NOJDS Board Meeting
Wednesday, August 25th 7:00 pm Beit Midrash |
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After School  Help us get your child to the right spot after school!
Does your child use the JCC's Kids Connection? If so, please remember to send a schedule to your child's teacher. This helps us to make sure that we get your child where he or she needs to be...thank you! |
 NOJDS dismisses at 3:00 pm on Fridays! You are invited to attend our oneg Shabbat at 2:30 pm in the Beit Midrash |
T-shirt order forms due tomorrow, Friday 20th |
| Lost & Found
Did you attend our pool party? Perhaps a colorful Jekyll Island t-shirt went home with you by mistake? Is so, please send it back to school so that we can get it to its rightful owner. |
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This newsletter will come to you every Thursday. If you have any suggestions or comments please e-mail Debbie Schlackman .
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Torah Talk
In her d'var Torah this week, Rabbi Amy Perlin writes that "The Zohar teaches that when an individual appears before the Heavenly Court, after 120 years, God inquires if he educated his children properly. If the answer is affirmative, God refuses to accept any more testimony against him, for the merit of guiding his children properly overshadows everything else." This statement from the Zohar demonstrates just how important education was to our ancestors. The Torah provides many more examples about the importance of giving your children a Jewish education. In our history parents have educated their children in many different ways - by themselves, through tutors, in small schools, in yeshivas and now - in increasing numbers - in community day schools that aim to provide superior academic and Judaic education to the diversity within the Jewish community.
We would like to offer a very special thank you to all of you who have chosen NOJDS this year. By working together we will continue to fulfill the mitzvah of giving our children an education. Your partnership is a blessing to us all.
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| Carpool Directions |  Please be sure to enter the parking lot at the Shir Chadash entrance and drive around the back of the lot to get in line for carpool. This will really help with the flow of cars entering and exiting during this time. |
| Hot Lunch Forms | |
 Hot lunch forms will be going home on August 23rd. Please place your order and promptly return them.
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| New Orleans Parent Club | | Today we have expanded the word 'education' to mean everything from math to Hebrew to piano to manners and everything in between. For many of us, the effort to give our children a well-rounded education - and still get a healthy dinner on the table every day at 5:30 - can feel overwhelming. Jewish Family Service and the JCC, in partnership with Dr. Topolosky are offering a new program called the New Orleans Parent Club. This club is an opportunity to socialize with other parents and learn important skills that will help guide parents through the everyday blessings and challenges of parenthood. Information was sent home with your children today. Alternatively, you may contact Suzy Lazarus, GSW at JFS, at 504.831.8475 or suzy@jfsneworleans.org. |
| Put it on your calendar now |  The first Parents' Association meeting is September 15th at 7. We'd love to have a representative from each family attend. |
| Swimming |
 Swimming begins on September 2nd! Please remember to send swimsuits, towels and sunscreen every Tuesday and Thursday in the month of September. |
| Camp Melton-The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School | Sunday, August 22, 10:30 AM | Rhythms of Jewish Living (Year 1)
Why do we do what we do? Discover the sources and deeper meanings underlying Jewish holidays, lifecycle observances and customs.
Instructor: Rabbi Ethan Linden, Melton Faculty Member, and Rabbi of Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation.
Location: Home of Bobby Garon and Robin Levy
Appropriate Camp Snacks will be provided. Free and open to all Jewish adults. Space is limited! Please RSVP to Debbie Pesses, Melton Director, to sign up for any and all of these sessions and to receive directions to our host homes.
To RSVP, please call, Debbie Pesses at 504.897.0143 or email debbie@nojcc.org. More information about Camp Melton and the Melton school can be found on our website www.nojcc.org. |
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