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Kesher Dorotainu is an exciting new program to forward Temple Micah’s goal of building community.  Recognizing that three generation families are rare in our congregation, the program seeks to link seniors – or honorary “grandparents” – with religious school students and their families.

Already, there have been three programs in which students learned from seniors about their early life experiences: growing up in the 1920s in rural Burlington, Vermont; entering school speaking only Yiddish in Rochester, NY; and living through the Holocaust.

Ideas for future initiatives include:

• Bringing a “grandparent” into the classroom each month to share such experiences as making gefilte fish or matzoh balls, introducing Yiddish, and talking about their own different experiences with Bar/Bat mitzvah.
• Pairing religious school families with seniors for the first Friday Sabbath service each month (when the Youth choir performs). The family will act as host, offering a ride to and from services and sharing a meal together in the social hall with other families.

We strongly believe that this program will allow the participants in each generation to benefit from what they have to offer each other and will help immensely in building community within Temple Micah. We are asking for your help in offering program suggestions, joining the newly formed organizing committee or volunteering to participate.  Meetings will be on weekends and not a lot of time will be required.  Members who do not have children in religious school are also warmly invited to be a part of this effort.