Although the snow days we had were a slight (and cold!) distraction this month, nothing got in the way of our learning!
We finished up our unit on Gemilut Chasadim and introduced the new concept of Tzar Ba’alei Chayim- treating creatures with respect. We discussed what it was like to empathize with animals, and debated the [...]
This past month in our Nitzanim class has been so great! We started off talking about different issues pertaining to animals and the world. We talked about tzaar baalei chayim, treating animals properly. Our students enjoyed discussing the correct ways to treat your pets, such as making sure to feed your pet before you eat. [...]
In this past unit we have been looking at the different aspects of compassion. Towards each other, animals and our environment. The children enjoyed pronouncing the words Gmilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness) and learning what it means to be kind to others and help those in need. We reviewed the idea of Tikun Olam [...]
It seems like every time we blink our eyes here at Kesher, another Chag (’Jewish holiday’) comes and goes! With Chanukah behind us, and now Tu B’Shvat as well, Purim is an arm’s reach away. And of course, all these occasions serve to better contextualize and enhance our year-long study of Midot Tovot (’good character [...]
The month of January was devoted to the study of Gemilut Chassadim, Acts of Loving Kindness.
Essential, if not central, to a life lead by Jewish values, Gemilut Chassadim is a canopy for numerous mitzvot, which we discuss in depth with our growing Nitzanim – Buds!
We started the Gemilut Chassadim unit by introducing the mitzvah [...]
When the students returned to Kesher after winter break, we began a new unit: acting with compassion toward all God’s creations. That’s a lot of creations, so we’ve broken it up into how we treat people, the natural world, animals, and the earth.
We learned about g’milut chasadim (acts of loving kindness) and how this [...]
We have been studying the aspects of Shalom in this past unit. The children were already familiar with three meanings of the word shalom which are hello, goodbey and peace, but we also explored other meanings of the word like wholeness. We focused on Shalom (Peace) as a general idea, Rodef Shalom (pursuing of Shalom) [...]
As Chanukah fast approaches, we are so excited to again share with you what we have been doing and learning in our Anafim classroom recently. For the past few weeks, we have been hard at work discussing and exploring the concept of Shalom, peace.
Through art projects, skits, video clips, games and Jewish-texts, we have engaged [...]
During the month of November, we began to delve into the idea of “Shalom”, peace. We discussed the different meanings of shalom such as hello, goodbye, inner peace, and outer peace. We practiced ways in following these idea of Shalom by doing yoga and meditation, as well as talking about how we can keep peace [...]
Hi Everyone,
Last week the Kesher staff and I took a field trip to Boston to visit the original Kesher site in Cambridge. It was GREAT day! We had a joint staff meeting with the Kesher Cambridge teachers, spent some time talking about the Proficiency Approach to teaching Ivrit (Hebrew) with the their director, and observed [...]
