MOVIE DAY

We joined Shira and Y'tzira students yesterday morning in the Beit Knesset, to watch a documentary called "Supergirl," which I had first seen this past summer at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. It's an 80-minute long film, so it took up our entire session, but I feel it was well worth the time. It covers several important issues young adolescents must deal with in an age-appropriate manner:  discovering your strengths and learning to deal with disappointment, cyber-bullying, family relationships, and the role of women in our society. If you happen to be a subscriber to Amazon Prime, the video is free.

We also participated in the second of three "Creative Tefillahs," led by our 6th graders. Rabbi Miller, who meets with each group on the Tuesday or Wednesday prior to the Sunday tefillah session they will lead, introduced the theme the students came up with, to connect the major prayers and songs in the service:

Maddie was the only Edot student participating this time. Here she is introducing the "V'Ahavta" prayer with a Shira student:

At the end of the service, Rabbi Miller asked the sixth grade participants to come up and join her in singing the song called "Arkteek, Menta, Shokolad, Banana." This song obviously has a lot to do with the food theme of this Creative Tefillah, and since it's never too early to start thinking about the summer, and this song is a very popular one at Camp Kefli, it was the obvious way to end the service on a fun note!

YASHER KO'ACH TO MADDIE AND ALL THE 6th GRADERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS CREATIVE TEFILLAH SESSION.