Beth+Am+(Los+Altos+Hills,+CA)

__Congregation Beth Am__**, Los Altos Hills, CA (Reform, 1475 household units)** Through Sharing Shabbat//,// an experimental new Shabbat morning family educational model, Congregation Beth Am will bring Pre-K through 5th grade families together for learning and prayer on a regular basis, paralleling and building upon the congregation’s pioneering Saturday afternoon //Shabbaton// family learning model. In addition, Beth Am will expand its Family B’nai Mitzvah program to 7th grade families, enabling day school and religious school families to build community by celebrating Shabbat together and providing the students with new leadership roles as they prepare for becoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

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26790 Arastradero Road Los Altos, CA 94022

Rabbi Adam M. Allenberg rabbi_allenberg@betham.org

Robyn Siegel rsiegel@betham.org


 * Innovation Project overviews:**

Overview of family-based **Shabbat morning educational project for 2007-08**: Sharing Shabbat Overview of **project to deepen the Hebrew dimension of congregational learnin**g: Beit Midrash Ivrit PowerPoint presentation of Beth Am's systemic approach to integrating Hebrew into congregational life: Hebrew Working Group presentation to Board:
 * To expand the //Tzavta// Family Shabbat program to all of our Hebrew learners (3-6th grade families).
 * To develop a series of resources for families to engage with the Hebrew language.
 * To provide on-going professional development that enables teachers to understand and teach an integrated Hebrew and Judaica program.
 * To increase the number of opportunities for adults to learn Hebrew.

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**__Publicity__**
[|Education Newsletter Publicity.doc]** [|Beth_Am_Builder_November_2008.jpg] [|Beth_Am_Builder_December_2008.jpg]
 * Personal [|Invitation to 1st Grade Families.doc] for December 6, 2008 Sharing Shabbat

__**Materials**__
Lesson for Children for December 6, 2008 Sharing Shabbat: [|Childrens Lesson Shabbat Vayetze.doc]
 * Torah Study for December 6, 2008 Sharing Shabbat: [[file:Sharing Shabbat Vayetze.pdf]]**

2007-2008 Articles for our Monthly Synagogue Newsletter: ; Poster we put up around campus:
 * Publicity for Sharing Shabbat:**


 * Lesson Plan for Sharing Shabbat: Parshat Vayeshev**

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 * Lesson Plan for Sharing Shabbat: March 15 - Purim