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Our Vision
The basic premise of our curriculum is to think of Jewish education not merely as a matter of communicating facts, but rather as an effort to help young people become proud participating Jews who are confident in their identity.
From early childhood, a youngster learns by experiencing, doing, touching, hearing, seeing, tasting, and smelling the richness of our heritage. Our school is based on the fact that, as our sages put it, “it is not the learning that is the essence, but the doing.” In reality, whether children or adults, we learn what we do. Our students are given a foundation from which they are encouraged to explore and question their relationship to Judaism. At Congregation Schaarai Zedek, we are building a warm, comfortable, and positive climate of Jewish experience and Jewish learning for our children. We do not expect to fill the place of the home, however. The success of our program depends in large part on whether the children receive positive reinforcement of their Jewish education at home.
Our Goals
Through our curriculum, we strive to provide a program of Jewish education which will enable children, youth, and adults to become: