A PLURALISTIC, COLLEGE PREPARATORY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOR GRADES 6-12.
A PLURALISTIC, COLLEGE PREPARATORY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOR GRADES 6-12.
GOLF (5/20)
Darren Joffe reports:
On a hot, muggy and buggy filled day, the Barrack Cougar Golf team played in the TCISL championship. The ... read more
BV TENNIS
Michael Cahana reports:
On Monday, the Jack M. Barrack boys tennis team was awarded the Penn Jersey League team and individual ... read more
JOEL BELFER
V BASEBALL
Coach Kleger reports:
Sophomore Joel Belfer had an outstanding week against the top two Penn Jersey rivals. ... read more
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Congratulations to Kim Gillio, Barrack's Athletic Director, who was named Acme Market's
"Teacher of the Month," a ... read more
Kudos to JBHA junior David Feinberg, winner of the Cappie Award for Comic Actor in a play -- the JBHA production of Brighton Beach Memoirs. ... read more
Bravo! A number of students in the JBHA production of Brighton Beach Memoirs received a Cappie Nomination and the production was ... read more
COED V TRACK
Avi Lurie reports:
On Thursday we had our second meet of the season. Unfortunately we were a couple of teammates short, but we ... read more
GOLF (4/16)
Darren Joffe reports:
On Tuesday, the Cougar golf team came out to play their first golf match on their home course. The course ... read more
BV TENNIS
Michael Cahana reports:
The Cougars entered Tuesday's match with an aggression so formidable that their opponents, The Delaware ... read more
BV BASEBALL
Jack Kolansky reports:
On a beautiful Sunday morning the Cougars took to the field against crosstown rival Kohelet Yeshiva. ... read more
V SOFTBALL
Lila Manstein reports:
The Cougars had a great game on Tuesday against Westmont, even though we lost 8-7. We were tied at the end ... read more
V BASEBALL
Jack Kolanksy reports:
On Monday the Barrack Cougars came out and won an excellent game vs. Renaissance Academy behind sophomore ... read more
MS BASEBALL
Jake Prusky reports:
MS Cougars played well against VFMA on Thursday. Everybody hit as we won, 11-8. Runs were scored by Jake ... read more
Do you wonder what Jewish texts teach about how to balance all of the different commitments in our lives? Melton@Barrack is offering a four part series in ... read more
V BASEBALL
Jack Kolansky reports:
On Tuesday, the Cougars came our for their second game, playing against the Haverford School. With the ... read more
Alison Klayman, an Akiba-Barrack alumnae, Class of 2002, will take us behind-the-scenes of her award-winning documentary, Ai Wei Wei Never Sorry, on ... read more
The Annenberg Science Symposium judges had high praise for the Barrack 9th grade Science Symposium team’s presentation on Concussions and Concussion ... read more
Barrack Hebrew Academy will be closed beginning Friday, March 22 and classes resume on Thursday, April 4.
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Congratulations to both our varsity and junior varsity JETS (Junior Engineering and Technology Society) who captured second and third place honors, ... read more
JBHA Girls’ Basketball and Robert Saligman Middle Boys’ Teams Win the Jewish Day School Middle School Basketball Playoffs Sponsored by the ... read more
GJV BASKETBALL
Jenna Oppenheimer reports:
On Wednesday, the Cougars played New Foundations at home in our final game of the season. We came ... read more
GV BASKETBALL
Isabel Freedman reports:
For the first time in 5 years, the Lady Cougars made it to the Hill School for the TCISL championship ... read more
Coed Swim Team
Coach Ryan and Coach Riley report:
There are many words to describe Ari Cooper, but if you had to sum them up to one, it ... read more
GV BASKETBALL
Jackie Khutorsky reports:
Today the girls basketball team played in the TCISL semi-final game against Kimberton. In a close ... read more
Concussions and Concussion Safety
This year’s 9th grade Annenberg Science Symposium Team’s presentation focuses on concussions and ... read more
Allen Gottlieb, Barrack’s admired Jewish Studies teacher, was named Acme’s “Teacher of the Month” this month. He was surprised when ... read more
BV BASKETBALL
Daniel Horowitz reports:
The Cougars came out on Monday super excited for their first playoff game!! We played great at the ... read more
BV BASKETBALL
Daniel Saltz reports:
On Senior Day, the Barrack Cougars started all of its seniors and enjoyed early success in their victory ... read more
