This week we retold the Passover story and focused on the heroes and leaders in each section of the story. Check out the stop-motion video that Michal’s M/W class created to tell the story!
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Last week, Dori Katz spoke to 6th grade students about her experience during and after the Holocaust.
This week our weekday Second graders finished their unit on Passover! Our Saturday students did not have instructional time, because we celebrated Passover Around the World with our family workshops! We were so excited to see so many of you there!
Last Saturday our Kindergartners continued their unit Passover, exploring the seder plate!
Last Saturday our First Graders continued their unit on Passover, and practiced the four questions which they had begun learning the week before!
This week our Second graders learned about Passover, and continued through their Torah stories
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students rehearsed the four questions and learned about Passover!
This week our Second graders learned about holiness
This week in 5th grade, our students got to interview some of the Rabbis at CBE to learn what being a Jewish leader means to them and see how our Rabbis live the Jewish values we’ve been learning about. The Saturday/Tuesday class interviewed Rabbi Green and the Monday/Wednesday class interviewed Rabbi Epstein.
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students reviewed Tikkun Olam and learned animal vocabulary!
Last Saturday our First Graders started their unit on Passover, and began to learn the four questions!
Last Saturday we continued learning about Passover!
This week, 6th graders learned about Kristallnacht and its significance.
Thanks so much for those who attended our Chazakah 10th grade Shabbat service this Saturday, as well as those who created Purim presentations for our Purim Carnival on Sunday! Great to see so many of you over this past weekend, which was a busy and fun one at CBE!
The 9th Grade Yachad class has spent the past year delving into today’s most pivotal social justice issues affecting Jewish and non-Jewish communities alike. Spanning from racial to economic to food justice, we have treaded on numerous topics, and our students recently decided how we will be spending the rest of our year: asking CBE to begin recycling plastic!
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students began learning about Tikkun Olam.
This week our Second graders continued their exploration of Torah stories!
Last Saturday our First Graders finished learning about Purim, just in time for the Purim Carnival!
Last week the 7th Grade students celebrated Purim. They participated in some stations where they made Hamentash out of Rice Krispy treats and created some beautiful masks.
This week we continued our modern Jewish leadership unit by watching the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary. We discussed the mitzvot Justice Ginsburg demonstrates, such as loving those different from you and pursuing peace.
Last Saturday our First Graders finished up their unit on Israel and began learning about Purim!
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students made lots of Purim crafts and learned more about the story of Purim!
This week our Second graders continued their unit on Purim, began learning about Shabbat and reviewed what they’ve learned so far this year!
Happy Purim! To celebrate, 6th graders got to choose their own activities.
We had SO much fun celebrating Purim at Yachad this week with a fun shpiel(Yiddish for play) put on by our teachers, rice krispie hamantashen, creating groggers/ra’ashanim (noisemaker) to use at the megillah reading, singing Purim songs, face painting, mishloach manot preparations (gifts to others to help increase joy on the holiday) and mask making!
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students learned a new Hebrew song, and explored Hebrew-infused craft activities!
Last Saturday our First Graders continued their unit on Israel.
This week in fifth grade we are moving onto our final unit of the year in which we will focus on Jewish leaders in our world today. We’ve started by listing all the Jewish leaders we can think of in our lives and we will continue by learning more about some in particular and even interviewing a few of them in person.
This week in Jewish studies, students learned about the transformation of Germany into a dictatorship in 1933–1934. Students drew conclusions, based on this history, about the values and institutions that might serve as a guard against dictatorship and make democracy possible.
This semester of 7th grade has been going really great since the schedule change. The students seem to be more engaged and we are doing a lot of learning. Tonight in class we have a CBE 10th Grader coming in to speak to our 7th graders about an organization she founded called Teens Resist.
Last Saturday, our K-1 Dual Language students continued practicing their Hebrew vocabulary, and celebrated some birthdays!
After a snow day on Monday, we had two successful Esau v Jacob mock trials this week! In both trials, the jury found Jacob guilty of wrongfully stealing the birthright.
This week our Second graders continued learning Torah stories from Genesis and Exodus.
Last Saturday our First Graders started learning about Israel.
Last Saturday we read the story of the battling brothers, Jacob and Esau, twin sons of Rebecca and Isaac.
Last week the 7th graders started their last trimester of the year. The students are in their third and final rotation of either Torah, Mizvot, or T’filah.
Greetings, Yachad Lower School Families!
Now that we are mid-way through the year, we wanted to offer the opportunity for parents/caregivers to check in with Yachad teachers about your students’ experience at Yachad.
This week our Tuesday/Wednesday Second graders finished up their colorful coats and continued learning about Joseph!
The 5th graders are gearing up for the Esau vs Jacob mock trial and are excited to show you all what they’ve been working on over the past month.
This was our first week using our brand new workbooks during our Hebrew lesson. Students are continuing to work in leveled groups of 2-4 during this time to get personalized attention from teachers and madrichim.
Last week our Second graders continued learning about the stories of Moses and Joseph, with art projects to match!
Last Saturday our First Graders finished their unit on Shabbat!
Last session, we continued learning about mitzvot and we explored the words for different flavors in Hebrew!
After the tefillah (prayer), mitzvot & Torah classes came to a close this trimester, students participated in an informative, interactive session led by representatives from the NYC Commission on Human Rights.
The 10th Graders are working on their projects for their Chazakah service. The service is Satuday March 23rd and it is a way for the students to show our CBE community what their Judaism means to them.
This week a fellow from Repair The World came to speak to our 7th Graders.
Last week our Second graders learned about the stories of Moses and Joseph!
Last Saturday we learned that there are many ways to guard and keep Shabbat!
Last Saturday our First Graders continued learning about Shabbat!
Last session, we started class with a video about Mitzvot, and doing good deeds to help others.
Our 5th grade students are busy examining evidence and developing their arguments in the mock trial case of whether Esau wrongfully stole Jacob’s birthright. Over the past two weeks, in addition to learning about the ancient Jewish court system, we’ve been lucky enough to hear from real lawyers about their jobs and experience.
On Thursday, April 11th we are honored to have Dori Katz coming to speak to our 6th graders.
We are very excited to invite all 5th grade families to our Esau v Jacob mock trial! The Tuesday/Saturday class mock trial will take place on Tuesday March 5th at 5:30pm in the Chapel. The Monday/Wednesday class mock trial will be on Wednesday, March 6th at 5:30pm in the Chapel.
This week our Second graders finished up their units on Shabbat and Tu B’shvat, and continued learning about Torah stories from the book of Genesis!
It was lovely to see the kids after a weekend away! In our last session we continued to review numbers in Hebrew and danced to a Tu B’shvat song on the rug together (moving-growing from seeds to trees (etz-etzim עץ, עצים).
Last Saturday our First Graders learned about Shabbat!
Last Saturday, we learned that Shabbat is a special day for the Jewish people.
We want to start the second semester off on the right foot. Here are a few things we went over to ensure everyone is enjoying their time at Yachad.
This week in 5th grade, we wrapped up our last online Hebrew “side by side” lesson. We’ve been briefly assessing students’ progress in order to plan a Hebrew curriculum for the rest of the year.
This week, our Second graders learned about Tu B’Shvat, and began projects to explore our holiday of the trees!
9th Graders are busy learning about community organizing! We discussed the entire “Selma” movie for those students who might not have of been there. We also talked about the Cycle of Community Organizing.
Last week 7th Graders were visited by an educator from Hazon! Hazon is at the forefront of an evolving conversation about how American Jewish life can be strengthened by engagement with food, the outdoors, and the environment.