Teens and Tweens
Teens and Tweens
Our programs, designed especially for 8th and 9th graders, offer a new way to think and feel about being Jewish in our world. We take the Jewish educational experience to the next level where teens explore their values, leadership skills and how to address the difficult questions they face every day.
Dear Or Atid High School families,
We are delighted to introduce you to our temple's newest educational initiative - J-LOFT.
J-LOFT (Jewish Learning Opportunities for Teens) is a new collaborative program between Or Atid and 6 other local synagogues, inviting all our High School students to learn, act, and celebrate together as one large teen community!
Building upon our success with HiBuR, we now offer more opportunities for our teens to expand their community, and their horizons, in a variety of ways -
- Participate in RAC's Virtual Social Justice Academy
- Continue learning with your HiBuR peers in the Israel and Us track
- Dive into ancient and modern and Jewish texts and learn what they have to say about love, gender, and relationships
- Continue to practice Tikkun Olam
- Celebrate the Jewish Holidays together
All tracks are led and coordinated by clergy and professionals from Or Atid and our partnering temples!
The program will hold all its sessions virtually for now, with the hopes of switching to in-person when safe and possible.
To learn more about J-LOFT and how you/your teen can participate, and to sign up, visit http://jlofths.wordpress.com or reach out to Robin Wolk
JLCMW Middle School starts September 16th
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Meeting Time: Wednesdays @ 4pm-5:15pm
Our time on Wednesdays will be divided into 1/3 for community time, 1/3 for Hebrew, and 1/3 for core classes. The core classes will rotate each semester as follows:
Fall: Students will learn in specific core classes for their grade.
Winter: Students will participate in the MetroWest STOP program
Spring: Students will choose electives
JLCMW 6th graders participate both in the middle school program and their own ‘stand alone’ 6th grade class on Sundays. This provides this age group with a year of both being the oldest students in our lower school program, and providing them with the opportunity to begin to chart their own course for their lifelong learning in community.
TELEM
TELEM is a program in partnership with the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Boston and the Minuteman Arc of Concord MA. TELEM students and educators will work with our partner organization Minuteman Arc to help support the social needs of adults with developmental disabilities living in group homes. The class includes learning about individuals with different abilities through text study, activities, guest speakers, and movies. We will visit residents of the Minuteman Arc in their group home, where students will build friendships and create memories through conversation and weekly activities. TELEM offers the opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills and ability to connect with people from all walks of life. Teens in Grades 8-12 are eligible to participate. Meeting Times: Monday Evening 6:00-8:00.
Click here to register!
HiBuR
HiBuR is an innovative and immersive exchange program that fosters connections between teens from a group of synagogues in Metrowest, and Beit Sefer Hugim, a public high school in Haifa. Through HiBuR, teens develop person to person connections, learn about each other’s Jewish cultures and identities and develop a sense of Jewish Peoplehood that extends beyond local and national boundaries.
The program includes two mifgashim (meetings in Hebrew) in which teens visit each other’s families and communities, an extensive curriculum for Metrowest participants, as well as a year-long joint curriculum with the Hugim school.
The Boston mifgash, which takes place in the Fall, begins with a joint weekend at NYC and continues with a week of home hospitality in the Metrowest area. During the Israel mifgash over February break, the teens spend a week with their hosts in Haifa and end with a weekend together in Jerusalem.
Fri, February 3 2023
12 Shevat 5783
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FebFebruary 3 , 2023
Friday, Feb 3rd 10:30a to 11:30a
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FebFebruary 7 , 2023
Tuesday, Feb 7th 7:30p to 8:30p
Trevor Smith of Weston Nurseries gives us a different picture of the climate crisis in a program that will leave you inspired to take action and preserve our native species. Free and open to the public! Register for your Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpfumoqD8vH9PV3-8RRgwW7b5RHeSiNWHD -
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FebFebruary 15 , 2023
Wednesday, Feb 15th 7:30p to 9:00p
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Tuesday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2023
Tuesday, Feb 28th 7:30p to 9:00p
Cost: $75 PP, limited to 25 Register HERE for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/tSCFHWxboXgfWLXG8 Join instructors Yoni Kadden of Gann Academy and Jonathan Golden of the Shalom Hartman Institute to examine the changes and continuities of the current government and explore their impact on Israelis, Palestinians, and Jews throughout the globe. -
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MarMarch 3 , 2023
Friday, Mar 3rd 10:30a to 11:30a
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MarMarch 14 , 2023
Tuesday, Mar 14th 7:30p to 8:30p
A scrappy Jewish teenager newly arrived in 1920s New York struggles to follow her calling as a matchmaker––seventy years later, her cynical divorce-attorney granddaughter realizes she has very inconveniently inherited the family gift for matching soulmates. Both funny and moving. -
Wednesday ,
MarMarch 15 , 2023
Wednesday, Mar 15th 7:30p to 9:00p
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MarMarch 28 , 2023
Tuesday, Mar 28th 7:30p to 9:00p
Cost: $75 PP, limited to 25 Register HERE for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/tSCFHWxboXgfWLXG8 Join instructors Yoni Kadden of Gann Academy and Jonathan Golden of the Shalom Hartman Institute to examine the changes and continuities of the current government and explore their impact on Israelis, Palestinians, and Jews throughout the globe. -
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MarMarch 31 , 2023
Friday, Mar 31st 10:30a to 11:30a
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AprApril 25 , 2023
Tuesday, Apr 25th 7:30p to 9:00p
Cost: $75 PP, limited to 25 Register HERE for the Zoom link: https://forms.gle/tSCFHWxboXgfWLXG8 Join instructors Yoni Kadden of Gann Academy and Jonathan Golden of the Shalom Hartman Institute to examine the changes and continuities of the current government and explore their impact on Israelis, Palestinians, and Jews throughout the globe.
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