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by Johanna Ginsberg NJJN Staff Writer
July 16, 2009

Sidebar - Putting the ‘Fun’ in Shabbat
ANOTHER LOCAL recipient of a Legacy Heritage Fund Innovation Project grant, in the area of congregational education, is Congregation Agudath Israel of West Essex in Caldwell. Grants have been awarded in this track of the Innovation Project since 2007. The Conservative synagogue will use the $24,000 one-year grant — in the congregational education track — to develop “Shabbat Fun-plex,” an effort to further integrate families of its nursery school population into the congregation family, particularly through Shabbat and holiday programs. It will offer a diverse array of parallel opportunities for youngsters and their families involving dance, music, storytime, social action, peoplehood, “Torah for Tots,” and “Mini-Minyan.” Prayer and study opportunities for adults will also be offered. “We are grateful to the Legacy Heritage Fund for allowing us the opportunity to introduce our preschoolers and their families to the magic of Shabbat,” said Agudath Israel educational director Susan Werk.