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The Interfaith Community has developed a comprehensive curriculum to educate children in grades K-8 about both their traditions. Team-taught by Jewish and Christian educators, our classes aim to nurture continuity with each faith, but not to blur their differences or to indoctrinate. Instead, we hope to provide children with basic literacy in each, to foster respect for religion and the meaning it can bring to life, to inspire joy and delight in their religious heritages and practices, and to lay a foundation for their own religious journeys.

The following classes are offered on Long Island this year:

Sunday mornings, beginning October 18, 2009 at 10 am
at 20 Manorhaven Blvd. Port Washington, NY 11050

Click here to see the full schedule.

Celebrating Our Songs (ages 4 and under)
This class is designed for pre-kindergarten children emphasizes song, dance and playful exposure to two traditions.

Celebrating Our Traditions: Great Stories (K-1)
Great Stories provides a basic and interactive introduction to the major holidays of each tradition. Students will become accustomed with the Bible story associated with each holiday, from both the Christian scriptures and Hebrew Bible.

Celebrating Our Traditions: God and Me (2-3)
Focusing on each child’s developing relationship with God, God and Me encourages students to think about, question, and discover a closer relationship with God. Children will deepen their understanding of holiday traditions and the relationship with God behind those traditions.

Bible & Prayer: Sacred Spaces (4-6)
This course will introduce children to the importance of houses of worship and life cycle rituals in Judaism and Christianity. They will learn about the value of sanctifying key moments in life, in particular: birth, coming of age, and marriage. They will appreciate the way sacred spaces reinforce ritual and prayer and will also learn some key prayers that are common to regular services or special occaisions in both traditions.

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Class Schedule 2010-11

NOVEMBER

Children’s Classes begin: Opening Family Day (all classes)
Sunday, November 7th, 10 am
The Port Jewish Center, 20 Manorhaven Blvd. Port Washington, NY 11050

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, November 21st

DECEMBER

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, December 5

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, December 12

JANUARY

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, January 9

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, January 30

FEBRUARY

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, February 6

MARCH

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, March 6

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, March 20

APRIL

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, April 3

MAY

Children’s Classes: all
Sunday, May 8

Closing Family Day (all classes)
Sunday, May 15

To reserve or for more information, please call 516-345-0283, or email ifclongisland@earthlink.net.