Core course and 1 Elective course each trimester. Each course has a Jewish Theme.
Core courses: American Jewish History, Holocaust Studies, Teaching Tolerance, plus more
Electives: Film, Current Events, Photography, Sports, plus more
Post-Confirmation: Grades 11 - 12
Gesher L'Gesher Program
Judaic Studies: Grades K - 6
Each Grade has a Theme and a Family Education program (LaMishpacha) associated with each Theme.
Judaic Studies: Grades K-6
GRADE
THEME
LAMISHPACHA
K-2
Holidays
Synagogue
Mitzvot
Bible
Special Holiday Programs
3
The Jewish Ritual Year
Shabbat Experience
4
Jewish Identity
Reform Judaism
5
Israel
A **Taste** of Israel
6
Jewish History
Life Cycle
Mitzvot Project in preparation for B'nai Mitzvah
Living Museum Project
Mitzvah Projects, Grades 6 - 7
Mini-Mitzvot Project, Grade 6- We introduce thisproject annually to the 6th graders during our B'nai Mitzvah LaMishpacha (Family Education Program). Students are required to select and perform seven (7) "mini-mitzvot" during their 6th grade year:
1 or more involving Jewish Learning (Torah)
1 or more involving Jewish Living (Avodah)
2 or more involving Jewish Doing (Gemilut Hasadim)
Students are given a handout with suggestions for each category, but are encouraged to explore original ideas. For each mini-mitzvot they do, students are expected to complete and return to us a "Doing Mitzvot Report Form." Students are welcome to exceed the requirement by performing more than 7 mini-mitzvot.
Major Mitzvah Project, Grade 7- Each student is expected to do one mitzvah in the year leading up to becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. We expect this to be a long-term project, developed and accomplished over several months, and completed just before a student becomes Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Each student will then share a brief description of this individual project with the congreagtion during his or her Bar/Mat Mitzvah speech.
Some expamples of a personal mitzvah project are:
Collect items needed by a particular population in the world (games for children who lost everything in the Hurrican Katrina; blankets for those in a region ravaged by earthquake; toiletries for people in homeless shelters
Organize people to help on a regular basis at a local food pantry.
Volunteer on a regular basis to read with or tutor children who need extra attention studying and cannot afford to pay for help.
Volunteer regularly at a local senior center or assisted living facility.
Select your Bar/Bat Mitzvah invitations from one of the organizations that supply them in exchange for donations in honor of your guests. Research this organization and provide your guests with educational information about what this organization does. Raise additional funds for this organization.
Pick several organizations to support with funds or volunteer time and make this a 'theme' for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
Family Education, Grades K - 7
Family Education, Grades K - 7
Grade
Program
Description
K-2
Breakfast in the Sukkah
K-2
Purim Parade
K-2
Passover Model Seder
3
Sharing Shabbat
4
Reform Judaism
5
A Taste Of Israel
6
The Mitzvot of B'nai Mitzvah
6-7
Family Heritage Museum
To prepare for this project, the students go on a fieldtrip to the Jewish Museum in Battery Park, NYC.
House of Learning 
ConfirmationSampler