Foundation for Jewish Education of Greater
Philadelphia - Educational Tax Credit Programs
215-832-0525 • ematz@jewishphilly.org
Provides need-based scholarships to students attending 10 Jewish day
schools, including a special needs initiative and dozens of local Jewish
preschools by raising money through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s
Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program and the Opportunity
Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program. The Foundation is a partnership
with the Jewish Federation. Families interested in applying for scholarships
should contact the school directly for information.
Keren Chinuch Scholarship Fund
215-832-0850 • LWeicher@jewishphilly.org
A need-based scholarship program for Jewish children attending supple-
mentary schools at synagogues and other programs throughout Greater
Philadelphia. Funds are distributed to qualified schools based on enrollment.
Schools are responsible for determining need and distributing aid.
Post-Graduate Educational Loan and Scholarship
Funds 215-832-0528 • jbrier@jewishphilly.org
Annual educational loans and scholarships for medical school/graduate
school students.
Albert Strickler Memorial Fund-for medical education
Samuel F. and Sara G. Feinman Fund-for medical and law students
Margaret R. Rice Music Scholarship Fund-for female students
pursuing their education in the study of music.
711 Williams Hall • 255 S. 36th St. • Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-6654 • Fax: 215-573-6026
jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu • ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst
Penn faculty members affiliated with the Jewish Studies Program teach in the
departments of History, Religious Studies, Near Eastern Languages & Civiliza-
tions, Germanic Studies, Political Science and Art History. Thematic courses
are offered in Jewish thought, history and culture, from biblical times to the
present. Israel studies are pursued through archaeology, literature, film and the
analysis of contemporary global politics. Members of the community may
register to audit classes.In conjunction with other Penn entities, the Program in
Jewish Studies also organizes cultural events (including lectures, conferences
and cultural performances) that are free and open to the community.
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Aish of Philadelphia
50 Montgomery Ave. • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-668-9600 • phila@aish.com • aishphila.com
Educational programs for Jews of all backgrounds. Programs include
Friday night services, weekly classes, women’s division, High Holiday
services, seminars, and teen and singles events.
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
COLLEGES 7000 Lincoln Dr., #B2 • Philadelphia, PA 19119
215-247-9700 • programs@aleph.org • aleph.org
Transdenominational, spiritual and activist organization. Offers retreats,
training programs, distance-learning classes, publications and referrals to
local Jewish Renewal communities.
Gratz College
Bensalem Jewish Outreach Center
Mandell Education Campus
7605 Old York Rd. • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300 or 1-800-475-4635 • Fax: 215-635-7399
admissions@gratz.edu • gratz.edu
Pluralistic college of Jewish studies online and on campus. Offers graduate
degrees and certificates in Jewish Studies, Jewish Education, Jewish Communal
Service, Nonprofit Management, Israel Studies, Holocaust and Genocide
Studies, and Jewish-Christian studies. Credit and noncredit courses in Hebrew,
Yiddish, Jewish history, Jewish thought, Jewish literature, modern Israel and
more. Extensive library holdings, music library and Holocaust Oral History
Archive. Also offers adult Jewish learning programs and lectures.
Kehillas B’nai Shalom • 2446 Bristol Rd. • Bensalem, PA 19020
215-752-5032 • Fax: 215-752-2340
bjoc@bensalemoutreach.org • bensalemoutreach.org
Educational center for Jewish studies for Jews of all backgrounds. Open all day
with sessions for guided Torah study. Programs of special interest to women are
also offered.
Feinstein Center for American Jewish History
Temple University • 916 Gladfelter Hall
1115 W. Berks St. • Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-9553 • Fax: 215-204-5891
feinsteincenter@temple.edu • cla.temple.edu/feinsteincenter
Promotes the study of the American Jewish experience in America, and sponsors
conferences, symposia, fellowships, publications and public events devoted to
understanding the dimensions of American Jewish experience in the U.S.
