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Curriculum |
| Class |
Age |
Description |
| Kinder Klas |
4-5 |
Holidays and community orientation |
| Aleph |
5-7 |
A Holiday Curriculum |
| Beyz |
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. |
| Giml 1 |
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. |
| Giml 2 |
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. |
| Daled 1 |
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. |
| Daled 2 |
11-12 |
The development of Jewish
life in Eastern Europe - emphasis on the development of Yiddish
and Yiddishkayt |
| Hey 1 |
12-13 |
United States Jewish History |
| Hey 2 |
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.
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Yiddishkayt Program
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Ashkenazi/Yiddish culture
and Yiddish vocabulary introduced through music and storytelling,
Yiddish literature in translation
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Music and
Dance
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