Grades 6 through 10 in the Rosenberg Religious School are constituted as The Confirmation Department, with Confirmation at the end of sophomore year as the objective of our Religious Education Program.
Confirmation, or Qiyyum ha-B'rit ("fulfilling the Covenant"), is an educational and experiential milestone allowing our young adults who have grown up together in the synagogue setting to make a joint declaration of identity and of commitment. Candidates attend our unique "partnership program" in the communal Judaica High School, participating in their choice of sophomore electives with their age-mates from area synagogues the first hour, and then attending their Confirmation core class with Rabbi Gross as instructor during the second hour.
The Retreat weekend (in recent years we have taken our candidates on a cruise to the Bahamas, where we are the special guests of the Freeport Jewish community) is an important part of the group-building process.
The academic year culminates in Confirmation Shabbat, which we always hold on the first Friday night in June, and which is a major event in Congregational life.
