Our learners continue their Jewish Journey by exploring Torah through midrash (commentary), holiday mitzvot, Israel, and Hebrew. Our community Shabbat experience is the core of our curriculum and each weekday class is focused on preparing for this experience.

Gimel

Homeroom: Homeroom is where learners are learning about building community. The other main goal of homeroom is to prepare the learners for their experience on Shabbat. During the week this may include learning about themes of the parshiyot or studying a Jewish value that will be the center of our Shabbat programming for the week. The homeroom classes are where the learners will be for Shabbat learning time. At the beginning of the school year, learners are also building community through learning about the holidays.

Hebrew: Thirty-minute sessions are dedicated to learning Hebrew language. through tefillah, prayer. We are using a curriculum called Mitkadem which is published by the URJ. This curriculum has units based on specific prayers. The units that will be covered in Kitah Gimel are Brakhot, blessings (Level 4), Kiddush (Level 5) and Bar’khu, ma’ariv aravim, yotzer or, the opening blessings of the daily evening service (Level 7).

Midrash: Our sages teach, “There are 70 different ways to understand the Torah…” This class will focus on enabling our learners to interpret the Torah in their own ways. By learning stories from the Torah and classical midrashim, they will gain the skills to understand the meaning and value of commentary within Jewish literature and to feel confident in their own interpretations. They will also have opportunities to create midrashim of their own.

Dalet

Homeroom: Homeroom is where learners are learning about building community. The other main goal of homeroom is to prepare the learners for their experience on Shabbat. During the week this may include learning about themes of the parshiyot or studying a Jewish value that will be the center of our Shabbat programming for the week. The homeroom classes are where the learners will be for Shabbat learning time. At the beginning of the school year, learners are also building community through learning about the holidays.

Hebrew: Thirty-minute sessions are dedicated to learning Hebrew language. through tefillah, prayer. We are using a curriculum called Mitkadem which is published by the URJ. This curriculum has units based on specific prayers. The units that will be covered in Kitah Dalet are Bar’khu, ma’ariv aravim, yotzer or, the opening blessings of the daily evening service (Level 7), Sh’ma, v’ahavta (Level 9), and Aleinu (Level 16).

Belief in Action: This session will focus on teaching the connection between Jewish values and observance as practiced in the Conservative Movement. Storytelling, text study, drama, art and other modalities will be used to teach this session. The goal of this session is to foster learners’ exploration of their own budding Jewish identities in a safe environment, while exposing them to the idea that ethical practice lead to Jewish living.

Hey

Homeroom: Homeroom is where learners are learning about building community. The other main goal of homeroom is to prepare the learners for their experience on Shabbat. During the week this may include learning about themes of the parshiyot or studying a Jewish value that will be the center of our Shabbat programming for the week. The homeroom classes are where the learners will be for Shabbat learning time. At the beginning of the school year, learners are also building community through learning about the holidays.

Hebrew: -minute sessions are dedicated to learning Hebrew language. through tefillah, prayer. We are using a curriculum called Mitkadem which is published by the URJ. This curriculum has units based on specific prayers. The units that will be covered in Kitah Hey are: HaTikvah (Level 21), Torah brakhot (Level 6),and Shabbat Haftarah brakhot (Level 19).

Israel: Kitah Hey will experience Jewish history, holidays and stories through the lens of Israel. At the beginning of the year, there will be a heavy focus on history of the State of Israel. As learners become more proficient in their Torah learning, this session will shift to its second focus – how the Jewish people are also the people of Israel. The goal of this session is to have learners explore how Eretz Yisrael, the land of Israel and Am Yisrael, the people of Israel, are connected. This session will deal with essential questions such as: What does it mean to be the People of Israel if we live in the Diaspora? How can we be a People of Israel if we are scattered throughout the world? What is our connection (as Jews, Americans, etc) to the Land of Israel?