TCHJ > Jewish Education

At present our Education Program has three main components: children's education; Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation; and adult education.

The Bar/Bat Mitzvah program is a nine-month course of study, consisting of two meetings per month, with each meeting lasting two hours. The curriculum is based on that of the national Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, with the incorporation of other material dealing with Jewish history, ethics, holidays and important personalities.

The Jewish Culture Class for Children ("JC cubed") provides children with structured activities dealing with Jewish holidays while their parents are attending presentations by speakers or some other educational component of our semi-monthly celebrations. We look forward to a more extensive and structured program for children this fall.

The Education Committee will also provide an educational component, usually dealing with the specific Jewish holiday that corresponds to date, for meetings that do not feature a speaker. Thus we had a brief talk about Hannukah in December; about Tu Bishevat in January; Purim in February, and so on.

We consider our Education Program to be a "work in progress" and, therefore, welcome suggestions from our members.