Houses
JFS implements the house system and has four houses. It has been a tradition for some years that students wear the specific tie for their house (e.g. the tie for students in Angel has red stripes, etc.)
| Name of House | Named after | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| Angel | Moses Angel | Red |
| Brodetsky | Selig Brodetsky | Blue |
| Weizmann | Chaim Weizmann | Green |
| Zangwill | Israel Zangwill | Yellow |
Both Brodetsky and Zangwill were former students, Angel was the first headmaster and Weizmann was the first president of the state of Israel, who has several links to the school.
Students are split into their respective houses for most classes in Years 7, 8 and 9 as well as inter-house competitions, such as football and basketball.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must be stripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living laid for a foundation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“And the Harvard students in the brick
hallowed houses studied Sappho in cement rooms.
And this Sappho danced on the grass
and danced and danced and danced.
It was a death dance.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Spooky things happen in houses densely occupied by adolescent boys. When I checked out a four-inch dent in the living room ceiling one afternoon, even the kid still holding the baseball bat looked genuinely baffled about how he possibly could have done it.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)