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Department of Jewish Education
“Learning, learning, learning…that
is the secret to Jewish survival”
Ahad Ha-am
MAKOR
Adult Institute for Jewish Learning
No matter what level of learning we have achieved, whether we are
at the beginning of our paths or further along, provides an engaging
educational experience in its outstanding fall and spring semesters.
Multiple scheduling options provide opportunities
for participants to benefit from the knowledge of local and guest
rabbis and scholars who educate and challenge their students in
a wide range of subjects.
A
Taste of Honey
Each year, over 600 participants come together one evening in January
to celebrate Jewish learning at “A TASTE OF HONEY.” Participants
choose from over 40 workshops designed to whet the appetite for
even more learning. . .
Scholars from Yale University and other Connecticut
colleges and universities join local rabbis, scholars and educators
to present substantive content and the joy of Jewish learning in
an electrifying atmosphere of community.
The most-anticipated annual ‘A TASTE OF HONEY’
event is open to the public. At Shavuot Taste of Milk & Honey takes place and in the fall Apples & Honey is offered.
Adult Education Lecture Series
The DJE is known for its ability to attract speakers of excellent
caliber.
Visit the Community
Calendar to learn more about DJE programs.
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DJE
Library
The library serves the entire jewish community of greater new haven. In addition, teachers in public schools, private schools, preschools (nursery schools), synagogue schools, and MAKOM are welcome to borrow books, videos, and audiocassettes and CDs for classroom use. Library resources, including books, videos, and computer software for research and education, are available to assist young students and teens with school projects, reports, and term papers. The teachers' resource center--housed in the library and open to all teachers--provides curriculum materials and teachers' guides for a wide assortment of Judaic subjects. Offers Judaic book club, Hebrew story hour, Yiddish series and lectures.
Visit the Community
Resources and select “Jewish Education” to learn more
about the DJE Library’s programming for all ages and interests,
or contact the Library at 203 387-2424 or librarewishnewhaven.org
Jewish Education For Families
Kesher L'Mishpacha
Kesher L'Mishpacha, New Haven Federation's Jewish Family Initiative,
empowers parents to become their children's primary Jewish role
models and
teachers, thereby enabling families to grow Jewishly in knowledge
and
observance.
This program provides for the funding, training
and supervision of Jewish
Educators in seven institutions in the Greater New Haven area,
including Chabad of
the Shoreline , Congregation Beth
El-Keser Israel , Temple
Beth Sholom, Congregation Or
Shalom, Congregation Beth
Shalom Rodfe Tzedek, Ezra
Academy, Passover University, Build a Sukkah, Baby Makes Three, and JCC.
For more information about family education, contact
203 387-2424 x308 or email Family
Ed.
Talmud Torah Meyuchad
Talmud Torah Meyuchad provides an individualized Jewish education program for children with special needs in two sites in the community - at Congregation B'nai Jacob in Woodbridge and Congregation Beth El - Keser Israel in New Haven and offers Etgar, a program to develop social skilss. It also supports special education for Judaic Studies at Ezra Academy and New Haven Hebrew Day School.
For more information, please contact 203 387-2424
or email lkemptoewishnewhaven.org
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MAKOM Family
Programs
MAKOM–
Hebrew High School of Greater New Haven is an exciting, unique and
pluralistic educational and social community. It’s extensive
course selections, taught by a wide range of community educators,
appeal to all teens and are chosen to provide exposure to the richness
of out tradition.
MAKOM
provides excellent opportunities for teens and their parents to
explore important issues that affect them as family members and
as Jews in a supportive Jewish environment. Programs are offered
for 8th-, 10th- and 11th-graders include subjects such as “Is
a Mermaid Better Off With Legs?”, The Road to Independence”,
and “You’re Driving Me Crazy” about teen driving
and College Choice – Jewish Style”
Learn all about MAKOM!!!
Congregational and Day School Education
The Department of Jewish Education touches the lives of hundreds
of families through its Teacher Professionalization (link down to
the Professional Development section of this page) programs for
Day School and Congregational School educators. The expanded knowledge
and renewed excitement of the teachers ‘trickles up’ to
the entire family!
The MAKOM for
Teens
MAKOM means the place, the place to be, the place where an exciting
educational experience is available to our Jewish youth. Sponsored
and subsidized by the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, MAKOM
is a nondenominational school that provides you with a quality Jewish
education, and strengthens your knowledge and commitment. MAKOM
enrolls more than 360 students for classes at our Hamden and Woodbridge
locations.
MAKOM’s
extensive course selections should appeal to all teens and are chosen
to provide exposure to the richness of our tradition. In addition
to our formal classes, MAKOM views its family programs, special
programs, social action projects and cultural opportunities as an
integral part of its mission: to encourage teens to perpetuate their
Jewish heritage, to continue to study, and to be actively involved
in Jewish life in their high school years and beyond.
MAKOM
offers its students a unique, pluralistic, educational, and social
community. MAKOM
aims to help teens develop a personal, ethical and moral philosophy,
grounded in a spirit of inquiry and knowledge of the Jewish tradition.
It is our goal to strengthen the Jewish commitment of our teens
and to develop a positive Jewish identity and set of values within
the framework of a united Jewish people. The concepts of klal
yisrael (respect for each other), talmud torah (love
of study), tikkun olam (bettering the world), gemilut
chasadim (acts of kindness), and derech eretz (ethical
behavior) are intrinsic to the mission of MAKOM.
