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Torah School Council
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odi Lipson, Chair
Wendy Baber, Vice Chair
Heidi Block
Paul Feldman
Melissa Seldin
Sandra Yesnowitz
Kim Bayard, Adjunct - Finance
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Snacks for 04/13/19
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Gan/Alef -
Alex Adato Horowitz
Bet -
Molly Whiddon
Gimmel -
Alana Anantham
Dalet -
Isaac Biel
Hey - Eliana Gentry
Vav - Torah School
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Pesach is in the air! For those who clean your cupboards and all Torah School families, please continue doing the
mitzvah, ha'alachat re'eyvim (feeding the hungry), info
here. Every Shabbat morning, donate canned food for Manna which feeds people struggling with food insecurity in Montgomery County. Adat Shalom has a new
campaign,
Manna for Manna: Omer Food Drive, April 13th-June 9th, to especially help restock Manna's shelves from the second night of Pesach when we start
counting the omer.
Federation is sharing great Pesach recipes and ideas, click here for ideas
. Encourage your child to lead the 4 Questions, Dayenu and Echad Mi Yodea. Listen and learn with Rabbi Rachel as she sings many Pesach seder tunes.
Enjoy your seder/s celebration/s and schep naches (take pride) in your children's spiritual and cultural growth!
April 13th will be the last day of Torah School before spring break. I hope you and your child/ren will enjoy relaxing and reJEWvenating time with family and friends.
Classes will resume on April 27th, the last day of Pesach.
L'shalom,
Rabbi Julie
Director of Education
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2019 Memorial Day Retreat Registration is LIVE!
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Testimony why you should join us at the retreat:
"As newer parents, opportunities to relax and bond with other families are limited. We found the retreat to provide the best of all worlds: the chance to enjoy time with our families outside in nature, the chance to learn and deepen our Jewish connections, and the opportunity for our children to make lifelong friends." Melissa Seldin
Learn, play and hang out with Rabbi Fred, Rabbi Rachel, Rabbi Julie, Dr. Rabbi David Teutsch, scholar-in-residence and Marilyn Price, artist-in-residence. Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, Camp Havaya's Executive Director, writes:
"Marilyn's creativity and passion shine through in everything she does. A long-time artist-in-residence at Camp Havaya, she brings innovative, interactive, fun, and meaningful programming to our kids and campers summer after summer. You won't want to miss the chance to learn, explore, and create with her!"
Swim, hike, walk, ropes courses, visit farm animals and gardens.
Havdallah under the stars followed by our joyous campfire and delicious s'mores. Who could ask for anything more?
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April 13th: Shabbat Matters with Kay Abrams, PhD
9:45am-11am, in the double classroom
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"Parenting with Confidence: Less Bribes, Less Threats and Less Exhaustion". Learn great tools for all parents.
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Special April 13th programs:
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Kitot Bet-Daled B'Yachad Intergenerational service led by Rabbi Fred and Rabbi Rachel, 9:30am-10:10am in the sanctuary.
2. Kitot Gan/Alef, Hey and Vav will participate in their minyanim at their regular time.
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Kitot Gimmel-Hey Students' Presentations from their Jewish Values
Chugim (electives) experiences, 12pm-12:30pm. Art with Heather, room 8, Israeli Games with Idan, MPR, and Theater Games with Sophie, double classroom.
4. Tot Seder after Tot Shabbat, 11:15 in the library.
NO TORAH SCHOOL APRIL 20. Happy Passover!
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Kitah Hey students'
Jewish Heroes Wax Museum project:
April 13th-April 27th
*NY trip parents and students' meeting with Rabbi Julie, May 4th, 11:45am-12:30pm
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Family members and special friends are invited to tour their child's Jewish Heroes Wax Museum, April 27th, 11:45am-12:30pm in the double classroom.
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Kitah Zayin parents and students
meet at the USHMM on
Sunday, April 14th, 11:45am-2:30pm.
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RSVP
here and for more information about special exhibits click
here:
The class will tour the US Holocaust Memorial Museum led by Myrna Goldenberg, AS member and scholar of women's experiences during the Holocaust and Rabbi Julie.
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Manna Packing Needs You! Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm
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MANNA needs us!
There's been a big push for helping Manna and our friends in Montgomery County who struggle with food insecurity and our collective Adat Shalom efforts in this direction are greatly appreciated. We
need about 15 people to come to Manna, pack and stack 192 boxes of food.
You can sign up here -- please be generous with your time.
Manna counts on us to help them serve our neighbors. Please join us!!
--Rena
Rena Convissor Milchberg
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Kitah Hey Havdalah B'bayit (at home)
May 6th, 5pm-7pm, at Jodi Lipson, Jojo and Larry Groner's home.
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Potluck dairy dinner and get together with classmates and parents.
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Todah rabah to
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1. Fred Pinkney and Debbie Sherman for teaching the Art
Chug (elective) students about the
Mishnah Garden and guiding them to make Hebrew signs to mark vegetable beds in the Garden.
2. Adam Stonemeier, Mira Kux, Sammy Schuchman, Gigi Sherman for helping Rabbi Julie lead Kitah Daled to experience God as Friend, Helper and inspiring Trust during our Trust Walk both talking, in silence and praying
Sh'ma Yisrael and
Oseh Shalom.
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Kitot Bet v'Gimmel students, parents and teachers for volunteering to sort food and toys at A Wider Circle. They learned about
tikkun olam (repairing the world) through experiential education.
4. Teen's Tikkun Olam Corps who helped Montgomery County Men's Homeless Shelter clean and switch from winter to spring. It was led by Abe Schuchman and Idan Sharon.
5. Idan Sharon and Adam Stonemeier who chaperoned 5th and 6th graders to have a fun and safe time playing laser tag at Shadowland.
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