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This year, Kitah Hay – 5th grade has been on a path of service in the context of Jewish learning. For their final project, they dedicated themselves to researching & addressing a cause through charitable actions.

Click on each group’s project tab below to learn more…

Climate Change

Dear Yavneh Families,

Our names are Noah and Oliver. We are committed to helping stop climate change in small ways that can make a big difference. Around the world, climate change is making a big impact, even if we cannot see it. Climate change has many effects, such as melting glaciers, drought, and fires. This is not the type of world we want to live in. If we do not do anything about this soon, our world will be filled with dirty air, and many majestic animals will go extinct. We must do something about this soon, or else our world will be a dying wasteland.

In Kohelet Rabbah 7:13:1, it says: “When the Holy One…created Adam the first man…He said to him:…‘Make certain that you do not ruin and destroy my world as if you destroy it, there will be no one to mend it after you.’” This means that if we don’t address this problem soon, the world today will not be the world of tomorrow. This is the world that was given to us and there is only one of it, so let’s take care of it!

To address this cause, we are going to lead a daily cleanup after lunch each day with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders until the end of the year. This will help climate change because it will limit the amount of litter, which saves animals. Additionally, we want to help Vasona.  Vasona Lake, a county park extremely close to Yavneh, is an enjoyable place that many people in the Los Gatos area appreciate greatly. Unfortunately, Vasona’s lake and park areas are being polluted by trash. This could make Vasona an unclean area where animals and nature cannot thrive. We want to fix this problem. If you want to volunteer at Vasona to stop the pollution and help out, click the button below and volunteer!

Warmly,

Oliver & Noah

A huge thank you to all of the people that made these projects possible! 

Jade Hinh

Lior Ben-Hur

Margaux Millman

Julie Krigel

Judy Schultz 

Zack Sleep 

Lisa Strauss

Elise Wolf

Melissa Marfia-Roza

Debra Eskinazi-Stockdale 

All field trip drivers & chaperones

All parents facilitators & inspirators 

Sourcewise

Vasona Park

Every Pet’s Dream

CHONC

Second Harvest

Humane Society of Silicon Valley

Alzheimer’s Association

Planned Parenthood

FSSBA

Good Karma Bikes

Urban Adamah 

The Class of 2026

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