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WHAT'S NEW |
- Download 2012 Winter/Spring Beit Binah Calendar with information about what's going on with Beit Binah this year, important dates, etc.
- Beit Binah Committee
- Congregation Kol Shofar's religious school recently received scholarships in the amount of $10,100 for students currently enrolled in Beit Binah. This award was made possible by the JCF Catalyst Initiative, an emergency response of the Jewish Community Federation and its Endowment Fund. For more information, visit www.sfjcf.org.
Beit Binah also received scholarship allocations in the amount of $5,836 from the BJE through an anonymous donor.
We gratefully thank the Jewish Community Federation Catalyst Initiative and the BJE for their generous grants. These grants have enabled us to provide scholarships for over 20 Kol Shofar families so that they can continue to send their children to our religious school.
The mission of our school is to instill in our children a sense of kedusha — the holiness of being a Jew.
Religious education and family involvement at synagogue and at home reinforce each other in integrating Jewish values and traditions into a child’s life. Our school program follows Conservative Judaism’s educational guidelines in accomplishing the following goals:
- To teach Jewish values as a way of life.
- To teach synagogue skills, including reading Hebrew and understanding the tefillot (prayers), in order to feel comfortable in the synagogue.
- To teach our history, cultural heritage, including contemporary Israel in order to foster Jewish identity and participation in the world Jewish community.
The overall goal of the Beit Binah Curriculum is to produce Jews who are:
- Proud of their heritage
- Excited about being Jewish
- Observe, understand, and practice Jewish traditions
- Familiar with rituals and customs associated with Shabbat and holidays
- Knowledgeable and comfortable withthe structure and content of the siddur
- Participate in tefillot (prayer)
- Understand the important Jewish values and mitzvot (commandments)
- See themselves as an important link in the chain of Am Yisrael and affirm their historic bond to the Land of Israel
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Kindergarten—7th Grade |
Each week, young people flock to Kol Shofar to sing, dance, pray, snack, chat, play and learn. Beit Binah is an opportunity to immerse your children in the culture and life of our people. The curriculum focuses on Hebrew, Jewish knowledge, traditions and values, and Israel. Additional family education programs let parents share in the fun. Beit Binah meets on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.
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B'nei Mitzvah Program
6th & 7th Grades |
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Our B’nei Mitzvah program, which is part of Beit Binah, begins in 6th grade. 6th graders begin learning synagogue skills in class. Our curriculum emphasizes values, content, and meaning rather than just rote performance.
7th graders study with the Rabbi and attend several Shabbat morning services along with their parents to become more a part of the Shabbat community and learn about the Shabbat service as a class.
Additionally, the B’nei Mitzvah program helps to build a greater sense of community connectedness through retreats, dinners, and Shabbat classes. The B'nei Mitzvah program classes are held Sunday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, and occasional Saturdays.
To
celebrate a bar or bat mitzvah at Kol Shofar, students must have a
minimum of five years of Jewish education in Beit Binah, or in another
program approved by the rabbis. Enrolling your children by the third
grade is necessary to learn Hebrew sufficiently for their bar/bat
mitzvah service and to learn the Jewish values and traditions that we
believe are essential to meaningfully becoming bar or bat mitzvah in
our community.
CONTACT US
For Beit Binah information & application,
please contact
Jonathan Emanuel
Director of Education
415.388.1818 ext.105
jemanuel@kolshofar.org
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