{"id":6550,"date":"2017-06-04T03:48:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estersegal.com\/?page_id=6550"},"modified":"2018-05-07T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:23:04","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/?page_id=6550","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1525715582634{padding-right: 10% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission Statement<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Bais Menachem, students develop a deep love of learning in both secular and Judaic studies. Our dedicated teachers and warm, welcoming community help to provide a nurturing, challenging environment that encourages all students to reach their full potential, and become self- confident, responsible citizens with a strong connection to their Judaism and their community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The students of Bais Menachem, through a well-balanced religious and secular education, will be capable of functioning emotionally, academically, socially, and spiritually as dedicated Jewish men and women in the context of American society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We offer our students a rich understanding of their Jewish heritage by providing a comprehensive Judaic program. The Secular program and the Judaic Studies curriculum complement each other, generating a rich blend of knowledge. Additionally, we understand the importance of creating a community for our students and their parents.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>an effective education must include a Jewish religious component.<\/li>\n<li>opportunities must be provided for all Jewish children to receive a Jewish education.<\/li>\n<li>a quality program must include a caring and nurturing environment.<\/li>\n<li>students should be taught respect for all individuals.<\/li>\n<li>students should be prepared to become productive members of society.<\/li>\n<li>appreciation of the process of learning will encourage students to achieve the highest level of that learning.<\/li>\n<li>students should be aware of their civic responsibilities and current events in their community and the world.<\/li>\n<li>it is important to celebrate what it means to be an American.<\/li>\n<li>loyalty to Judaism and intelligent Jewishness cannot be separated from Jewish learning.<\/li>\n<li>Jewish learning is the Torah, or Bible.<\/li>\n<li>through professional instruction the Torah can be made accessible, in its original form, to every child.<\/li>\n<li>to train and educate literate laymen, conversant in Jewish lore and traditions, is very important.<\/li>\n<li>in the total education of the Jewish child.<\/li>\n<li>in involvement with the Jewish community by promoting spiritual and ritual observances.<\/li>\n<li>in providing the highest academic standards in both secular and Jewish studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1525715582634{padding-right: 10% !important;}&#8221;] Mission Statement At Bais Menachem, students develop a deep love of learning in both secular and Judaic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6919,"parent":6641,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6550","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6550"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7043,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6550\/revisions\/7043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmyds.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}