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

Two weeks 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 2017 opened the tefillah by sharing the theme for the morning: journeys—their journey to Israel, their journeys through Brandeis, and their upcoming journeys beyond Brandeis. Throughout the service, eighth graders interspersed reflections, poetry, and vignettes on their recent trip to Israel with the traditional morning prayers. 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 2010.

Just before "The Alef-Bet" song, Head of School Dr. Dan Glass and Director of Middle School Dr. Sivan Tarle presented the Henry Shreibman Award to Rachael H. and the Fred Nathan Judaica Award to Simona L. MORE PHOTOS