Double Chai will begin at 6:00 p.m. and end by 7:30 p.m. There will be no dinner or snack served. We plan to return to dinner and the full schedule in March.
Here are some highlights for the coming week:
7th grade will watch an episode from the 2002 CBS TV show, Joan of Arcadia. Joan is a seemingly regular teen who has the ability to hear God. God gives Joan different missions (mitzvot?) to make her community better. In the episode, "Book of Questions," Joan has to help her Jewish friend, Grace, go through with her Bat Mitvah, even as Grace tries to avoid it at all costs. Students will discuss the themes of the epidsode following the program.
8th-12th grade students will welcome special guest speaker, Jen Bolton, from an organization called DOVE (Domestic Violence Ended). Jen is the DOVE youth educator. She will talk with the students about safe friendships/relationships and the warning signs for emotional and physical abuse. Jewish values expressed in Torah, "Love your fellow as yourself (Lev. 19:18)" and B'Tzelem Elohim - being created in God's image (Gen. 1:27) make this learning opportunity relevant in our Double Chai context. Making sure our teens understand the characteristics of safe friendships/relationships, and caring for themselves and their peers are core Jewish values. Please be in touch if you have any questions.
