Debating Tzedakah
Our Ninth Grade Philanthropy Board debates the issues and values around choosing how to allocate funds for tzedakah.
NOLA Notes: A Dad Shares His Thoughts
Stephen Jamieson is an attorney here in LA, a leader in our congregation, and a dad who participated with his daughter on our sixth/eighth grade parent-student service learning trip to New Orleans. Here, he reflects on the experience.
Four Days in 6½ Minutes
It’s hard to describe everything about our sixth/eighth grade parent-student service learning trip to New Orleans… but this video gives you a pretty good feel for it.
A Field Trip That Inspires Justice
Fifth graders visit Upward Bound House to engage with issues of affordable housing and homelessness in our own West LA community.
Five Amazing Things to See at the LA Museum of the Holocaust
Recently, members of our religious school staff attended a private tour of the new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust at the invitation of the museum and the LA BJE. Their reaction: the museum is amazing! Here, assistant principal Carla Kopf shares five reasons why…
Climbing the Ladder of Success
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…build the highest tower possible! The challenge: each group of 8th graders had different materials and directions, ranging from, “If you need help or suggestions, feel free to ask one of your teachers. If you need additional materials, feel free to use anything that you see in the [...]
NOLA Notes: Brooke, Olivia, Haley
Brooke, Olivia, and Haley reflect on their experience on our sixth/eighth-grade student-parent service learning trip to New Orleans.
NOLA Notes: Latoya’s Story
On our student-parent service learning trip to New Orleans, participants heard stories from all sorts of people about their experiences during the Katrina flooding and in the years since. The evening we spent with Latoya helped us see the effects of Katrina on a very personal level.
6th Grade/Kindergarten Sukkot Friendship Day
Last Sunday the 6th Graders and the Kindergartners had the first of several planned “ Buddy Days” together. The aim of this experience was to promote self-confidence, do mitzvot, and create lasting relationships between our Sixth Graders and the Kindergartners.
Seventh Graders Reflect on their Visits to Westwood Horizons
All the seventh grade classes have been making trips to Westwood Horizons, a Jewish home for the elderly. The classes did some art projects with the residents, enjoyed a song session to get ready for Simchat Torah, and the visits culminate this week as the students will take some time to chat individually with them.
Rina’s Class Learns the Avot V’Imahot Prayer
Check out how Rina’s sixth grade class uses video to practice the prayers they’re learning.
Discovering the Signs of the Brit (Covenant)
The past few weeks, Adra’s fifth grade class has been learning about the beginning of the Jewish life cycle, birth. They have been learning about all the ceremonies and traditions that surround the birth of baby in a Jewish family.
Teens Do Social Justice and Change
The eighth grade has jumped right into learning about social justice and change. We’ve identified some of the issues in our lives, communities, and our world that concern us the most: education, disease, war, and many more.
