New Baby Ritual Leaders

Whether you are expecting a boy, a girl, one of each, or you are leaving it a surprise, we have a handy list of ritual leaders in town to perform any type of baby welcoming ceremony.

Brit Milah – All leaders listed in this column can perform both the circumcision and a ritual ceremony (mohel/mohelet) and/or can create and perform a ritual ceremony to accompany a circumcision procedure.

Brit Bat/Simchat Bat – all leaders listed in this column can create and officiate a baby naming ceremony for a girl

Brit Shalom – all leaders listed in this column can create and officiate baby naming ceremony for a boy without a circumcision procedure

✓ = Will perform ritual, X = Will not perform ritual

Ritual Leader	Brit Milah	Brit Bat/Simchat Bat	Mohel/Mohelet	Brit Shalom
Dr. Caryn Aviv	✓	✓	X	✓
Rabbi Brian Field	✓	✓	X	✓
Dena Gitterman	✓	✓	X	✓
Eve Ilsen	✓	✓	X	X
Rabbi Aver Jacobs	✓	✓	✓	X
Rabbi Hannah Laner	✓	✓	X	X
Sheila Malcolm	X	✓	X	✓
Rabbi Marc Soloway	✓	✓	X	X
Karin Susskind	✓	X	✓	X
Rabbi Gadi Levy	✓	✓	✓	X
Patrice Spitz, Rabbinic Pastor	✓	✓	X	✓

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Fireside Shabbat After-School at Cherryvale	2
3	4 Music with Leah (Ages newborn - 18 months) Beginner Spanish (Ages 3 - 4 years) Spanish (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale	5 Drop n' Drink Afternoon Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Sign, Move, and Groove (Ages 15 months - 2.5 years) Beginning Drawing with Tom Mazzullo Sing and Sign (Ages 12 months - 2 years) Beginner Sing and Sign (Ages 6 months - 15 months) Beginner Mini Chefs (Ages 3 -4) Snack and Speaker - The Marvelous Stan Lee Remembered with Kathryn Bernheimer Mini Chefs (Ages 4 - 6) Nature Explorers (Ages 3 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Morning Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Broadway Bound with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director NaviG8	6 Drop n' Drink PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Toddler Time (Ages crawlers - 2) Abstract and Layered Watercolors with Alix Christian Beginner Dance (Ages 3 - 4) Basketball (Ages 4 - 6 years) Dance (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Basketball with Coaches Dan and Jordan Etter (Ages 5 - 7) Creative Dance and Movement with Mattie Schuler	7 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Baby Time (Ages newborn - pre-crawlers) Sleep Classes Beginner Soccer (Ages 3 - 4) Soccer (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Basketball with Coaches Dan and Jordan Etter (Ages 8 -10) Hip Pop with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director (Ages 6 - 9) Jeffersonian Dessert Party	8 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Fireside Shabbat After-School at Cherryvale	9
10	11 Music with Leah (Ages newborn - 18 months) Beginner Spanish (Ages 3 - 4 years) Spanish (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Latin Dance Classes with Judy Kreith	12 Afternoon Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Sign, Move, and Groove (Ages 15 months - 2.5 years) Sing and Sign (Ages 12 months - 2 years) Beginner Sing and Sign (Ages 6 months - 15 months) Beginner Mini Chefs (Ages 3 -4) Mini Chefs (Ages 4 - 6) Nature Explorers (Ages 3 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Morning Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Broadway Bound with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director NaviG8 Single Moms' Group	13 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Toddler Time (Ages crawlers - 2) Abstract and Layered Watercolors with Alix Christian Beginner Dance (Ages 3 - 4) Basketball (Ages 4 - 6 years) Dance (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Basketball with Coaches Dan and Jordan Etter (Ages 5 - 7) Nosh and Network Create and Cultivate with Women of the J - Candle Making and Essential Oils	14 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Baby Time (Ages newborn - pre-crawlers) Sleep Classes Beginner Soccer (Ages 3 - 4) Soccer (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Hip Pop with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director (Ages 6 - 9)	15 Navigating the Sibling World PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Fireside Shabbat After-School at Cherryvale	16
17	18 Music with Leah (Ages newborn - 18 months) Beginner Spanish (Ages 3 - 4 years) Spanish (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Latin Dance Classes with Judy Kreith	19 Afternoon Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Sign, Move, and Groove (Ages 15 months - 2.5 years) Sing and Sign (Ages 12 months - 2 years) Beginner Sing and Sign (Ages 6 months - 15 months) Beginner Mini Chefs (Ages 3 -4) Mini Chefs (Ages 4 - 6) Nature Explorers (Ages 3 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Morning Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Broadway Bound with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director NaviG8	20 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Toddler Time (Ages crawlers - 2) Abstract and Layered Watercolors with Alix Christian Beginner Dance (Ages 3 - 4) Basketball (Ages 4 - 6 years) Dance (Ages 4 - 6) After-School at Cherryvale Basketball with Coaches Dan and Jordan Etter (Ages 5 - 7) Happy Hour	21 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Baby Time (Ages newborn - pre-crawlers) Sleep Classes Beginner Soccer (Ages 3 - 4) Soccer (Ages 4 - 6) Hip Pop with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director (Ages 6 - 9)	22 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Fireside Shabbat	23 Reflections 2019
24	25 Music with Leah (Ages newborn - 18 months) Beginner Spanish (Ages 3 - 4 years) Spanish (Ages 4 - 6) Latin Dance Classes with Judy Kreith	26 Afternoon Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Sign, Move, and Groove (Ages 15 months - 2.5 years) Sing and Sign (Ages 12 months - 2 years) Beginner Sing and Sign (Ages 6 months - 15 months) Beginner Mini Chefs (Ages 3 -4) Mini Chefs (Ages 4 - 6) Nature Explorers (Ages 3 - 6) Morning Toddler Art Studio Class (Ages 1 - 2) Broadway Bound with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director NaviG8	27 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Toddler Time (Ages crawlers - 2) Beginner Dance (Ages 3 - 4) Basketball (Ages 4 - 6 years) Dance (Ages 4 - 6) Basketball with Coaches Dan and Jordan Etter (Ages 5 - 7)	28 PAL (Ages 18 months - 2.5 years) Baby Time (Ages newborn - pre-crawlers) Sleep Classes Beginner Soccer (Ages 3 - 4) Soccer (Ages 4 - 6) Hip Pop with Shari Polis, Choreographer and Artistic Director (Ages 6 - 9) Art Exhibit Opening with Patricia Aaron and Miguel Edwards

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