This week’s Shabbat assembly for Parshat Noach included a surprise skit performed by several 5th grade girls. They called it, Tanach with a Twist. The girls wrote an adaptation of the Flood Story in Parshat Noach. The main character was Noa, (a girl), and G-d told her to build an ark. The five girls did a great job in telling the story in a fun and engaging manner for their young audience. The first, second and third graders were riveted by the performance. The girls used many stuffed animals as props, and the person who played G-d was hidden, so that G-d’s commands seemed to come out of thin air. One of the best lines of the play was when Noa thanked G-d for saving them and asks for a place to eat. G-d says, “we have no restaurants. I just destroyed the world.” Noa responded, “I guess I can make one called Noa’s Ark.”
Observing these 5h graders prepare all week for this five minute skit and seeing the reaction they received from almost 250 students, I realized that despite all the technology and the media these children have at their finger tips, they still enjoy and love to watch other children perform. It was a powerful lesson and reminder to me, as an educator and parent, about the power of children teaching other children. Our children are our best and most precious resource for making Judaism and Torah alive and exciting.
Thank you to Efrat, Daniella S., Gittel, Miriam and Yael M. for your great performance.
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