Herzl-Ner+Tamid

3700 East Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 206-232-8555 [|www.h-nt.org]
 * Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation

Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, senior rabbi rabbir@h-nt.org

Melanie S. Berman Education Director melanieb@h-nt.org**

 ** The B'Yachad Program: Linking Families, Students and the Synagogue

The B'Yachad Program is an innovative restructuring of the basic paradigm of congregational education. The program is built on three major components: classroom learning for the students; adult learning for the parents; and shared family Shabbat and holiday experiences. Initially designed as an alternative to the traditional three-day-a-week Hebrew school for grades 3-5, the B'Yachad program is currently being expanded to provide similar family and parent experiences beginning in kindergarten. It is also being opened to congregational families with children in Jewish day school, inviting all of the families at HNT to build a stronger community bound together by shared experiences of learning, worship, and celebration.**

** Publicity and Marketing Material **
 * 2007 - 2008**
 * [[file:Revised Religious school Q-and-A.doc]]
 * [[file:first week letter home.doc]]


 * 2008-2009**
 * [[file:Revised Whats Happening.doc]]
 * [[file:08-09 B'Yachad sign-up.doc]]
 * [[file:Growing Jewish Learners.doc]]
 * [[file:Family Programs per grade Level.doc]]
 * [[file:Primary and B'Yachad programs.doc]]
 * [[file:opening events.doc]]
 * [[file:opening events2.doc]]
 * [[file:August message from Melanie.doc]]

**Educational Materials**
 * 2007 - 2008**
 * [[file:Where are we going with B.doc]]
 * [[file:Curriculum Map for B.doc]]
 * [[file:Curriculum Ideas and Activities for B.doc]]
 * [[file:Lesson Plans and Ideas for B.doc]]
 * [[file:Learning More About Each Other.doc]]
 * [[file:What Important Things Have Your Parents Taught You.doc]]
 * [[file:B'Yachad Parent Learning 2007.doc]]

Families attending Primary B'Yachad programs have received the following take-home materials: __Celebrating the Jewish Year: A Jewish Family Calendar 5769__ Torah Aura Productions __My Weekly Sidra__ Torah Aura Productions ( Grade 1 families) __Shabbat Shalom!__ URJ Press (Kindergarten families) __Come, Let Us Welcome Shabbat__ Kar-Ben Copies ( Third grade families)
 * 2008 - 2009**


 * [[file:Core Themes and Essential Questions from CHAI Curriculum.doc]]
 * [[file:Strategies to Improve Communication.doc]]
 * [[file:Sunday Morning Curriculum Outline.doc]]
 * [[file:Shabbat B.doc]]
 * [[file:Tefillah Outline B.doc]]

Families participating in "Primary grade Level Shabbatot"and"Shabbat B'Yachad" Friday evening services and/or "Primary Family Shabbat" or "B'Yachad Family Minyan" on Shabbat morning are utilizing the following resources: __Siddur Kol HaNoar: The Voice of Children__ The Reconstructionist Press __Siddur Shabbat B'Yachad__ EKS Publishing Co. __Siddur Mikor-Hayyim: The Source of Life Siddur__ Henry Shreibman __Nevarech Bencher__ Israel Observer Publications __P'nai Shabbat: The Shabbat Family Siddur__ Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, NYC

2007 - 2008
 * Materials Related to Systemic Change
 * [[file:Proposals to the Board of Directors.doc]]
 * [[file:Coming this fall.doc]]
 * [[file:Notes from Clergy meeting 3-4.doc]]

2008-2009** The Board and Senior staff of Herzl-Ner Tamid will be meeting in January with Bob Leventhal, consultant from the Alban Institute, to explore ways of restructuring and "redeploying" the senior staff to work more collaboratively and to improve communication both internally and to the public.