Areas of Focus:

Ethic: Knowledge and Justice

Holidays: Shabbat, Simkhat Torah

Life Cycle: The Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Jewish Heroes: Judge Deborah, Isaiah, King Solomon

Project: Lechem L’Reyaveem (Feeding the Hungry)

Jewish Literature:The Torah with Some Selections from
The Book of Judges and The Book of Kings
*Ancient Israel
*The Early Patriarchs and Matriarchs
*Historical Setting of the Hebrew Language
*The Conquests of Israel
*Islam
*The Rise of Christianity
*The Spanish Inquisition

Units:

1. Rosh Hashanah: The Beginning of The Jewish Year

2. The First Hebrews: The Beginning of The Jewish People

3. Simkhat Torah and The Ten Commandments

4. Great Leaders: Judges and Kings of Israel

5. Prophetic Voices: Will There Be Peace?

6.Massada: Decisions of Life or Death

7. Rabbi Akiva: To Revolt or Not to Revolt?

8.Judah Hanasi and The Torah

9. The Oral Tradition and Talmud

10.The Rise of Islam

11.The Spanish Inquisition: Dark Times and Difficult Decisions