umma how many sort of 16 years and give us give us a recollection or to tell us something that's unique about this amazing educational institution so when I received the emails from everybody that this was happening I couldn't help but think of our first graduating class and I always like to think about their homage ceremony in second grade when they came up with a dance for the Hawks on which the school continues to do to this day that's pretty cool it's a nice tradition started writing more on us on this class by the way that can't be overstated the homage ceremony in our elementary schools and of course here is like is it's such a landmark so it's an amazing occasion for the kids and the parents love it it's just one of those that you have many of those you know it's one of those days in the in the many years that a student is here that are so important and so vital it definitely is and Marana come and ice at many many she's our founding second-grade Judaic Studies teacher first second grade teacher and we sat for months to really think about it and prepare it than to do in a way that's so developmentally appropriate and still such a love of Hamas and the children in Morecambe but just pulled it all together and and we're following in those traditions ever since and it's gonna be happening like when what time year does that happen usually this come in January in January very nice Mariama thank you for joining us and a big Mazel Tov to you and all the former teachers of you about no I appreciate that and we are big fans of you see about know them as well we're glad you called to participate this morning Jam a name for me she might know him in our final minutes we will be going until 10 o'clock this morning on this spirit date what is the schedule for the rest of the day I'm not something pressure on you because you don't you don't have to necessarily let you know everything break loose and get into a big celebration but is there going to be some type of recognition today are we saving that for a different day no no I want to highlight that we do many little small things in the classrooms which are great and in the luncheon bird I want to highlight three things that we're doing today we are right after this gathering the entire school 807 students out on the basketball court to form a human why in 18 and we are going to be a other photography on the roof or using a drone and we're gonna be taking a picture and of and a little bit later today we have a tradition we started a few years ago in spirit day a banner parade so every each grade makes a banner and in the middle school right outside on the front lines up along the driveway and the children of each grade marched through it while they cheer them on with their banner and then we gather in the middle school gym for a spirit they assembly one of the things will be the entire school at that time we'll be singing more Athena's new 18th anniversary so we have a special video that we're gonna be unveiling to the students for that and it's just it's a great moment filled up with the tremendous Rock oh so this is a serious day this fun day is a serious day and there'll be a parade here we gotta stick around we'll be a parade here later today who wants to miss a parade are you kidding me is it should be a lot of fun is there a spirit Day menu or is that for a different day where there we yes there's a spirit a menu actually something special there will be a lot of blue and orange yeah we rolled that out also even in even in the food so you have all the bases covered over I would say the least sorry alright Jay my name with a reminder that your Shabbat Nam has offer is offering all three and four-year-olds and their parents an opportunity to come and visit this coming Sunday it's called Sunday time for prospective families if you want to hear stories participate in music have snacks and arts and crafts playtime all together it's this Sunday starting at 9:30 in the morning for three and four-year-olds and their parents right here on west century Road in Paramus New Jersey do you see but no I'm register online we're going to Y know I'm org slash Sunday y know I'm org slash Sunday I am told that the Feldman's from Texas are with us live via telephone Shaina and Sheva are you there guys hi to you they are these alumni of history but no these are alumni they don't live in Texas but they'll tell you what they're doing why are you now in Texas very nice helping families in need I assume and what grades you guys in in Berea 12th graders you see about norm graduates no doubt and joining us morning we wish you a big mazelTov tell us a memory tell us something that you remember about all the years you spent that the Shabbat no I'm school became in middle school so I remember going in before school started and Rabbi Hagler having a meeting with all the new kids and I remember saying that we cannot leave the meeting until we've had a doughnut a policy that I pray is still in existence oh well that's a good memory again people pointing to the fun part of school which I like well best best wishes to you good luck in brewery and of course with your own graduation coming up and the clock emotes what you're doing down in Texas I bet the Hesed component that you're doing with Berea I bet you some of that came from me Shabbat nom as well because I would bet that there was a lot of excessive opportunities here when you were in school thank you both very much Shana say hello to your mother who still front of us Maura Cara our child a director your mother Maura is here watching our phone conversation a big hello Shane and Sheva thank you very much regards to everybody at Berea and of course regards to everybody at in Texas now I have mentioned that we're heading to Pittsburgh straight from here my Hagler said he's going to load us up with lunch and dinner pack