| The Reform Temple of Framingham Massachusetts |
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300
Pleasant Street
Framingham, MA 01701 508-872-8300 |
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The Religious School |
| The School at Temple Beth Am strives to meet the challenge of creating literate youths with positive identities as Reform Jews. Our program is seeing continuous improvement and our students are involved in the learning process in such a way that one can feel their "ruach" (spirit) and joy in the hallways. | ||
HIGH SCHOOL |
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Grades
9-10 Our High School program offers students in grades 9 and 10 the opportunity to meet once a week on Monday evenings to study and discuss subjects of great relevance to their lives, and to socialize with other Jewish teenagers. It is at this point in their Jewish education that our young people become aware that Judaism is not just Hebrew prayers and holiday celebrations, but a system of beliefs about God, the nature of humanity, ethical imperatives and moral mandates. In studying bible, the Holocaust, Jewish rituals surrounding life and death, Jewish cuisine and social action, students in our high school program begin to understand that their own value systems have been shaped by thousands of years of Jewish teachings. The Confirmation year, 10th grade, is highlighted with a fabulous 3-day trip to New York City with other confirmation classes from around the greater Boston area. Students visit Ellis Island, the Lower East Side, and it's historical sites, the Jewish Braille Institute, various kinds of synagogues and Jewish institutions of higher learning, as well as eat at some real Jewish delis and see a Broadway show.The culmination of Temple Beth Am High School is Confirmation at the end of the 10th grade. This service, which is put together and led by members of the Confirmation class and held on the festival of Shavuot, is one of the most beautiful services of the entire year. After Confirmation, many 11th and 12th graders continue on in our Post-Confirmation program. Once a month, these high school juniors and seniors meet for an hour with Rabbi Miller and an hour with Cantor Schechtman to discuss subjects facing young people in the 21st century, particularly as they establish their own Jewish identity when they leave home for the first time and go off to college. At the end of 12th grade, we have a special graduation service for those students who have shown the remarkable commitment and dedication to complete all the years of Jewish education at Temple Beth Am. |
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| Our
2007 Graduation Service Come Celebrate Our Youth |
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We have amazing young people here at Temple Beth Am, and the springtime gives us the opportunity to honor those that have chosen to continue their Jewish education well past their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. First,
On Friday, May 4th, we will have our
annual graduation service. This year, it will take place on
the same night at Shabbat Across America, a special service designed
to welcome newcomers into our temple community.
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| The wonderful seniors who continued their Jewish studies all the way through the 12th grade and are graduating this year are: | ||
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Our
beautiful graduation service will be followed by our Scholarship
and Awards Dinner, during which our temple will bestow monetary
awards to students going to college, Jewish camps and Israel programs.
At
our Shavuot Evening Service on Tuesday evening, May 22nd at 7:00pm,
we will have the privilege of witnessing seven 10th graders take
their place on our bima as the Confirmation Class of 5767.
These young men have committed themselves to our high school program
and they just came back from an exciting 3-day trip to New York
with teenagers from three other Boston area synagogues. We
are very proud of our newest confirmands:
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| A hearty mazal tov to all of our graduates and confirmands! We feel confident that you will be the next generation of Jewish leaders. | ||
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