SWIM TEAM
Leah Samuel-Haltrect reports:
The swim team had an amazing meet on Wednesday against Abington Friends. We finally won a meet, 90-70! ... read more
BJV BASKETBALL
David Gordon reports:
On Tuesday, the Cougars came out strong once again against AIM academy. It was a full team effort as the ... read more
TALIA RAIKIN
MSG Basketball
Coach Madeira reports:
Talia Raikin is the middle school girls basketball athlete of the week. Since day ... read more
CNN anchor and chief White House correspondent Jake Tapper '87 talked about his new book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor at Temple Beth ... read more
Alison Klayman '02, a winner of one of the 2011-2012 Alfred I.duPont Silver Baton Award for outstanding journalism. The awards are administered and ... read more
MSB Basketball
Coach Walker reports:
This past week, student-athlete Micah Weitzman has given the Cougars middle-school boys basketball team ... read more
Join us for our February Open House from 9am to noon. For more information, contact Jen Groen our Director of Admission and Strategic Engagement ... read more
BJV Basketball Team
BJV Basketball
Coach Rob Kushner reports:
Since returning to the court from winter break on January 2, the Barrack ... read more
BV Basketball
Coach Kamen reports:
Eliyahu had an outstanding week, both in his level of play and his leadership. He led the team in ... read more
GV Basketball
Coach Trajtenberg reports:
Jackie is co-captain of the GV basketball team this year and shows her leadership both on and off ... read more
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Barrack’s Junior Varsity Girls’ Basketball team got the first week of the season off to a great start by winning 2 out of 3 games. Freshman ... read more
Fifty JBHA students, studying in Israel, are due to come home next week. Sharon Levin, JBHA Head of School, is there with them now.
David Carel, a 2009 Akiba-Barrack alumnus and senior at Yale University, was named a Rhodes Scholar for 2013. He is one of 32 college students from ... read more
Congratulations to Wendy Woods, an amazing member of the JBHA Girls' Varsity Tennis Team, our Athlete of the Week. Wendy has held the ... read more
Due to all of the down trees, school will be closed again tomorrow, Wednesday, October 31st!
Congratulations to Natalie Lautman '13, Barrack Athlete of the Week and a stand-out player on the JBHA Girls' Varsity Soccer Team. ... read more
Our Middle School students and Jewish studies teachers are extending a special invitation to family members and friends to join them on Friday, ... read more
Barrack administrators and lay leaders met throughout the summer to brainstorm ways to make a stellar Barrack Hebrew Academy education more affordable for ... read more
Cross Country
Coach Washington reports:
I would like to nominate Or Ayash for student-athlete of the week. Or placed in the top 10 in both ... read more
From our Barrack Hebrew Academy family to your family, best wishes for a happy, healthy and sweet New Year!
read moreCommitted to providing the best education for our students, Barrack has partnered with The Kohelet Foundation and The Jewish Day School Collaborative of ... read more
We are pleased to welcome a number of new members to the JBHA team! Last spring Darin Katz, Academic Dean, Lauren ... read more
July 11, 2012 ( Bryn Mawr, PA: ) Imaginations will soar this fall as Barrack Middle School students, grades 6-8, explore “Planet Space,” a ... read more
More than 20 interested Barrack students from grades 6-11 gathered for the informational meeting of JBHA's new Robotics Club. Together with club advisor ... read more
Barrack faculty members proudly presented a number of our Middle Schools students with achievement awards and special recognition for their contributions to ... read more
by David Kolansky ’12 & Noah Cohen ’12
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Amid cheers and applause from families, friends and faculty, 53 Barrack seniors proudly marched into graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 7. ... read more
The 9th grade Honors Biology class had the great pleasure last week of skyping with Akiba graduate, Class of 1983, and USC professor of medicine, ... read more
The sixteenth annual 8th grade trip to Colonial Virginia is not only a time for bonding, but it is also a capstone to the three year Core course of study,” ... read more
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