Dear Parents of Grade 7 B’nai Telem:
Get ready for a fun and mind opening year at The Ansin Religious School. This year your wonderful, curious, and adventurous sons and daughters will be carving their place in the world through Tikkun Olam (repair of the World). In Judaism, there is a belief that God created the world, but left holes in order for us to fix and mend. As part of B’nai Telem, a curriculum written by The Jewish Community Relations Council, your children will learn about these holes and what we can do as individuals and a greater community to fix them. Our class will learn through Jewish text, modern culture, and monthly field trips. As parents, you set an example, and we would love for you to help with transportation for field trips, by reading our blog (http://bnaitelem.blogspot.com/), and by continuing our class discussions with your children on the walk or car ride home after class. As part of our first class I have asked our students to think about what they are passionate about, and what is a hole in the world they would like to see fixed. I would then like them to add these two things together and come up with a way to use their hobbies and passions to solve that specific problem. We discussed a few examples of current people doing just that; using their passions to help the world around them. Check in with our blog next week to see what our class has come up with. I thank you for bringing your children to ARS so we may learn together. Please feel free to get in touch with me anytime. I am already amazed by your kids and would love the chance to meet you as well.
Gila Yudewitz
617-277-6610
gyudewitz@ohabei.org
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