Students refine their own understanding and definition of K'dushah and apply that understanding to how ritual objects, symbols, prayer and our behaviors can make moments and places special, holy and closer to God. Torah Theme: Vayikra, Living a Life of Kedusha/Holiness. Avodah Theme: Ways we ex...
This student journal is designed to enhance and reinforce the materials taught in CHAI Level Three Core Curriculum. This full-color workbook contains numerous activities and exercises to make the entire experience more exciting and interactive.
Students see a direct relationship between being a member of a community and our behaviors, through study of the relationship between the People and the Land in the Torah, the significance and structure of communal prayer and acts of G'milut Chasadim affecting relationships. Torah Theme: Bamidba...
This student journal is designed to enhance and reinforce the materials taught in CHAI Level Four Core Curriculum. This full-color workbook contains numerous activities and exercises to make the entire experience more exciting and interactive.
Students deepen their understanding of Reform Judaism and the power of community through study of the Prophets, the Amidah, the Aleinu, and the Kaddish, and acts of g'milut chasadim we perform as a Jewish community.
Students begin to explore those aspects of Torah, ...
This student journal is designed to enhance and reinforce the materials taught in CHAI Level Five Core Curriculum. This full-color workbook contains numerous activities and exercises to make the entire experience more exciting and interactive.
Students explore how God reveals God's self in the world and how they themselves engage with God through study of the Writings, the Torah service, and the impact our acts of g'milut chasadim can have on world issues.
This student journal is designed to enhance and reinforce the materials taught in CHAI Level Six Core Curriculum. This full-color workbook contains numerous activities and exercises to make the entire experience more exciting and interactive. Level 6 Curriculum Core also available Summer 2005!
Through their study of the Book of Genesis in the Torah strand, students will develop an understanding of who they are within the dynamics of family and interpersonal relationships.
In recognition of the unique nature of 7th grade, CHAI Level 7 features enhanced student workbooks.
The student workbook has been divided into three distinct booklets, one for each strand of the curriculum.
In recognition of the unique nature of 7th grade, CHAI Level 7 features enhanced student workbooks. The student workbook has been divided into three distinct booklets, one for each strand of the curriculum.
In recognition of the unique nature of 7th grade, CHAI Level 7 features enhanced student workbooks. The student workbook has been divided into three distinct booklets, one for each strand of the curriculum.
In recognition of the unique nature of 7th grade, CHAI Level 7 features enhanced student workbooks. The student workbook has been divided into three distinct booklets, one for each strand of the curriculum.
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The teaching of Israel has become a high priority for our congregational school system in recent years. There is a documented decline in commitment to Israel among young Jews. The Reform Movement is confronting this challenge in a number of ways. The CHAI Israel Strand Curriculum is a tool to be ...
My Jewish World: An Early Childhood Music Curriculum (Book/CD set)
Music can be a wonderfully effective teaching tool for preschool aged children. My Jewish World guides teachers through the process of introducing and utilizing song in the classroom to teach Jewish values.
In her comprehensive and easy to follow book, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh includes twenty-six songs, religious and secular, that will help to facilitate an environment of fun and learning. Each song addresses important Jewish concepts and many use Hebrew words and prayers. Judy provides comments, activities, and creative ideas, specific for each song, which can be used in the classroom to learn about being Jewish every day. The importance of saying the Sh'ma each morning, learning the Hebrew words for colors, understanding body parts, and the value of cooperation are only some of the Jewish concepts touched on in the book.
In addition, Judy Ginsburgh includes a list of suggested books for many of the topics. These books help to reinforce and expand the lessons laid out in the curriculum.
With a helpful glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms and the companion music CD, My Jewish World is a wonderful guide to making music significant in the Jewish classroom.
Duties of the Soul: The Role of Commandments in Liberal Judaism
This outstanding anthology of thirteen essays by esteemed leaders of the Reform rabbinate reexamines the role of mitzvot in liberal Judaism as viewed through philosophical, experiential, and practical contexts. In this groundbreaking collection, Niles E. Goldstein and Peter S. Knobel identify the challenges of living as a Reform Jew in today's rapidly changing world.
Coming from a wide range of experiences and viewpoints, the essayists contend that for Judaism to survive, Reform Jews must find a balance between maintaining a strong presence in the arenas of social action and basic Reform principles and adopting a strong ideology of observance, tradition, and literacy.
Includes 13 essays with an introduction by the editors
Authoritative works by key leaders of the Reform movement
Comprehensive look at today's understanding of mitzvot
