Chugim Offerings: Fall 2018

Chugim are an integral part of Kadima School. Hebrew for "activities," we use the word chugim to name the time during Kadima School when our young people and adults engage together in elective activities. They provide agency for our members all of all ages in their Jewish learning, journey, and community building - with opportunities to choose their desired topic of learning, or even offer something to lead themselves. Chugim are offered during Shabbat School - the first and third Saturday morning of the month - on a trimester schedule throughout the school year. The Kadima School faculty began leading chugim for young people and their families as part of Shabbat School in the fall of 2017, and since, we have opened the program to the wider Kadima community to participate in together.

These chugim are designed as intergenerational offerings that provide a chance for school families and greater Kadima membership to learn, create, and play together. We invite you to join us!
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Chugim Offerings:
  • Jewish Calendar Creation for the Coming Year: 2019!
  • Sing Me a Yiddishe Lid!
  • Jewitches Unite!
  • Hands On Torah (Sensory exploration of the weekly Torah portion)
Timing:​ Chugim take place during the last hour of Shabbat School: 11am - 12pm on the first and third Saturdays.

​​Registration is required, and participation at all sessions is ideal.
Fall 2018 Dates:
  • October 6
  • October 20
  • November 3
  • November 17
  • December 1
  • December 15
Register for Fall Chugim Now!
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​Facilitated by: Kadima School teacher Ariel (this photo is art by Kadima member Stefanie whose cover art adorns the Jewish Radical Calendar!)

Jewish Calendar Creation for the Coming Year: 2019!

In this chug we will create our own Jewish Calendars for the year of 2019 (yes, that's right, the Gregorian year...).  We are going to have a condensed version of "Living the Jewish Year" that starts in January and ends in December. We will be finished creating in time for you to use it in your life: To hang on the wall or have in your backpack!  We will use lots of different materials to beautify each month with imagery inspired by Jewish holidays and rad happenings.  Our goal will be to have a stronger understanding of how the holidays relate to one another and have a way to document our lives Jewishly when we are done!

​This chug is open to:
  • 1st grade and up - including any and all adults

Sing Me a Yiddishe Lid!

Let's sing together in Yiddish!  We will be learning songs from the "Bread & Roses" tradition of Yiddish Labor songs of liberation and resistance as well as the the tradition of Zingeray (singalong), "a kind of song swap where folks get together informally to sing, socialize and nosh" (explains Yiddishist and singer Ethel Raim who Maia was recently learning with at KlezKanada!).  The songs have repeated lines that everyone can join in on and anyone with any level of singing or Yiddish experience is welcome!  We will be drawing from a few amazing archives of Yiddish music including the Ruth Rubin archives.  In short, this is like a history seminar meets a middle school chorus that is actually just your family peeling potatoes in the kitchen!
​Facilitated by: Kadima teacher Maia (with special guest Stefanie on Week 1!)

This chug is open to:
  • 4th grade and up - including any and all adults
​​​Facilitated by: Kadima teacher Shelby

​This chug is open to:
  • ​1st grade and up - including any and all adults

Jewitches Unite!

Are you or someone in your fam a self-identified Jewitch? Or perhaps, a prospective Jewitch? Or, are you thinking "WTFudge are you talking about right now?" Jew + witch = a person of any gender interested in earth-based traditions in Judaism! Let's gather in the park to sing songs, cast spells, forage plants, play games and connect the land we are on to our Jewish ritual! We will be drawing on Jewish and Pagan lineages and creating new rituals collectively. If young kiddos bring their adult(s) with them, we'll be able to make adjustments based on age, to support them more individually in any wildcrafting we do or support them if a playground break is needed. Bring rain gear -- we will only be forced inside if its totally pouring and horrible! Witches don't actually melt if water is dumped on them (that's just a misogynist myth) but we do have limits, okay?!?! *cackles*

Hands On Torah!
(Sensory exploration of the weekly Torah portion)

In this chug we will use sensory activities (playdough, water, small figures,etc.) to explore the Torah portion. We will move through the beginning of the Torah with our hands and bodies. We will meet in the gym at St. T's where sensory stations will be set up for young ones and grown ups to move through at their own pace.
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Facilitated by: Kadima teacher Ariel & Reed
​This chug is open to:
  • Kindergarten, Pre-K, Pre-School, & Toddlers, and any and all adults.
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