The New Congregation B'nai Tikvah

830 South Melrose Drive
Vista, California 92081 (760)941-9858

 

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Upcoming Events


July 7 - Men's Club Card Night

July 8 - Knitting

July 9 - Shabbat Services

July 10 - Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Ben Leinow

July 15 - High Holiday Choir Rehearsal

July 16 - Shabbat Services

July 17 - Shabbat Services

July 18 - Garage Sale

July 22 - Board Meeting

July 23 - Pancake Breakfast

July 24 - Shabbat Services led by Rabbi Ben Leinow

July 25 - Pancake Breakfast

July 30 - Shabbat Services

July 31 - Shabbat Services

Help Your Children Explore Their Jewish Heritage

 

A B’nai Tikvah education can start at any age:

  • One day a week… Tuesday afternoons, 4:15-6:15pm

  • Using the United Synagogue supplementary education curriculum model

  • Jewish values, language and history, Torah and Tefillah

  • Explore the beauty of the Jewish holidays

  • Individualized attention to each student

  • The best start for a lifetime of Jewish learning - B’nai Tikvah

The Best Start For A Lifetime of Learning -

the B’nai Tikvah Religious School

The New Congregation B’nai Tikvah, a growing North County synagogue, has many educational opportunities for young people.  The Religious School offers Hebrew and Jewish studies with a caring, creative hands-on approach.  The B’nai Tikvah teens connect with other youth through our new youth group organized by Cantor Larry. Our teens participate in community youth events, summer camping, and experience our heritage first hand.  B’nai Tikvah provides Jewish educational opportunities for the whole family including Family Shabbat experiences and other family programs.

 

The B’nai Tikvah Religious School is responsive to the needs of our families by offering a one day a week program on Tuesday afternoons.  We recognize that our students and their families need to make a powerful connection with our cultural and historical roots. We incorporate hands-on activities for our students - from Israeli dance, art, drama or Jewish cooking, to re-enacting life cycle events, celebrating Shabbat together with class services and dinners or creating our own ritual objects.  Through these programs, our students and their families spend quality time together in a Jewish setting.  The individualized needs of each child are addressed by the instructors who continue to challenge our students with their advanced Jewish knowledge and experience.  An important mission of the Religious School states that every Jewish child deserves a quality Jewish education. 

 

Fees for B’nai Tikvah students are one of the most reasonably priced Jewish education options in the San Diego area. For further information about our innovative approach to Jewish education, please call Naomi Gabai-Fisher, Director of Education, at 760-941-9858.

                          

B’nai Tivkah Religious School

Curriculum Summary 2009-2010

Cultural Studies

  • 4th / 5th Grades

    This year, students study Jewish life in the Middle Ages through emphasizing Sefardi and Ashkenazi Jewish cultural life and heritage including life in the shtetl. They participate in Ashkenazi & Sefardi Food Days, Yiddish karaoke, as well as projects like “build a shtetl” and design a hamza. The choose-your-own-adventure series brings the Spanish Inquisition historical experience to life. A survey of the Judges and Prophets includes Joshua through Jeremiah, Ezra and Nehemiah.  The class also reviews each of the holidays.

  • 6th / 7th Grades

    This year, students study American Jewish history and immigration highlighting our families’ personal stories and modern European Jewish history. Plays, short stories and choose-your-own-adventure stories, songs and first person narratives put a personal spin on this period. The class also reviews each of the holidays.

Hebrew

The students are divided into three Hebrew reading levels : beginner, middle and pre-B’nai Mitzvah:

  • Beginning HebrewThe students learn the alef-bet and vowels, blend phonetic units and write in block print. 

  • Middle Level Hebrew – This year the students learn the main body of our tefillah prayers – the Amidah, the prayers of peace, thanks, and holiness. They learn about the Hebrew root system in order to decode and derive meaning from the prayers, to track their reading, and become more fluent and confident.

  • Pre-Bnai Mitzvah Hebrew – This year, the 12 year olds focus on the Torah Service from “Ayn Kamokha” through “Etz Hayim Hi”.  Learning the liturgical melodies, tracking and decoding prayer material is key to understanding and participating in synagogue services later in life as Jewish adults.  The students also become familiar with reading Torah calligraphy. Graduation of the 7th graders includes written essays and preparation for leading the Shabbat graduation service.

Tefillah, Prayer, Torah, Holiday Activities

During the week,  we review the weekly Torah portion by participating in the playlets of Sedra Scenes.  Tefillah focuses on the Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat Service encouraging our students to participate in our monthly Friday Evening Family Services. Group activities also include preparing for the Hanukkah and Purim plays, decorating the sukkah, Tu B’Shevat seder, baking hamentaschen, model Passover seder,  preparation for monthly Family Shabbat school presentations and congregational holiday celebrations.
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