Religious School
Temple B’nai Sholem’s Religious School is for children! Children attend each Sunday morning during the school year for a dynamic hands-on and interactive Jewish education experience.
Jewish Learning for Children
At Temple B’nai Sholem’s Religious students learn the Alef-Beit and are introduced to reading and writing Hebrew. They learn to read and chant prayers from the Siddur and try their hand at conversational Hebrew.
As they prepare for Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Religious School students learn about being called to the Torah and what it means. They learn to chant the Torah and Haftorah Blessings, read their Torah and Haftarah portions in Hebrew and English, and understand what the Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebration means in their lives.
The Hamantaschen Bakery
Torah study and the Jewish holidays take on real-life meaning as children learn about and ponder the meaning of Jewish history and traditions through lively discussions, improvisational acting, arts and crafts, baking delicious holiday treats, and creating beautiful gifts for the Temple community.
As a gift to Temple B’nai Sholem, a talented Religious School Bat-Mitzvah student is completing a compilation of illustrations for “Stories from the Torah” written by her teacher for the Religious School.
For information about enrolling your child in the Temple B’nai Sholem Religious School contact Elga Joffee, Religious Education Committee Co-chair at ejoffee@gmail.com
Young Person’s Guide to Passover
Religious School parents, children, and their teacher created a “Young Person’s Guide to Passover.” The “Young Person’s Guide” is written for children and youth and was professionally desktop published by a Religious School parent.
Credits for the Guide go to Elga Joffee, Religious School teacher, author and contributor, and Sarah Plaut, Religious School parent, contributor and editor.