Message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Friends of TBS Religious School:
For centuries, Education has been a cornerstone Jewish value. The acquisition of books, clear thought references, interpretations of Torah commentary, studying in Chevrutah, and exploring the realms of our minds, confronting and exploring what basically is the good inclination vs bad inclinations of the human experience has resulted in some of the most enduring truths we embrace as a society.
In Eastern Europe, where knowledge was precious, it wasn't easy to become educated. Obstacles, restrictions and bias of gender and class precluded many groups from becoming literate, and not being able to read the ideas of others kept many societies in blind ignorance of the powers who ruled over them.
For Jews the adage that "the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is very sweet" resonates even today as then.
For the teachers of Temple Beth Sholom Religious School, we do our very best to open your child's mind to Jewish concepts, language skills, Jewish Prayer and it's impact on their everyday lives, the societal mores and obligations of Jewish ethical behavior and personal choices, the history of our journey through the ages, the gift of Land of Israel, our rights and connection to nearly 6000 years of the center of every beating Jewish heart, and a secure and confident connection to a strong, safe and sure Jewish identity to prepare them for the realities of the world when they leave us to exercise their independence in a world fraught with anti Zionism and Antisemitism aimed directly at everything they hold dear.
And we do it in only 5 hours a week! Just 5 hours a week.. planning, outlining, illuminating, preparing, researching, studying and finding the most connective and exciting methods of bringing them to the point of discovery to perpetuate the connections to Judaism that has been the bedrock of our ancestors sacrifices to protect and preserve our most cherished legacy.....L'Dor V‘Dor... from GENERATION to GENERATION.
I am writing this because today while on the phone with my mentor Ilene Herr, I shared with her how much we have yet to accomplish in this year and that we have only a precious few Sundays left on the Calendar for this School Year...and it made me realize just how precious our time really is with your children. It made me think about the minutes that are left in this term to make sure that I and all of my fellow teachers have given them every gift that we can to prepare them for the next steps in their lives.
I hope that YOU are as proud of your child's religious education as we are and contemplate at your Seder tables this Passover, that ignorance will never enslave us...only indifference will.
On behalf of Ronni Minsky, Gary Sack, Rabbi Craig, Roz Kantor, Eydie Miller, Ilene Herr, Rona Sakson and myself, we wish you and your families a Chag Kasher Pesach.
Best Regards,
David Pelzman Principal
For centuries, Education has been a cornerstone Jewish value. The acquisition of books, clear thought references, interpretations of Torah commentary, studying in Chevrutah, and exploring the realms of our minds, confronting and exploring what basically is the good inclination vs bad inclinations of the human experience has resulted in some of the most enduring truths we embrace as a society.
In Eastern Europe, where knowledge was precious, it wasn't easy to become educated. Obstacles, restrictions and bias of gender and class precluded many groups from becoming literate, and not being able to read the ideas of others kept many societies in blind ignorance of the powers who ruled over them.
For Jews the adage that "the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is very sweet" resonates even today as then.
For the teachers of Temple Beth Sholom Religious School, we do our very best to open your child's mind to Jewish concepts, language skills, Jewish Prayer and it's impact on their everyday lives, the societal mores and obligations of Jewish ethical behavior and personal choices, the history of our journey through the ages, the gift of Land of Israel, our rights and connection to nearly 6000 years of the center of every beating Jewish heart, and a secure and confident connection to a strong, safe and sure Jewish identity to prepare them for the realities of the world when they leave us to exercise their independence in a world fraught with anti Zionism and Antisemitism aimed directly at everything they hold dear.
And we do it in only 5 hours a week! Just 5 hours a week.. planning, outlining, illuminating, preparing, researching, studying and finding the most connective and exciting methods of bringing them to the point of discovery to perpetuate the connections to Judaism that has been the bedrock of our ancestors sacrifices to protect and preserve our most cherished legacy.....L'Dor V‘Dor... from GENERATION to GENERATION.
I am writing this because today while on the phone with my mentor Ilene Herr, I shared with her how much we have yet to accomplish in this year and that we have only a precious few Sundays left on the Calendar for this School Year...and it made me realize just how precious our time really is with your children. It made me think about the minutes that are left in this term to make sure that I and all of my fellow teachers have given them every gift that we can to prepare them for the next steps in their lives.
I hope that YOU are as proud of your child's religious education as we are and contemplate at your Seder tables this Passover, that ignorance will never enslave us...only indifference will.
On behalf of Ronni Minsky, Gary Sack, Rabbi Craig, Roz Kantor, Eydie Miller, Ilene Herr, Rona Sakson and myself, we wish you and your families a Chag Kasher Pesach.
Best Regards,
David Pelzman Principal