Toddler to Teen
Grades K-7
“When you teach your children, you teach your children’s children.”
Grow at TBE!
Nurture the joy of Jewish living.
Children and families design their own meaningful pathway to engage with Jewish values and culture.
BaDerech Grades K-5
BaDerech (“On The Path”) is our interactive, multimodal weekly learning program for Kindergarten through 5th grade students. This coming year, our K-5 learners will dive deep into Jewish holidays and living in Jewish time. They will explore the origins of traditional Jewish holidays as well as new ways to celebrate them both at TBE and at home. Through music, Z’man Ivrit (Hebrew time), t’filah (prayer) sessions, and formal Hebrew classes, students will wrestle with the Hebrew language in preparation for their b’mitzvah leadership role and beyond. Families are invited to create community on Sundays during family learning programs throughout the year and on any given Sunday in our new Parent Hub, featuring schmoozing, learning, and coffee every week!
Contact
Eliana Stein
B’Yachad Grades 6-7
Learners continue their journey in B’Yachad (“together”), our weekly program for 6th and 7th graders. Exploring the idea of Jewish peoplehood through the lenses of midrash (sacred stories), mitzvah (sacred actions), and Yisrael (sacred community), our b’mitzvah student cohort will form and maintain community through shared experiential learning. Additionally, students will engage in service learning experiences through the Ma’asim Tovim (“Good Works”) program and live out our sacred tradition of tikkun olam (“repairing the world”). Students will also continue their study of the Hebrew language and traditional prayers in preparation for their b’mitzvah services.
View Ma’asim Tovim opportunities for 2024-2025
For questions about Ma’asim Tovim, contact Mira Warmflash, Tikkun Olam Youth Educator.
Contact
Eliana Stein
Hebrew Learning
All students in grades 4–6 participating in BaDerech or B’Yachad are required to enroll in our b’mitzvah Hebrew program unless they are enrolled in day school. Our Hebrew program prepares each student to be comfortable with key components of prayer services and empowers them to lead the congregation in prayer when they become b’mitzvah. The program has two elements: small group learning and individual learning sessions with their teachers.
Contact
Eliana Stein
Reach Out
Eliana Stein
Director of K-7 Learning Programs
Aiden O’Neal
Youth Programming Coordinator
No’ar Committee Co-Chairs
Victor Davidson, Shana Frank
Day School
TBE and local Jewish day schools share the belief that relationships and community are central to living a joyful, fulfilling Jewish life. Day School studentes in 6th and 7th grade are required to join B’Yachad. School and synagogue are extensions of each other.
MetroWest Jewish Day School (MWJDS)
Contact
Rabbi Rachel Saphire
Parent Involvement
Would you like to play an active role in shaping the family experience at Temple Beth Elohim? If so, the No’ar (Youth) Committee might be for you. The No’ar Committee focuses on the needs of families with children in grades K-7.
As a member of the No’ar Committee, you will partner with a dedicated group of parents to develop programming to strengthen the TBE family community.
Contact
Victor Davidson and Shana Frank
No’ar Committee Co-Chairs
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Becoming B’Mitzvah at TBE
During the sixth and seventh grades, our curriculum focuses on Hebrew study, tikkun olam (repairing the world), Jewish texts (Torah and Prophets), Jewish history, and creating positive social and emotional connections through a Jewish lens. In addition, we support families on their b’mitzvah journeys, which includes family programs with our staff and clergy, group and individual tutoring, and clergy meetings. We look forward helping you prepare for and celebrate this milestone!
