Young Adult Education

 

"If we are to reach real peace in this world... we shall have to begin with the children."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Dor Atid - For all 8th and 9th graders

Dor Atid means "The Generation of the Future". On Sunday, the class will consist of hands on activities or field trips. On Wednesdays, the class will consist of learning and group discussions on the Judaic value of Sunday's activities.

The goal of the class is to connect Jewish values, morals and ethics with our actions and how they affect our life and the community.

Through actions, students will shape their hearts into thinking and living Jewish values that will in turn shape their future and the future of those whose lives they touch.

Homework will NOT be given.

For more information regarding the Dor Atid program, call the synagogue or click HERE

Confirmation - For all 10th graders

Confirmation of a young adult within the Jewish community is an important life-cycle event. The TRZ Confirmation Program is a way of keeping students committed to Jewish education beyond bar and bat mitzvah celebrations.

Confirmation is focused on the students' commitment to Judaism. The class will weave Judaism and Jewish values with every day issues that our teens face in today's world. Topics will include: Dating and the Jewish Teen, Peer Pressure and Jewish Values, Drugs or Drash: making decisions that will affect the rest of your life, etc.

In contrast to bar and bat mitzvah, Confirmation is a group event. Students in a class are confirmed together and they often prepare a tzedakah project as a group as part of their confirmation. This emphasizes the importance of communal action that is at the heart of Judaism.

In an age in which many bar and bat mitzvah celebrations -- Reform, Conservative and Orthodox -- are overshadowed by the party after the service, it is good to have an event for the congregation at which its young people sincerely express their Jewish values without the hoopla of a lavish party.

For more information regarding the confirmation program, call the synagogue or click HERE

Youth Education and Leadership Program - For all 8th - 12th graders

Join in one or more of the following Youth Leadership & Service Positions, all of which will earn you a salary or school credits towards community service:

  • Tutor Program for post b'nai mitzvah students. Join in the ranks of those who help us continue the tradition of tutoring and preparing our TRZ Hai students for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Tutors will teach torah and haftarah trope.
     
  • Teaching Assistant for the religious school. Assist the religious school teachers in the classroom and help individual students in Hebrew and Judaic studies as well as assisting in classroom activities.
     
  • TRZ Jr. Volunteer helps in the office, assists the cantor, rabbi, teachers or the religious school principal in various areas of need. This is a Mensch Internship Program!

While our unique and successful Tutor Program is well established and highly acclaimed in the Jewish Community, the rest of this program is in its developing stages. We welcome your input and participation to help us build it and define it in a way that will best serve our youth.

For information regarding these programs, call the synagogue or click HERE

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