Religious School Ice Cream Social – Please Save The Date!

Please Join Us For Some Sweets & Treats!  The Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Is Coming To The Linda & Rudy Slucker Religious School!

OPEN HOUSE/ICE CREAM SOCIAL

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 AT 6:30 PM

If you have children in Grades K-12 and are considering Religious School or Hebrew High for next fall, please join us for an informal Q and A, delicious Good Humor ice cream and some fun summer activities.

Meet our Religious School Director, loving teachers and Religious School board members.  Feel free to invite friends who might be interested.

Please RSVP to Debi in the Religious School at dwolkoff@tstinj.org or call 973-763-3793.                                                 

 

2014-2015 Religious School Registration

The Linda & Rudy Slucker Religious School

Religious School and Hebrew High registration is now accessible online.  Please login to Chaverweb just like you did last year with your user name and password and complete the necessary steps.  

Click here to log on for school registration

If for some reason you did not retain your username and password, please click on “forgot your username or password”.

Feel free to call Debi in the Religious School office if you have any questions, 973-763-3793.

5th Grade Cooking And Fitness Program with Camp Zeke

A SPECIAL COOKING & FITNESS PROGRAM WITH CAMP ZEKE FOR 5TH GRADERS!

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Ballroom

(5th grade students report to class at 9:00 a.m. as usual)

5th grade parents are welcome to join their children in the fun!

Certified Krav Maga (Israeli self defense) instructors will be coming from Camp Zeke to work with our 5th grade students and families.  In addition, certified culinary experts will lead us in a cooking project.

Please RSVP : dwolkoff@tstinj.org

4th Grade Family Education Day

Fourth Grade Parents:

 

 Please Join The  4th Grade For:

MY FAMILY STORY

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2014

9:00 am – 11:30 am

a light snack will be served

Bring your family project  for our display.

 

Please RSVP to DebiWolkoff:

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

PARKING

We strongly encourage you to park on nearby streets or in the Marylawn lot (across the street).  If you decide to park in our lot, please use the spaces along the fence.  Please remember that you will not be able to exit the parking lot until the carpool lines are dismissed.

6th Grade Families Gather to Formally Begin the Journey Toward Bar and Bat Mitzvah

The journey toward our 6th grade students becoming bar and bat mitzvah begins in the sanctuary and social hall this morning as Torah portions are distributed and blessing are recited.

Purim Extravaganza

JOIN US FOR 

CRAFTS, INFLATABLES, GAMES & HAMANTASCHEN!

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014

PURIMSHPIEL: 9:00 A.M.

PURIM EXTRAVAGANZA: 10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. 

(this is in lieu of religious school)

 

Fee for Purim Extravaganza is $5.00 per child

Proceeds go to supporting Youth Programming at TSTI

 

Please bring a box of pasta to use as your grogger, then afterwards, 

please drop it in the bin outside of the religious school office.  

We’ll donate the pasta to the Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges.

 

PLEASE COME IN COSTUME!

Religious School:March Newsletter

Dear Parents,

 

Purim is almost here and you know what that means! We are getting ready to cheer Esther, boo Haman and eat some Hamantaschen!  The senior staff have been busy preparing for the Purim Schpiel…..can’t give away any secrets but I can tell you a “cool” time will be had by all!  We hope you will come and cheer us on….and then join us for fun and games at our Amazing Purim Extravaganza.  Fun for kids of all ages….all of the proceeds support our Sr. Youth Group, who run all of our awesome games!

Please plan to join us on Sunday, March 16th from 9-11:30 to celebrate Purim!

 

It is not all masks and games for Purim here at TSTI… we always think of those less fortunate than we.  OurSeventh Graders have been examining the commandment to honor the elderly: Kibud Zekaynim.  Our Seventh Graders are going to have the honor of meeting with some of our “Vital Seniors” as part of this unit of study. Following our conversations with our conversations, we will be making comfort pillows to deliver to seniors at the Village Apartments in South Orange, a community of jewish seniors.   Our Second Graders have also studied this important commandment, and are making goodie bags to be sent along with the pillows.  Both of those groups learned a lot about some of the physical challenges people face as they age, and have become much more sensitive to the needs of our elders. They have also learned that seniors can and do lead active and engaging lives, learning, volunteering and continuing their involvement in our temple and surrounding communities.  We are thrilled that they will share their thoughts with our young people, they are great role models to us all.  

