Class Notes: Jewish Student Union; Limmud LA; Teen rocker Jordan G
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
May 11, 2007
Education briefs.
Category
May 11, 2007
Distortion, donation, divestment, definition, concern
Jewish Journal
May 11, 2007
Letters to the Editor.
Briefs: A bright future for Hillel; At-risk teens see Shoah art; Weiss incident wrap-up
Jewish Journal
May 11, 2007
Community briefs.
How to reduce restlessness among tweens and teens at services
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
May 11, 2007
Author Gail Anthony Greenberg attributes the change to a societal trend empowering kids to make their own decisions. \”These days, we give children more latitude,\” she added. As a result, many rabbis, administrators, parents and even bar mitzvah party vendors take preventative measures to quell chatty, restless or precocious preteen guests from being disruptive at bar mitzvah ceremonies and receptions.
Dancing to the beat of a different ‘disco’
Leora Nimmer
May 11, 2007
Along with her family and friends, Leora Nimmer then traveled to the Galilee to visit Migdal Ohr, Grossman\’s remarkable institution for 6,000 boys and girls in what was once one of the poorest and most crime-ridden areas of Israel. There the Nimmer group visited a nursery school, helped in a soup kitchen, and presented the homemade jewelry to bat mitzvah girls in a school where the students put on a performance in honor of their American visitors.
Man, oh man! What a difference 10 years make
Jay Firestone
May 11, 2007
I know now the bar mitzvah ceremony didn\’t instantly make me a man, but if I am one today, after 10 years, its because of the lessons I learned throughout the entire experience.
Beyond ‘the day’
Jeff Bernhardt
May 11, 2007
Yes, once the months of training and the day has ended; once the celebration has happened and the DJ has gone home; once the gifts have been opened, the cards have been read and the checks have been deposited, there remain the most important gifts. If the preparation has been handled with care, if the tutor, rabbi, cantor and parents have done their jobs, this young adult will be moving onto the next leg of life\’s journey with the most valuable gifts of all.
Nes Gadol calls its first autistic students to the Torah
Adam Wills
May 11, 2007
It\’s a typical Wednesday afternoon on the bimah at West Los Angeles\’ Vista Del Mar, a onetime Jewish orphanage that evolved into one of the nation\’s largest, most comprehensive child services centers. Cantor Steve Puzarne and Neal Katz are in the campus\’ aging sanctuary as part of Nes Gadol, an effort launched by Vista Del Mar last February in conjunction with The Miracle Project to help children with varying degrees of learning challenges become sons and daughters of the commandment.
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