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The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2010 - Page 12 Winter Fun Days at Chabad of Ballantyne Sukkot Celebrations at Chabad of Ballantyne Transform winter break into a fun and exciting Jewish experi ence. Are you looking for something fun and educational for your kids to do during winter break? For the first time ever, Chabad of Ballantyne is offering Winter Fun Days. With activities, games, exciting Jewish themes, trips, crafts and much more your chil dren will have a blast every single Josh Rubin’s Plumbing, LLC LICENSED - BONDED - INSURED COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL Layouts for slabs - Rough-in and Finish Water Heater Repairs and Replacement Kitchen/Bath Remodeling Toilets, Tubs, Faucets, Sink, and Disposal Repairs/Replacement ~ 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE ~ NC State Lie. #29197 SC State Lie. #M110508 704-517-4918 day. In addition, staff will be arriv ing from out of town who are experienced camp counselors, love working with children and of course have lots of energy. Monday through Friday, December 27- December 31, 9 AM-3 PM; Extended Day avail able per request A hot, nutritious, homemade. Kosher lunch will be provided. For children ages 5-11. Pricing per child: $40 a day or $175 for the week. ***Early Bird special ends December 1, 2010: $35 a day or $150 for the week*** To register or for more informa tion contact Leah Levin Leah@JewishBallantyne.com - 704-246-8881 or visit our website www.JewishBallantyne.com. ^ From Sushi to Mac and Cheese everyone had some thing to enjoy on Sukkot. Saturday night Sushi in the Sukkah was a great time for all. Delicious food, interac tive games, and meaningful discussions. Tuesday after noon featured a family style Sukkah Party with more delicious food and a fabu lous carnival for the kids. Sand art, sukkah cookies, tzedakah games, tic tac toe and prizes were some of the booths that were featured. A special thank you to Paige Rabinowitz, Shannon Applegate, Aislinn McShane, Matthew Rabinowitz, Benny McShane, and Making sand art was part of the Sukkot fun at Chabad of Ballantyne. Steven Applegate for all their help in running the booths. ^ Let our family care for yours. When you need assistance with a senior family member, adult or child, we are committed to providing compassionate home care through an experienced, caring staff. Affordable Care Solutions • Transportation • Nurse Supervised • Specialized Dementia Care • Flexible 3 to 24 hour Care • Perfect Caregiver Matching Homewatch Caire(3ivers' Charlotte: 704-503-4660 Cornelius: 704-987-1802 www.homewatchcaregivers.com/charlotte Kids in the Kitchen: A Cooking Club for Kids! Hey, kids! Roll up your sleeves and get busy. Experience the joys of Kosher Cooking at Chabad of Ballantyne. Kids in the kitchen will give you an opportunity to cook, bake and decorate fabulous foods, take home your own hand made creations and collect deli cious recipes in your own recipe box. With hands on cooking, Jewish learning and yummy tast ing how can you resist? Our first session will be six weeks on Mondays starting November 8, 6- PM for grades K - 5. $8 per day or $40 for entire ses sion. To register or for more info contact Leah Levin Leah@Jewish Ballantyne.com 704.246.8881 or visit our website www.Jewish Ballantyne.com. ^ New Hebrew School Opening in Charlotte By Marcy Goldstein, Ph.D. I don’t know about you, but from what I remember about Hebrew School, it wasn’t the most riveting intellectual or spiritual experience. When I recall the many great “aha!” moments dur ing my years as a student, not much comes from my time at J •;s;\ i 1 At Charlotte Country Day School, every voice is unique. Discover Inow we will develop your child’s abilities and talents. Open House for Grades 9-12 November 11,1:30 pm RSVP: charlottecountryday.org or (704) 943-4530 charlotte Country Day School 1440 Carmel Road Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 Grades JK-12. Tuition assistance available. (704) 943-4500 charlottecountryday.org Hebrew School. Instead, what comes to mind is a vision of myself begrudgingly studying a boring history book and happily reciting Hebrew at my Bat Mitzvah though I did not know what most of it meant (which did n’t bother me at the time, but now I wish that I had understood what I was saying). Maybe you had a similar experi ence, or maybe you never went to Hebrew School. And maybe you are now a parent like me who wants to provide some kind of Jewish education for your chil dren, and you would like it to be a great, meaningful experience. Or maybe you might like a first or second chance to go to Hebrew School so you don’t end up know ing less than your curious children who will start asking questions about the holidays that you wish you could answer more thorough ly. Here in Charlotte, a new kind of Hebrew School opportunity is knocking that might meet your needs. Started by Rabbi Chanoch Oppenheim, Director of the Charlotte Torah Center, the Charlotte Torah Center Hebrew School differs from the other won- derfiil options in Charlotte for chil dren’s Jewish education: 1) chil dren and their parents will be stu dents together and 2) enrollment does not require affiliation or membership with any religious institution. The CTCHS will be partnering with PA.T “Parents Are Teachers” run through the National Jewish Outreach Program, which infroduced the idea that parents should study alongside their chil dren so that they too leam about Shabbat and Jewish history and how to participate meaningfiilly in weekly services. Parents who have participated in PA.T. say that the experience is so empowering because it gets them up to speed in their Judaism, and their children look up to them more because of their knowledge. Watch this nine minute PA.T. video with inter views of parents and adminisfra- tors who say that incredible trans formations occur in the families that leam Judaism together: www.youtub e. com/watch?v=YiIG rw8Hc8U. This creative educa tional format will be paired with a curriculum using teaching material from ToTal, a project of the Afkim Foundation. ToTal describes itself as a “series of educational pro grams steeped in the wisdom of the Torah and designed to provide cul tural, historical and social enrich ment to Jewish youngsters and their families.” In his conversations with people around Charlotte, Rabbi Oppenheim has spoken with many Jews who choose not to affiliate with any institution but would still like to give their children some form of Jewish education. He recently said, “Over the past year I have heard from a number of peo ple who, even though they’re not very connected ‘Jewishly,’ feel awful that they aren’t giving their children any form of Jewish educa tion. Therefore, we wanted to cre ate a school that didn’t require affiliation with any institution. At this new school there are no mem bership fees or building frinds, just a onetime tuition. So it will be more affordable for many families and will give them the opportunity to ‘taste’ the benefits of giving their children the gift of education and pride in being Jewish.” (Continued on pagel7)
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