Terri A. Ginsburg Religious & Hebrew School

January 17, 2019

! Welcome to the first edition of our new weekly online  Saturday, Jan 19: 3rd Grade Family e-newsletter! Here you’ll find updates for upcoming Program events (to the right), see photos from our programs  Sat, Jan 26: 2nd Grade Family Program (just below), discover what our students are learning (further down), and more! Be sure to read “Clare’s  Fri, Feb 1: 4th Grade Shabbat Book of the Week,” and look out for more new things  Sat, Feb 2: Kindergarten Family Program as the year goes on! —Rabbi Daniel  Sat, Feb 9: 6th Grade Shabbat Service

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Jacob’s wrestling match with Divrei Torah and acted out a PS4 an angel; mishpatim means 6th Grade skit based on parshat family Beshallakh How we solve problems with The difference between Ask Me About: Ask Me About: our siblings midrash and a d’var Torah We reviewed all the holidays Humanity’s responsibilities Kindergarten and Torah stories we learned 7th Grade toward the environment via in the fall Genesis creation stories My favorite holiday/Torah Which creation narrative I Ask Me About: Ask Me About: story connect with

The first Jewish rabbi and Jewish life in tenements in New 1st Grade 8th Grade Jewish people we admire York City

Ask Me About: What it means to persist Ask Me About: The challenges of tenement life People in our synagogue by The issues surrounding West 2nd Grade interviewing Cantor Regina in 9th Grade Bank settlements and their her office validity Whether I think this is a human Ask Me About: What a cantor does Ask Me About: rights violation Rules and commandments from parshat Mishpatim and No Class, Our Students traveled 3rd Grade 10th Grade the upcoming holiday Tu to Washington, DC, for L’Taken B’Shevat Ask Me About: Why rules are important Ask Me About: Washington, DC!

Samuel and King Saul; Jewish 11th-12th LGBTQ challenges in Orthodox 4th Grade days of the week and month Grade communities via the alef-bet Ask Me About: The choice to have a king Ask Me About: The film Trembling Before God

Dona Gracia Nasi and the 5th Grade Spanish Inquisition

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Persisted: An Untold Story is a brand new book by the wonderful and prolific children's book writer Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso. Few people know (but now lots more will) that Regina Jonas was the first ordained woman rabbi. She was ordained in 1935 in Berlin, Ger- many, and this is her story. Sasso herself was the first Reconstructionist woman rabbi (1974); she was preceeded by Sally Preisand, the first Reform woman rabbi (1972). I read this story to our 1st graders recently and we had a discussion about the differences among people who are the "firsts" at something, people who do important things, and people who are famous. , , ! Rabbi Daniel Alter Emily Alter Sarah Davidson Director of Education Shabbat Religious School Religious School Coordinator [email protected] Coordinator [email protected] 734-665-5817 810-240-3597 734-665-5817