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Weekday Branches
At each weekday branch location, LAHHS students enroll in two courses: Modern Hebrew Language and Jewish Text study. Students are grouped by their KNOWLEDGE level in the weekday branches and not by the High School grade level.
The levels of Hebrew are geared towards students from many different backgrounds including religious school, Jewish day school and students with native Israeli parents. A placement exercise is given to each new student before the school year begins to determine the most appropriate Hebrew level.
*Students with no prior Hebrew knowledge are also welcome to join
L.A. Hebrew High. In general, for the Jewish text courses students will study a different book of the Torah for each grade in 8th, 9th and 10th and then move to "Prophets" and "Jewish Law" in the 11th and 12th grades.
Sundays
The morning is divided into four forty-five minute periods with a school wide twenty minute break in between periods two and three.
Students at each grade level enroll in two core courses. The third course is a continuation of the weekday Hebrew session with the same teacher and students (part time students take “conversational” Hebrew). The final course is an elective.
Program Highlights
The core curriculum at LAHHS emphasizes Jewish text study including a variety of biblical, rabbinic, ethical, philosophical and historical texts as well as competency in Hebrew language and literature. In addition, LAHHS is proud to supplement the core classes with an exciting and intellectually stimulating array of electives as well as the Kamenir Shabbaton Retreat program at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California.
Please review our Program Highlights HERE.
Sample Core Classes |
| 8th |
Dorff Ethics/ Torah Portion of the Week |
| 9th |
Rabbinics/ Miller Modern Jewish History |
| 10th |
Holocaust/ Israel/ Ziman Tefillah (Prayer) |
| 11th |
Farkas Junior Seminar (double period) College style session with different rabbis or educators each week |
| 12th |
Pressman Senior Seminar (double period) College style session with different rabbis or educators each week |
Elective Options |
Israeli Dance
Judaic Arts & Crafts
Jews in Media
Music/Band
Jewish Lens
Photography
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Krav Maga - Dennis Survival
* Jewish Civics Initiative
* Israel Partnership Program
Current Events
Contemporary Jewish Issues
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Krav Maga: Exposes students to a system developed in Israel that involves striking techniques, wrestling and grappling, that is taught to regular and special forces in the IDF. This class will teach you how to defend yourself while having a great time with your peers. |
Judaic Arts and Crafts: Experiment. Shape. Discover your roots through the use of a variety of artistic media in a learner friendly environment. |
Jews in Media: How are Jews portrayed in movies and television? Are the portraits accurate? Using popular television shows and movies we will look at what they teach us about being Jewish and what image viewers get of the Jewish people. |
Israeli Folk Dance: Dance your Sunday mornings away! Learn the best of the new and hippest songs, dances and enjoy your old favorites. |
Current Events: Utilizing newspapers, the internet, magazines and T.V. as our sources, we will explore, discuss, and debate many important current issues that impact both the Jewish world and the world at large. |
Music/Band: A class for experienced musicians interested in developing their talents and performing at Hebrew High holiday celebrations with their instruments. |
Music Appreciation from a Jewish Perspective: This class will study music from Jewish composers and artists, highlighting their contributions to popular jazz and classical music. |
Jewish Civics Initiative Project—(10th and 11th Grade Students only): A politics and values class with an emphasis on debate, tzedeka projects, leadership training and opportunities to meet and lobby politicians in Washington DC during a class trip. |
The Partnership Program (available to 9th Grade students as an elective in January 2012) The School Twinning Program, sponsored by the Jewish Federation, is an exchange between teenagers from Ironi Dalet High School in Tel Aviv and our LAHHS Students. |
Kamenir Shabbaton Retreats - (Weekend Retreats)
A wonderful component of the Hebrew High program, students attend one weekend retreat at Camp Ramah per year. A relevant and inspiring theme is chosen and interactive programs are interspersed throughout the weekend revolving around the theme. The 2010-2011 retreats focus on the theme “From All Four Corners: The Many Faces of Israel”.
 View a sample Shabbaton schedule
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