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The Bible doesn’t know from democracy, but it does predict Jews would live among different people in different places with different customs. So the prophet Jeremiah directs the p...

By Adina T., Dalia P., Eve S., Ezra A., and Ilan G. (Intro to Journalism Elective) LORETTO — The middle school students from Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School recently re...

"On October 7, the Jews were victims. But now we have the might, power, and fortitude to defend ourselves, to fight back against the aggressors. And there are signs of hope everyw...

The first month of school has been filled with a warm welcome to our students and families. From Back-to-School Night and the New Parent Welcome to our Parent-Teacher Conferences,...

With the most significant Jewish holidays taking place in October, this month naturally lends itself to reflection, intention-setting, and renewal — perfectly aligning with the st...

While many of our Heilicher students might have spent their summer diving into The Hunger Games or The Summer I Turned Pretty , my own reading list looked a bit different. This...

Heilicher alum Eitan Weinstein (class of 2016) exemplifies Heilicher’s mission to cultivate lifelong learners and community leaders as he completes his undergraduate education at ...

The start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7 hurt our community members but strengthened our community. It even grew our community, bringing families to Heilicher during the unc...

Amalya Lewin (Heilicher ’05) is an outpatient therapist, who for the last two years served LGBTQ+ youth for the St. Paul nonprofit RECLAIM. She deeply values providing accessible ...

From an early age, Rivka Buchbinder (Heilicher ’12) knew she wanted to be an educator. Her mom was a teacher, and Rivka fondly remembers the connections she had with her teachers ...

Heilicher alum Leah Shapiro (Heilicher ’08) is redefining debate — what it looks like, what it sounds like, and, most importantly, who can participate. She created My Voice Matter...

Gabe Segal (Heilicher ’01) graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a master’s degree in industrial engineering and has developed a career in the financial sector...

When Ron Garber (Heilicher ‘92) and June Cheng’s first child, Yael (Yaya), was born in 2015, they were thrilled about their growing family. But that excitement turned to anxiety w...

Kids everywhere love to play with LEGO® bricks, as they are among the most popular and enduring toys. Adam Ward, who attended Heilicher in the early 1990s through fifth grade, has...

Tell us a bit about your own Jewish background, upbringing, and involvement. How did it influence your current path? I was raised in a Jewish family who gathered together for S...

When Ronen Pink, Heilicher class of 2013 (and now a senior at the University of Miami), learned last spring of organizations’ pressing needs for personal protective equipment (PPE...

Alumna Carly Joseph (Heilicher ’17) is on a mission to educate people about what happened in the Holocaust. Her mission is born from years of solid Jewish education at Heilicher, ...

Heilicher alum Julia Birnberg (Heilicher ’12) is no stranger to Jewish community leadership. A rising senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has already distinguished ...

Zachariah Sippy graduated from Heilicher in 2014 and is heading to Princeton University this fall. His sister and current high school student Emmanuelle attended Heilicher through...

Walking onto campus brought back a flood of memories for HMJDS alumnus Daniel Vinitsky. Daniel graduated from eighth grade at HMJDS in 2005 but has since spent many hours on campu...