The center is part of Temple University’s Department of History in the College
of Liberal Arts.
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Center for Spiritual Well-being
Beth Sholom Congregation
8321 Old York Rd. • Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-887-1342 ext. 109 • spiritualwell-being.org
A community project dedicated to helping people find meaningful spiritual
connections in their lives with the goal of promoting both spiritual and mental
well-being and creating communities of those with shared spiritual interests.
Community Torah Center of Bucks County
944 Second St. Pike • Richboro, PA 18954
215-485-5755 • Fax: 267-284-1267
rabbi@jewishbucks.org • JewishBucks.org
Offers programs for all ages and from all backgrounds.
Congregation Beth Solomon-CBS Community Center
198 Tomlinson Rd. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
215-671-1981 • Fax: 215-671-8007 • cbscommunitycenter.com
1299 Church Rd. • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-0800 • Fax: 215-576-6143 • info@rrc.edu • rrc.edu
Rabbinical training institute of the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism.
Offers studies in Judaism as an evolving religious civilization. Trains rabbis
who bring ancient wisdom into the contemporary world.
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Educational opportunities for all ages, camps and a kollel for adult education.
Also fosters outreach to the Russian immigrant community.
7900 High School Rd. • Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-635-3890 • info@etzchaimcenter.org • etzchaimcenter.com
Jewish resource center providing classical and contemporary Jewish learning to
Jews of all backgrounds, enabling them to further their spiritual growth and
reconnect with their heritage. Offers a menu of subjects like Talmud, Bible,
Jewish philosophy, Kabbalistic thought and Mussar, as well as Jewish Marriage
Enrichment, Women to Women and a Young Professionals group.
Gratz College Adult Jewish Learning
7605 Old York Rd. • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300, Ext. 182 • 800-475-4635 • Fax: 215-635-7399
brosenau@gratz.edu • gratz.edu
Offers courses for adults who enjoy learning with instructors who are experts in
their fields. Subjects include history, literature, theology, ethics, Torah and ancient
texts, Israel and the Middle East; Jewish music, art and film and more. Also offers
Hebrew and Yiddish language classes for all levels. Classes are located in Melrose
Park, the Main Line and Center City. Distinguished Scholar Lectures are open to
the community (including the Shusterman and Stern community lectures),
continuing legal education, as well as trips, films and programs.
Hazon Philadelphia
5020 Cedar Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19143
877-537-6286 • HazonPhillyChair@hazon.org • hazon.org/philly
Creates healthier and more sustainable communities in the Jewish world and
beyond. Effects change in the world in three ways: transformative experiences,
thought leadership and capacity building. Programs are multigenerational and
give entry points for Jews of all backgrounds who are concerned about the
environment and the world, with a particular focus on young adults interested
in developing the skills to take on leadership roles in their communities.
Institute for Jewish Ethics
1420 Walnut St., Suite 1008 • Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-782-8878 • IJE@IJEthics.org • IJEthics.orgv
Offers classes and seminars, as well as personal guidance presented by rabbis,
experts and professionals in various disciplinary areas. An accredited provider
of Continuing Legal Education by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, IJE
offers accredited courses for social workers, doctors and other professionals.
One Book, One Jewish Community (OBOJC)-Connecting People One
Book at a Time community-wide Jewish literacy program. Each year,
JLV develops resource materials about the selected book, and partners
with synagogues and agencies that adopt OBOJC as a vehicle for
discussing, and studying the book.
Jewish Relationships Initiative
484-679-6402 • JewishRelationshipsInitiative@gmail.com
JewishRelationshipsInitiative.com Dedicated to outreach and engagement. Connecting, teaching and carrying
out Jewish lifecycle events.
LifeLong Learning Program
KleinLife • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
KleinLife • Montgomery County • 7763 Old York Rd., 19027
215-698-7300 • kleinlife.org
Offers adult-education classes on diverse subjects, trips in and outside of the
city, cultural and educational programming, and other activities of interest to
adults and senior adults.
