An announcement from The Movement for Reform Judaism Our youth movement which was originally YASGB, then RSY and now RSY-Netzer is 70 years old this year. Our world has gone through many changes in the last 70 years, as have the needs of our youth. It is a huge testament …
The following was submitted by Orlaith Payne, RMPS teacher at Cathkin High School in Cambuslang, on their June visit to GRS and other community institutions. As part of the Higher and National 4/5 RMPS World Religion section, teachers Mrs. Colligan and Mrs. Payne took their classes for a day of …
In our last lesson before summer break, we spoke to the children about the important mitzvah of “Love thy neighbour as thyself” / “ואהבת לרעך כמוך” In these turbulent times, we spoke of the importance of kindness, acceptance and care towards our friends, family and wider society. The children’s activity …
The Cheder has been very busy over the past month with arts and crafts activities. For Lag BaOmer, our Cheder children learned of the holiday traditions, and we created small bonfire sculptures to demonstrate one of the holiday main customs. For Shavuot, our Cheder children learned about the origins of …
On Sunday 12 March the cheder children celebrated the holiday of Purim. They created giant masks based on the theme of the עדלאידע Ad-lo-yada, the big mask parades held in the big cities in Israel to celebrate the holiday. We were visited by Joe Grabiner of RSY Netzer, who judged …
On Tu B’shvat we had an “Edible Art” activity for the cheder children. We discussed the meaning of this holiday and the seven species etc. The children designed trees that we learnt about in the poster in the photo, and also as the imagination took them. We used dates, …
The children of GRS Cheder discussed and worked on this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day topic “Survival, how can life go on”. We looked into Otto Frank and his thoughts about being the only surviving member of the Frank family. We researched Holocaust survivors and their views of their own survival. …
