Berman Hebrew Academy is the flagship Preschool-12th grade Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School serving the Greater Washington D.C. area. From our inception, we have made an unwavering commitment to academic excellence, religious commitment, and character development. We intentionally develop students with a sense of religious purpose, personal growth, and self-actualization.
As a preschool-12th grade school, we have the distinct privilege of nurturing each of our students throughout their educational journey. Our students graduate with a sense of pride and go on to lead lives as religiously committed Jews and strong citizens of the world.
As our community marks one year since the tragic events of October 7, Hamodiya asked students to speak about their memories from that day, and from the past year in conflict. Lev Gotschalk ’26 On October 7, it was Shemini Atzeret. I was in shul when I first heard the news about Israel, and I…
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By Dana Lazar ’25 Girls Varsity Soccer Game: Sep. 26, 2024 Final Score: Berman 9, Waldorf 1 The Berman girls varsity soccer team achieved a record-breaking game against Waldorf last week. Entering into the second half, the Berman team had scored four goals — all by Shayel Layni ’25 — against the Hawks, the most…
Berman Cross Country 9/25/24 By Dara Kagan ’27 The Berman Cougars had their third cross country meet at Sandy Spring Friends School on Wednesday, September 25th. One of the most exciting outcomes of the meet was the number of PRs (personal records) that were broken. Unlike the last meet at Sandy, when the temperature was…
by Dasi Albert ’27 As students cherished their last few weeks of summer, Upper School Dean of Students Malkie Hametz was working with great effort toward preparation for the new school year, specifically the newly added gradewide “Kickoff” trips. In previous years, students were welcomed back to school with an Upper School-wide event known as…
Every year, a new set of Torah Mitzion Kollel Bachurim from Israel comes to Berman to learn with students, help with programming, and so much more. This year I was thrilled to meet the new Kollel Bachurim Shaked Ben Dor and Matanya Aberman! Shaked is originally from Karnei Shomron, and Matanya is from Efrat which…
⚽ Cougars Tie Once Again for Their First Point in the PVAC ⚽ Boys Varsity Soccer Game: September 17, 2024 Final score: Berman 1, Saint Anselm’s 1 Going out onto the field on a dark and cloudy day wasn’t easy for the cougars or Saint Anslems. It didn’t help that Anselm’s bus came ten minutes…
Inside Out 2: Growing up but Not Growing Better by Lev Gottschalk ’26 Last year, 2023, was the centennial anniversary of Disney. It was not a very good year for the company, with many of their movies failing at the box office. One of those movies was Elemental, directed by Peter Sohn, and released by…
Written by Eliana Chefitz ’28 What were your feelings first coming into the Berman Upper School? I have been going to Berman since I was in two-year-old nursery, and three of my siblings graduated from Berman. Advancing to high school sounds easy, but it may not be so simple. There are a lot of new…
Written by Dasi Albert ’27 Nitzahn Epstein ’26 is greeted with cheers, upbeat music and colorful signs as she makes her way through Ben Gurion International Airport to join her bus on Mach Hach BaAretz, a five-week Israel summer program for rising high school juniors. For many Berman students, the summer between sophomore and junior…
⚽ Boys Varsity Soccer Game: September 4, 2024 ⚽ Final score: Berman 2, JDS 2 Coming into this friendly scrimmage, JDS was heavily favored to win as a mighty Division I PVAC team versus a Division II Berman Cougars. However, your Cougars came out swinging and scored the first goal of the game to take…
