Experience the Difference
List of 20 news stories.
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Junior Innovator: Max Madof '28
Freshman Max Madof ('28) placed among the top 300 science students across the nation at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. This national STEM competition is a program of Society for Science and welcomed 2,000 competitors who were selected based on outstanding performance at science fairs at the local level.
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Houstonian named to AJC Campus Global Board
Sophie Kalmin has been named to American Jewish Committee’s Campus Global Board, which is dedicated to training and empowering Jewish student leaders as they confront increased antisemitic and anti-Zionist activity at their colleges and universities.
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Emery duo leads Israel 13U Softball to gold medal in Italy
It’s been quite a year in softball for Natalie Lane and Sarah Levy, classmates at The Emery/Weiner School.
Both students represented Team Israel 13 and Under and played a key role in earning Israel’s first-ever gold medal in European competition.
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Tennis player Guy Sasson claims bronze, Israel’s ninth medal at Paralympics
Israeli tennis player and Emery/Weiner parent, Guy Sasson, wins a bronze medal after beating Turkey’s Ahmet Kaplan in men’s quad singles at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. His win marks the ninth medal for Israel at the Paralympics so far, with the Israeli Goalball team set to compete in the gold medal match.
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Emery begins football title defense with big win
The Emery/Weiner School came out strong on the ground and in the air to start the 2024 football season with a big 30-point win on Thursday, Aug. 29.
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Savannah Radoff: Back In Action!
EWS Freshman, Savannah Radoff, describes her journey with spinal surgery and her exciting plans for the future.
Congratulations, Savannah! Your Emery family is cheering you on! 🥳
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Alexander JFS brings Mental Health First Aid training to Emery/Weiner
On Aug. 14 and 15, The Emery/Weiner School gathered 90 teachers and participants to learn from eight national instructors, four of which are in the Alexander JFS Behavioral and Mental Health Services department.
Alexander Jewish Family Service is a resource to schools, companies and organizations throughout the area for Mental Health First Aid training to help recognize the signs of mental health distress and provide an action plan. Mental Health First Aid is a public education course that teaches people how to recognize, identify and respond to signs of mental distress and substance misuse.
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Jewish and Israeli Athletes to Watch at the 2024 Paris Paralympics
Emery alum Peter Berry '20 is one of these amazing athletes and is an alternate for the U.S. Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball Team!
The Games, which were founded by the late German-Jewish doctor Ludwig Guttman, will feature over 4,000 athletes in 22 sports.
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EWS music program continues to hit chai notes
A rock band guitarist-turned instrumental music teacher reconnects with a former student-turned technology mogul to provide instruments for a nearby Title I school.
No, it’s not the plot of a yet-to-be released “School of Rock” sequel, but rather the true and heartwarming story of The Emery/Weiner School music educator Kelly Dean and his students.
Dean, who begins his 17th year as EWS’ Instrumental Music instructor on Aug. 20, has built an award-winning music program. It received the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation’s Support Music Merit Award for the seventh straight year, becoming one of only 15 American schools (and the only one in Texas) to receive that honor.
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THE MAGIC OF MACCABI: Hosting Jewish competition, connection and fun
The JCC Maccabi Games are all about creating Jewish connections and memories.
That excitement was on full display Sunday, Aug. 4, when more than 1,000 teens from all over the world spontaneously rushed the floor of Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse to jump around, dance and celebrate in unison as Matisyahu’s song “One Day” was blared from the speakers.
A rockin’ Opening Ceremonies kicked off an amazing week for thousands of Jewish athletes, coaches and family as the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC and the Houston Jewish community hosted the JCC Maccabi Games & Access Aug. 4-9.
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Resounding Resilience: Emery's Hailey Sutin '30 & Strake Jesuit's Alex Narcisse on embracing life in a hearing world
The seventh grader at Emery/Weiner would love to write a book about her hearing loss for an eighth-grade passion project in the future.She has a cochlear implant in each ear but struggles to keep up in group social environments.“Sometimes I can’t hear them and then they say, ‘never mind’ if I ask what was being said,” Hailey says. “I don’t press them sometimes to see what the conversation was about. Talking to a person in a one-on-one setting is much better. Also, school group projects are harder for me.”
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Josh Blum (EWS '21) becomes first Emery grad to be drafted in MLB
Five years ago, a sophomore at The Emery/Weiner School was asked by the Jewish Herald-Voice what he wanted to do when he grew up.
