Jewish Education School

Since the fall of 2007, Westchester Community for Humanistic Judaism has been offering Jewish education for children, from Kindergarten through Bar/Bat Mitzvah and beyond.

The program aims to enhance children's Jewish identity and intellectual growth through small class explorations of art, music, texts, and games. Students are learning about Jewish culture, history, and holidays in ways that emphasize humanistic values and ethics within a Jewish context. Among the areas in which WCHJ offers instruction are:

• The Jewish People: Stories about us and our heroes, historic and contemporary
• Jewish holidays: their meaning and ways to celebrate them
• Jewish Humanistic ethics and values
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation

Our school offers an open, warm environment where learners can safely express their thoughts and feelings while developing a positive connection to Judaism. It strives to motivate and excite children through experiential learning, and aims to foster critical thinking, love of learning, and a belief in the power of human reason and responsibility, rather than of supernatural authority.

The classes are held twice a month at the Community Unitarian Church, 468 Rosedale Avenue, White Plains on Fridays, starting at 7:00PM.

For more information, please contact Gloria Aronson-Weinberg at GAW149@verizon.net or (914)698-3148.