Temple Shir Shalom has introduced an important new program called Beyond B'nai Mitzvah for its post-b'nai mitzvah and high school age students. This new program, along with a re-emergent Temple Youth Group, will significantly strengthen the congregation's offerings to teenage members. "We hope," according to Rabbi Michael Joseph, "to make it both easier and more likely that our children will choose Jewish paths for themselves."
"Beyond B'nai Mitzvah" will meet on five Sunday afternoons during the current academic year, and then resume in the fall of 2011. Each session, from 12:30-2:00pm, will include a full lunch, a short study session, and a program presented by various prominent members of our Jewish community. These guests will each present, through personal experience, their paths to adult Jewish commitment.
Rabbi Joseph will coordinate this program in partnership with Virginia Brissette, along with the assistance of religious school principal, Debbie Boada. The program is subsidized by a grant from the Jewish Council of North Central Florida, and there is no cost to families for the sessions to be held this school year. It is open to Shir Shalom students in the 7th grade and above, whether or not they have yet become, or are planning to become b’nai mitzvah. Please check the Temple calendar for dates, and/or call for more information.
Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 01:24PM Emi Lenes, a professional counselor at the PACE Center in Gainesville, led Temple teens in a variety of activities meant to explore their religous and personal identities, on Sunday, November 20.
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10:37AM Temple Shir Shalom will continue into 2011-12 the highly successful “Beyond B'nai Mitzvah” program that it introduced last year. This program, for post-b'nai mitzvah and high school age students, seeks to present Jewish young people with options for pursuing a Jewish path into their adult years. “Beyond B'nai Mitzvah" will meet on eight Sunday afternoons during the new academic year, starting on October 16. Each session, from 12:30-2:00pm, will include a full lunch, a short study session, and a program presented by various prominent members of our Jewish community. These guests will each present, through personal experience, their paths to adult Jewish commitment.
Rabbi Michael Joseph is coordinating the program this year, with help (he hopes!) from parents of some of the participants. The program is open to Shir Shalom students in the 7th grade and above, whether or not they have yet become, or are planning to become b’nai mitzvah. Please check the Temple calendar for dates, and/or call for more information.
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 09:45AM The entire congregation joined Beyond B'nai Mitzvah teenagers on Sunday, March 13 to welcome guest speaker Frank Towers, an American hero and veteran who helped liberate Jewish concentration camp survivors at the end of World War II. Click here to read more about Frank Towers.
Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 09:37AM UF Hillel intern Amanda Solomon demonstrates self-defense skills as taught in Israeli martial art krav maga.