As many of you know, the Jewish Enrichment Center has been my volunteer project for the past three or so years. Someday I’ll receive monetary compensation for this work (want to join the board? it’s in the works), but for now, I have these photos. And for me, the moments captured in these photos are …

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The last few days at the Enrichment Center, we reflected on things we did through out the year by revisiting activities, games and songs. We gathered several projects the Morot (educators) collected from Sukkot to Ivrit Challenges to Self Portraits to David & Jonathan Puppets. We looked at piles and piles of photos from the …

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This week in Nitzanim, we learned a new משחק (mischak – game). Our משחקים (mischakim – games) always have three primary goals: Physical play: we love to run around! Ivrit: it’s so easy to learn Hebrew when we’re having fun. Community building: we practice friendship skills. In this week’s new משחק, children stood in a …

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Shorashim has had a full year of exploration at the Jewish Enrichment Center- including tons of games and projects about the Hebrew names of body parts. During our last session as Shorashim before the Enrichment Center community exploration and picnic, the Shorashimers practiced saying יד yad (hand) and אצבעות etzbaot (fingers) in addition to drawing …

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This week in Yetzirah (and in Beyt Shteelim!), the Shteelimers reviewed many of the skills, techniques and Ivrit (Hebrew) vocabulary they learned throughout the year. It’s interesting to see what they remember, how they’ve improved and how they do things differently this time around. Several Shteelim girls showed off their Ivrit (Hebrew) writing skills by painting the אותיות (otiot- …

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