82 Hanevi’im Street, Jerusalem 1

October 2018

Yes, Art classes at Makor HaTikvah are a

separate, colorful world managed by Miss

Beth, who’s been a part of the school’s staff

for about 15 years.

E veryone can succeed here. No student

needs to say, “I can’t,” because with proper

instruction they all can succeed in art.

Students are led through the artistic process

by demonstration until all of them have

success and satisfaction in their own artistic

achievements.

Art class is also a favorite oasis for those

children who are struggling with Hebrew or

other academics. And of course, it’s fun to

relax, express yourself and be creative.

“Miss Beth, what do you seek to teach your

students?”

“To open their eyes and not merely look,

but see God’s art, beauty and design around

them.”

When Miss Beth was a college art student, her

favorite professor impressed upon her the saying:

“Learn to see, and you’ll learn to draw.” This is the

concept that she endeavors to pass on, through art,

from one generation to another.

(more student art on last page)

82 Hanevi’im Street, Jerusalem 2

Dear Friends,

Again, we send you our

greetings from Jerusalem.

The school is running full-

speed and educating our

future generation of

Messianic leaders.

As many of you know from our previous letters,

our school has been recognized by The Ministry of

Education. This brought with it requirements for

certain subjects and the number of teaching hours.

At the same time, we want to provide our students

with some extra knowledge and skills. Let me tell

you about some of them.

Ulpan – Intensive Hebrew Classes, for students

from families of new repatriates. Ulpan at Makor HaTikvah School is a small and

special place. We have three professional,

experienced Hebrew teachers: Rachel, Yael and

Shibolit.

Students from almost all grades work in small,

individual groups divided according to the kids’

level, age and needs. Each student gets the best

and most suitable

conditions for him or her

to study. Not only

conversational Hebrew, but

also fluent, academic

Hebrew which will enable

them to progress in future

studies, as well as succeed in life in Israel.

It is known that children absorb the language on a

more intuitive level than adults. So, we chose to

teach Hebrew according to the method developed

by The Center for Educational Technology in Israel.

The teaching

combines reading,

writing, listening and

speaking in the way

that encourages

students to repeat

even the mimic and

intonation of a native

speaker.

We are excited to see the students acquire both

the language and the confidence to use it.

New Testament. In Israel, schools are required to teach the Tanakh

(the Old Testament) as part of the curriculum. At

Makor HaTikvah, we have the privilege of teaching

the New Testament in addition to the required

Tanakh classes. In these special lessons the

students learn the stories and teachings of Yeshua

in the gospels, the birth and growth of the early

church, as well as get acquainted with different

epistles. We hope to build in our students a solid

understanding of God's Word and His plan of

salvation. Our goal is that they might grow in their

faith; follow Yeshua with all their hearts and shine

forth his love to the world.

Software & Technologies This year we also implemented an application

development for the students. This software

creates an environment for kids to be able to create

games and program them. It is a new platform and

we are excited to

work on it with

the younger kids!

When students

learn to program

it allows them to

learn many other

things on the way.

This opens many new learning opportunities.

For example, they learn more about how

computers work, and how to express themselves

creatively with new technologies. When they study

math, for many students it

is quite abstract at first.

Most of them think it is

not really something they

can use. But in

programming they learn it

in a way that is

meaningful and

motivating. Along the way, they learn about the

process of design.

Students learn how to start with an idea and

develop it into a complete project; how to take a

complex idea and divide it into simpler parts; how

to collaborate with others, and help each other with

tasks; how to find and fix the bugs when things do

not work; how to stay consistent and resist

frustration when things do not work well. These are

things that are not only relevant to programming

but to many other situations in real life.

Thank you all for your support and prayers

which give us opportunity to bring all those

projects to our school. May God richly bless you.

