Beth Haverim Shir Shalom's Kadima Program

"Its program includes the unique Family School alternative, as well as the Kadimah ('moving forward') program for Grades Seven through Twelve. In Kadimah the teens discuss hot topics, argue moral issues, cook Jewish foods, dance, sing, meditate, and learn conversational Hebrew, to name a few of the Monday night options. During their tenth grade year, they have the opportunity to travel with their peers to Washington, D.C. to put their social action knowledge to use at the Religious Action Center. For more about the program (as well as other religious school programs at BHSS), please click here."

This semester, Kadima students engaged in the intensive study of Jewish communities worldwide, through the unique culinary traditions of each one. In preparing food from these communities, students learned about the cultural, social, religious, and historical elements that have impacted them -- and made them unique within our increasingly interconnected tradition.