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Am Yisrael SJS Limmud/Education Update 3-14-19
!משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה
פרשת ויקרא
In this week's issue:
When is SJS in session in the upcoming weeks?
Sun Mar 17; Wed Mar 20; Wed Apr 3; Sun Apr 7; Wed Apr 10; Sun Apr 14; Wed Apr 17; Wed Apr 24 (Chol HaMoed Pesach); Sun Apr 28
When is SJS not in session in the upcoming weeks?
SJS is NOT in session for Spring Break on:
Sun Mar 24; Wed Mar 27; Sun Mar 31
SJS is NOT in session on the Sunday during first part of Pesach:
Sun Apr 21
Upcoming:
- SFP/Shabbat Family Programming: Sat Mar 16 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Purim Carnival: Sun Mar 17 -during SJS)
- PJ Shabbat (3rd Grade & Younger): Fri Apr 5 5:00-6:00 p.m.
- Dalet (4th) Brunch with Rabbi: Sun Apr 7 @ 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
- Hei Brunch with Rabbi: Sun Apr 7 @ 11:15 a.m.
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Shalom Everyone,
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Mazal Tov to Morah Sandra Mieli Kamm and our AMUSY leadership team. Last night Am Yisrael USY hosted CHUSY region lounge night and challah bake with 44 teens in attendance.
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Mazal tov to our Dalet (4th) and Hei (5th) students for leading us so beautifully in Tefillah this past Friday evening Mar 8.
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Shabbat Family Programming (SFP) will be taking place on Shabbat morning, Mar 16 at 9:30 a.m. and will be different than usual. The Rabbi and Cantor will be leading a congregational adult retreat and therefore Mr. Marc and I will be moving into the Sanctuary to lead SFP this one time. There will be a separate adult minyan in the library for those who want a full triennial Torah reading and Haftorah. We will have special programming led by Morah Lynn Washer and Ms. Diane Rosenfeld in Room 5 for 2nd grade and younger. Our 3rd grade and older should report to the front rows of the Sanctuary at 9:30 a.m. At 10:15 a.m. the Kindergarten through 2nd Grade students will come to the Sanctuary for the Torah service. Morah Lynn will provide programming in Room 6 beginning at 10:15 a.m. for those younger than Kindergarten. Mazal Tov in advance to Liora Appel, Mackenzie Ball, Daniel Bodansky, Daniel Himmelfarb, Jack Himmelfarb, Sophie Himmelfarb, Shayna Kamm, Ben Legator, Orli Maer, Lauri Sender, Naomi Sender, Teddy Sender, Evan Silver-Schack, Arianna Schiff, Tate Tam, Etai Weisberg and Marcus Weller and their families for their Torah chantings. This week's Torah chanting group ranges in age from 3-17. Following SFP we will have a delicious lunch in the social hall. Thank you to those parents who let me know this week that you will not be able to attend so that we will know whom to expect in advance which has a huge impact on how we organize SFP.
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In the spirit of the Purim holiday, all in attendance are encouraged to come to Am Yisrael dressed in costume on both this Sun Mar 17 and Wed Mar 20.
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Our Purim Carnival will be taking place this Sun Mar 17. The entire community should come dressed in costume. Dalet (4th) and younger will start in their classrooms at 9:15 a.m., Hei (5th) and older will start in the Sanctuary. The carnival itself will begin after Sunday Morning Minyan at 10:00 a.m. and go until 12:15 p.m. Here is a link to the evite in case you missed the details:
http://evite.me/jB85VmjVyu
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Thank you to those who have already paid for the Purim Carnival.
$20 per person covers unlimited activities, a hot dog, a bag of chips, a hamentashen and a drink. Please RSVP in the Evite (directly above) if you haven't already.
Those who will want food or drink beyond this should bring a few extra dollars.
The Purim Carnival will take place on the lower level and upper level of the SJS building and in the social hall of the synagogue building. We will not be using the main floor of the school building except for Torah Tots with a Twist (formerly Camp Am Yisrael) in Room 2.