Yoel Russu

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F rom the time our children are born, we are teaching them. Smile, be kind,

help others… and love God. As they get older we teach them how to do things

around the home, manage their money, and more. Our goal is to enable them to

leave home and be responsible adults. When our sons left home, I found myself

evaluating whether they were equipped to navigate through life. Asking, “Why

didn’t I spend more time teaching them to pray?” We did pray. One of the ways I

established a prayer routine for our kids was to start of ‘Prayer Journal.’ Just 5 or

10 minutes a day. This enabled us to learn consistent and persistent prayer; but

not feel like we had to remember everyone every day.

My categories were something like this: Our Nation (First of all, then, I urge

that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of

all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil

and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. -- 1 Timothy 2:1-2), Our Family &

Friends (…pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer

of a righteous man can accomplish much. -- James 5:16), Our Community, Our

Congregation, Our World. A different category for each day; including a verse

instructing us how to pray specifically.

If I could encourage you as parents to do one thing with your kids, it would be

to spend more time in intentional prayer, learning to talk (and listen) to God

from an early age.

Cyndi Chetrit is a contributing editor for Makor HaTikvah.

Feast of Tabernacles

with Christian Embassy in Jerusalem. We told you briefly about all the holidays we

recently celebrated in Israel. One of them was the

Feast of Tabernacles. It is always a wonderful

foretaste of that future time when all peoples will

come up to Jerusalem to celebrate Sukkot: Jews and Gentiles together. It is a prophetic statement that our

Lord is indeed coming soon. And it declares to Israel and the nations that a new day is dawning. The King

is coming, and we are here to rejoice in His transforming power and soon arrival.

Makor HaTikvah School wants to thank International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem for the opportunity

to become a part of the wonderful Feast celebration they organized in Jerusalem.

To see our students’ performance click here.

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Legal Fees

As we continue to rejoice

that Makor HaTikvah School

is now a recognized and

licensed school with the

Ministry of Education, we

still continue to struggle

with the Legal cost involved

with this battle over the

past years. We still need

$15,000 to finish covering

these fees. These fees are

not part of the school’s

normal budget, so we would

appreciate your help to

payoff these legal fees.

Trips and Culture

As we begin a new school

year, we have planned

school trips for our

students. These trips and

accompanying bus rides

must be subsidized by the

school’s general fund to

help keep the burden on

our families low. These

outings mean so much to

our students and we really

don’t want to have cancel

them for the school year.

So if you would like to help

us to provide them, please

designate your gift

towards that purpose, we

need around $7,000.

Student Laptops

The future is here and we

could use your help! One of

our goals is to provide the

best education we can for

our students at Makor

HaTikvah and prepare

them for the next phase in

their education. The Israeli

School System continues to

move more and more to

laptops, tablets or 2-in-1

devices (Laptop and Tablet

together) and more of the

curriculum and books are

going digital in this

system. So if you would

like to help we need to

purchase immediately 10

laptops for $7,000.

Joseph Reserve Fund

This year, we have students

(many of them multiple

children from the same

family) who cannot afford

the cost of monthly tuition.

Helping these families is a

way to show your love to an

Israeli family who otherwise

would not be able to send

their child to a believing

school. The average

monthly cost is about 1,000

NIS ($285). If you are

unable to help, maybe your

organization or

congregation can

underwrite the cost of one

or more students.

If you wish to give a donation, click on the following link or follow the instructions below.

DIRECT BANK TRANSFERS

1st International Bank of Israel

Account name:

Makor HaTikvah School

Account number: 033588

Bank sort code: 31-012

SWIFT Code: FIRBILITXXX

IBAN:IL350310120000000033588

FOR ISRAELI ORGANIZATIONS

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE:

Name: Amuta Makor HaTikvah School

Bank: 1st Intern. Bank of Israel

Branch Code: 31-012

Account Number: 033588

Swift: FIRBILITXXX

IBAN:IL350310120000000033588

TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS

Earmark check for:

Makor HaTikvah

Address: CMJ USA

PO Box 443

Ambridge, PA 15003

**Tax deduction only applies to

U.S. residents.

To contact us: partnership@makorhatikvah.org.il • www.makorhatikvah.org/support-us/

Thank you for supporting Makor HaTikvah School!

Student art continued...