Religious School
Sunday School
Sunday School is available to every Jewish child in the area. There are grades from kindergarten though tenth grade (Confirmation) Financial assistance is always available. No child will be turned away.
Classes meet from 10:00 am to noon on Sundays at the synagogue. Consult the calendar for exact dates as we follow the University of Iowa calendar.
Kindergarten Learning Objectives
First Grade Learning Objectives
Calendar, Holidays, Bible Stories, Aleph Bet
Second Grade Learning Objectives
Mitzvot, Bible Stories, Israel
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Hebrew School
Hebrew School usually begins when a child reaches third grade and continues through Bar/Bat Mitzvah. The school meets Monday and Wednesdays from 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm at the synagogue.
Third Grade Learning Objectives
Jewish Community and Jewish Life Cycle, Tikkun Olam
School Calendar
News
‘Gematria of 2021’ by Daphne Lison
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Against Tyrannies, Great and Small
We feel the weight of this moment and the long shadow it casts over our hearts.
D’var for Sh’mot by Linda Kerber
Everyone, I conclude, should have their own Parsha – one which speaks directly to them.
On the Cusp of History
The personal dramas of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs have always played out on the stage of historical change and in this sense, their lives are no different from our own.
