Religious School
TBI Religious School Parent Handbook & Calendar:
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May 2008 - 4/30/2008
The Challenges of Teaching Kids about Israel Today
In the TBI Religious School, one of our curricular goals is to teach about Israel and nurture a love for the Jewish nation in our...
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March 2008 - 4/2/2008
GROWING UP ONLINE
Facebook. YouTube. iPods. MySpace, text messaging. It's the greatest threat to our children in history. It's the greatest innovation and creative tool in history....
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April 2008 - 4/2/2008
SURVIVING THE MULTIGENERATIONAL PESACH SEDER
Or, How I learned to Love Matzo Balls at 11:00 p.m.
Every year at this time I promise myself that I'm not going to write another...
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February 2008 - 2/13/2008
JEWISH STUDENTS, JEWISH TEACHERS, AND THE "S" WORD
Over the past few years, one of the hottest items on the Jewish scene has been the "newly rediscovered" concept of spirituality. All...
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January 2008 - 1/8/2008
Curriculum and Meaning-Centered Learning
As we move along in our second year of our four-year NESS (Nurturing Excellence in Synagogue Schools) participation, two prominent areas of positive...
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Messenger Article December 2007 - 12/4/2007
8 Days, 8 Actions--a Family Hanukkah Project
It's hard to believe, but Hanukkah is upon us again! Since we and our children have heard the story of Hanukkah (many times over for some...
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Messenger Article November 2007 - 10/30/2007
NESS and TBI: Important Partners for Change
Developing an Educational Vision
When I was growing up as a kid in Detroit in the 1960's my Jewish identity was being forged by a...
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From the Education Director - 10/16/2007
TBI Messenger, October 2007
We're Underway with a Great New School Year
As you read this we will be about 3 weeks into our new Religious School year at TBI. And...
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From the Education Director - 9/16/2007
TBI Messenger, September 2007
Sukkot: When Nothing Turns into Something
As we begin the start of a new year in our Jewish lives, I am going to skip past the...