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Oak
Park Temple
B'nai Abraham Zion
1235 N. Harlem Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 386-3937
Religious School Curriculum
| Grade | Hebrew requirements | Jewish Identity |
| Gan | Hebrew letters | Significant Torah stories/Holidays |
| 1st | Letters to whole words | Mitzvot / Know the Synagogue |
| 2nd | Reading / decoding skills | Cycle of Jewish year / Holidays |
| 3rd | Smooth reading skills | God |
| Chanukah blessings | ||
| Four Questions | Land of Israel | |
| Brachot | ||
| 4th | Read, chant and key vocabulary | Torah / Avodah / text study |
| for Barchu, Yotzer / Maariv, Shema, | ||
| V'ahavta | ||
| Conversational Hebrew | Values & Ethics | |
| 5th | Read, chant and key vocabulary | Jewish History |
| for Avot, Gvurot, Kiddusha, | ||
| Shalom Rav/ Sim Shalom | ||
| (self paced groups) | ||
| Conversational Hebrew | ||
| 6th | Read, chant and key vocabulary for | Judaism in America / Jewish |
| long Kiddush, chatzi Kaddish, Blessings | identity / 20th century Jewish history | |
| before and after Torah, blessings | Talmud/Midrash/Mishnah | |
| before and after Haftarah, | Sophisticated understanding of | |
| B'nai Mitzvah prayer review | ritual & holidays | |
| Trope phrases | ||
| Conversational Hebrew | current events | |
| 7th | Jewish Literacy: | |
| Comparative religion | ||
| Comparative Judaism | ||
| Anti-Semitism/Holocaust/ | ||
| Famous & Infamous Jews in 20th century | ||
| Social Justice & Activism / JCUA urban p | ||
| 8th | Why be Jewish?: | |
| Tikkun Olam | ||
| Ethics: The Human Condition | ||
| What does Judaism say about.. | ||
| Personal Ethics, care of your body | ||
| Jewish Lifecycle | ||
| 9th | People of the Book: | |
| Midrash, stories in art | ||
| Jewish literature | ||
| How to study Torah | ||
| K'dusha | ||
| Jewish identity in America | ||
| 10th | God, Torah, Israel | |
| Tikkun Olam action | ||
| 11th-12th | Modern dilemmas and Jewish response | |
| (student create curriculum) | ||
| Prepare for college, find your Jewish | ||
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are a member of URJ, Union for Reform Judaism
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