From Malka Sansani - Director of Education & Youth

Purim Carnival - Having Fun and Raising Funds.  Games old and new, hamentachen, pizza, magic show, prizes, eye-catching theme baskets, and a balloon raffle - - all in two hours!  That was our Purim Carnival, under the superb and energetic team of Nancy Loeb-Williams (chair), Bonnie Berman (games) & Stephanie Moss (Kids' Craft Fair).  Thanks also go to Jodi Leiderman, Cherryne Kravitz, Annette Fineberg and Trudy Schwartz for soliciting donations for our balloon raffle; to Leslie Brumer and Hedy Sala for prizes; to Joy Cohan for publicity; to Laurel & Eric Hassid and sons Brandon and Nathan for lunch sale; to Cheri Herman for pre-sale tickets; to Denise Hoffner and son Benjamin for creating a colorful and dramatic Purim buzz in our morning services; to Matt Rosenberg for the fun balloon twisting activity; to Mark Rutheiser and son Jacob for being the Haman we wanted "to ping"; to Steve and son David for making for us the "Bean bag Haman" game. Many thanks go also to Kathryn and David Shickman, Carmia Feldman, Stanley Young, Jami and Jesse Alvarez, Shoshana Zatz, Karen Crane, Bill Williams and Debbie Wilk for helping us throughout the day. Our gratitude extends to all the parents who generously donated items for the class' themed baskets and to Dianne Sprott for assembling them; the results were spectacular.  We were blessed to get help of all kinds from our teens - Ian Cohan the cotton candy guy; Maya Abramson, Zoe Fishman, Kelsey Goldman, Hannah Jolkovsky, Grace Landon, Emily Seropian, Jordan Shickman and brothers Aaron and Sam Simon. Todah Rabah! And last but not least loud applause to Cantor Brian, Rhoda Rohnstock and our Sunday school teachers and madrichim for their cheerfulness and high spirit supervising game booths and making them so much fun. Purim is an enormous production comprised of endless small details which must be sewn seamlessly to bring it to its successful completion.  Thank you to all for making it a huge success and a day to remember.

"Battle of the Books" was the battle of the tribes.  Four tribes of Israel, Asher, Z'vulun, Issaschar and Levi competed against each other in our 3rd annual Battle of the Books contest.  We are proud of all the students who put in the effort and made the time to read three great Jewish themed books. We believe they enjoyed the books as well as the competition. The winning team, the Z'vulun tribe, consisting of 6th graders Ariel Axelrad-Hausman, Danielle Newman and Juliana Zatz-Watkins outwitted their friends and received a free pass to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Many thanks and appreciation to Dea Athon-Diamant for organizing the "Battle" from beginning to end, to Alex Diamant for serving as a score keeper and to helpers Laura Curtis, Jim Curtis, and Jodi Liederman who helped in judging the contest. "Battle of the Books" is a wonderful addition to our Sunday school programs which enriches our students' Jewish knowledge and experience. We are fortunate to have parent helpers who make it possible to offer this opportunity.

Keshet News

Keshet is going strong with new electives: Art, Israel and the value of taking care of our bodies. Rabbi Greg completed a month of teaching "Ethical Will" curriculum to families of Confirmation providing meaningful and interesting experience to parents and children. Keshet will NOT meet on April 8 & 15 due to Passover & spring break. 

With love and peace,

Malka Sansani

 

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Schedule of Classes

Note: You must be a current member of CBH to register your children for any religious school program.

Goals 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:

1. Jewish Identity - Jews who affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves inseparably to their people by word, deed and way of life.
2. 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.
3. Eretz Israel - Jews who affirm their historical bond to Eretz Yisrael, the Land and State of Israel.
4. Hebrew - Jews who cherish and study Hebrew, the language of the Torah and of the Jewish people.
5. T'ffilah (prayer) - Jews who understand the nature of t'fillah, value and practice t'fillah.
6. 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).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.