10 Tuesday Sep 2013
Photos from our First Day of Synagogue School – Thanks Anna Felman for taking pictures 🙂
Our joint wishes for the New Year! Â We are all connected as is illustrated in the crossword style layout for our New Year Wishes! Â Be sure to come into the building and read what our students are wishing for!
Shana Tova and G’mar Hatima Tova
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22 Wednesday May 2013
10 Sunday Feb 2013
Posted in Special Programs
Members of the Daled, Hay and Vav classes were bowling together on February 2, 2013 at an Or Hadash Event. They were joined by some younger bowlers as well!
Great time was had by all! Next Or Hadash Event – HUC Soup Kitchen with Cantor Eric on Monday, April 15th
09 Wednesday Jan 2013
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community, daled, gimmel, guitar, hay, Hebrew Bible, madrichim, music, singing, songs, tfilot, Torah, vav
It was an INCREDIBLE weekend with gimmel, daled, hay and vav students! Â Our madrichim were amazing as were the teachers who, as a team, staffed this weekend away from home. Â While we were housed in new bunks (the smell of the new varnish is still in many of our clothes), ate in a new dining hall and hung out in a new common room we were all happy to be at Ashokan. Â Many of the familiar sounds and smells have changed, but new ones will replace the old. Â The sight of the field covered in snow was a welcome way to spend the morning before lunch! Â Playing gaga and Ashokan games were as awesome as ever. Â Not to mention the WONDERFUL songs that each learning group created in an effort to teach us about an important character in the Hebrew Bible!
Our evening sing-a-longs lead by Maddy, Rebecca and Solomon were great! We were delighted by the accordion, guitars and the ukulele as well as the voices of all of the students! Â There is so much to tell about our adventures … night experience, 2 hour hike, morning hike, challenge and discovery, ropes course, bedtime songs … great food, time to chill … and the bus rides! Â Please browse through the many photos and post questions and comments to help us share what YOU want to know about the place/experience, simply known as Ashokan!
21 Friday Sep 2012
The Thursday Vav class has truly become a kehilah, a community. Â We shared what values are important to our class community and together created a Brit, an agreement of values for our community — a Brit Kehilah! In pairs, students designed and decorated a piece of the Brit Kehilah puzzle, then put all the pieces together, read all the values we agree on as a class community and signed our names on this beautifully colored and decorated document! Our Brit Kehilah will be with us every class session to remind us of all the values we want to uphold as a community. Â Some of them are: respect, honesty, listen to each person, friendship, patience, and having fun (of course)! Â Leave a comment and add a value to our Vav Brit Kehilah!
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12 Wednesday Sep 2012
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What a wonderful first class we had! Rabbi Lee & I taught all the kids together for our first session, and the theme of our class was inspired by the message of the Hashivenu – a High Holiday prayer that asks us to, “Return Again” to who we are. We asked each student to think about when they are their truest selves, and their answers were awesome: “When I’m with family.” “When I’m at camp.” “When I’m taking on a new challenge.”
Then, we tried the figure out the “why’s” behind the “when’s,” and to apply those feelings to our expectations for the class this year, and how we can create a community where everyone is able to bring their truest selves to our year of learning together.
Finally, everyone created a letter to themselves based on their discoveries, which, like the Book of Life, is written, and sealed (in an envelope that they’ll get back to reflect on at the end of the year!).
May this be a year of sweetness, growth and learning together!
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09 Sunday Sep 2012
Posted in Shabbat School
09 Sunday Sep 2012
Posted in Shabbat School