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As always, we welcome parent/family member volunteers to help out with our Purim Carnival. The time slots on Sun, Mar 17 are (a) 8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. [final set-ups]; (b) 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.; (c) 10:30 a.m.-11:15 a.m.; (d) 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; (e) 12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. [clean up]. Please let me know if you are available to help us out and if so, for which slot(s). Thank you in advance!
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When Madrichim sign in this Sun Mar 17, they will receive a grid with all assignments for stations they will be helping to lead at the Purim Carnival, as we did last year.
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Our Purim Megillah reading will be held at 6:45 p.m. on Wed Mar 20. We will be serving a pizza dinner @$5 per person, for those who turned in their RSVP's beginning at 6:15 p.m. We will be having regular SJS on Wed Mar 20 from 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m. as well.
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CLASS UPDATES, SCHEDULES & CURRICULUM:
Class-by-class curriculum outlines for Am Yisrael SJS, can be accessed here:
CURRENT MADRICHIM ASSGINMENTS AND SIGN-UPS FOR APRIL & MAY
REMIND is set up
We have added our Faculty, Staff, SJS Parents and Madrichim to our
Remind
account. It is one of the best services used in schools today. The tagline of the Remind program says it very well: "Reach students and parents where they are: Communication for the classroom, home and everywhere in between."
Torah Tots with a Twist (formerly Camp Am Yisrael)
We have welcomed a new member of our teaching team, Debbie Kroopkin, who leads Torah Tots. We focus on Shabbat, holidays and Jewish values in a fun, interactive way. We continue to include arts and crafts, snack, singing, movement, story time, and tefillah in our mornings. The one hour program is open to both members and nonmembers. The remainder of the school year is being divided up into two sessions to encourage nonmembers to try it out. Synagogue nonmembers need to sign up on the jbaby website, and members may drop in on any of the following Sundays: March 17; April 7, 14, 28; May 5, 12 and 19
EVITES STILL OPEN FOR RSVP's:
Purim Carnival
Sun Mar 17 during SJS hours
PJ Shabbat: Pizza! Prayers! Pajamas!
Fri Apr 5: @ 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Dalet (4th Grade) Family Ed and Brunch with
Rabbi Newman Kamin
Sun Apr 7: @ 9:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Please see Am Yisrael Events email from our
Executive Director Nancy Holab Nevins for
Am Yisrael Programming beyond those listed above
TECH SUPPORT AS AN AM YISRAEL MITZVAH PROJECT:
Designed by Tal Belkind
Sundays Apr 7, 14 & 28 from 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
If you are interested in getting tech support from Tal, please send me an email [email protected]
SUPPORTING LEKET ISRAEL:
Written by Kira Friedel
For my Israel/Passion Mitzvah Project I am selling bracelets that will help raise money for Leket Israel! The bracelets say Healthy Food For All. Healthy Food For All means that everyone should be able to access healthy food not just junk food like chips, soda and candy. All proceeds go to Leket Israel. Bracelets cost $3.00 for one bracelet and $5.00 for two bracelets. I will be selling them during SJS.
Facts About Leket Israel
In 2004, 1.426 million people in Israel were hungry; that is 22.4% of the population of Israel. Leket Israel is one of the largest organization in Israel that feed/help the hungry. You can make sandwiches, pick fruits and vegetables and you can come to the warehouse and help move or package things up. They make over 8,000 sandwiches in a day.
HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL!!!!
SJS CALENDAR REVISED 2-18-19:
The master SJS calendar has been updated and now includes:
1. The next
PJ Shabbat for newborns through 3rd grade with families, which will be held Fri Apr 5 from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
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CHUSY Regional Lounge Night will be hosted at Am Yisrael on Wed Mar 13 from 6:45 p.m.-8:45 p.m. for 8th-12th Graders.
3. The
Hei (5th Grade) Brunch and Family Education with Rabbi Newman Kamin was been switched from Sun Feb 10 to Sun Apr 7. To clarify, the Hei event will take place after the Dalet brunch with the Rabbi on that same date.
ADDITIONAL CALENDAR NOTES:
Events that have been modified since the original calendar was published in June 2018 are in teal and bold font on the calendar on the website along with the printable PDF, both found at
https://www.amyisrael.org/sjs-calendar.html
-If you would like access to a Google Calendar for SJS/Youth Group Programming please send me an email
[email protected]
and I will send you a link to sync it with your electronic calendar(s).
