Guest guest Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hi Robin, My husband responded yesterday; now I'm adding my perspective. My daughter Alana has attended Proud and Jewish for several years. The program is going through some changes with Rabbi Levy taking over for "Grandma" Fran Forman, who passed away last year. Rabbi Levy and the Special Education Committee are trying to make the different programs more structured and academic. Many of the students are autistic and the staff understands and knows how to work with them. Alana enjoys the program and is eager to attend [her session meets Sundays from 10-12 at the Plantation JCC]. The students have different abilities. She comes home singing prayers and songs and talking about holidays. Alana said, "It's great. I see people there. I play games. I do arts and crafts. I sing songs." Alana is part of an older teen-young 20's group. It's a nice group of individuals. I don't know how much they interact, but they seem to enjoy being together. I like it because she gets a taste of her religion in an environment that is warm and accepting, and she is with different people doing different things. Rabbi Levy, Federation, CAJE [Central Agency for Jewish Education] and the Special Education Committee want to expand the program and have more younger students become involved. [but any one at any age can enroll]. For the parents, there are monthly parent meetings where we get to socialize and network. I would recommend it as it's been a wonderful part of Alana's life. Any questions, feel free to email or call me. [] Meryl RLisme1@... wrote: I remember reading a past e-mail from this list regarding Rabbi Levy, who was offering children with autism a jewish education under CAJE. Does anyone on the list (in broward county) have a child attending hebrew or judaica classes as a result of this e-mail. I would love some more information and any feedback or personal experiences has had with this. Thanks, Robin Levine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Is there a program in North Dade Area that someone know of? >>> " Karp " 06/12/03 08:33AM >>> Robin and all - As I wrote to you privately, Noah (age 8) really enjoys the CAJE Proud and Jewish program. He looks forward to it every Sunday. He is on a Bar Mitzvah track, and when the time comes will be paired with a typical child at our synagogue, but all the training will come from this program, not our synagogue. After one year in the program, Noah can read a little Hebrew, knows the Shma and several other short prayers. However it is not all study - there is also arts and crafts, story telling, and other Judaically themed activities. I highly recommend it. Re: Jewish education Hi Robin, My husband responded yesterday; now I'm adding my perspective. My daughter Alana has attended Proud and Jewish for several years. The program is going through some changes with Rabbi Levy taking over for " Grandma " Fran Forman, who passed away last year. Rabbi Levy and the Special Education Committee are trying to make the different programs more structured and academic. Many of the students are autistic and the staff understands and knows how to work with them. Alana enjoys the program and is eager to attend [her session meets Sundays from 10-12 at the Plantation JCC]. The students have different abilities. She comes home singing prayers and songs and talking about holidays. Alana said, " It's great. I see people there. I play games. I do arts and crafts. I sing songs. " Alana is part of an older teen-young 20's group. It's a nice group of individuals. I don't know how much they interact, but they seem to enjoy being together. I like it because she gets a taste of her religion in an environment that is warm and accepting, and she is with different people doing different things. Rabbi Levy, Federation, CAJE [Central Agency for Jewish Education] and the Special Education Committee want to expand the program and have more younger students become involved. [but any one at any age can enroll]. For the parents, there are monthly parent meetings where we get to socialize and network. I would recommend it as it's been a wonderful part of Alana's life. Any questions, feel free to email or call me. [] Meryl RLisme1@... wrote: I remember reading a past e-mail from this list regarding Rabbi Levy, who was offering children with autism a jewish education under CAJE. Does anyone on the list (in broward county) have a child attending hebrew or judaica classes as a result of this e-mail. I would love some more information and any feedback or personal experiences has had with this. Thanks, Robin Levine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Robin and all - As I wrote to you privately, Noah (age 8) really enjoys the CAJE Proud and Jewish program. He looks forward to it every Sunday. He is on a Bar Mitzvah track, and when the time comes will be paired with a typical child at our synagogue, but all the training will come from this program, not our synagogue. After one year in the program, Noah can read a little Hebrew, knows the Shma and several other short prayers. However it is not all study - there is also arts and crafts, story telling, and other Judaically themed activities. I highly recommend it. -----Original Message-----From: Meryl Sherris Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:07 PMTo: sList Subject: Re: Jewish educationHi Robin,My husband responded yesterday; now I'm adding my perspective. My daughter Alana has attended Proud and Jewish for several years. The program is going through some changes with Rabbi Levy taking over for "Grandma" Fran Forman, who passed away last year. Rabbi Levy and the Special Education Committee are trying to make the different programs more structured and academic. Many of the students are autistic and the staff understands and knows how to work with them. Alana enjoys the program and is eager to attend [her session meets Sundays from 10-12 at the Plantation JCC]. The students have different abilities. She comes home singing prayers and songs and talking about holidays. Alana said, "It's great. I see people there. I play games. I do arts and crafts. I sing songs." Alana is part of an older teen-young 20's group. It's a nice group of individuals. I don't know how much they interact, but they seem to enjoy being together. I like it because she gets a taste of her religion in an environment that is warm and accepting, and she is with different people doing different things. Rabbi Levy, Federation, CAJE [Central Agency for Jewish Education] and the Special Education Committee want to expand the program and have more younger students become involved. [but any one at any age can enroll]. For the parents, there are monthly parent meetings where we get to socialize and network.I would recommend it as it's been a wonderful part of Alana's life. Any questions, feel free to email or call me. [] MerylRLisme1@... wrote: I remember reading a past e-mail from this list regarding Rabbi Levy, who was offering children with autism a jewish education under CAJE. Does anyone on the list (in broward county) have a child attending hebrew or judaica classes as a result of this e-mail. I would love some more information and any feedback or personal experiences has had with this.Thanks,Robin Levine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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