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JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (NJ)
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Jewish holidays are an ideal opportunity for engaging students in tikkun olam and social action. This was the message that Areyvut presented to New Jersey educators at the Jewish Educational Services' September Professional Development Day on September 7th. More than 25 educators from congregational schools joined Areyvut for its session, entitled Celebrate Good Times: Making the World a Better Place through Jewish Holidays, to learn how to develop and implement service learning curricula that infuse traditional holiday lesson plans with interactive tzedakah projects.
Using an informative power point presentation and the participants' personal experiences as a guide, Areyvut founder and director Daniel Rothner showed participants how to apply the well-renowned service learning model to Jewish education. He began by explaining the importance of tikkun olam in the day/congregational school classroom and the inherent thematic connections between chesed and Jewish holidays. Daniel then presented an overview of the definition, benefits and meaningfulness of the service learning model and took participants step-by-step through the components of an effective service learning program. Finally, he worked with participating educators to complete a "Chagim Service Learning Plan" that outlined a service learning curriculum for Chanukah. Participants were able to take this plan back to their classrooms to use as a model for further curriculum planning.
Areyvut's session was met with resounding praise from the in-service day's chairs and participants and it is our hope that students and teachers across New Jersey benefited from this program.
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