Chumash I week of Nov 1- 5

This upcoming week, we will have a parasha quiz on Monday, parashat chaye sarah.  these quizzes are open notes, so your son needs to prepare by writing his own notes and bringing them to class on Monday for the quiz.

Additionally, we are continuting to study "A Letter in the Scroll" a book by R. Jonathan Sacks on Jewish Identiy and Pride.  There is continuous homework on this material.

JH 8 week of Nov. 1- 5

Next week, we will continue to learn new exciting topics such as:

Theodore Herzl and Zionism, the Second Aliyah, American Jews in the early 20th C.

 

On Friday, Nov. 5th, there will be an open notebook quiz on pages 230 - 241.

Please make sure that your children have taken notes on these pages and will be prepared

for the quiz.

JH 10 week of Nov. 1- 5

In the coming week of Nov. 1- 5, we will be doing the following:
- continuing to learn about the rise of Islam and it's significance in Jewish history
- the Jews of Babel until R.Saadiah Gaon

- the students will be given a 2 - 3 page research assignment which will be due on Mon. Nov. 15, 2010.
They will  be given three periods during class time to reseach their topics on the internet and with the books in the
CTA library.

Ivrit 11/12 week of Nov. 1- 5

This coming week, we will continue to learn stories from "Aggadot yerushalayim" and learn new concepts in Hebrew grammar.

Additionally, on Friday we will have our first "Shishi Ivrit".  This is a new program which all of the high school students get together once a month for a Hebrew
presentation with songs and awards for the top student of the month (for each Hebrew class).

JH 10 week of OCt. 11 - 15

This week, we will be doing the following:

Mon - go over our test, and Berel Wein article on Christianity
Tues - overview of history of Talmud
Wed. - Talmud assignments due, PSAT prep. 
Thurs. - Talmud presentations
Fri - Talmud presentations

shavua tov,

Rav Shaanan

JH 8 - week of Oct 11 - 15

Shalom,

This week we will be doing the following:

pages:          208 – 209,                          Topics: 

                                                            - American Revolutionary War

                        212 - 217                     - Gershom Menes Seixas        

                                                            - Haym Salomon        

                                                            - Washington and the Jews

                                                            - Jews move west/ Jewish peddlars

                                                            - Jewish women in America

                                                            - Levi Strauss

                                                            - Jews and the U.S. Civil War

There will be an open notebook quiz on Friday, Oct. 15.

shavua tov,

Rav Shaanan

Ivrit 11/12 - Oct. 11 - 15

This week we will be working on:
- Hebrew grammar Mon and Wed. working on pages 22, 23, and 34 in our grammar booklet on hebrew adjectives in singular and plural.
- Hebrew literature from "Aggadot Yerushalayim" book on pgs. Tues. and Thurs. working on pages 12 - 18 and answering the questions from the "Aggadot" workbook.
On Friday, we will have a review class or work on Hebrew newspaper TBA.

shavua tov,

Rav Shaanan

Chumash I - Oct. 11 - 15

This week some of the students in our class will be moving to Chumash II.
The remaining students will continue to learn in Chumash I with me and will have less of a text- based curriculum and focus more on Jewish thought about Torah and it's value in Judaism (in addition to some, but less text).
This week we will have an open notebook parasha quiz on Tuesday.
From Wed through Friday we will be looking at an article exploring belief in G-d.

shavua tov,

Rav Shaanan

Ivrit 11/12 October Syllabus

 

Monday          Tuesday           Wednesday         Thursday                    Friday

Week of Oct.4 – 8	- give back tests and go over them - give out “Aggadot book” and begin the first story	- Aggadot p.4- 6 - give 5 students p. 4 and the other 5 p. 6 to read, then they should teach their chevruta their story - read both stories together as a class - give out questions forHW	Dikduk Pg.s 19- 21. - nouns in singular and plural and the exceptions	Aggadot p.8 - chevruta reading, then read as class, discussion, brainstorming on Hb. Words that are associated with ‘Jerusalem’, - questions for HW	Shirah
Oct. 11- 15	Dikduk, pgs. 22, 23, 24, 34. - adjectives in singular and plural	- Aggadot p. 10 - 13 - bring in photo of the Bet Hamikdash and discuss the building with some Hebrew words as vocab words  for test	- Dikduk pgs. 80 – 83, po’el – past tense	- Aggadot p. 14 - photos and discussion on Kotel with key Hebrew words to know for test. - HW – write 3-5 sentences on either the Bethamikdash or the kotel.	Hb. Newspaper or Game
Oct. 18 – 22	Dikduk, pgs. 35- 40 -  הא הידיעה	- Aggadot p. 16,17 - writing exercise using vocab. Words from pages 6- 16	- Dikduk, pgs.84 – 88 Po’el Past tense	- Aggadot, 18 - write short story about their ‘journey to Jerusalem’ using vocab words	Hb. Newspaper or Game
Oct. 25 - 29	Dikduk Pgs. 89 -94 Po’el Past tense	Review on Aggadot stories, prepare for test	- Test on Dikduk and Aggadot p. 4- 18	- Aggadot p. 20 - 24	Hb Newspaper or Game

JH 10 October Syllabus

Week                                    Topics

Oct.4 – 8                        -     review test

-       articles on Jesus, Dead Sea Scrolls and Masada

-       Berel Wein article on beginnings of Christianity

-       Give out assignment on History of the Talmud

Oct. 11 – 15                        -     History of the Talmud

-       student presentations on the Talmud

-       article on the Talmud by R. Spiro

Oct. 18 – 22                        -     Jews of Babylonia – article by R.Spiro

-       Rise of Islam – article by R. Spiro

Oct. 25 – 29                        -    Karaites and Khazars

-       Review for test

-       TEST on Wed. Oct. 27

JH 8 October Syllabus

 

Week of:            pages                        Topics

Oct. 4- 8 -             197 – 207                        - new streams of Judaism in Western Europe

                                                            - Jews of England

                                                            - Moses Montifiore

                                                            - Marranos and Sephardim in the Americas

                                                            - first Jews of America

                                                            - Touro Synagogue 

11- 15 -             208 – 209,                         - American Revolutionary War

                        212 - 217                        - Gershom Menes Seixas           

                                                            - Haym Salomon           

                                                            - Washington and the Jews

                                                            - Jews move west/ Jewish peddlars

                                                            - Jewish women in America

                                                            - Levi Strauss

                                                            - Jews and the U.S. Civil War

18 – 22 -             219 – 220                        - Reform in the U.S.

                        222 - 229                        - Isaac Mayer Wise

                                                            - Tsar Nicholas and the Jews

                                                            - Tsar Alexander

                                                            - the Haskalah

                                                            - Yiddish Literature

                                                            - Persecutions and Progroms

                                                            - First Aliyah, Bilu

                                                             - Dreyfus Affair

25 – 29 –             230 – 235                        - Zionism

                        Additional                        - revival of Hebrew/ Eliezer Ben Yehuda

                        Readings from                        -  Second Aliyah

                        article                                    - mass migration of Eastern European Jews to U.S.

-       beginnings of Orthodoxy in the U.S.

Please note: open notebook quizzes – Mon. Oct. 11, 18, 25

                        TEST – Thursday, October 28th