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KOL ECHAD | Special Edition
November 21, 2023
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"Bring Them Home!"
By Kayla Sawoski, Music Teacher
Kadima Day School students are featured in a new music video, entitled "Bring Them Home," produced by Koolulam. Koolulam, a renowned Israeli social-musical initiative, brings people together from different backgrounds, cultures, faiths, and geographies through the power of music. They seek to create social change through the unity of music. For this performance, they brought together 10,000 singers from 100 different communities around the world, singing as one in support of Israel and in prayer for the release of 240 Israeli hostages.
The song, “Like A Prayer” by Madonna, was chosen by a Koolulam staff member who lost her loved one on October 7 and found comfort and solace in the words. Kadima's elementary students worked tirelessly in their music classes to become familiar with the song. Each elementary school class had only three music classes to prepare for this performance. Their enthusiastic participation is a tribute to their excitement in being a part of this musical endeavor.
I am so proud of the students and the effort they put into this project. Thank you to all the parents who practiced at home with their children to help us prepare for our performance. It was so special for us to be a part of this project and to be counted among the families and friends who are hurting and need hope right now.
Watch the video (especially at timestamp 1:13 - hint, hint!). Listen to the heartfelt singing. See where all the singers come from. The video captures a truly magical moment. If it gives you the chills, welcome to the club.
Students are still singing "Like a Prayer" through the hallways with joy in their hearts. The beauty of this moment continues. Like music itself, it has no end.
Please feel free to share this project link with any loved ones. It was an honor to be a part of it.
Happy Thanksgiving, and Shabbat shalom,
Kayla Sawoski,
Music Teacher
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Important Dates
Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24
- Thanksgiving weekend - school closed
Wednesday, November 29
- Parent education workshop: Childhood Nutrition, with Karin Adoni Ben-David - 8:15 am, in the library
Monday, December 4 - Thursday, December 7
- Book fair, in the auditorium
Tuesday, December 5
- Book fair: Pastries with Parents - 7:30 am, in the auditorium
- Winter family event - 4:00 to 5:30 pm, at Bowlero
Thursday, December 7
Tuesday, December 12
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Chanukah program, K-5 - 5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Middle School Chanukah party, 6-8 - 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 14
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ECEC Chanukah program and generations day - 2:00 pm
Monday, December 18 - Tuesday, January 2, 2024
- Winter break - school closed
*For the full school year calendar, please click HERE.
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A Warm Welcome to Our New Student!
The Peck family has returned to Kadima. Please reach out to our returning family and give them a warm and enthusiastic Kadima welcome!
Abigail Peck (Kindergarten)
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Parent Education Workshop: Childhood Nutrition with Karin Adoni Ben-David
Wednesday, November 29, 8:15 am, in the Library
Please join us on Wednesday, November 29, at 8:15 am, in the Kadima library, for our first parent education workshop of the school year with the wonderful and talented Karin Adoni Ben-David, nutritionist and health coach. Karin will be discussing childhood nutrition and will be providing tips and suggestions to make meal time healthy, nutritious, and delicious. The event is free to the Kadima community. Please RSVP to rsilva@kadima.co.
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Book Fair Is Back!
Monday-Thursday, December 4-7
Our annual book fair will be held in the auditorium from Monday, December 4, to Thursday, December 7. All classes will have an opportunity to visit the book fair during school hours and create their wish lists. Your children's teachers will also have wish lists on hand in their classrooms if you would like to help enrich the class reading selections.
Volunteers are needed! If you would like to volunteer, please sign up here.
To preview the book fair catalog, see links below:
The book fair will be accepting cash, credit card, and check payments. You will also have the option to setup an eWallet, a digital payment account allowing you to fund your child’s purchases in advance. This is a great way to send kids to the book fair without the worry of them possibly losing their money.
To set up an eWallet for your child, please follow the steps below:
- Click on “eWallet”, “Get started”, and then “Create eWallet”
- Create a new account with your email address
- You will be able to load money onto your account which your child can use as payment at the book fair
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Pastries with Parents
Tuesday, December 5, 7:30 am, in the auditorium
Parents, please join us on Tuesday, December 5, at 7:30 to 9:30 am, in the auditorium, for our annual book fair. Enjoy pastries and coffee as you browse a wide selection of books for your children and gifts for Chanukah. Be sure to bring a copy of your child's wishlist.
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Winter Family Event
Tuesday, December 5, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Join the Kadima community on Tuesday, December 5, from 4:00 to 5:30 pm for a fun winter family event at Bowlero, located at 23130 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills.
Enjoy the afternoon with your Kadima friends and family with bowling and arcade games. The cost per child is $30 and includes bowling games, bowling shoe rental, arcade game card, and a Chanukah treat.
