Last month, I had the privilege of working with fifth and sixth grade students at Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester and Westchester Reform Temple. At WRT, students received siddurim (prayer books) that they will use throughout their studies to…
Yesterday, I worked with third grade families at Jewish Community Center of Harrison. The community's theme for the year is kindness, so we read several texts about kindness and the families discussed the texts as well as personal experiences as…
This semester, I have had the privilege of working with a wonderful group of young women through the Jewish Journeys Project at JCC in Manhattan. At each of four sessions, we studied Jewish texts about a social justice issue and…
Last month, I had a chance to work with students at Baruch College to create a remembrance quilt for Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Hillel partnered with the Art Club at Baruch and the InterVarsity Club to create this lunchtime…
A couple weeks ago, I visited my daughter's preschool class to help them turn their lessons about spring into fabric art. At that point, it certainly didn't feel like spring, but they used their imaginations and did such a fabulous…
Each year, the fourth graders at Kol Ami learn about the Chassidic movement and hold a mock wedding at the end of the unit. Last year, I worked with the students to make a chuppah for their wedding. This year,…
Thanks to a grant from the Jaime A. Hulley Arts Foundation, I was able to bring an art workshop to my old junior high school (now a middle school). The eighth graders were learning about the Social Reform Movement and…
Earlier this month, our family went to Princeton NJ for an amazing weekend at Limmud NY. While my kids attended the fabulous Camp Ramah and Geoff taught about science and religion, I taught a couple fiber art workshops. Participants were encouraged…
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to return to Beth El Synagogue Center to work with the sixth graders and their families. They studied the Torah portions for their upcoming Bnai Mitzvah and then created a piece of fabric art…
