Yad Vashem Summer Seminar: Guiding educators in teaching the Holocaust without...
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning, Temple Beth-El
On a sticky July evening, this summer in Jerusalem, I sat in a low-ceilinged meeting...
Winning Essay by Julianna Crockett
Editor's Note: The following is Julianna Crockett's award-winning essay.
The Better Together program has brought some amazing opportunities to me and the whole community of...
Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
Be the Shamash
Hannukah, the holiday of Re-dedication, arrives as days are shorter, the dark is deepening and...
Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand
Director of Youth Learning
Welcome BACK!
Hinei Ma’Tov U’ma naim, Shevet Achim Gam Yachad!
How good and pleasant it is when brothers and...
Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
Religious School Registration is open for the 2023-2024 School year
To register visit https://www.bethelrichmond.org/school
New registration? Interested in a...
Beth-El Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
The Mixed Multitudes of the Jewish People
The Passover story tells us that when the Israelites left Egypt...
Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
Telling Their Story
On April 10th I had the privilege of bringing Holocaust Education to a 5th Grade...
Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
Yes, In My Backyard: Using our neighborhood spaces for Jewish Learning
A recent study by the National Education...
Temple Beth-El School Happenings
By Ramona L. Brand, Director of Youth Learning
A Month of Flexible Learning!
If the past two years have taught us anything, it that flexibility...
Beth-El Honorees
Temple Beth-El congratulates their 2023 Simchat Torah Honorees Mike Doniger, Jenna Millhouse, and Jake Millhouse, who were honored at a service and luncheon on...