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CJDS Responds to the Needs of It's Students
December 2023
The war in Israel is heavy in everyone’s heart. It fills the news and the streaming apps on our phones. Many of us are consumed with the news. But what does it look like to the children, here in Charlotte, over 6000 miles away?
Charlotte Jewish Day school has 146 students in grades TK-7 including many Israeli families, families with relatives or friends in Israeli, and many whose families have traveled and visited Israel. Beginning in TK, our students begin their relationship with Israel and the development of Jewish pride through experiential opportunities and education. So how do we support our students now and empower them to support our extended family in Israel?
- CJDS was proud to partner with the Jewish Federation to have a children’s program during the special Federation program on October 9. Over 65 children from the community came to talk about the conflict in age-appropriate terms.
- Each morning, since the attack, we have all the students gather in the school lobby to give Tzedakah, recite the Prayer for Israeli Soldiers and Tehillim as we teach the students that if they start their day off with something positive and the soldiers and Israel in mind, that they too will have a more positive day.
- CJDS has enrolled 8 new students from 5 different families who have relocated to Charlotte from their homes in Israel. Each family has a family connection or friend living in Charlotte and CJDS is providing a stable structured learning environment for the children in grade 1-7.
- CJDS builds a relationship between the students and Israel, creating knowledge self-confident Jewish children.
