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With Poise and Maturity, Eighth Grade Class Leads Last Tefillah of School Year

One week ago the eighth graders led their first grade buddies down the aisle of Beth Israel Judea to conduct their first community tefillah. Today, the first graders again walked the same aisle hand in hand with the eighth graders, who were about to lead the assembled Brandeis community in tefillah for the last time. Poised and confident, the class of 2018 led the morning prayers by introducing each one and sharing how the prayer connected to their time in Israel. Following the morning service (and before the Torah service began), six eighth grade students read vignettes they had written reflecting on the Israel trip and highlighted moments that felt awe-inspiring, meaningful, and moving. Throughout the reading of the vignettes a slideshow of photos rotated on a projector. Following the Torah service, in which the eighth grade advisors and Israel trip chaperones were honored with an Aliyah and students chanted beautifully from the Torah, Head of School Dr. Dan Glass presented the Henry Shreibman Award to Maurice L. and the Fred Nathan Judaica Award to Jenna S.
 
As is Brandeis tradition, the class concluded the service by leading the school community in the "Alef-Bet Song," which they had learned for their first grade tefillah, in 2011. MORE PHOTOS
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