Curriculum

 Six Points Of Learning

We seek to develop a positive Jewish identity in our children by teaching Jewish history, culture, values and traditions from a humanistic perspective. Our core goals are for students to identify as Jews and to feel connected to the Jewish people, empowered as Jews to make an impact in the world.

The curriculum is organized around six themes that are wound through each grade level.

Kehilla: Community

Students will understand that as Jews and as humanists, they are connected to the people around them. Students will appreciate the intricate network of connections in their lives: congregation, nation and our multi-faceted Jewish world.

Mishpacha: Family

Students will appreciate the core role that family plays in the Jewish experience and how Judaism celebrates family connection through life-cycle events. They will understand that the diversity of the modern Judaism is something to be celebrated.

Tikkun Olam: Repair the World

Students will feel empowered, as Jews and as humanists, to act and make an impact on the world. They will gain an understanding of the multitude ways they can make an impact, including through Tzedakah, direct action or advocacy.

Simcha: Celebration

Students will understand and appreciate the meaning, traditions, values and themes of major Jewish holidays. They will explore how Judaism celebrates connection through these celebrations.

Limud: Study

Students will appreciate texts and history as central to the Jewish experience and communal identity. They will be able to identify major moments in Jewish history and important texts in Jewish literary history and will think critically about those texts and history. They will understand their own family's history as part of the greater history of the Jewish people.

Yisrael: Israel

Students will understand that Israel is the Jewish state, will feel a connection and appreciation for Israeli culture and learn to think critically about modern-day controversies. They will understand the deep and complex bond between Diaspora and Israeli Jews.