Most weeks during the school year we hold Shabbat morning services for families and kids. We all gather with the main service in the sanctuary at the end to close out our services as one community.
A unique blend of silliness and soul. Children and family members sing prayers, dance and hear stories, march with stuffed Torahs and fall in love with a joyful Judaism! Each Tot Shabbat concludes with hallah, grape juice and bagels
and the first Saturday of each month
On weeks when Tot Shabbat does not meet, we invite this age to join in with Kinder Minyan!
A fun, friend-filled time to be inspired. Children attend with or without a grown-up. Singing, learning and a story are led by Landon Braverman using a colorful siddur that kids enjoy. We end in the main sanctuary with the whole congregation and kiddush lunch
Kids explore meanings of rituals and prayers, sing and master tefillot. Kids take all the Torah service honors, learning how to carry, bless read the Torah and discuss it vigorously. Dramatic re-enactments of Torah are favorites. Each week is an adventure! We end in the main sanctuary with the whole congregation and kiddush lunch
The dinner is free and is sponsored by a few families each time, which covers the cost of the event.
Register in advance or sign up to sponsor
kanestreet.org/shabbat-noar
December 7, 2024
Services are by age cohort, with service leaders who cater the tone and level to each age group
We welcome the new year with blasts of the shofar, stories, Torah and song. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah we hold services. On the second day we have games, singing, a play and a story to highlight the meanings and purposes of Rosh Hashanah. Children get apple and honey candy.
2024/5785:
Thursday, October 3
First day of Rosh Hashanah
Friday, October 4
Second day of Rosh Hashanah
We observe the Day of Atonement through prayer, stories and finding ways to express how we are sorry for failures in the past year and our hopes for the coming year.
Saturday, October 12
On Simẖat Torah we finish reading the end of the Torah scroll and start again at the beginning.
Sunday, March 9, 10:30am-12:30pm Purim Family Extravaganza Great for ages 0-7
Hamantashen-baklng, face-painting, crown-making. Plus singing, costume parade and a short Purim megillah play in English.
Don't miss Vashti Dardashti's Shushan Salon!
This year we invite our older kids to join the whole congregation for a super Saturday evening service, Saturday, March 8 at 8pm! Costumes encouraged. There will be some carnival-esque games in the community room that evening as well.
1pm - 2:15pm Chocolate Seder for families with kids in K-grade 7. Sign up here by April 1.
Yom Ha’atzmaut Festival @ Hannah Senesh Community Day School
In the Build-Your-Own Jewish Musical program children in grades 3-6 create and perform an original musical based on a Jewish story. Led by Musical Theater composer Landon Braverman, BYOJM meets weekly on Mondays 6:00-7:00pm starting in mid-October through late May.
Build Your Own Jewish Musical is an immersive and engaging theatrical program that gives participants the exciting opportunity to be the creators and stars of their own new original musical. Throughout the program, participants learn the basics of how to adapt a Jewish text, write music and lyrics, and stage their show. The program culminates with a fully staged production of their show. The program instills collaboration, leadership, crreativity and a sense of one's place in Jewish history.
To see past musicals from 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 please go to kanestreet.org/BYOJM.
There is something for all ages. Great food, fun times, prizes, and friends!
Many children in the Kane Street Synagogue community attend Jewish summer camps, and the synagogue promotes Jewish camping - both day camping for young children and sleep-away camp for older kids.
For more information about the value of camping and about specific camps please click here.
Pursuing social justice is important for many families in our community. We provide many opportunities to gather and do the mitzvah of tikkun olam together - thereby instilling a desire in our children to continue to fulfill this sacred calling.
Over the years with even the youngest kids we have volunteered at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy; collected and sorted baby clothes for new mothers lacking the resources to purchase them; created bike-a-thons to send bicycles to girls in East Aftrica; did bakesales for new refugees; walked to support research for Juvenile Diabetes and Juvenile Myocitis; filled and mailed backpacks full of daily necessities for children in Texas who had just crossed the border; and many more.
We often work together with Repair The World Brooklyn whose family service program is terrific.
B'nei Mitzvah is a personal milestone for 13 year-olds and also a significant time of transition for the entire family. At Kane Street, B'nei Mitzvah is an opportunity for an adolescent and their family to celebrate on the way toward living a full adult Jewish life.
Rabbi Dardashti and Cantor Sarah have shaped the B'nei Mitzvah program to be full of meaning, powerfully transformative and joyous.
Come attend a B'nei Mitzvah service on Shabbat. See the synagogue calendar for all the dates.
For more information about the preparation, please see this document.
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For further information about our family Programming, please contact: [email protected] or at 718-875-1550.