This Week at Religious School
Materials for the 2008-2009 School Year
As caretakers of the environment, we decided to offer school registration online. Please complete the forms linked below and mail them to CBH by June 30, 2008 to take advantage of the Early Bird tuition. In order to hire the appropriate staff, proper number of teachers, order books and shop for supplies, we need to know as early as possible, how many students to expect in each Sunday and Hebrew school class.
Please complete a new emergency/medical information form for each child and choose your preferred area to help our school on the mandatory parent-volunteer form. I will be happy to hear your ideas if you want to share areas of expertise beyond what is mentioned on the form.
Please note: Registration forms for Keshet (Post B’nai Mitzvah program) and youth programs will be mailed in the last week of June.
Registration Cover
Letter
Religious School
Registration Form
Volunteer
Commitment Form
Emergency
Medical Form
Dates to Remember
Sunday school starts on September 21st
Hebrew school September 23rd.
Schedule of Classes
| Sunday School | Grade | Schedule |
| Pre-Kindergarten | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (every other Sunday) | |
| Kindergarten - 7th | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | |
| Hebrew School | Levels | Schedule |
| Alef, Bet, Gimel & Dalet | Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Schedule for classes for 2008-09 TBA |
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| Yachad (in Sacramento) | Grades | Schedule |
| 8th through 10th | Wednesday Evenings 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. September to May |
Note: You must be a current member of CBH to register your children for any religious school program.
^ TOPGoals of the Religious School Program
Religious School Program at Congregation Bet Haverim has several key goals:
- Provide Jewish Education in accordance with the guidelines set by the Reform Movement
- Deepening of Jewish experience and knowledge for all Jews
- Strengthen faith in G-d, love of Torah, and identification with the Jewish people through involvement in the Synagogue and participation in Jewish life
We believe that Judaism contains answers to the challenges and questions confronting us daily, and that a knowledgeable Jew can successfully discover these answers. Linked to these goals, our education program embraces experiences and learning activities encouraging children and adults to study these areas:
- Jewish Identity - Jews who affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves inseparably to their people by word, deed and way of life.
- Brit (Covenant between G-d and the Jewish People) - Jews who bear witness to the Brit by embracing Torah through the study and observance of mitzvot (Commandments) as interpreted in the light of historic development and contemporary thought.
- Eretz Israel - Jews who affirm their historical bond to Eretz Yisrael, the Land and State of Israel.
- Hebrew - Jews who cherish and study Hebrew, the language of the Torah and of the Jewish people.
- T'ffilah (prayer) - Jews who understand the nature of t'fillah, value and practice t'fillah.
- Values - Jews who can explain the important values/mitzvot, which have guided Jews for 3,000 years. Jewish children who understand the reasons for devotion to these values and are committed to further the causes of justice, freedom, and peace by pursuing tzedek (righteousness), mishpat (justice), and gmilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness).
- Customs and practices - Jews who are familiar with the origin and meaning of Jewish custom and practices, life cycle events, Shabbat and all forms of celebrations, and observe Jewish ceremonies marking significant occasions in their lives.
- V'ahavta L'reaha Kamoha (love your neighbor as you love yourself) - Jews who esteem their own person and the person of others; their own family and the family of others; their own community and the community of others.
- K'lal Israel (the community of Jews) - Jews who express their kinship with K'lal Israel by actively seeking the welfare of Jews throughout the world, for whom the history of the Jewish people is central and meaningful.
- Involvement - Jews who support and participate in synagogue life.
Religious School Contacts
Malka Sansani, Director of Religious Education and Youth
E-mail Malka
Greg Wolfe, Rabbi
E-mail Rabbi Wolfe
Contact the Office by phone at (530) 758-0842, or by e-mail.
