The Charlotte Jewish News - June-July 2012 - Page 19
Temple Beth El Religious School Wrap-up
The Temple Beth El Religious Sehool has eom-
pleted another stellar year. From the kiek-off on
opening day, our students have experieneed a pro
gram filled with ereative learning, passionate teaeh-
ers, engaged teen madriehim, involved and approaeh-
able elergy, and speeialists who add spark and exeite-
ment to the eurrieulum. We are proud of our sehool
and the learning that takes plaee here.
Congratulations to all of our students on a job well
done.
Speeial thanks to our elergy, faeulty, and staff for
their tireless efforts, and to the Religious Sehool
Committee who offer their support throughout the
year. Thanks also to the Temple Beth El Sisterhood
for their eommitment to our sehool. Besides the
finaneial assistanee they provide. Sisterhood lends a
hand when we need them. It is elear that the sueeess
of the sehool rests on the shoulders of many of our
members. Most of all, thanks to the families who
trust us to provide their ehildren with a foundation in
Judaism that will last a lifetime.
Registration information will be available starting
June 8. If you would like information about member
ship and/or registration, please email Susan Jaeobs,
Direetor of Edueation, at sjaeobs@beth-el.eom. If
you have any other questions, please email Traeey
Lederer at tlederer@beth-el.eom or eall the sehool
offiee at 704-749-3046.^
Susan Proctor Receives
Temple Beth El’s
WRJ/Sisterhood “Lamed
Vavnik” Award
TBERS 2nd graders lead an original worship
service for their parents.
Slaves working hard at the Passover experiential
A WRJ/Sisterhood
Lamed Vavnik is a
woman who sustains the
Temple Beth El eommu-
nity through her unassum
ing dedieation, goodness,
perseveranee, and faith.
Like one of the hidden
36 Righteous Jews spo
ken of in our tradition, this woman
unpretentiously blesses the life of
our synagogue with passion for
Israel, eommitment to lifelong
learning, regard for others, and a
steadfast Jewish heart. She stands
in the presenee of Sheehina, the
feminine aspeet of God that
dwells among us, every day.
We are pleased and proud to
announee that Susan Proetor is
this year’s reeipient of the Lamed
Vavnik Award. She is a tireless
volunteer, who now ehairs TBE’s
Chevra Kadisha eommittee. There
is no higher mitzvah than to pre
pare a body for burial. In addition,
Susan is involved with Shalom
Bayit, an organization working
against domestie abuse and to
help raise awareness of violenee
Susan Proctor
in our eommunity. Susan
has also been involved
with our Soeial Aetion
eommittee. College
TSiil Conneetion group and
Adult Edueation program.
Throughout her aetive
membership at Temple
Beth El for 40 years (by
her reekoning), Susan has dealt
with many personal issues, but she
has always found time to be eom-
mitted to the Temple. She has
taught in the Religious Sehool and
was our first liaison to
Meeklenburg Ministries. Susan
says she now spends a great deal
of time with outside groups
engaging in eonversations about
Jewish and interfaith issues.
Susan’s name will join the list
of past Lamed Vavik reeipients on
a plaque hanging in the
Diseovered Traditions gift shop.^
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What’s Next? After
Amendment One...
TBERS Chanukah celebration.
Morah Miriam s 2nd grade Purim play.
Temple Beth El Awarded
Incubator Grant from the
URJ
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Keshet Commemorates Stonewall
Wednesday, June 27,7 PM at
Temple Beth El
Please join us for thought-pro
voking presentations on next steps
in North Carolina in the wake of
the ehoiees made on May 8
regarding Amendment One. For
more information, eontaet Rabbi
Jonathan Freirieh at rabbi-
jonathan@beth-el.eom. ^
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Congratulations to the TBE
Religious Sehool on winning an
ineubator grant from the Union
for Reform Judaism to fund our
new Charlotte jewTuBE teen teeh-
nology and soeial networking
group. The grant will pay to pur-
ehase video eameras, editing soft
ware, and other items needed to
reeord, edit, and post videos
showeasing our sehool, temple
and eommunity.
Charlotte’s jewTuBE program
will engage youth in ereating
bimonthly Jewish edueational,
ereative, entertaining, and dynam-
ie jewTuBE videos. These videos
will then be distributed widely: to
eongregants, those on the path to
eonversion, the unaffiliated, the
Charlotte eommunity, and anyone
online who is interested in
expanding their Jewish horizons.
Beth El’s jewTuBE program will
highlight the vibraney, wisdom,
and ereativity that embody
Reform Judaism.
This ineubator grant will give
Temple Beth El the opportunity
and ability to engage teens who
are passionate about teehnology
or journalism. It will elevate Beth
El’s use of teehnology, providing
the teehnologieal infrastrueture
needed to be in the homes of all
those who seek to eonneet to the
Beth El eommunity.
jew
Through jewTuBE, we will
share highlights of the many var
ied and ereative teaehing methods
used by our teaehers and the
exeitement and engagement of
our students. Examples inelude:
Passover simulation, Purim spiels,
quiek responses to eurrent events,
and more. We will also offer spe-
eifie “how to” videos to give
viewers the ability to adopt home
rituals and observanees, i.e., light
ing eandles, blessing ehildren, and
preparing for Passover.
Teens interested in journalism
and/or teehnology will be able to
apply for one of five paid posi
tions in this exeiting new group.
We are also looking for an adult
direetor to supervise and train our
teehnology madriehim (teen assis
tants). The direetor job is a very
part-time, paid position. If you are
interested, please eontaet Susan
Jaeobs at sjaeobs@beth-el.eom.^
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