CURRICULUM |
Class |
Age |
Description |
Eyns |
4-7 |
Holidays and secular Jewish culture |
Tsvey |
7-8 |
The diversity of Jewish
life. Stories, songs, customs, foods, holiday observances
from many lands, many different ways of being Jewish. Tolerance
of diversity through exploration of family history and Shared
Treasures program with Arbeter Ring seniors. |
Tsvey |
8-9 |
History - Abraham through
Moses. Exploration of mythology and community identity, different
types of communities (nomads, settled agriculturalists), how
we learn about the past. |
Tsvey |
9-10 |
History - Judges through
Bar Kochba. Emphasis on the Prophets and the Jewish people's
struggle for social justice, familiarity with the heroes of
this period and their symbolism. |
Dray |
10-11 |
Medieval Europe to the modern
revolutions and Enlightenment. The golden Age of Spain with
its intellectual and secular vigor, the ghetto and development
of anti-semitism as a form of racism. |
Dray |
11-12 |
The development of Jewish
life in Eastern Europe - emphasis on the development of Yiddish
and Yiddishkayt |
Hey |
12-13 |
United States Jewish History |
Hey |
13-14 |
United States Jewish history
and centers of Jewish life today, including modern Israel |
Vov |
14-15 |
Leadership training, the
Jewish community in Los Angeles today, and Holocaust Studies. |
|
Yiddishkayt Program |
Ashkenazi/Yiddish culture
and Yiddish vocabulary introduced through music and storytelling,
Yiddish literature in translation |
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 in WHERE/WHEN?
Sundays,
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the Westside Neighborhood School, 5401 Beethoven Street in Marina del Rey (near Home Depot). Meeting dates are available on our calendar.
in BAR/BAS MITSVE PROGRAM
The school includes a secular Bar/Bas Mitsve program for those who complete at
least two years of the curriculum.
in PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Parents direct staff selection, curriculum planning, and school
policies. Classroom parent volunteers help connect parents with each other, the classroom teacher and the Sholem community at large. Sholem is run
entirely by its members through a network of committees.
in BAGELS 'n BLOX TODDLER PROGRAM
Bagels 'n Blox is a program of song, stories, and arts & crafts, all infused with Sholem's secular, progressive, Jewish curriculum, made toddler friendly. View flyer
in SOCIAL ACTION
As a progressive organization which stresses social
responsibility, Sholem encourages students and members to
participate in our Social
Action Program.
in FEES
Click
here for membership fees and school tuition |