him into the trunk of the car and see us off as we head to our my Wasserman shul to broadcast tomorrow morning and to bring a feeling of unity and solidarity through our brothers and sisters who are still in the aftermath of the horrific tragedy that happened in shoulders past Shabbos one of the positives and things like this and there are a few silver linings we know is that children from all over the world get an opportunity to send the community members those who are mourning first responders police officers etc notes of thanks notes that we're thinking of you notes of condolence etc and we are going to be taking and I literally have them in my hand a regular we're going to be taking some of the all of the notes that were written as part of our delivery to the pittsburgh community that were written by and written and drawn by Shabbat norm student straight to the Pittsburgh community and this I am sure is just one time that you've had your students reach out and whatever the case may be Israeli soldiers those in mourning tragedy whether it affects our community directly or not in the United States I'm sure they've had the opportunity to reach out and do this type of project in the past yes they definitely have and it's one of the things that that we instill in the children and and the beautiful thing is that after tragedy times the students will come into school and they'll have ideas they want to know what they would initiate and we run with that that's greater than some of the ideas that we have that it's coming directly from them and they're feeling that we keep talking about solidarity unity being together Brotherhood sisterhood again I think it's one of the focuses here that is so vital that that these students here don't just feel they're part of a school community they feel a part of a greater Jewish community and obviously this week it's easier to feel that way but I think in general you and your staff are able to convey that which is so important yeah that's one of the messages that we try to get across to the students from a very very early age of being part of a bigger Jewish community and having a responsibility to that Jewish community and that starts with the the huset programs that we do it's hard even to see now because so much said up here in the lobby but the different collections that that will do that stuck the programs the visiting nursing homes Yahud and Friendship Circle and that really instills in in the students that sense of tikkun olam that they're here to make a difference we're about hi I'm Hagler I said I was gonna give you an opportunity before we wrap up to roll back 18 years to a day school started on a Monday in 2001 but on Friday and Saturday night things were not operating the way things normally operate when a school is ready to open a school year you said to me that literally that weekend parents volunteer parents who were ready to send who are courageous enough to sign their kids up from school we're also told there's no furniture in school and they could have to come and help build it so that it can be moved into the building by Monday morning that's a true story right that is rooster is exactly what happened that that Friday we were running our construction crew was running way behind and they were working and we couldn't even get into the building that Friday beforehand and the furniture delivery came so there was nothing in the building they were still plastering the walls and painting the worlds and furniture delivery came and we didn't know what to do so we took a chance we checked the weather is supposed to be nice we had them unload it and leave it in the parking lot over Shabbos and then we sent out an email to our small parent body that we had that whoever's available police come Motz a Shabbos to help build the furniture and put everything together and we got there and thank God everything was still there and all of the parents men and women came they we don't have any tools and they brought their tools and we started literally unloading these boxes and putting everything together we brought in pizza and about 1 o'clock that morning we took a break to say sleek hosts led by Dan Michael and Dan was instrumental in leading this entire effort and he had already built some furniture for that we have been he had been working all night and around 4 o'clock everybody went home and came back with their vacuum cleaners brooms cuz all of that work created a tremendous mess and they literally cleaned the floor as in vacuumed and washed the walls see that's when you really knew things were gonna work at and you saw the dedication the parents and you and then Tuesday the the first official full day of school is 911 and you and everybody in this area and really around the world have to deal with it in their own way I assume school ended up being closed that they are out of things work out so we didn't close school we kept it open because we thought it was safer for them to be there and trying to get in touch with every parent any parent who wanted to come and pick up a child sure that was fine but we we know we realized that was difficult for some of the parents to get there and their children needed to be in the safe place remember they were very young our oldest all right we're in Kim I kept forgetting that there was no 8th grade in those no so it was really a matter of you know of sheltering them from this and and letting them understand what was going on an only an appropriate type of a way but there we were you know just an hour or so you know minutes earlier literally it's you're celebrating celebrating the opening the first carpals pulling up children coming in it was just an incredibly joyous time and then as you probably remember the new start going in at first we didn't understand what was going on and certainly we had a totally different