Talmud Torah Update

April 4th, 2014 -4th of Nissan, 5774

CalendarsIf you haven't yet bought one of the beautiful 6th grade

calendars, please do so this Sunday. They start in

April/Nissan because that's the first month of our spiritual

calendar. They are available for $10 and all proceeds go

to Talmud Torah. A big thanks to Oriana, Anna, the sixth

graders, and Mark Hurwit for this project.

New StaffWe are very sad to say goodbye to our fabulous Sam

Spinrad who has been teaching 1st grade this year. He is

an excellent teacher. Unfortunately for us, he's moving to

California for a full-time job. Fortunately, the first grade

class will go from one terrific teacher to another. Lauren

Schwartz will be taking over for Sam for the remainder of

the year. Lauren has taught for Talmud Torah before. She

loves teaching primary-age kids. She has been a camp

counselor for many years and brings that enthusiasm and

spirit to her class.

Substitute Teachers NeededGiven our staff turnover this year, we have significantly

depleted our substitute teacher pool. If you would be

interested in being on our official substitute teacher list,

please let us know.

Social Media RemindersThere are some terrific features of our tbieugene.org

website. It's nice to be able to send an email to everyone

in a class group. It's helpful to be able to post sound files

and other homework elements on the pages. It's handy

to be able to send a fellow parent a message without

finding the TT directory to remember their email address.

The class groups are all private, so unless you're logged

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UpcomingEventsTalmud Torah follows the regularschedule unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, 4/5Junior Congregation (R. Borisleading)

Sunday, 4/6Rosh Hodesh Girls (middleschool) meet at Peace, Loveand Pottery (6-8pm)

Sunday, 4/13PJ Library presents theMissing Matzoh Program (4-6pm)

Saturday, 4/19B'nai Mitzvah Family Nightand Student Sleepover

Sunday, 4/20No'ar Hadash ChocolateSeder grades 3-8 (12-2pm)

B'Mitz NewsProgress Reports will behanded out this comingSunday. Look for yours inpaper from your child and inemail.

TodahRabah!A huge thank you to all thefolks who helped makethis year's Purim carnival fun. We were definitely short onvolunteers, so the ones thathelped did even more ortheir share. In addition to the staffmembers who worked thecarnival, we couldnt havedone it without RachelSlovut, AuraSolomon, and thefollowing:Daniel BorsonZev Griffel

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on, you can't see what's posted on the page.

However, in order to make that work, people have to be

"members" of the website, just like being "on" Facebook.

Just like Facebook has "walls" that are visible to others,

so does the ning platform that hosts tbieugene.org

(they're called "pages"). If you leave a comment on

someone's tbieugene.org "page," this is visible to anyone

with internet access rather than just tbi folks. The good

news is you can easily delete stuff you don't want on the

page. In general though, we'd recommend reserving

posting 'comments" to people's pages for stuff like, "You

did a great job on that project" or "thank for your help

with the potluck cleanup," since messages on individual's

pages can be view-able to the world. If you want to send

someone a private note, you can do so by clicking on

the "send a message" link beneath their name. Just

a reminder as we all navigate this increasingly social-

media dependent world.

Reminder... Living Museum andHolocaust Remembrance Day NextMonthIn April our school community will gather to celebrate our

shared and diverse heritage in a special program called a

Living Museum after Talmud Torah from 11:30-12:30. Each

Talmud Torah family will be asked to present a

tangible item that holds significant meaning for your

family's history and/or identity. It may be something you

use regularly or something that has been stored away. It

can be old or new. Maybe it's your family's favorite PJ

library book. Maybe it's a 100-year-old kiddush cup.

Perhaps it's a kipah someone brought back from Israel, or

the recipe for your grandmother's challah. Maybe it isn't

even something that is inherently Jewish, but it helps you

be Jewish! Get creative. Whatever it is, you'll have the

chance to say how this artifact represents your identity.

Start thinking about what you might share. Find out more

about this project at the Living Museum website. We'll

provide students and families with more information as

we get closer to

the event on April

27th.

We will also have

some activities

designed to

recognize

Holocaust

Remembrance Day

on the 27th as

well. Families will be able to choose which offerings they

want to participate in with their students. If you have

ideas you'd like to see be part of the day, let us know.

Emilie CohenLesley GriffelWayne TaubenfeldLeslie TaubenfeldCelia BaculiZach HoffmanHeidi DixonKatherine GallagherSharon KleinPenny SalusLaura LeeMichael GriffelReisa MaddoxKarrie WarrenKelley Edwards

Sincere apologies if we've left offany names. It's been a few weeksand things are a little fuzzy. Please let me know if I've missedsomeone.

http://www.living-museum.org/site/mailto:talmudtorah@tbieugene.org?subject=Holocaust%20Remembrance%20Day

Wish List:Like to garage sale? Frequent thrift shops? Wanting to scale

back on your own stuff? Wanting to give a gift to Talmud

Torah? We could use some things.

Jewish books. Talmud Torah has gone ahead and

purchased several of the books on this wish list this

year (for just a few dollars apiece), but I keep

adding to the list.

And Remember...

Daily Dose of Hebrew (Akhlah.com):

Here's an example of the kind of electronic flashcard you

can get each day from Akhlah.com. Click on "newsletter"

to get the emails.

Looking for more Jewish learning materials? The TBI gift

shop has a lot of great alef-bet and other materials for

kids. Check out what's there.

TBI offers these Weekly Torah Commentaries from JRF

contributors and G-

dcast.com, a weekly

cartoon about the story

Jews are reading in the

Torah right now. (Click the icons)

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