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Nashira

the Nashira Education Project

"Nashira" is Hebrew for "let us sing". Jewish learning, traditionally, was chanted; that which is sung is often more easily remembered. Song is also often an expression of joy, and we believe that children's learning should be joyful.

 

Current Nashira Project families:
Log in to your account to view your Nashira Project page.

 

REGISTER FOR the NASHIRA EDUCATION PROJECT HERE!

 

Kindergarten through 3rd grades

Sunday morning classes are 10am-noon; open classroom 12-12:30pm (optional)

In Jewish studies classes students learn about the rhythms of Jewish life through rituals, holidays, and Jewish values.

Hebrew Through Movement is incorporated into these Sunday morning classes--a fun and lively way to become familiar with Hebrew words and sounds before students are ready to learn decoding (reading and writing). 

 

4th & 5th grades

Sunday morning classes are 10am-noon; open classroom 12-12:30pm (optional)

As students get older, their Jewish Studies begin to focus on what Jewish texts and ethics have to tell us about tzedakah--social and environmental justice--and finding intersections between their personal Jewish identity and how Jewish values inform their participation in community life. 

Students at this age begin to learn Hebrew decoding with a tutor or teacher. 

 

6th grade

Shabbat morning Torah Study, 9-10:15am (Sept - Dec),
        then join Junior Minyan (Feb-May), see listing under 7th grade

6th graders are introduced to Torah study in this fun and interactive class for the first half of the school year. In the spring they join the 7th and 8th graders for Junior Minyan (see below for more information), where students begin to transition out of the Nashira Project classroom and into the synagogue. 

Hebrew lessons are taught online, selected Sundays, 9-10am

7th grade

Junior Minyan 

10:15 - 11:30 am is in the Commons Conference Room. During that time students will have an opportunity to experience and practice the main prayers that they are learning for their brit mitzvah in a Shabbat morning davening setting. There is also a Torah study component.
 
At 11:30 am Junior Minyan joins the main service in the Atrium until approximately 12:30-12:45pm. 
 
Membership dues subsidize the cost of Youth Education at Shir Tikvah. 
We welcome non-member guests to register at the non-subsidized rate
Financial aid is available to Shir Tikvah members only.
 
Please note: 2 years of Shir Tikvah membership is required for your child to be called to the Torah in the ritual of Brit Mitzvah. 


(Earlybird discount of 8%) for registration April 27 - June 1

Financial Aid applications are accepted through August 1

2025-2026
Nashira Project Fees, Gr. K-6
# Child(ren) Member Non-Member
1 $600 ($552) $900 ($828)
2 $1050 ($966) $1,575 ($1449)
3 $1,425 ($1311) $2,137.50 ($1966.50)


Finances should never get in the way way of Jewish education. No one is turned away for a lack of ability to pay. If you'd like to have a conversation about a scholarship, please contact our Administrative Director, JoAnn Bezodis

Sun, June 15 2025 19 Sivan 5785