feeling by the end of the day and the rest of the week you're able to stay open the rest of the week we were able to sail and we know the roles we said this more than once this this show we know the role of faculty and people like yourself when it comes to kids just becoming familiar with what happened and helping them recover from all of that just one episode obviously over the last 18 years all right we have to give a very well-deserved shout out and run by Hagler you'll join me the yn PA I'm assuming is the issue about non-parents Association that is correct and the YN PA number one sponsored the spirit day bandannas which have been that's one of them right there right yes right there celebrating 18 years in addition they've sponsored the choir and from what I'm told they are a very dedicated group of parents so I wanted to make sure to recognize them before the end of the show we thank them they are a dedicated group of parents and spirit they actually started a few years ago it started from the ynp it was their idea and they brought it into the school and that's just one of the many programs that they brought in to enhance the students experience here they just didn't realize it would be a year-long celebration eventually well this year this year it is Spirit Day has become spirit year here at UC about know I'm and I want to take an opportunity to thank everybody here at UC by nom including Nick Nick Avicii Vietnam I am told is one of the instrumental people that helped us get on the air and stay on the air so Thank You Nick and thank you to your staff who were here bright and early this morning yes - let us in you have a lot of dedicated people I did notice that your security person they'll never remove their eyes from the screen which is extremely important they're wonderful and they are wonderful people and from our own staff I want to thank of rummy and of course yoni who's here is our engineer I want to thank Amy Vogel who we spoke to earlier and of course Mary my Wallach for producing this morning's show nor by Hagler for hosting and everybody here at you might know him who really made us feel well we had a feeling from the beginning that we feel very welcome here but we really feel very very welcome and we wish everybody happy a happy 18th anniversary and I am told that there's some seventh grade girls here that there's some seventh grade girls here hey yeah everybody yeah yeah there you go some of the members of the no aam Nights girls basketball team who played last night and won congratulations all wearing their orange and blue and one student whose name is salia Hoffer Dahlia Hoffa number 34 has written a communique to my audience you're ready for this I'm excited this is how we're gonna wrap things up with this official communique she writes yes she bought know I'm is the best school because the teachers taught me how to act with respect then she writes that that was Sheva that was praise for you should I know him then there's a Picasa there there's a request she says please can we have Jim for a second time this week run by Hagler between me and you that sounds like a reasonable request so please and lastly Hoda ah thank you for teaching me everything from buds to seventh grade sincerely Thalia so there you go that does say it all doesn't it it does it does Rabbi Hagler I thank you thank you for having us here thank you so much for being here and I couldn't even imagine celebrating this 18th year without you I appreciate that and a happy 18th anniversary thank you I like to think we've been here from day one but I didn't have to build furniture I didn't have to sweep floors I don't have to schlep anything all I had to do was basically congratulate you on the air and let you know how proud I was back then that you were doing this and I'm proud we are right now that you've accomplished all that don't minimize the role that you and Jamie in the m have had I think I've mentioned this before on the air that so many people have told me that they've heard about and learned about and understood who we want are here at UC might know I'm through Jame in the end I appreciate that very much we should go from strength to strength and you should have an amazing spirit day and a peaceful and safe 18th spirit year hat issue but Noah thank you we wish you a safe trip down to Pittsburg ins and we thank you for as you always represent the Jewish community in in every situation and you guys are always there for for Jews all over the world thank you very much we're gonna do our best and I thank you for that I haina be so an optimist and my brothers and sisters in Israel we are with you it's your favorite America's one and only Jewish moments in the morning radio program heard I'm listener sponsored digital radio around the world the webinar from Siegel comma an awesome single network and of course on the beloved NSN app and that in fact wraps up our amazing visit to you Shabbat no um thank you to the students the faculty the administration to the choir to madison caterers to all the wonderful teachers and parents that we met board members everybody who had a role in making this a fantastic visit for us so you should know um this morning and of course rabbi Hagler and avi Hagler and everybody who served as our host today you'll be hearing a lot more about the Shabbat nom I can tell you that much they are a big force in the world of Jewish education and we're proud to be associated with them tomorrow as you know we're live from Pittsburgh we go there now we'll be in a right wasserman synagogue and give everybody around the world two perspective on what's happening there and continue our message of unity and solidarity with our brothers and sisters not only there but around the world till then awesome single reminding you remember the past lived the present and trust the future [Music]