Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia
6063 Drexel Rd. • Philadelphia, PA 19131
215-477-1000 • Fax: 215-477-5065
Yeshiva offering high school and post-high school programs for Ortho dox
students. Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia
742 Argyle Rd. • Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-642-7870 • Fax: 610-642-2265
ientin@TAPhila.org • TAPhila.org
Orthodox day school for students from nursery school through eighth grade.

Yeshiva Lab School
612 Montgomery Ave. • Narberth, PA 19072
610-206-3926 info@yeshivalabschool.org • yeshivalabschool.org
Day school with a kindergarten class. Planning to add a grade each year.

BEFORE- AND AFTER-SCHOOL
PROGRAMS Federation Early Learning Services (FELS)
OTHER YOUTH
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Chabad/Lubavitch Centers
Many local Chabad/Lubavitch Centers have Youth Education
Programs/Hebrew School programs. Please find a list of Chabad/Lubavitch
Centers on page 88.

Community Torah Center of Bucks County
944 Second St. Pike • Richboro, PA 18954
215-364-1160 • Fax: 267-284-1267
suri@jewishbucks.org • JewishBucks.org
Jewish Children’s Folkshul of Greater Philadelphia
P.O. Box 17 • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-248-1550 • Folkshul@folkshul.org • folkshul.org
Offers children kindergarten through ninth grade, a two-and-a-half-hour
program on Sundays within a secular, humanistic framework. Serves families
who identify with Jewish values and culture. Curriculum includes Jewish
holidays and history, Jewish cooking, drama and literature. Also offers a Bar/Bat
Mitzvah program and adult education classes. Meets at Springside Chestnut
Hill Academy, 8000 Cherokee St. • Philadelphia, PA 19118
Paley Early Learning Center
Jewish Community High School of Gratz College
215-725-8930, Ext. 151 Paley@FelsKids.org • FELSkids.org
Primarily for children enrolled in the Farrell Elementary School and
Jewish day schools. On-site after-school programs administered by the
Paley Early Learning Center are available at the Joseph J. Greenberg,
J. Hampton Moore and at Louis Farrell.

7605 Old York Rd. • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300, Ext. 135 • Fax: 215-635-7320 • gratz.edu/jchs
Lassin Early Learning Center
JQuest B’Yachad
215-677-7191 • Lassin@FelsKids.org • FelsKids.org
Primarily for children enrolled in the Anne Frank Elementary School,
the Loesche Elementary School and Jewish day schools.

Old York Rd. • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-887-8704 • JQuest.org
Kids Time
Kaiserman JCC • 45 Haverford Rd. • Wynnewood, PA 19096
610-896-7770, Ext. 121 • kidstime@phillyjcc.com • phillyjcc.com
Activities include homework help, sports classes, art and more. Transportation
is available from area schools. When the Lower Merion School District is
closed, the Kaiserman JCC also offers a range of special J-Day programs to
accommodate the needs of working families.

KidSpace KleinLife: Northeast Philadelphia
10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-698-7300 • anewman@kleinlife.org • KleinLife.org
Activities include: homework help, swimming once a week, art club, dance club,
baking club, snack, computer club, board games, and sports & sports leagues.

Transportation to and from school available. Stays open during school closings
and during early dismissal days. CCIS accepted.

Makom Community
2125 Chestnut St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103 • 484-278-1335
beverly@makomcommunity.org • makomcommunity.org
Enrichment center providing after school Jewish education for children ages
4 to 10, including pickup from area schools. Afternoon program includes a
snack, child-led projects, T’filah (prayer), music and movement, and homework
support. Open weekdays 3 to 6 p.m., with additional hours when schools are
dismissed early or are closed. Flexible schedules. Every week concludes with
a family Shabbat celebration.

Program for eighth to 12th graders from all backgrounds who want to meet
with Jewish friends and have the opportunity to learn and grow Jewishly.

Weekly, monthly and online opportunities as well as some for college credit.

Joint educational program of three synagogues along the Old York Rd.

corridor: Adath Jeshurun, Beth Sholom and Keneseth Israel. Members of
these synagogues in preschool to sixth grade may participate in this program.

Mekom Torah High School
P.O. Box 178 • Swarthmore, PA 19081 • 610-368-4065
helen@mekomtorah.org • mekomtorah.org
A community-based Jewish learning project. It includes a cross-denominational
high school program and an array of adult study options. Programs are offered
in Delaware County and Center City.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
jewishphilly.org/programs-services/educational-scholarships/educational-loan- and-scholarship-funds
Administers several avenues through which educational scholarships are made
available Day School Per-Capital Pool
215-832-0812 • bhirsh@jewishphilly.org
Need-based scholarship funding to students at Abrams Hebrew Academy,
Cheder Chabad, Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Kohelet Yeshiva
High School, Politz Hebrew Academy, Raymond and Ruth Perelman
Jewish Day School, Kosloff Torah Academy Girls High School, Torah
Academy, and the OROT special needs program. Funds are distributed
directly to schools through a weighted, per capita formula that accounts
for the number of students enrolled, the grade level of the students and
the capacity of the school to meet the total scholarship needs of its student
body. Schools are responsible for determining need and distributing aid.

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