Overview
Sunday program:
Nitzanim/Gan (Ages 3-K): Being a Jew, Being a Mensch 1.0
Welcome to Jewish community and learning! How can I live out Jewish values and concepts in my life?
Alef (1st grade): Jewish Calendar
What does it mean to follow Jewish time? How do we celebrate our tradition and the seasons?
Bet (2nd grade): Being a Jew, Being a Mensch 2.0
How can I live out Jewish values and concepts in my life?
Gimel (3rd grade): Bereishit 1.0
What do the stories of creation teach me about myself and my world?
Dalet (4th grade): Bereishit 2.0
How do the stories about the first Jewish family connect me to Jewish tradition, midrash, and peoplehood?
Hey (5th grade): Exodus
What can our liberation story teach us about justice and freedom?
Vav (6th grade): Belief, Belonging, and Behaving on the Path to B’Mitzvah 1.0
As I start on the path to becoming B’mitzvah, what personal and communal practice help me see myself as an active participant of Jewish Practice and Tradition?
Zayin (7th grade): Belief, Belonging, and Behaving on the Path to B’Mitzvah 2.0
As I become B’mitzvah, how do I see myself within the story of the Jewish people? How does my family history as well as global Jewish history shape my understanding of what it means to be a Jew?
Weekday Program:
Gimel: Hebrew alphabet, decoding, and writing
Dalet: Ma’ariv prayers - Barchu, Shema and V’ahavta, Ahavat Olam
Hey: Shacharit prayers - Birchot HaShachar, Yotzer Or, Ahava Raba, Amidah
Vav: Torah Service
Approach:
Honoring and celebrating our many aspects of diversity is integrated into our educational approach, staff training, and community programming and central to our school culture.
After going through CDT Religious School our students will...
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Have a foundational understanding of the Jewish people as a multiracial, multicultural, and global people.
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Teachers are trained in developing curriculum that reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the Jewish people.
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Staff address identity based harm and microaggressions and partner with families when harm has happened.
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A lending library is available monthly to encourage families to read Jewish books that reflect racial and global Jewish diversity.
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Be empowered members of our community working to actualize kol yisrael arevim ze bazeh (all of the people of Israel are responsible for one another). As a community we challenge ableism by recognizing our neurological, emotional, sensory, and physical diversity as a strength. We work to make sure all members can access and experience belonging in our community.
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Our Inclusion Director works directly with teachers, families, and students to develop support plans and provide training to staff.
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Lesson plans include multiple modalities of instruction to meet a diversity of learning needs.
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Experience a Jewish community that affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+ identities.
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Caregivers of GIaNTs (Gender Independent and Nonbinary/Trans) meetups provide opportunities for peer-to-peer support and community.
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Curricular materials reflect family structure and gender diversity.
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Nonbinary Hebrew Project grammar system is utilized - i.e. our teen program is called madrichimot which utilizes the nonbinary project gender neutral plural ending.
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Interfaith families are affirmed as a robust and integral part of our community
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Interfaith family meet ups create a space for adults in interfaith families to connect and discuss relevant topics
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Israel/Palestine : We respect the political diversity of our community regarding Israel/Palestine. Our community includes proud Zionists, anti-Zionists, and those in the middle; people with strong connections to the State and land of Israel/Palestine and people with little connection. What we share is a commitment to respecting one another and participating in a community that does not have red lines about this topic.
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In our educational programming we teach ahavat yoshvei ha’aretz - love of all who dwell in the land.
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Over the course of their education at CDT, students will engage with the three distinct aspects of Israel—Am Yisrael (the People of Israel), Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel), and Medinat Yisrael (the State of Israel)—and explore their connections to each.
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We are developing a curriculum across the grades that incorporates learning about the people of Israel and the land of Israel as they appear in our sacred texts.
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Our seventh graders study Israeli and Palestinian history and contemporary issues through a dual narrative approach rooted in compassion and respect. This curriculum supports students’ development of a historical understanding that includes the experiences, needs and aspirations of both peoples.Click below to learn about the curriculum!
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