Temple+Sinai

[|Temple Sinai of Roslyn], Roslyn Heights NY (Reform, 1000 families) 

Temple Sinai's Hevra program, an alternative education model piloted in 2007-08, brings together families with children in grades 4 - 6 to share in intergenerational Shabbat and Holiday programming. These workshops provide opportunities for families to pray, learn, and eat together in creating a "Hevra." This year, the proposed expanded program will meet 15 times, approximately twice per month, during the upcoming school year. Each of these sessions will pair Hevra II families with another interest group within the congregation, providing an opportunity for congregants from diverse groups to connect to one another and build community. By collaborating with other auxiliaries and committees within our congregation, we have the potential to link congregants who might otherwise have never encountered one another. We will be introducing families to options for further involvement, and leadership, in the synagogue. We also have the opportunity to model, for our young students, a lifelong commitment to Jewish learning and action.

Technology will be integrated into the program, as we create podcasts of our learning that would be archived on our temple website. We will also create a discussion board, open to all in the congregation who have participated in the program in some way, as a method through which we can further develop a shared community within the congregation. We will also work with our Israel Committee to organize transcontinental, intergenerational study sessions, conducted via webconference, with our partner congregation in Ra’anana.

Contacts: Lauren Resnikoff, RJE lresnikoff@templesinaiofrh.com Rabbi Michael A. White rabbimawhite@gmail.com Rabbi Ben David rabbibpd@gmail.com Jessica Ingram jmlingram@gmail.com (Hevra Coordinator)

[|Hevra Brochure] [|Hevra Bulletin Article.doc] [|Legacy Heritage Award announcement.doc] [|Hevra PR Material.doc]
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Program Materials:** [|Hevra Curriculum Overview.doc] [|Hevra October Program - Sukkot.doc] [|Hevra November Program - Torah.doc] [|Hevra Program - Tzedakah.doc] [|Hevra Program - Purim.doc] [|Hevra program - Shemot.doc] [|Hevra Elective Points.doc] [|Hevra Journal Page.doc] [|Opening letter (2).doc]

[|Board presentation.doc] [|Focus Group 1.doc]
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