Judaism Lesson Overview
| Topic | Overview | |
| K | Review | Students will review what they have learned about the synagogue. |
| 1-2 | Shehecheyanu | The students will make a Shehecheyanu collage for a class bulletin board or scrapbook Students will explain how the pictures they chose represent Shehecheyanu moments. |
| 3 | Taking God Home | The students complete sentences about what they have learned in this unit, reflect on their ideas about God, write a lesson plan to teach what they have learned about God and articulate some questions about God. |
| 4 | Silent prayer | Students will be writing a reflective silent prayer for the Amidah portion of the service |
| 5-6 | My Communal Role in Revelation: Entering the Covenant | We will spend the first part of class reviewing what we have learned about the role of Revelation in Judaism. We will then play a review round of Jeopardy! |
| 7 | Hanukkah and Purim | Students will learn about the Al HaNisim prayer and what Chanukah and Purim have in common |
| HS | World War I The Kotel | The students will:Better understand how WWI helped diaspora Jews integrate into the broader societies in which they livedLearn about the impact that WWI had on ZionismIdentify some ways that American Jews helped Jews in other countries to rebuild after the war Learn about the relationship between religion and state in Israel, and explore how those issues pertain to the KotelExamine the competing interests for use of the Kotel and attempt to develop a plan that satisfies competing needs |
K-3 Hebrew Lesson Overview
| Letter | Transliteration & Translation | Word of the Day | Transliteration & Translation | Lesson | |
| K | נ | Nun | נֶר תָמִדנֶר | Ner tamid (Eternal Light)Ner (candle) | |
| 1-2 | פּ ס | Pey Samech | פִּסֵחַסִדוּר | Pesach (Passover)Siddur(Prayer Book) | |
| 3 | פ | Fey | שׁוֹפָר | Shofar | 18 |
4-7 Hebrew Lesson Overview
| Prayer | Lesson | |
| Mannaberg | Shema | Lesson 2: Barchu and prayers and blessings proceeding and following Shema. Also the Mitzvot concerning God’s love. |
| Schicker | Mi Chamocha | Lesson 2: comparison of morning and evening versions of the prayer through music. |
| Spivak | Havdalah | Learning the Havdalah service, the difference between holy and everyday, the difference between ordinary objects and symbols |