For more information about MAKOM,
contact 203 387-2424 x316 or email MAKOM.
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Teen Leadership Council (TLC)
Teen Leadership Council provides teens with an opportunity to positively
impact the world while developing their leadership skills in community
building. Each year, MAKOM students and their friends have the chance
to make the Teen Leadership Council more effective and exciting
than ever before. With professional guidance at your service, team
of teens have the freedom to choose social action projects and plans
that they believe will benefit the Jewish community.
MAKOM’s
TLC has contributed to our community and will continue to participate
in other social action projects, such as Habitat for Humanity, Thanksgiving
and Passover food packaging: many of these projects will be featured
on an annual Tikkun Olam Day in the spring.
Our Jewish community needs you !!!
Jewish
Civics Initiative (JCI)
For the last several years, MAKOM
has been selected to participate in an exciting program coordinated
by The Washington Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values. Jewish
Civics Initiative is a year–long program that challenges teens
to become socially and politically active, while building a solid
foundation of Jewish knowledge and commitment. This program consists
of three required components:
- Enrollment in the first-semester MAKOM
course, “Jewish Civics Initiative”;
- Attendance at a four-day seminar in Washington,
DC, with teens from San Francisco, Boston, Fort Lauderdale and
Boca Raton, to enhance Jewish identity and integrate Jewish knowledge
with commitment to Tikkun Olam; and
- Participation in a community service project
during second semester. This tremendous opportunity is open to
all 10th –12th grade students.
Made possible by the Richard and Judith Shelling
Scholarship Fund for Jewish Education of the Jewish Foundation of
Greater New Haven, and the Eugene Shaffer Memorial Fund for the
support of the Jewish Civics Initiative for Youth established by
Gloria Shaffer.
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Creative EXPRESSION at MAKOM
International cooking? Spirituality? The Arts? Improv? MAKOM
teens can participate in a potpourri of song, dance and theater
and more. MAKOM’s
faculty includes playwrights, chefs, actors, and musicians, as well
as scholars.
March
of the Living
Imagine a sea of teens in blue jackets as 6,000 Jewish teens from
over 60 countries gather together at Auschwitz to remember the horrors
of the Holocaust. Now, imagine these teens in the amphitheater in
Caesarea as it rocks in worldwide celebration of the continued vitality
of the Jewish People! MAKOM
teens can be a part of this amazing experience, the “March
of the Living.” The “March of the Living” course
is a requirement for all participants, and is offered in the second
hour session this spring.
Common Grounds
As Jews, we have a special obligation to engage in tikkun olam,
transforming and repairing our world. MAKOM students have the opportunity
to join with teens from different racial, ethnic, and faith communities.
Common Grounds is grass roots activism which is predicated on dialogue
and understanding.
Travel to Israel – The Israel Desk
There are many opportunities for Greater New Haven teens to travel
to Israel.
For more information, contact 203 387-2424 or email
Israel Desk.
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Teacher
Professional Development
Jewish education is a crucial element in building a vibrant Jewish
community.
An important aspect of the mission of the Department
of Jewish Education (DJE) is to provide high quality, individualized
consultancy, resource support and teacher training to synagogue
religious schools and Jewish Day schools.
DJE Teacher Professional Development Programs
and Resources
- The Teachers Resource Center, housed in the DJE
library at the JCC, expanded its resources and its importance
as the central repository of quality curricula for local pedagogues
- An annual day-long conference brings new approaches
and curricular concepts to 200 local congregational school educators
each winter
- An exciting spring conference inspires 200 early
childhood educators
- The annual regional Day School conference is held
in fall
- Special workshops featuring expert educators
such as Dr. Judith Stern, Charles E. Smith Day School special
educator, attract large numbers of teachers each year.
- The Judith Kaye Fund of the Jewish Foundation
subsidized four teachers for in-depth professionalization at summer
conferences
- November 4th session on teaching with presenters for Temple University
Holocaust
Education Prejudice Reduction Program (HEPRP)
The Holocaust Education and Prejudice Reduction Program (HEPRP)
was created in 1988 with a primary mission to promote awareness
in the public, private, and parochial school systems about the Holocaust
and cases of modern-day prejudice. This program provides local educators
with the tools needed to communicate these critical messages of
the past and present.
- General Teacher Training Workshops and Special
Programs. The Program provides workshops of general interest
to Holocaust educators in the area. Internationally- renowned
experts lead programs on the subject of the Holocaust and related
topics.
- Workshops Designed to Meet Special Needs of
Educators. The Program assists Holocaust educators by creating
workshops tailored to meet the needs of a particular school or
community.
- Workshops sponsored by Facing History and
Ourselves (FHAO) of Brookline, Mass. The Program provides
financial support to educators who wish to attend these intensive
workshops that are designed to give an understanding of responsible
citizenship education by using the Holocaust as an example.
- Student programs
- The Program informs educators of special exhibits,
performances, and lectures which are appropriate for their students.
In some cases, the Program arranges for traveling theatrical groups
to come to particular schools or finds a central location where
several groups of students can come together for a production
- Video loans and consultation from the Fortunoff
Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. The Program helps
area Holocaust educators find appropriate videos for their classes.
- Funding for educational resources. The
Program makes funds available to each school for the purchase
of books and videos relevant to the Holocaust or instances of
modern-day prejudice.
For more information, contact 203 387-2424 or email. Also you can visit the HEPRP website by clicking here.
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