One of the many privileges of working in our school is being surrounded by all of the amazing work that your children do each and every day. A day does not pass by when I don’t marvel at something that your children (and their teachers) do. Yesterday I admired the new “bottle cap installation” that hangs in […]
Archives for March 2011
Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #20
We began as we do every week with a student leading the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies. The student who led the attendance conversation challenged the class by asking the questions out of order. Students still readily responded with the correct answers. Modern Hebrew Language To review language patterns and vocabulary which students had […]
Stepping Through the Door Together – Now’s the Time
“I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!” I feel like the white rabbit. You know, rushing hither and yon, trying to figure out how to get where I need to go without being too distracted by all the tweets, network posts, and blogs I follow; not to mention the old technologies like the […]
Shabbat Commentary – Pekudei
In this week’s Torah Portion, Pekudei, Moses gives an accounting of the precious materials which the children of Israel contributed for the building and furnishing of the Mishkan. The items made from these contributions are meticulously described and include the priestly garments and ornaments, as well as the structural elements and ritual “equipment.” God commands […]
Swimming to 31°47’N, 35°12’E – A Shabbat Homework Assignment
Howard Schwartz is a storyteller, a folklorist, a scholar, and a poet. He’s collected many Jewish stories, my favorites being found in Lilith’s Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural, Elijah’s Violin & Other Jewish Fairy Tales and Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism. He has a new collection of poems out: Breathing in the […]
Shalom Kitah Gimel Students and Families #19
Shalom. Students led the Blessings for Torah Study and cookies. In our attendance conversation, students commented that even though Ha ona choref (“The season is winter.”), it felt more like spring today. Modern Hebrew Language Students were given one minute to review the vocabulary words which had been assigned for homework. Then, without the help […]