TZEDAKAH COLLECTION 5779:
Thus far this academic year our classes have donated a total of
$591.73
Each SJS class is collecting Tzedakah throughout the year to support organizations that each class chooses with their teachers. The class totals and organizations chosen are listed in the chart directly below.
Allocation Percentages, can be modified by students speaking with their teachers and the class as a whole coming to new consensuses.
SJS Tzedakah Contributions through March 10,2019:
The room parents will be meeting on Sun Apr 14 @ 11:30 a.m. Michelle Maer is the lead parent for the room parent program.
If you are interested in getting involved please contact Michelle via email
[email protected]
or phone (773) 909-6416.
TORAH & MEGILLAH CHANTING OPPORTUNITIES:
While there are many opportunities for our students and madrichim to chant from the Torah scroll, the dates that I am currently taking requests via email
[email protected] or text message 847-708-1805 are:
- Shabbat Family Programming (SFP) taking place on Shabbat mornings: Mar 16 and May 11.
- The Purim Megillah reading is being held Wed Mar 20 at 6:45 p.m.
- Intergenerational Torah Reading on Shabbat morning Apr 27 for those interested in participating.
- Our final opportunity for this academic year will be for Shavuot on Sun Jun 9. On that morning we will be making some special presentations.
YOUTH GROUP OPPORTUNITIES
Thus far we have 7 teens from Am Yisrael signed up to attend Kinnus and 12 teens involved in CHUSY regionally. We are so happy that our teens are becoming more and more involved in these excellent opportunities to spend time with their friends at Am Yisrael and in CHUSY region.
#PARTNERSHIP: AM YISRAEL AND RAMAH
Am Yisrael has been chosen for a grant called #Partnership that will enable more of our Am Yisrael students get to my "camp alma-mater," Camp Ramah in Wisconsin.
As part of our partnership this year, we are offering a guaranteed scholarship of $1,500 to first time 4-week campers at Am Yisrael; and we have additional scholarship funds available for younger students attending the overnight or Ramah Day Camp on an as-needed basis.
KEY RESOURCES TO GET MOST OF SJS EXPERIENCE:
Am Yisrael Communication on the whole:
Am Yisrael Events emails from our Executive Director Nancy Holab Nevins
[email protected]
or 847-446-7215
Access all SJS pages on our website:
SJS Manual 5779:
Practicing Tefillah (Sun and Wed students):
Soundtrack for Newborns through Kitah Alef/Bet:
Talking with Our Children Following Pittsburgh Tragedy.
We are in this together and we are stronger together:
Am Yisrael SJS Faculty:
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Morah Annie Glasser:
[email protected]
Hei (5th) and Zayin (7th) JLab (Enrichment) and Youth Groups Activities
Zayin (7th) and Youth Groups Advisor
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Ms. Debbie Kroopkin:
[email protected]
Torah Tots (formerly Camp Am Yisrael) (Newborn through 3.5 years, accompanied by adult)
Alef/Bet(1st/2nd) and Wednesday Hebrew Tutoring
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Hazzan Lawrence Szenes-Strauss
(Mr. S.):
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Morah Aviva Tilles:
[email protected]
Prozdor (8th), Pardes & Tichon (9th-12th) & Madrichim Professional Development
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Morah Myra Weisberg:
[email protected]
Alef (1st) lead Hebrew Teacher and Wednesday Hebrew Tutor
Inclusion at Am Yisrael SJS:
Regional CHUSY
CHUSY/CRUSY Regional Teen Engagement Director: Marc Sender:
[email protected]
and CHUSY Assistant Regional Teen Engagement Director: Daniel Warshawsky:
[email protected].
Am Yisrael Teen Babysitting Initiative
Contact Am Yisrael congregant and SJS parent Carrie Feig:
[email protected]
or 312-636-4241
ACCESSING MADRICHIM SCHEDULE:
SOCIAL MEDIA:
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B'Shalom/בשלום
Charlie Sherman, MAEd, CJE
Head of School
Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation
4 Happ Road
Northfield, IL 60093
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