The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational Campus celebrates the rich and diverse Jewish communities of Las Vegas. We encourage our students to cultivate their own unique Jewish identities while embracing expressions of Judaism that are different from their own. We ask students to challenge themselves and each other to explore who they are and where they come from. We create experiences, such as Tefillot (prayers) and Shabbatonim (Shabbat experiences), for the many communities in our midst to come together to support and develop their particular Jewish identities.
Our students encounter the riches and complexities of Judaism through an analysis of the primary texts of our tradition. The focus of the curriculum is on teaching meaningful and relevant topics and themes in Judaism with practical moral or philosophical lessons via rigorous and intensive text study. Students are fully immersed in the vitality of the Hebrew language with an emphasis on becoming fluent Hebrew speakers and readers.
By bringing different Jews together to learn, eat, pray, play, and celebrate as a community, we nurture young adults who are open and inclusive, and who respect the dignity of every Jew and human being, whether or not they agree with his or her practices or beliefs. Our students graduate as thoughtful and responsible young adults, confident in their personal Jewish identities and open to and knowledgeable about the diverse family of Jews and human beings in their world.
We have begun to create a new type of Jewish interchange, one that can shape this next generation of Jewish leaders to understand their own form of Jewish commitment in the context of the broader community in which they live.
B’Shalom,
Rabbi Yussman has an esteemed record of collaborating with top school leaders internationally, such as fellowships at the Harvard University Principals’ Center, the Bar Ilan University Principals’ Center, and the Hartman Institute of Jewish Studies. He has developed innovative Judaic Studies curricula, many of which are published and used in Jewish day schools throughout America. Rabbi Yussman deems his Israeli army service to be one of his proudest accomplishments. He holds a bachelors in Psychology from Boston University, a masters in Jewish education from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Landes at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and he is in his final year of coursework for his Doctorate in Education from UNLV. He was previously a principal and teacher at some of the finest Jewish day schools in America. He is also a proud parent of three girls in our lower school.