On July 16, Josh Blum made it official.
Surrounded by family and friends, Blum celebrated as he was selected by the New York Mets in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
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2024 Mets Draft profile: Josh Blum (EWS '21)
With their sixteenth-round selection in the 2024 draft, the 473rd overall pick, the Mets selected Josh Blum (EWS '21), a right-handed pitcher from the University of Southern California.
Bellaire, Texas native Josh Blum attended The Emery/Weiner School in Houston, where he lettered in both baseball and football all four years he attended. Over the course of his four years with Jaguars, he posted a cumulative 0.75 ERA with 166 strikeouts in 92.0 innings. A projectable right-handed pitcher from Texas, Blum was on the radar of scouts and evaluators but went undrafted and honored his commitment to the University of Southern California instead.
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Day schools step up to help JCC camps after Hurricane Beryl
With 850 kids excited for a fun week of summer camp – but no power at the J after Hurricane Beryl – Evelyn Rubenstein JCC officials had to come up with a quick, manageable solution.
Fortunately, this is Houston, where Jewish community organizations never hesitate to open their doors to help those in need.
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Juliette Hess '25 impacts community through Family Giving Circle
Incoming high school senior at The Emery/Weiner School, Juliette Hess, has been working alongside the Greater Houston Community Foundation’s Family Giving Circle, showcasing once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for other teens.
Hess has been a part of the Family Giving Circle for two years and is part of the leadership team. She and her peers researched, selected and distributed $34,000 to Houston reVision, Angel Reach and the Coalition for the Homeless. Since hearing about this organization that allows teens to come together and share their love for philanthropy, Hess has been working alongside the Events and Engagement Coordinator, Elizabeth Gonzales, who has been her mentor.
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The Return to Shearn: Growing the Program in its Second Year
“More.”
That’s the word longtime Emery music teacher — and more recent afterschool program creator — Kelly Dean uses to sum up the Shearn Music Program’s transformation over the past year.
This year’s program boasts more students, more days, and more hours of musical exploration. With the incorporation of Shearn’s new grant for after-school programs, the music initiative at Shearn Elementary has flourished, presenting both exciting opportunities and new challenges.
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Planting the next seed: Emery/Weiner School breaks ground on $30 million expansion
With the demand for a quality Jewish education continuing to rise, The Emery/Weiner School – with the help of dozens of community members – has answered the bell.
Already the largest school of its kind in the United States per capita, EWS will be growing in both square feet and students in the very near future.
On June 6, EWS held a groundbreaking to kick off a $30 million, 75,000-square-feet expansion of the Jewish day school that currently serves more than 600 students from sixth through 12th grade.
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Teen philanthropy students from Emery award 4 grants to fight antisemitism
The J-Teen Philanthropy Initiative celebrated its sixth annual Check Granting Ceremony on April 28 at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston.
Eight months of consensus building, research, exploring social justice issues, learning about the nonprofit world and fundraising culminated with more than $18,000 in total grants awarded to four Houston nonprofits. The Anti-Defamation League Southwest, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, Israeli-American Council Houston and Houston Hillel received grants supporting programs that focus on combatting antisemitism and providing Israel education.
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Science Stars: Max M. '28 and Levi L. '28 Earn Third Place in State Science and Engineering Fair
EWS eighth graders Max M. '28 and Levi L. '28 took third place in Embedded Systems at the Texas Science and Engineering Fair (TXSEF) state-level science fair. Each year, Emery/Weiner has a middle-school science fair competition, and all honors-level science students are asked to participate.
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Mandy Stein (EWS '09) Supports Uru Community in Tanzania
Emery/Weiner alumna Mandy Stein was just a teenager when she first went to Africa and fell in love with the people in Tanzania. While in college, she had the bold idea to help the children there get an education, and more remarkably, with the help of many Houston-area neighbors, she started a school that now supports hundreds of students, even one of whom is now a doctor."I believe in the power of one," Stein said. "I also know that I can't do everything, but I can do something."Mandy Stein lives in Tanzania, but she returns home to Meyerland to visit friends and family and also to garner donations from the community, which has supported her Tanzanian school for more than a decade. This time, she'll fill a container that will ship bikes, books, clothes, and more 8,800 miles away.
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