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Q: What will it take to make Jewish
learning exciting, meaningful and
ongoing for all ages?

ELISSA D. BERG

Special to the Jewish News

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n a recent Wednesday after-
noon, both driveways to
Adat Shalom Synagogue
were being repaved. It was
almost impossible to enter the proper-
ty. Someone had apparently forgotten
that at 7 p.m. we were scheduled to do
"PJs and Stories."
Every Wednesday evening during
the summer, a member of our profes-
sional staff comes to the synagogue
library to read a Jewish story to our
preschoolers in their pajamas. There is
a craft, sometimes a song, a snack and
the opportunity for kids and their par-
ents to shmooze. Adat Shalom has a
"PJs and Stories" community: parents
and children who are always there.
At 5 p.m. that evening, my phone
calls began.
Everyone who had been to "PJs"
this summer was called with specific
directions as to where on the lawn they
might turn in to rejoin the road lead-
ing to the school wing.
My phone calls were well received
but one particular conversation stands
out. I called a household with four
(really!) preschoolers. Mom answered,
"Oh, thanks for calling. We would
love to join you tonight but the boys
did not behave this afternoon and I
told them if they did not take their

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You'd probably start with a strong college prep curriculum. AP options
in math, science and history. Foreign language choices. Not to
mention extracurriculars: art, dance, journalism, leadership, media,
music, sports, theatre, the works.

How about small classes with expert teachers who truly care about
students? Learning that goes beyond the classroom into the
real world?

If you could, would you set all that into a Jewish context? Share the
history of thousands of years? Give the next generation a real
understanding of the values most important to your family?

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