Mission Statement:
Magen David Yeshivah is a Jewish day school anchored in Jewish law and committed to ensuring that each student receives a comprehensive dual-curriculum education, rooted in Sephardic tradition, and emphasizing academic excellence, creativity and intellectual curiosity.
As a community, we equip our students with the ability to confidently interact with an ever-changing modern world through the prism of Torah values, and to cultivate within them a deep understanding of and love for the people, land and State of Israel.
Our mission is to produce broadly educated, ethical, self-confident and compassionate Torah observant Jews, committed to lifelong learning, community service and personal growth.
Our Values:
Magen David Yeshivah is a Jewish day school anchored in Jewish law and committed to ensuring that each student receives a comprehensive dual-curriculum education, rooted in Sephardic tradition, and emphasizing academic excellence, creativity and intellectual curiosity.
As a community, we equip our students with the ability to confidently interact with an ever-changing modern world through the prism of Torah values, and to cultivate within them a deep understanding of and love for the people, land and State of Israel.
Our mission is to produce broadly educated, ethical, self-confident and compassionate Torah observant Jews, committed to lifelong learning, community service and personal growth.
Our Values:
Mission and Values
Commitment to Morals and Ethics
Commitment to Student Achievement
Commitment to Excellence in Secular Studies and Higher Education
Commitment to Halakha and Hashkafa
MDY recognizes that:
- Every person is capable of greatness
- Each individual has their own unique strengths that must be continuously explored and developed
- Self-confidence is fundamental to personal goal-setting and achieving
- Creativity, and the act of creating, is crucial to the process of teaching, learning, and contributing to society
- Critical thinking is an essential lifelong habit, and instrumental in reaching for achievement
MDY is focused on:
- Teaching Torah Shebikhtav and Torah She-Be-alpeh
- Halacha based on Shulhan Aruch by Rabbi Yoseph Karo
- Our long-standing Sephardic customs and traditions, and teaching Hebrew in the negun of our Syrian ancestors
- Cherishing and celebrating the existence of the modern State of Israel, and supporting it through prayer and deed
- The belief that Medinat Yisrael is our homeland and an indispensable part of our identity as Jews
MDY strives to:
- Instill within its students the highest standards of morals and ethics
- Stress the importance of mitzvot in both "Man to God" and "Man to Man" Torah laws
- Respect various opinions and followings, even those we may not agree with
- Nurture its students to be a source of Kidush Hashem to our community and the Jewish world at large
MDY believes:
- All students require a top notch secular education
- This includes the study of sciences, mathematics, liberal arts, and cultures
- In preparing its students for their entry into the highest caliber colleges, to become respected members of society, and to fulfill the Jewish cause of “being a light unto the nations."
