Congratulations to Robbins Hebrew Academy's (RHA's) unstoppable debate team and their coach, Donnie Friedman, for their triumph at the Jewish Day Schools Debate Tournament held on March 22.
Seven schools, twenty-eight teams in all competed in an all-day tournament, and after the preliminary and semi-final rounds, three of RHA's teams remained unbeaten and also earned the highest cumulative scores.
Tournament regulations required that the final championship round be between the two (different) schools with the highest standing, so they found themselves facing the Leo Baeck team for the championship. They were not to be disappointed, and the RHA team took the championship trophy, debating the resolution: "Losing is better than winning".
The debate team had been training hard for several months, attending lunchtime sessions, sharpening their advocacy and presentation skills, and having lots of laughs as well.
Robbins Hebrew Academy is so proud of all the participants and celebrate their success.
