Bnai+Jeshurun+(New+York,+NY)

B’nai Jeshurun will engage a cohort of families in Reach for Shabbat 2, designed to strengthen the bridge between children’s religious school learning and the experience of Jewish family living on Shabbat, regularly engaging families in Shabbatot in which they attend services, meals and programming together, in the synagogue, on and off-site retreat, and in homes. These Shabbat experiences are led and taught by the congregations' rabbis and educators with increasing leadership by parents and children over the course of the year. The initiative aims to expand the lens of Jewish practice beyond Shabbat through a values-based curriculum, providing the textual foundation to non-ritual, interpersonal and social aspects of Jewish living.
 * __Congregation B’nai Jeshurun__****,** **New York****,** **NY** **(Nondenominational, 1800 family units)**
 * “Reach for Shabbat II”**

2109 Broadway, Suite 203 New York, NY 10023

Hollis Gauss, Director of Education HGauss@bj.org

Rabbi Roly Matalon Rabbi Marcelo Bronstein Rabbi Felicia Sol

[|YFSCQuestions.doc] Questions to guide discussion for our Youth & Family Steering Commitee, who are responsible for helping move this project and other innovations forward [|Dalet RFS recruitment email.doc] Email sent to fourth grade families to recruit for Reach for Shabbat

[|Jewpardy questions for 12.15.doc] Used at the second fifth grade Reach for Shabbat program -- and the kids knew ALL of the answers!

[|REACH FOR SHABBAT FAQ for calls.doc] Used by the parents who helped make recruitment phone calls over the summer. Written by the chair of the Hebrew School Advisory Committee.

[|RFS Homework for 12.15.pdf] As part of their participation in Reach for Shabbat, each family is responsible for teaching the group about a particular tefillah when we come together. These are the tefillot taught about on December 15.

[|Reach for Shabbat Homework for December 15.doc] Instructions given to families writing the divrei tefillah

[|Click Here to take survey]">Retreat Evaluation Survey The survey we used as part of our evaluation efforts for the retreat in November

[|Paper Bag Dramatics.doc]Program on the retreat

[|Retreat Scavenger Hunt.doc] Program on the retreat

[|Retreat schedule and goals and objectives.doc] Internal planning document for the retreat

[|Retreat welcome packet letter.doc] Self explanatory document title

Handout This is BJ's mission statement for Youth & Family Education