Thoughts as the school year ends

I have visited preschools throughout the country, in synagogues and JCC’s. I am struck by the fact that often as I enter a classroom I cannot tell if it is a Jewish classroom or its secular counterpart. One school I visited had a small cardboard shoebox that held some Shabbat…

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A Circle of Smiles

Event Raises Money for School in Israel, Books & Bikes fundraiser benefits Beit Issie Shapiro By Sharon Cotal, Brentwood Patch With his baseball cap on backward and a big smile on his face, 5-year-old Julian  rode his tricycle around the track Sunday at Stephen S. Wise Temple Early Childhood Center.…

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Shavuot – Songs and Recipes

SONGS Ten Commandments By Sylvia Rouss ( Sing to Frere Jacque) Ten Commandments, Ten Commandments, Are the way, are the way, We should live our lives, We should live our lives, Every day, every day. Ten Commandments to Moses By Sylvia Rouss (Sing to Rise and Shine) The Ten Commandments,…

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