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
Listen Up– It’s Passover
This d’var for Shabbat HaGadol is by Peter Rubenstein. Today is Shabbat HaGadol, the Great Sabbath, the Shabbat before the beginning of Passover. This is the sentence with which I started my Bar Mitzvah speech in 1959. Upon reflecting on this particular day over the past 60+ years, I have been impressed with how important […]
April 2021 Bulletin
Read about what’s going on in our congregation and community.
2021 Special Pesach Guide
Information on Pesach services and our communal second seder.
Peter Rubenstein– Passover 2021
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