New Classes: Youth and Adult
October 17, 2012
NEW CLASSES
YOUTH CLASSES
***New Jr. High Girls Chesed Club
The club will meet weekly at Great Neck Synagogue on Tuesdays from 7:00 - 7:45 pm to plan and discuss various organizations to contact and events to run that will benefit the larger Jewish community. Rabbi Lichter will supervise the club and act as an advisor to their suggestions. The club will host its first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter.gns.org for more Information and to sign up your daughter for this Chesed opportunity.
***New Jr. High Boys Tefillin Class
A class taught by Rabbi Lichter on Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:15 pm for Bar‐Mitzvah aged boys who would like to learn about the laws and reasons behind the mitzvah of Tefillin. The class will meet in the Braun Youth Center and a pizza dinner will be served. The first class will be Thursday, Oct. 18th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter@ gns.org to sign your son up for the class.
Parsha & Pizza
This class, taught by Rabbi Lichter, focusing on Parshat Hashavua will continue to meet this year on Wednesday nights from 7:00 - 7:30, geared for 2nd grade to 5th grade. Pizza dinner is served, prizes and seforim are awarded to attendees. The first class is Wednesday night, Oct. 17th in the Chalfin Room at Great Neck Synagogue. Contact Rabbi Lichter for any questions about the class. ilichter@gns.org.
High School Class
Our high schoolers meet with Rabbi Lichter on Thursday nights for dinner and learning from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The class focuses on the daily issues that High School teens confront in their lives and provides for both a social and educational atmosphere. The first class is Thursday night, Oct. 18th at Great Neck Synagogue. Drop in on Thursday nights and you’ll be hooked.
SCHOLARS & SCHOLARSHIP - NEW SERIES
Tuesday, October 16, 8:30pm with Rabbi Avraham Bronstein. Join us for the first of three special study sessions on the Ten Commandments, culminating with a lecture by David Hazony, author of ‘The Ten Commandments: How Our Most Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life’.
TALMUD TORAH
Matan Bat Mitzvah Program begins Wed. Oct., 17th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the Chalfin Rm. with Morah Netta Jensenson. Please contact Rabbi Lichter to register your daughter at ilichter@gns.org.
Youth Classes
October 11, 2012
YOUTH CLASSES
***New Jr. High Girls Chesed Club
The club will meet weekly at Great Neck Synagogue on Tuesdays from 7:00 - 7:45 pm to plan and discuss various organizations to contact and events to run that will benefit the larger Jewish community. Rabbi Lichter will supervise the club and act as an advisor to their suggestions. The club will host its first meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter.gns.org for more information and to sign up your daughter for this Chesed opportunity.
***New Jr. High Boys Tefillin Class
A class taught by Rabbi Lichter on Thursdays from 5:30 - 6:15 pm for Bar‐Mitzvah aged boys who would like to learn about the laws and reasons behind the mitzvah of Tefillin. The class will meet in the Braun Youth Center and a pizza dinner will be served. The first class will be Thursday, Oct. 18th. Please contact Rabbi Lichter at ilichter@ gns.org to sign your son up for the class.
Parsha & Pizza
This class, taught by Rabbi Lichter, focusing on Parshat Hashavua will continue to meet this year on Wednesday nights from 7:00 - 7:30, geared for 2nd grade to 5th grade. Pizza dinner is served, prizes and seforim are awarded to attendees. The first class is Wednesday night, Oct. 17th in the Chalfin Room at Great Neck Synagogue. Contact Rabbi Lichter for any questions about the class. ilichter@gns.org.
High School Class
Our high schoolers meet with Rabbi Lichter on Thursday nights for dinner and learning from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. The class focuses on the daily issues that High School teens confront in their lives and provides for both a social and educational atmosphere. The first class is Thursday night, Oct. 18th at Great Neck Synagogue. Drop in on Thursday nights and you’ll be hooked.
TALMUD TORAH
Matan Bat Mitzvah Program begins Wed. Oct., 17th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm In the Chalfin Rm. With Morah Netta Jensenson. Please contact Rabbi Lichter to register your daughter at ilichter@gns.org
GNS Talmud Torah
August 27, 2012
GNS TALMUD TORAH
The Great Neck Synagogue Talmud Torah is a full Jewish after school program dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. The Talmud Torah meets weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Please contact the Synagogue office to register by September 1st.
As part of the expanded Talmud Torah program, we offer a special MATAN program for Bat-Mitzvah aged girls. The class is taught by Morah Netta Jansenson, an outstanding faculty member of North Shore Hebrew Academy, who is known for her creativity and warmth. The program will meet on Monday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and will begin after the Sukkot holiday in mid October for 12 classes to be completed by the end of January. Please contact the Synagogue office to register your child.
