JLL 9 Elul Daily Message

9Elul 5782

9 Elul 5782

Dear JLL Families,

Welcome to the ninth of the daily messages throughout the month of Elul. As we approach the High Holidays, we will use this daily Jewish practice as an opportunity to

highlight different aspects of the Jewish Learning Lab. This week, we will meet the partners of the JLL Full-Time Team without whom the JLL would not be able to exist!

JLL Partner Highlight: Clergy

As you likely know, WRT has a phenomenal clergy team. To find out more about each of them individually, you can click on their name. In this e-mail, I will share what role each will play in the JLL this year!

Senior Rabbi Jonathan Blake

Rabbi Blake will strengthen relationships with 11th and 12th graders through teaching Packing for College one Wednesday evening a month. He will also host Rabbi's Table for 9th-12th graders who seek to engage with in-depth Jewish study an additional one Wednesday evening a month. Rabbi Blake will be leading the 12th grade trip to Israel in February 2023.

Senior Cantor Amanda Kleinman

Cantor Kleinman will be leading K-5 Family T'filah one Sunday a month from 10:30am-11:00am with Rabbi Citrin (on 10/30, 11/20, 12/18, 1/29, 2/12, 3/26, 4/30, and 5/21) . On those Sundays, she will also teach a class designed for JLL parents from 9:15am-10:15am, entitled "Everything You Wish You Learned in Religious School." Cantor Kleinman will teach 10th grade Confirmation on Wednesday evenings in rotation with Rabbi Citrin and Rabbi Baken and will be leading the 12th grade trip to Israel in February 2023.

Associate Rabbi/JLL Director Leah Citrin

That's me!

This year, I will teach 10th Grade Confirmation in rotation with Cantor Kleinman and Rabbi Baken. I will also lead the monthly K-5 Family T'filah with Cantor Kleinman. Additionally, I will lead weekly K-2 t'filah with Cantorial Intern Isaac Sonett-Assor.

Assistant Cantor Danielle Rodnizki

Cantor Rodnizki leads Sharing Shabbat on Saturday mornings.

She will also be teaching 9th grade when it meets one Wednesday evening a month and accompany our 9th grade students on the off-site visit opportunities on Sundays on approximately five occasions throughout the year. During the year, she will teach one trope rotation in the 6th/7th grade program and lead weekly 3rd-5th grade t'filah with Rabbi Baken.

Assistant Rabbi Sasha Baken

Rabbi Baken will be teaching the D'var Torah workshop for 6th/7th graders throughout the year. She will be teaching 10th grade Confirmation in rotation with Cantor Kleinman and Rabbi Citrin, and shee will lead Sunday morning 3rd-5th grade t'filah with Cantor Rodnizki.

Cantorial Intern Isaac Sonett-Assor

Isaac will lead weekly K-2 t'filah with Rabbi Citrin on Sunday mornings. He will also be teaching the trope rotation for our 6th/7th grade program throughout the year. Additionally, Isaac will teach one of the 8th grade options on two Wednesday evenings a month.

All five members of the clergy team will rotate in teaching the adult study portion of Sharing Shabbat on Saturday mornings. Additionally, all five will rotate for midweek 3rd/4th grade t'filah which this year will be focused on the kavannah, or intention, behind why we pray, how we pray, and what we pray as Jews.