Welcome to Kitah Hey (Grade 5): Meet your teacher and learn about your curriculum!
Alyx Bernstein (she/her)
Kitah Hey (Fifth Grade)
Alyx is thrilled to be lead teaching Kitah Hey and tutoring at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek! She is starting rabbinical school at Hebrew College this fall, and has spent the past two years working at The Jewish Education Project in New York, uplifting supplementary Jewish education across the country. Alyx also serves on the board of and works as shabbaton staff for Keshet, where she helps queer Jewish youth build their joyful Jewish selves. She loves all things Jewish text and bringing kids’ excitement, curiosity, and unique voices into conversation with our tradition. In her new home in Somerville, Alyx loves baking, cooking, cats, and great thrillers.
Curriculum Overview
Shemot: The Exodus story: Continuing to build on their Torah reading skills of havruta learning, Torah and midrash reading, this class studies the second book of the Torah, focusing on the Israelites’ experience journey from mitzrayim (mythical Egypt) to liberation. The students connect their study to modern day slavery, engaging in tikkun olam projects around current labor issues, such as organizing a fair trade chocolate sale.
Kitah Hey Siyyum
Each year Kitah Hey co-leads a Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Toba. Watch the 2021 recording HERE.