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The Jewish Center
Religious School and Youth & Family Programs
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School News & Upcoming Programs
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February 3,
2012
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The
Spring trimester will begin on Tuesday, February 21. By now, you should
have received the class assignments for your children. Please
review to ensure that your children have
the correct assignments; contact us, if any
changes are needed.
We
are going to offer a new club, Jewish Comics
for students in grades 5 and 6. This club will be
limited to ten students, so please let us know if your child
would like to enroll as soon a possible. The other clubs offered in the
spring will be Krav Maga for 5th and 6th, Israeli games for 3rd &
4th, cooking and newspaper.
Parents, If you can volunteer
to help during the club time, please let me know. The clubs
are scheduled on Sundays from 11 a.m. -12 noon.
Shabbat
Services & Classes:
- Zayin
Torah Class at 9:30 -10:30 a.m. in the Youth Lounge. Parents are
welcome to attend.
- Vav
Seminar is 9:30 -10:30 a.m. with parents to study the
Shabbat morning service in preparation for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
Vav Seminar is in the school building.
- Junior
congregation is 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. and in the Beit Midrash at 10:30
a.m.- noon for Gimmel and Heh students.
- Shabbat
LaMishpacha (Family Shabbat). We welcome Rabbi Tucker
back to the Jewish Center! She will lead Shabbat
LaMishpacha on February, 11 at 10:30 a.m.
If you have any questions,
please contact me.
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Infusing Your Child with Jewish Identity
An Interactive Workshop
Sunday March 18, 2012 from 9-11
At The Jewish Center
Facilitated by TJC
congregants/parents Jeff Savlov and Monica Blum this workshop will
include a brief overview of how identity, in general, is formed and
developed and will lead into a brainstorming session among the
attendees. All participants will receive a compiled list of the group's
ideas for instilling Jewish Identity. This list will also be shared
with the congregation in the newsletter so that all TJC members can
benefit.
Jeff Savlov, MSW,
LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Psychoanalyst
and shares a practice in Highland Park, NJ with his wife, Monica Blum.
In addition, he consults to business-owning and wealthy families around
the interplay of family and business with a particular focus on helping
these families articulate, and live by, their fundamental values so as
to instill them in subsequent generations.
Monica Blum, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and
shares a practice with her husband, Jeff Savlov, in Highland Park, NJ.
Monica has expertise in working with children, adolescents and families
with specialization in trauma, particularly sexual abuse. She provides
supervision, consultation and trainings to professionals, schools and
community organizations in the areas of child/adolescent development,
relationship issues, and trauma
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Tichon
This Wednesday, February 1,
was the first session of the Tichon spring semester. We have been busy
planning a great spring program for our students and are looking
forward to their participation. Please read the information
below.
Tichon
Spring Semester Core Courses:
- Grade 8
- Bible with Rabbi Tucker & Riva Levy
- Grade 9
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People with Cantor Mike Weis
- Grade 10
- Media Torah Values with Rabbi Feldman and Neil Wise
- Grade 11
- Tichon Ve'od - Tikkun Olam with Rabbi Feldman
If you have questions, please
feel free to contact Neil Wise at nwise@thejewishcenter.org or 609-921-0100
x 209.
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Youth Programming:
Please see the TJC youth
groups and upcoming events below. Event flyers are in
the last section of the email.
All youth group dues have been
included in your synagogue bill. If you have any questions about your
child's membership status, please contact Neil Wise at nwise@thejewishcenter.org
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Nitzanim is
a youth group for students in 1st and 2nd grades.
Students will participate in a variety of creative social programs
throughout the year, related to the Jewish holidays. Programming in
this group emphasizes fun, games and learning. TJC children will enjoy
doing all the activities at The Jewish Center.
Upcoming
Program: This Sunday - February 5 at noon, Tu'Shevat Seder
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Haverim invites all
3rd thru 5th graders to join together once each month for an
afternoon or evening of fun with other Jewish children. Haverim is
designed to provide the children with fun activities, while promoting
friendships that will grow stronger through their youth group years.
Members will participate in social activities, community service events
and holiday celebrations.
Upcoming
Program: February 11, Laser Tag
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Kadima offers
TJC 6th and 7th graders the opportunity to participate in
youth programs with other Jewish children in an informal social
atmosphere. Participation is sure to instill positive feelings in your
child's identity, as well as, open the opportunity for new friendships
and a lot of fun. The Kadima youth group has been redesigned
and will offer a varied schedule of exciting programs.
Upcoming
Program: February 19, Snow Tubing
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Teen
Programming is focused on the TJC
teenagers. Like Facebook and Twitter, we create a social network for
all our teens. It doesn't matter what school they attend or where in
the community they live. They will have the opportunity to connect with
each other at TJC and participate in local events. For those interested
in the wonderful programs that USY provides, we will include all the
information they will need for regional USY programs and
conventions.
Upcoming
Program: February 19 at 6:45 a.m. Snow Tubing at Blue Mountain
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Gila
Levin, Religious School Director & Neil Wise,
Director of Programming
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We look
forward to seeing you at these great events and more. If you have any
questions, please feel free to call up, or just hit reply.
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