Religious School

Schedule of Classes

Sunday School	Grade	Schedule
	Pre-Kindergarten	10:00 am – 12:00 pm (every other Sunday)
	Kindergarten – 7th	9:30 am – 12:00 pm

Hebrew School	Levels	Schedule
	Alef, Bet, Gimel & Dalet	Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Schedule for classes for 2011-12 TBA

Keshet	Grades	Schedule
	8th through 10th	Wednesday Evenings 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. September to May

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:

Jewish Identity – Jews who affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves inseparably to their people by word, deed and way of life.
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.
Eretz Israel – Jews who affirm their historical bond to Eretz Yisrael, the Land and State of Israel.
Hebrew – Jews who cherish and study Hebrew, the language of the Torah and of the Jewish people.
T’ffilah (prayer) – Jews who understand the nature of t’fillah, value and practice t’fillah.
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), andgmilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness).
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.
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.
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.
Involvement - Jews who support and participate in synagogue life.

Malka Sansani’s Newsletter Articles:

February 2011 article
December 2010 article
November 2010 article

Keshet Newsletter Articles:

Keshet February 2011

DRTY Newsletter Articles:

DRTY February 2011