DR. ROBERTA LOUIS GOODMAN NAMED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

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Mission Statement

In the Sayings of the Fathers (which is studied in Hebrew in our Seventh Grade Hebrew classes), we are taught that the world is sustained by three things: Torah, Avodah (worship), and Gemilut Hasadim (acts of loving kindness). These three Jewish values also form the core of our Religious School experience. Our mission is to create a community in which our children can develop into Jewish learners, Jewish seekers, and Jewish doers. We aim to give our children the knowledge and the skills that they need to continue to grow as members of this community throughout their lives.

Goals

The Religious Education Board of North Shore Congregation Israel has adopted the following goals for our Religious and Hebrew Schools. These goals are consistent with those formulated by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations/Central Conference of American Rabbis Curriculum Project.

Reform Jewish Education aims to create:

- Jews who bear witness to the brit (covenant between God and the Jewish people) through the practice of mitzvot (commandments) as studied in the Torah and the classic Jewish literature it has generated, and as interpreted in the light of historic development and contemporary liberal thought;
- Jews who affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves inseparably to their people by word and deed; - Jews who value and practice tefilah (prayer), and who celebrate Shabbat and festivals and observe the Jewish practices marking the significant occasions in their lives;
- Jews who support and participate in the life of the synagogue;
- Jews who affirm a spiritual bond to Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel;
- Jews who cherish and study Hebrew, the language of the Jewish people;
- Jews who further the causes of justice, freedom, and peace by pursuing tzedek (righteousness), mishpat (justice), and chesed (loving deeds);
- Jews who esteem their own person and the person of others, their own family and the family of others, their own community and the community of others; and
- Jews who express kinship with K'lal Yisrael, the Jewish people, by actively seeking the welfare of Jews throughout the world.