December 2024
Dora-Ann Cohen Ellison
This year, 58 students are enrolled at the Jewish Learning Program at Temple Anshe Sholom. Our school hallways are buzzing each Shabbat morning and Wednesday afternoon. Our goals are to enhance student and family connections within the Jewish community, and help our students find their own passion for Jewish learning.
As we help our students find their Jewish interests, we have launched our Wednesday Choose Your Own Jewish Adventure, where students choose an elective to learn in a way that is of interest to them. We are offering; Ukelele Lessons and Shabbat Songs, Values through Zen Doodling and Hebrew Calligraphy, Israel—People and Places through Games and Art, and JIM—Values of Jews in Motion. Our electives are for Kindergarten-Grade 7 students, and we are still accepting enrollment.
We are also fostering connections among Jewish adults through our drop-in social hours. Please join us on Wednesday afternoons from 5-6 p.m. as we schmooze and learn together. We wrap up December with a guided painting adult social with Cantor Paula on Dec. 11 and 18. Attend more than two sessions to create a beautiful Chanukah painting to hang for the holidays ($5 fee for materials, pre-registration IS required for this activity) at templeanshesholom.shulcloud.com/event/paintwithpaula.
Our winter adult sessions resume on Jan. 8 with Mahjongg with Laura Wolfson for four weeks, followed by a three-week book club. As part of our community activities, students will be learning about Hamilton Jewish Family Services and Hamilton Jewish Federation. We kick off our annual food and toiletry drive Nov. 27 and encourage anyone visiting the Temple to drop off items to our collection bin in the front foyer through Dec.14. Our high school students will once again go door to door in our community collecting donations on Dec. 12.
For more information about joining our Temple community or Jewish Learning Program, please contact Dora-Ann Cohen Ellison at dacellison@anshesholom.ca or visit anshesholom.ca.
