Religious School
Religious School
Shalom! Welcome and welcome back to Congregation Ner Shalom’s Religious School! We are so excited to learn with you!
Ner Shalom continues to partner with the Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL), based in Jackson, MS. Through this partnership, we are provided programs and resources - including digitized lesson plans for all our classroom needs this year - along with synagogues varying sizes and denominations throughout the South. The ISJL is dedicated to promoting, celebrating, and educating about Judaism. We believe this partnership and curriculum ensures our religious school continues to be always fun and engaging, as well as provides thorough and consistent education.
One thing we love about this curriculum is that the Hebrew lessons and Judaic Studies lessons are integrated. To get the most out of our time, it is imperative that students arrive promptly at 9:30 so that class can start on time. We have made a great investment in this curriculum and want to use it to the fullest! Additionally, in order to keep up week-to-week, students will be expected to practice reading Hebrew throughout the week, approximately 5 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week. Parents should sign off on “Take 5” sheets to ensure students are taking their studies seriously.
We at the religious school would also like to inform and remind families that students should arrive in class having already eaten breakfast, although snacks are also allowed during specific periods of classtime. If you would like to buy bagels at our Bagel Bar, plan to arrive 5 minutes before class begins so that you can finish your transaction and be in your classroom at 9:30 (with your bagel).
Make sure to keep up to date on our calendars! We encourage participation in every part of communal life at Ner Shalom, so plan to attend designated Shabbat services in addition to Sunday mornings, and let Rabbi Lizz or your teacher know when your family will not be present for a religious school class or event.
Shalom and a Sweet School Year!
Religious School Documentation
- Registration Form
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Send forms to:
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P.O. Box 2085
Woodbridge, VA 22195-2085 Or a scanned version can be sent to: rabbi@nershalomva.org
Sat, July 27 2024
21 Tammuz 5784
Upcoming Events
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Saturday ,
JulJuly 27 , 2024
Shabbat, Jul 27th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Wednesday ,
JulJuly 31 , 2024
Wednesday, Jul 31st 10:30a to 11:30a
Join us to discuss this month's choice: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe. As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us. -
Saturday ,
AugAugust 3 , 2024
Shabbat, Aug 3rd 10:00a to 11:00a
10-10:30 informal singing, learning new tunes 10:30-11:30 Shacharit -
Friday ,
AugAugust 9 , 2024
Friday, Aug 9th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary -
Sunday ,
AugAugust 11 , 2024
Sunday, Aug 11th 12:00p to 2:00p
Come one and all - old members, new members, prospective members, neighbors who just want to get to know us. As always, we provide yard games and a bouncy house, along with burgers and dogs (including vegan options). We ask you to bring something to share. We recommend if your last name begins with an A-I, please bring Desserts If your last name begins with an J-Q please bring Drinks If your last name begins with a R-Z please bring Sides. We will have Religious School reps and congregational Board members there throughout the day with membership forms and school registration and answers to any questions about our community! -
Tuesday ,
AugAugust 13 , 2024
Tuesday, Aug 13th 7:00p to 9:00p
Join us on Tisha B'Av for a solemn commemoration of our people's historical tragedies, followed by a potluck of mourning and comfort foods. Please bring a meatless or pescatarian dish to share. -
Friday ,
AugAugust 16 , 2024
Friday, Aug 16th 7:30p to 8:30p
Erev Shabbat Services most Friday nights at 7:30 in the sanctuary -
Sunday ,
AugAugust 18 , 2024
Sunday, Aug 18th 9:30a to 12:00p
Hebrew and Judaics education for our K-7th grade -
Friday ,
AugAugust 23 , 2024
Friday, Aug 23rd 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! -
Friday ,
AugAugust 23 , 2024
Friday, Aug 23rd 7:00p to 8:00p
Join us for a fun and festive Shabbat Service, led by the Religious School!
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