TBE middot garden to highlight Jewish values, creativity

By Cindy Schneider Temple Beth El

Planting a garden is a wonderful way to start spring. Temple Beth El already has a vegetable garden and now it’s creating a middot garden.

As a part of TBE’s Jewish Family Education program, the synagogue is hosting Ellen Alt, a Jewish educator and artist. Alt’s work has been exhibited in the United States, Germany, China, England and the Middle East. One of her aims is to bring people together to make art, and she is working with TBE to create a middot community art garden mural.

Middot are virtues or characteristics internalized and exhibited by a person. They help us interact with oth-