Children build shelters in the forest while singing and learning the words of Mah Tovu: “How wonderful are your dwellings, oh Jacob.” Sixth graders whittle a yad (pointer) they will use to chant their ...
Valley Beth Shalom’s Etz Chaim Learning Center offers programs such as performing arts. Photo courtesy of Valley Beth Shalom The students are enrolled in VBS’s Etz Chaim Learning Center (ECLC), a ...
There are a lot of great Hebrew schools in the Delaware Valley, but none are quite like that of Congregation Beth Am Israel. At the synagogue in Penn Valley, students are not constrained by artificial ...
When the first wave of coronavirus infections reached the American South, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, knew the religious school’s classes at his ...
LOS ANGELES, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Valley Beth Shalom (VBS), one of the largest and most vibrant synagogues and Jewish schools in Los Angeles, is proud to announce that it will inherit American ...
It’s common for young Jews to study Hebrew until the age of 13 — and then never interact with the language again. Hebrew school students learn the alphabet, but often have little understanding of what ...