Kitah Vav Update

March 21, 2017

Hello friends! It has been another busy week at CSZ and I cannot believe that it is spring. I know I sound so old, but WHERE DID THE TIME GO?!  I swear it was Sukkot yesterday. Then again, in my mind 10 years ago was 2005, so what do I know….

Alas, some important housekeeping:

THIS SUNDAY IS THE JEWISH HISTORICAL BUS TOUR OF DETROIT:

If your child is in 6^th grade and did NOT RSVP for this trip, you do NOT have religious school on Sunday. 

All children who RSVP'd and sent in permission slips prior to Wednesday will board the bus at the FRONT entrance of CSZ at 8:45 a.m. PROMPTLY.  The bus will LEAVE at 9:00 a.m. The bus leaves rain or shine.  If school is canceled for some reason, the trip is canceled as well.

Eat a hearty breakfast and dress for the weather.

The bus will return no later than 1:00 pm. Ask your child to text you when they are on the way back to CSZ, but ask your child to stay OFF of his/her phone during the trip, please.

Please remind your child to be on his/her best behavior during this trip; several other synagogues are sharing the bus with us and we want to represent the BEST of CSZ and our children!

In other news:

Sunday the kids finished up their research on the history of propaganda and antisemitism and how Jews have been portrayed in the media. They found many patterns throughout a span of 90 years.  It is quite troubling.

On Tuesday we moved back to the Torah and to the consequence for Pharaoh’s antisemitism, he set the Jews up to fail.  The Jews were given a ridiculous amount of work to do and not enough materials to do.  What did we do? Did we band together to get the job done?!  Heck no!  We whined. We complained. We blamed each other. We pointed fingers.  We got UGLY.  Some things never change J

The kids studied what happens when groups of people feel maligned and oppressed and desperate. We discussed how this translates to modern day (still very relevant in everyday life) and how we can do things DIFFERENTLY to get a better result.   How did we do this?!  With LEGOS of course.  Ask your child what on earth Legos have to do with the Exodus story.  I hope something sunk in!

Til next time.  Enjoy your break and have a wonderful Passover!

Leah