Classes for Youth with Rabbi Lichter
August 31, 2011
PARSHA & PIZZA WITH RABBI LICHTER
On Wednesday evenings, 8:00pm in the Chalfin room.
YOUTH CLASSES
Elementary - Parsha and Pizza Wednesdays - 8:00 - 8:30 pm
Junior High - Dinner & Discussion Thursdays beginning 10/27 - 5:45 - 6:30 pm
High School - Dinner & Discussion Thursdays beginning 10/27 - 6:30 - 7:30 pm
All classes are with Rabbi Lichter and will be geared to both Public school and Yeshiva students.
Talmud Torah
August 1, 2011
GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE TALMUD TORAH
The GNS Talmud Torah is now accepting registration for the 2011-2012 semester. The GNS Talmud Torah is a full Jewish after-school program dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which Jewish children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. Our goal is to create lifelong learners who can identify with their heritage and for whom Judaism is a central part of their lives. Classes take place on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at the Great Neck Synagogue. The Talmud Torah, directed by Rabbi Polakoff, serves member families and students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. We offer a varied leveled curriculum focused on your child’s competencies delivered by experienced Jewish educators. For more information please email Mark Twersky at mtwersky@gns.org.
Talmud Torah - 2010-2011
June 25, 2010
The GNS Talmud Torah (www.gnstt.org) serves member families and students from grades one through 8 through a varied Jewish curriculum delivered by experienced Jewish educators.
Our after school program is dedicated to excellence in an engaging and respectful learning environment in which our children can become proud, caring, responsible, and dedicated members of the Jewish people and American society. Our goal is to create lifelong learners who can identify with their heritage and for whom Judaism is a central part of their lives.
Click Here to register for 2010-2011 semester.
Class for High School Students
May 11, 2009
HIGH SCHOOL PIRKEI AVOS CLASS
There will be a Pirkei Avos shiur for High School students every shabbos afternoon approx 40 minutes before mincha given by Cary Schwechter in the GNS Youth Center.
News from Youth Department
January 12, 2009
January 2009
Dear Congregants:
We are pleased to announce that this year we have record enrollments in all of our Youth Programs, with equally enthusiastic Youth Leaders looking forward to getting to know your children. Due to the high volume of children this year, we are requesting your help as parents. We welcome parents in personally encouraging your children to join our Youth Program Shabbat groups by dropping them off before you go to services.
Pre-Groups
Pre-groups is a new program in our youth department. It runs from 9:00am to 10:00am each Shabbat in the Chalfin Room, for those parents who bring their children earlier, and are not old enough to join Rabbi Jensen in his Youth Minyan. There will now be signs at both main entrances guiding parents to the appropriate rooms for your child’s group. This will hopefully end some of the confusion about where to go, and where you can find your child for pick-up at the end of groups.
Preschool Groups
The pre-school groups are growing so quickly that we have made a few changes.
The Chalfin Room will now be the mommy-and-me room for those children who can not yet separate. There will be toys and snack available to you in this room. Room 112 will be for 2-3 year olds. Room 113 will be for the 4-5 years olds. In all rooms there will now be age appropriate toys and activities. We strongly urge all parents in these two rooms to drop off your children. They will be in a safe and nurturing environment. Get to know your group leaders and let them know where you will be davening in case your child should need you.
- Preschool Groups begin at 10:00 am
- Rabbi Jensen will make Kiddush for the children at approximately 11:40 AM
- We now have a strict nut free policy in all classrooms
- 12:00pm groups end
The Shul Building
We are all partners in making the shul experience a meaningful one. A weekly rotation of volunteers from our parent body will make routine sweeps through the hallways during the morning to ensure that the children find their way to their respective programs. Those children who do not wish to join in the various programs being offered will be escorted to their parents.
Toys and Supplies
If your children come to groups on a regular basis please donate one age appropriate Shabbos used or unused toy, books and supplies. They can be dropped off in the Synagogue office (please discuss with Morah Susan Sheena if there should be any questions.) Your help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
Non-members reading this letter and benefiting from the youth groups on a regular basis are encouraged to become members of the Great Neck Synagogue. Associate membership is available at half-price provided that your family is a member of another shul in Great Neck. Please contact the GNS office for more details.
We would like to thank the Youth Group committee for helping to implement these new structures and policies to our groups, and would like to encourage that committee to continue with their good work and helping others to comply with our new policies. As parents, your involvement in our youth program is very important and appreciated. We rely on you for your support.
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