Midrasha News
New Schedule for 2007-08!
Community Midrasha – the community-wide Jewish education program for teens - is pleased to announce a new time slot and format for the 2007-2008 school year: all classes for grades 8-12 (except Rabbi Friedman’s 10 th grade class) will be held on Sunday evenings, in the Judea Reform Education Building, following a weekly Midrasha dinner at 5:00 p.m. With this new arrangement, Community Midrasha intends to foster greater interaction among students of all grade levels and to provide a more cohesive environment for Jewish teenagers.
As in previous years, the core of the Midrasha curriculum will be taught by outstanding faculty including Rabbi John Friedman, Rabbi Steven Sager, Rabbi Michael Goldman (of Duke’s Freeman Center for Jewish Life), and Rabbi Zalman Bluming (Chabad of Durham/Chapel Hill).
The 8 th and 9 th graders will pursue a series of elective courses, which will be announced later this summer, and will appear on the Midrasha website. Tenth-grade students will maintain their predominantly Sunday morning schedule with Rabbi Friedman during the first semester, but will join in the Midrasha-wide evening sessions during the second semester. The 11 th/12 th-grade curriculum will comprise a seminar series with Rabbi Goldman and a text study seminar series with Rabbi Sager.
In addition to the annual 10 th-grade trip to Washington D.C. for the Religious Action Center political advocacy (“L’taken”) seminar, Midrasha will be offering several weekend trips and shabbatonim including to New York City and Charlotte—which should afford unique Shabbat opportunities.
Register now for the 2007-08 school year!
Register before August 15th and receive a $25 early registration discount. To register for Midrasha’s exciting 2007-2008 year, download and send in the registration forms (or send in the ones you otherwise received), and take advantage of the “early registration discount.” For members of Judea Reform and Beth El (synagogues that provide financial support for Midrasha), tuition is $375 (but $350 for early registrants). For other students, tuition is $475 (and $450 for early registrants). We look forward to your joining us for a year of Jewish learning, community building, and fun!