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Sifreinu

All Olam Tikvah families are invited to participate in celebrating Jewish literature through a new family education program called Sifreinu, which means “our books.” The program will guide families towards great age-appropriate Jewish books, and bring those families together to share their experience with these books with one another.

One book has been selected for each grade from kindergarten through seventh grade. Students and their parents are asked to read the selected book together. Families may do this in whatever way they choose; reading the book aloud or parents and children reading it independently. Books will be available for purchase from the OT Sisterhood Judaica Shop. We will also have a limited number of each title available to borrow from the OTRS office.

OT invites families to join together for a book discussion focused on the theme of the book, the characters, and how the story affects both adult and student readers. The book discussions will take place on Sundays throughout the school year, from 11:00am-12:00pm.

Below you will find each grade’s assigned selections and the dates of their book discussions. A reminder email will be sent about two weeks before your designated book discussion. Questions? Contact Debra Beland at 703-425-3237 or dbeland@olamtikvah.org. Happy reading!

Grade  

Book Title

Discussion Date 

K

The House on the Roof by David Adler

October 2, 2011

1st

Zishe the Strongman by Robert Rubinstein

November 13, 2011

2nd

Around the World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrate the Sabbath Together by Durga Yael Bernhard

March 11, 2012

3rd

Alexandra's Scroll by Miriam Chaikin

December 4, 2011

4th

Zayde Was A Cowboy by June Levitt Nislick

February 26, 2012

5th

A Shout in the Sunshine by Mara W. Cohen Ioannides

February 5, 2012

6th

Ice Cream Town by Rona Arato

March 18, 2012

7th

The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz

April 15, 2012