Click here or on the flyer to purchase tickets.
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Elementary School Chanukah Program
Tuesday, December 12, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Elementary school parents (K-5th grade), please join us for a special evening celebrating "the light within me" on Tuesday, December 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, in the auditorium. The program includes Chanukah candle lighting, student holiday performances, and delicious sufganiyot (donuts).
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Middle School Chanukah Party
Tuesday, December 12, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Kadima middle school students (6th-8th grade) are invited to a special 'Glow in the Dark' Chanukah party on Tuesday, December 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the middle school lounge.
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ECEC Chanukah and Generations Day Celebration
Thursday, December 14, 2:00 pm
ECEC parents, grandparents, and special guests, please join us for a Chanukah celebration on Thursday, December 14, at 2:00 pm, on the ECEC yard.
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How To Talk To Your Kids About The War in Israel
Wednesday, December 6
JKidLA and Builders of Jewish Education invite parents to join a discussion on "How to Talk to your Kids About the War in Israel" with Sivan Zakai, Ph.D., author of "My Second Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think about Israel" and the Sara S. Lee Associate Professor of Jewish Education at HUC-JIR/Los Angeles.
Please click here to register. You will be sent a Zoom link the day before event.
Please contact rachel@jkidla.org with any questions.
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Kol Tikvah Temple Chanukah Community Celebration
Friday, December 8
Join the Kol Tikvah Community for latkes, donuts, and fun! Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, December 8, with a special Chanukah Shabbat Service, featuring the Kol Tikvah house band, Kol Play! Bring your family chanukiah and candles for our community candle lighting. The celebration continues after services with a latke dinner, Chanukah crafts & activities, and donuts! RSVP is required for dinner, please click here to RSVP.
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Kadima Spirit Wear - Sweatshirts Are Here!
Kadima sweatshirts are now available for purchase. Kadima PTO is now selling both pullover hoodies and zipper hoodies for both kids and adults. Wearing Kadima spirit wear raises our school pride, promotes community spirit, and provides students with a sense of unity!
Click here to purchase Kadima shirts and sweatshirts in various colors and styles. All proceeds benefit the Kadima PTO.
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Top 10 Conversation Starters: Parashat Vayetze
By Dr. Steven Lorch
#10 - When Ya'akov is running away from his brother Esav and leaving Eretz Yisrael, he stops at night to sleep and dreams of angels climbing up and down a ladder (B'reshit 28, 12). Why is Ya'akov dreaming about a ladder? Why is he dreaming about angels?
#9 - According to the dream, where are the angels starting from - heaven or earth? How can you tell? (Hint: Reread #10.) Why is this strange? What does it mean?
#8 - When Ya'akov stops to sleep, he takes a stone and puts it near his head, or under his head (28, 11 - the text can be read either way). If it's near his head, why would he do that? If it's under his head, why would he choose a stone as a pillow, instead of something softer, or even just the ground?
#7 - When Ya'akov wakes up from his dream, he says that he didn't know before the dream that God was in that place (28, 16). Why not? Did he think God wasn't in that place? Was he not sure? Or had he just never thought about it before?
#6 -In addition to saying that (a) God is in that place, Ya'akov also says that (b) he's afraid and feels awe in that place, (c) that place is God's house, and (d) that place is the gateway to heaven (28, 16-17). How many of these four things are unique to this one place? How many are true of this place and other places too? What does Ya'akov think? What do you think?
#5 - Ya'akov promises God that if God protects him, Ya'akov will give God one-tenth of everything God gives him (28, 22). What does it mean that Ya'akov will give God his property? What will he give? Where will he give it? When? To whom, or to what?
#4 - Ya'akov makes a deal to work for his uncle Lavan and to marry Rachel as his reward (29, 18). But Lavan tricks him and gives him his older daughter Leah instead (29, 23). In how many ways is this similar to things Ya'akov did to his family members? Does Ya'akov deserve to be treated this way?
#3 - Think about Leah on the wedding night. She knows that Ya'akov loves her little sister Rachel and thinks that she is Rachel. Still, she marries him and doesn't reveal that she isn't Rachel. Why does Leah agree to marry Ya'akov in this way? How does she feel? Is she upset with her father and new husband, is she ashamed, or is she happy?
#2 - When Rachel has trouble becoming pregnant, she complains to Ya'akov and demands that he give her children, or she'll die. Ya'akov becomes angry and says that he's not God (30, 1-2). Is Ya'akov right to be angry? Is he saying something that he thinks will make his wife feel better? That he thinks will teach her something? Or is he just being insensitive?
#1 - When Ya'akov leaves Lavan to go back to Eretz Yisrael, Rachel secretly takes her father's household idols with her (31, 19). Why? Does she want them (if so, why?), or does she want her father not to have them?
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