Compulsory Nature Studies?

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Compulsory Nature Studies?

04/09/2021 02:33:40 PM

Apr9

Although we are not necessarily advocating for compulsory outdoor learning for every child in the country (or even the county), we strongly believe our sensory- and nature-based Jewish education will better set up our students to engage in meaningful acts of Tikkun Olam (repairing the world).

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AprApril 26 , 2024

Shabbat Services
Friday, Apr 26th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary
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AprApril 28 , 2024

Religious School
Sunday, Apr 28th 9:30a to 12:00p
Hebrew and Judaics for grades K-7th
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Thursday ,
MayMay 2 , 2024

Book Club: As Close to Us As Breathing
Thursday, May 2nd 10:30a to 11:30a
Our next book is A multigenerational family saga about the long-lasting reverberations of one tragic summer by "a wonderful talent [who] should be read widely" (Edward P. Jones). We will meet on May 2nd at 10:30 am via Zoom to discuss As Close to Us As Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner. In 1948, a small stretch of the Woodmont, Connecticut shoreline, affectionately named "Bagel Beach," has long been a summer destination for Jewish families. Here sisters Ada, Vivie, and Bec assemble at their beloved family cottage, with children in tow and weekend-only husbands who arrive each Friday in time for the Sabbath meal. During the weekdays, freedom reigns. Ada, the family beauty, relaxes and grows more playful, unimpeded by her rule-driven, religious husband. Vivie, once terribly wronged by her sister, is now the family diplomat and an increasingly inventive chef. Unmarried Bec finds herself forced to choose between the family-centric life she's always known and a passion-filled life with the married man with whom she's had a secret years-long affair. But when a terrible accident occurs on the sisters' watch, a summer of hope and self-discovery transforms into a lifetime of atonement and loss for members of this close-knit clan. Seen through the eyes of Molly, who was twelve years old when she witnessed the accident, this is the story of a tragedy and its aftermath, of expanding lives painfully collapsed. Can Molly, decades after the event, draw from her aunt Bec's hard-won wisdom and free herself from the burden that destroyed so many others?
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MayMay 4 , 2024

Shabbat Shacharit
Shabbat, May 4th 10:00a to 11:00a
Monthly Shabbat morning service
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MayMay 5 , 2024

Religious School
Sunday, May 5th 9:30a to 12:00p
Hebrew and Judaics for grades K-7th
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MayMay 10 , 2024

Shabbat Services
Friday, May 10th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary
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MayMay 17 , 2024

Shabbat Services
Friday, May 17th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary
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MayMay 24 , 2024

Tot Shabbat
Friday, May 24th 5:30p to 6:00p
Our families with children 5 and under are invited to join us for a short Shabbat program, with singing, a story, and of course Challah and Grape Juice!
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MayMay 24 , 2024

Family Shabbat
Friday, May 24th 7:00p to 8:00p
Join us for a fun and festive Shabbat Service, led by the Religious School!
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MayMay 25 , 2024

Lag BaOmer
Shabbat, May 25th 4:00p to 8:00p
Our Teens and Young Adults are invited to an afternoon of field games, archery, and a campfire! Cook-out style dinner will be served, and s'mores will be available.
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