Dear CNS Friends,
The Board of Netivot Shalom is excited to share that, after a rigorous process led by Youth Education chairs Lara Hornbeck and Serena Heaslip, and with a supporting cast including many shul families, we have announced the new CNS position of "Director of Youth Community and Connection." (See the vision and job posting here: cnsberkeley.blogspot.com.)
We've been blessed to engage in a beautiful, open conversation about the needs of our over 270 children at Netivot Shalom from Preschool through High School. We are proud of the work we have accomplished thus far to support our families and children on their Jewish Journeys, and this step is an amazing new one we're taking together.
This has been a deeply meaningful process, during which we've learned from the successes of communal Jewish educational institutions such as Midrasha and JYCA as well as cutting-edge Jewish Educational ventures taking place around the country such as Edah. Our larger community is blessed by the strength of full time Jewish Day Schools like OHDS, Tehiyah, CCJDS, BHDS, and JCHS as well as the nationally recognized work of Edah, whose founders and leaders are largely members of Netivot Shalom.
We are committed to offering the finest Jewish educational experiences for our children, and because of that, we are also announcing our partnership with Edah as the afternoon Jewish educational environment we will recommend for those not sending their children to Jewish Day School. Shorashim, our Hebrew School, has served as a nurturing bridge from where we've been to where we're headed, and we remain deeply grateful for the passion Rabbi Bochner and our Youth Education Chairs have brought to every facet of our shul's journey to reach this point!
During the coming year, we will strengthen our relationships with Midrasha, JYCA, Lehrhaus Judaica, and the Day Schools in our area, so as to weave an ever-growing network of visionary Jewish learning for every generation of our Jewish family.
For more information, please email Lara Hornbeck and Serena Heaslip at youthedcns@gmail.com.
Kol Tuv,
Michael Tarle, Menachem Creditor
President, Netivot Shalom Rabbi, Netivot Shalom
