Hebrew Language:
The class works in Reading Groups according to their level of proficiency

Resources:
Shalom U’Vracha

Torah:
Stories from Genesis and Exodus
Before the first Jew, Beginnings, the Garden, Cain and Abel, Noah,
Tower of Babel, Stories of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, Rachel and Leah, Joseph to the Exodus.

Resource:
My Weekly Sidrah Behrman House

Holidays:
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hannukah, Tu B’Shvat, Purim, Pesach, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Lag Ba’Omer and Shavuot

The holidays are taught in an innovative manner with the companion text

The Jewish Holiday Treasure Trail. As the students travel through time and space they encounter people and places as old as the bible and as new as modern Israel. i.e.: At the ancient Temple they witness the Hannukah miracle of the oil. Before Passover they cross the Red Sea with the children of Israel and seven weeks later they stand at Mount Sinai- just as the Ten Commandments are given to the Israelites!

Resource:
The Jewish Holiday Treasure Trail by Naomi Patz

Core Ethical Values:
Careful Speech, Community of Israel, Loving Kindness

Tfillah (Prayer):
Shalom Aleichem, Birkat Hamazon (beginning) Adon Olam, Hatikvah

History/ Israel:
The post Pesach Special Unit will focus on Israel

Resource:
The Great Israel Scavenger Hunt by Scott E. Blumenthal

Students are introduced to Israel by personalizing what they learn through an imaginary scavenger hunt through Israel: Major cities and sites, diversity of people and culture, biblical and modern ties to the homeland, and the geography of Israel. Jewish values for pursuing peace and love of Israel are linked to the chapter content.