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West End Synagogue’s Shabbat and holiday-centered program is an outgrowth, deepening and expansion of two pilot programs that we conducted this past year. These pilot programs were developed and implemented based upon our community’s vision for our children’s Jewish education, **//Bonim B’Yachad,// Building Jewish Life Together.**


 * WEST END SYNAGOGUE’S VISION FOR JEWISH EDUCATION**


 * West End Synagogue, a Reconstructionist Congregation, is a spiritually vibrant center for life-long learners who share in the experience of Jewish living and learning. By instilling joy and pride, our community strengthens feelings of belonging, enhances the relationship between text and experience and builds connections between synagogue and home. Actively grappling with what it means to be a Jew living in two civilizations, we respect and encourage multiple access points to Jewish observance and study, finding nourishment in the connection with our past while seeking meaning in our lives today.**


 * WEST END SYNAGOGUE’S BONIM B’YACHAD PROGRAM 2007-2008**


 * Bonim B’Yachad, Shabbat Journeys for Pre-B’Nei Mitzvah Families**

This monthly Shabbat morning program, which is an outgrowth and deepening of one of this year’s Re-Imagine pilot programs, will offer fifth and sixth graders opportunities to explore the connections between their developing personal identity, Jewish tradition and Reconstructionist philosophy. With their parents these children will explore the theme of “Where did we come from, where are we going?” through experiential activities of study, prayer and socializing.


 * Bonim B’Yachad, Shabbat Journeys for Families with children in Grades 3-4**

This new monthly Shabbat morning program will offer third and fourth graders opportunities to build Jewish identity through experiential study, prayer and socializing activities based upon the theme of the Torah as our narrative story


 * Bonim B’Yachad** **Holiday** **Tikkun Olam Program**

This program is a reconfiguration of this year’s **//Havdallah/Tikkun Olam//** program giving children and adults of all ages experiential opportunities to build intergenerational relationships of caring, learning and social action. The program is based upon the theme, “If I am not for myself, who am I?” The program will connect study of Jewish ethics to social action during 4 holiday programs: Thanksgiving, Tu B’Shvat, Pesach and Yom HaAtzmaut.

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