Visions of G'd in The World - Through the Eyes of My Students

We began a new five week cycle of classes this week at HCRJ. My group will explore G-d in our lives and how we use prayer to connect to G-d, to the world and to ourselves.

Today we first talked about the key ideas that tie the Jewish communities all around the world together. That we believe that there is only one G-d. That we cannot see G-d. That G-d is everywhere in the world.

The students in this cycle include MacKenzie Aden, Francessa Farris, Maggie Sternberg, Shayna Brochstein, Anastasia Rabalias and Ruth Abramczyk.

The students were asked to create art to express how they pictured G-d in this world. We used a technique called torn-paper art. The only materials that the students could use were paper, and glue and a lot of imagination.

Each student captured a different aspect of G-d in her piece of art. For example, Ruth focused on the mitzvah of kindness. Anastasia depicted G-d as always being a presence in our lives, as an angel nearby.

Below are the wonderful results of this project in class today. Please enjoy.

Ruth Abramczyk

Anastasia Rabalais

Shayna Brochstein

Maggie Sternberg

MacKenzie Aden