L’Shalom,

Morah Mindy 

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4th grade student 

Nathan Perlman learns Hebrew by playing Bananagrams.

Three of our 6th grade

students study Hebrew on the steps of our

beautiful mansion.

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March 7th

5th Grade Awesome Oneg

March 9th

6th Grade Parent Meeting

March 16th

Purim Extravaganza

(in lieu of classes)

March 18th

6th Grade Yad Workshop

(in class)

March 30th

4th Grade Family Ed

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6TH GRADE FAMILIES:

Please join us for a beautiful ceremony as you and your child are called up to the bima for your child to receive their prayerbooks and Torah portions.

SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014

9:00 am – 11:30 am

in the Ballroom 

 

Coffee & bagels will be served

Our clergy have created a special morning of blessings and learning for our 6th grade students and parents.  At this important meeting, students will receive their B’nai Mitzvah materials and Torah portions.  This beautiful morning promised to be a wonderful beginning to the B’nai Mitzvah journey.

 

We look forward to sharing this meaningful and important morning with your family.

 

Please RSVP to Debi Wolkoff

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

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Our B’nai Mitzvah

3/1 Ethan Gross

3/1 Lauren Rosenberg

3/8 Spencer Berkowitz

3/15 Andre Weinberger

3/15 Carly Orent

3/22 Lewis Busch-Vogel

3/29 Katya Silverman-Stoloff

3/29 Jenna Essner

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5th Grade Families

Please join us 
for our
5th Grade 
Awesome Oneg

Friday, March 7th
7:30 pm service

Please RSVP to

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR

CRAFTS, INFLATABLES, GAMES & HAMANTASCHEN!

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014

 

PURIMSHPIEL 9:00am 

PURIM EXTRAVAGANZA 10:00am-11:30am 

(This is in lieu of religious school)

Fee for Purim Extravaganza is $5.00

Proceeds go to support Youth Programming at TSTI

 

Please bring a box of pasta to use as your grogger, then afterwards,

please drop it in the bin outside of the religious school office.  

We’ll donate the pasta to the 

Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges.

 

PLEASE COME IN COSTUME!

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4th Grade 
Family Ed Program

4th Grade Parents:

Please join your children for My Family StorySunday, 3/30/14
9:00 am-11:30 am

Bring your family project for our display.

 

Please RSVP to:

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

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Bring One

We are asking families

to bring one non perishable food item

EACH TIME YOU COME TO THE TEMPLE

to be donated to the 

Interfaith Food Pantry of the Oranges located just a few miles away in Orange. 

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6th Grade Important Meeting With The Clergy

6TH GRADE FAMILIES:

Please join us for a beautiful ceremony as you and your child are called up to the bima for your child to receive their prayerbooks and Torah portions.  

    SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014

 9:00 am – 11:30 am

in the Ballroom

Coffee & bagels will be served  

 Our clergy have created a special morning of blessings and learning for our 6th grade students and parents. At this important meeting, students will receive their B’nai Mitzvah materials and Torah portions.  This beautiful morning promises to be a wonderful beginning to the B’nai Mitzvah journey.

 

We look forward to sharing this meaningful and important morning with your family.

 

Please RSVP to Debi Wolkoff: 

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

PARKING INSTRUCTIONS

We strongly encourage you to park on nearby streets or in the Marylawn lot (across the street).  If you decide to park in our lot, please use the spaces along the fence.  Please remember that you will not be able to exit the parking lot until the carpool lot until the carpool lines are dismissed.

 

5th Grade Awesome Oneg

5th Grade Families: Please join us for our  

5th Grade Awesome Oneg

Friday, March 7th

7:30 pm service

Students will participate in the 7:30 service by leading

us in worship and sharing creative prayer readings.

Following the service there will be a special

and fun oneg hosted by our teens and staff.

The oneg will end at around 9:30 pm.

Please RSVP to:

dwolkoff@tstinj.org

so we have enough food and supplies.

Our Rishon

We are so very lucky to have an Israeli Rishon- an amazing teen emissary named Omer Gavish, to help our Sixth Graders get a hands-on taste of Israel. Omer comes to us through the Metrowest’s Israel Program Center. He is one of five teens who were carefully selected to defer their army service for the year to live in our community and share their passion for Israel.