Our first community learning day of the year (and month) will be on January 3rd.   Our next day will be Sunday, January 31st, make sure you keep this day free.

About TBA’s Community Day of Learning

The Community Learning Days are designed to bring all generations of our congregation and the greater North Shore Jewish Community together to enjoy educational programming. The program is free and open to the public. Generally, our Community Learning Days feature one or more special guests complimented by individuals from our community that have an expertise, skill, interest or talent they want to share with others.

This program is generously sponsored by the Alan Kaplan Memorial Enrichment Fund.

January 3rd Featured Guest

On Sunday, January 3rd  we are excited to have storyteller Judith Black to facilitate two exciting programs.  The first of the two programs will be for adults and young people grade 5 and up.  The second will be for younger listeners.

Judith’s stories include explorations into the mythic and dissections of the minuscule, with traditional and original material available for all age groupings. Well known for stories sculpted from her own observed life, subjects such as patient (or the attempt at it) parenting, disasters in dating land, and even helping elders through their last journey, are no strangers to her repertoire.  As a post feminist, vegetarian, pacifist, her son’s path through the ranks of football playing and into the US Marines has been the source of much comedy and a template for human growth and development. One of these tales appears in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and many of them are on her recordings. These all can be found both in her adult repertoire and stories for children and families.

Schedule of Learning Activities

Below you find a schedule, detailed descriptions of each of the sessions can be found below.  If you want to reserve a space in any of the sessions, or you have a question, please leave a comment.

	8:45-9:00	9:00-9:45	9:45-10:30	10:15-11:00	11:00-12:00
Social Hall	Breakfast and Welcome everyone
Chapel			Sunday Minyan		The Art of Torah grade 4 and up with Phil Blue
Sanctuary		Choir Age 7 to adult	School Minyan all grades	Story Telling for Adults and Older Kids grade 5 to adult with Judith Black	Story Telling for Youngsters preschool to grade 4 with Judith Black
Library		Light and Creation Activity grade 2 to adult with Lauren Goldman
1st Floor Classroom		Baseball Talmud Trivia/Who’s on first? grade 4 to adult with Rabbi Steven		Holiday Workshop (preschool) Craft and Music under 6 with Rebecca Guilmet and Marcy Yellin	Kids, keep your parents safe on the Web! grade 6 and up with Jeff Schutzman
Classroom 1		Ulpan Hebrew grade 4 to adult with M. Blue, N. Shiloh		Games in Hebrew grades 2 to 4 with Dina Davidyan	Service Music grade 4 to adult with Marcy Yellin
Classroom 2
Classroom 3		The Art of Torah 1st grade with Phil Blue		Israeli Dancing all ages with Lynn Rubenstein
Classroom 4		Special Kindergarten with Mrs. Garber
Kitchen					Learn to make Hummus and Taboule with Eli Davidyan

Breakfast and Welcome

Grab a quick breakfast and say hi to your friends before we start our busy morning.

Choir

Do you like to harmonize when we pray? Marcy Yellin continues working with us to develop a choir. No previous experience required. Newcomers welcome!

Light and Creation Activity

Lauren Goldman guides the group in thinking about light at this dark time of year.

Baseball Talmud Trivia/Who’s on first?

Join the rabbi in testing your baseball knowledge answers will be provided.

Ulpan Hebrew

Conversational Hebrew is the focus of this special course. Try out your new skills, or brush up on rusty knowledge with our Hebrew language instructors Miriam Blue and Naomi Shiloh!

The Art of Torah for First Grade (Part 3)

Educator Phil Blue will teach the stories of the torah portions and allow students in the first grade to create their own illustrated torah.

Featured Guest

Storytelling for Adults and Older Kids with Judith Black

This storytelling program for grades 5 to adult will explore the delights, challenges, and hopes engendered by living in community. Come join us for a joyous celebration of Jewish family, community, and culture. This storytelling performance program for grades 5-8 and the adult community of B’nai Abraham will explore the delights, challenges, and hopes engendered by living in community.  From the tightly knit one aboard Noah’s ark, to the European shtetles of our forebarers,  to NYC’s lower East Side where our people poured into this land, we will sing, laugh, and listen to the heartbeat of our people.

Holiday Workshop (preschool) Craft and Music

Games in Hebrew

Children in grades 2 and up will develop their listening comprehension skills in Hebrew as they use up some energy with physical games such as Shimon Omar, Red Light/Green Light, or others.

Israeli Dancing

Dance the morning away with the steady beat and joyful music of Israel for all ages.

Featured Guest

Storytelling for Youngsters with Judith Black

For pre-K to grade 4, sing, chant, clap and listen to tales that bring alive our Jewish heritage, community, and lives. From the very first story ever told to a the life of a tailor searching out a treasure in Eastern Europe, these stories will infuse you with an energy and appreciation of this Jewish community we thrive in.

Kids, Keep Your Parents Safe on the Web

Jeff Schutzman will show kids what they can do to help keep their parents safe on the World Wide Web.  Using TBA’s web site as a live example, kids can create their own safe page to show their parents how they use the internet safely.  If you have a wireless capable computer your welcome to bring it to class. Parents and grandparents are also welcome to particpate.

Service Music

TBA’s favorite musical leader will guide participants of all ages in the music used in daily and Shabbat services.

Cooking the Israeli Way

Learn to make hummus and tabouli with Eli Davidyan for grades 5 and up

The Art of Torah for All Ages

Educator Phil Blue will encourage participants of all ages to illustrate each of the weekly Parsh’ot. At the end of the year, a Torah will be assembled as a treasure for the synagogue to use at future events.