Pnei Mitzvah 2023-2025 Cohort | Year 2

Program Description

Important: Registration is restricted to students who participated in the Year 1 cohort. The Peretz Centre's Pnei Mitzvah program offers students aged 10-13 a pluralistic, non-dogmatic approach to Jewish education and culture that emphasizes the humanist and progressive aspects of our heritage. Over two years of bi-weekly sessions, Pnei Mitzvah cohorts focus on literature, language, ethics, music, art, and dance to connect with and reinterpret traditions in new ways. Although children learn about Jewish spirituality and religious history, Peretz does not seek to promote particular religious commitments or doctrines. Peretz is an LGBTQ+ safe environment, and while we are rooted in the Ashkenazi humanist, yiddishist culture that gave birth to Peretz, Jews of all backgrounds are welcome, and the diversity of global Judaism is explored in our Pnei Mitzvah curriculum. *** Schedule & Fees *** Pnei Mitzvah classes (Year 2 cohort) take place two Sundays a month from 10am-12pm at the Peretz Centre, from October 20 to the Pnei Mitzvah celebration towards the end of the school year. Please note the following schedule, which may change according to your plans for the end of program ceremony (usually in June): - October 20 - November 3 & 24 - December 1 & 15 - January 19 & 26 - February 9 & 23 - March 9 & 23 - April 6 & 27 - May 4 & 25 - June 8 & 22 The standard fee for the course is $690 in Year 2. Payment plans are also available to address financial access barriers. *** Instructor Bio *** Tania Grinberg is a singer, composer, theatre actor, writer, illustrator, and animator who has performed around the world. As an educator in Vancouver and in Sao Paolo, Brazil, she helps students connect artistic expression in threatre, music, and more to Judaism. In 2021, she won the People's Choice Prize for "New Song in Yiddish" at the Bubbe Awards. https://www.taniatgrinberg.com/