Akiba Hebrew Academy
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Akiba Hebrew Academy is a pluralistic Jewish Day School, for grades 6 to 12, located in Merion, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1946. The current headmaster is Rabbi Phillip Field who is retiring in June 2007.
[edit] Alumni
Well known alumni include writer Mitch Albom, national journalist Jake Tapper, scientist Dan Bricklin, fiction writer David Goldstein, political columnist Samuel J Abrams, author David Wolpe, sports radio host Rob Charry, and political scientist Barnett Rubin.
[edit] Athletics
Akiba men's sports teams (The Cougars) participate in the Tri-County Independent School League (TCISL). Girl's teams are members of TCISL as well as the Penn-Jersey League.
In the 2005-06 season, the Lady Cougars basketball team captured titles in both TCISL and Penn-Jersey. The men's basketball team last won a title in 1996-97, captained by Nati Passow and Marshal Leasak and coached by Barnett Kamen.
The 2006 Akiba men's soccer team, led by Jordan Cooper, David Barnett, Boaz Leberman, and goalkeeper Sam Tennenbaum, capped off a successful season by winning the TCISL title for the first time since 1991.
Akiba fielded its first varsity baseball team in 1994. The team was coached in 1994 by Greg Marks and lead by pitcher Jeffrey Schildhorn, first-baseman Gabriel Moreen, and catcher Morris Levin. The team was no-hit in its first game ever by Westmont Christian. Ari Fuchs recorded the team's first homerun.
[edit] External links
- http://www.akibaweb.org/ - official site
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