Dear Families,
It has been such a tremendous joy to see so many of you at our weekly
Yamim Yafim
gatherings throughout the summer. As I’ve said a lot lately, anyone who doesn’t believe that energy, love, and connection can exist between people from 6 feet away, hasn’t yet taken the opportunity to join us for one of our ridiculously fun sessions at Danneel Park or in the Touro Synagogue courtyard!
As we continue to map out our youth education offerings for the upcoming year, we want to share what we have in store for families like yours -- those with kids who are pre-kindergarten aged and younger. Although in the past we’ve offered the chance to enroll pre-k students in our Sunday morning program, due to the unique circumstances currently surrounding all of us, we are not able to do so again this year. However,
this does not mean that you won’t have anything fun to be part of!
In lieu of Sunday mornings together, we are excited to continue welcoming our littlest ones and their favorite adults for a wide range of joyful, giggly, music-filled moments of Jewish life instead! You can count on us keeping up our monthly
Shabbat Rocks!
experiences -- sometimes in-person, sometimes online. We may even find ourselves enjoying “
Havdalah Rocks!
” on Saturday evenings, or perhaps “
Wednesday Rocks!
” for some midweek joy instead! And as our Jewish holidays roll around on the calendar, we’ll take as many opportunities as possible to celebrate them meaningfully -- everything from the High Holy Days, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah to Chanukah, Tu B’Shevat, and Purim!
We know that many of you had been looking forward to starting their Sunday mornings with us this year, and it breaks our hearts to have to make this pivot too. But we know that it’s the right choice to make -- the healthiest one and the safest one, and therefore the most
Jewish
one. We hope you’ll reach out with any questions or ideas about making the coming year as packed-full of fun and love as possible for all of our Pre-K and younger kids and families.
With lots of love,