Lubavitch/Chabad Centers
Open to all Jews. Provides Shabbat and holiday programs, educational programs,
celebrations and other religious observances geared to children, adults and fami-
lies. See other Chabad/Lubavitch organizations in the chapter on Religious Life.
Mekom Torah
P.O. Box 178 • Swarthmore, PA 19081 • 610-368-4065
helen@mekomtorah.org • mekomtorah.org
A community-based learning project offering Jewish study for adults from all
walks of Jewish life. Programs are offered in Delaware County and Center City.
Jewish Children’s Folkshul and Adult Community
Moving Traditions
P.O. Box 17 • Wyncote, PA 19095 • 215-248-1550
folkshul@folkshul.org • folkshul.org
Provides education within a secular, humanistic framework. Serves families
who identify with Jewish values and culture. Curriculum includes Jewish
holidays, history, cooking, music, literature and social action/social justice.
Also offers a Bar/Bat Mitzvah program and adult-education classes. Meets at
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, 8000 Cherokee St., Philadelphia, PA
261 Old York Rd., Suite 734 • Jenkintown, PA 19046
Jewish Farm School
National Havurah Committee
5020 Cedar Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19143
1-877-537-6286 • Fax: 877-891-8314
info@jewishfarmschool.org • jewishfarmschool.org
Teaches about contemporary food and environmental issues through skill-based
Jewish agricultural education. Dr.n by traditions of using food and agriculture
as tools for social justice and spiritual mindfulness. Addresses the injustices
embedded in today’s mainstream food system and works to create greater access
to sustainably grown foods, produced from a consciousness of both ecological
and social well-being.
7135 Germantown Ave, 2nd Floor
PO Box 4998 • Philadelphia, PA 19119
Jewish Learning Venture
Mandell Education Campus
7607 Old York Rd. • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-320-0360 • Fax: 215-635-8946
info@jewishlearningventure.org • jewishlearningventure.org
jkidphilly connects families with infants and young children up to age
12 to the people, happenings, resources and voices of our Jewish com-
munity through programs, and relationship-building activities. The
jkidphilly website includes a community calendar of events and
programs, holiday resources and a searchable directory for schools
and early-childhood education programs.
PJ Library in Philadelphia supports families on their Jewish journey
by sending Jewish-content books and music on a monthly basis to
children ages 6 months to 8 years living in the Greater Philadelphia area.
The program is funded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Jewish
Learning Venture, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and
private donors.
215-887-4511 • info@movingtraditions.org • moving traditions.org
Through two programs, Rosh Hodesh for girls, and Shevet Achim for boys,
Moving Traditions creates experiences that inspire Jewish teens to explore
questions of identity and society. The programs help teens reach their potential
by connecting relevant content with enduring Jewish values, and by fostering
positive peer-to-peer relationships through trained mentors.
215-248-1335 • office@havurah.org • havurah.org
A network of diverse individuals and communities dedicated to Jewish living and
learning, community building and tikkun olam (repairing the world). A nonde-
nominational, multigenerational, egalitarian and volunteer-run organization.
Philadelphia Community Kollel
364 Montgomery Ave. • Merion Station, PA 19066
610-668-9557 • Fax: 610-668-9558
office@phillykollel.org • phillykollel.org
Educational center for Jewish studies. Open all day, with sessions for guided
Torah study afternoons and evenings, seven days a week.
Rabbi Morris Goodblatt Academy
Class location: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El
1001 Remington Rd. • Wynnewood, PA 19096
215-219-0184 or 215-848-9503
Goodblattacademy@gmail.com.org • goodblatt.org
Provides a 30-week “Introduction to Judaism” course, beginning in September
and January each year. Designed for Jews and non-Jews, singles and couples to
learn more about Judaism (history, language, culture). Interested students have
the opportunity to convert to Judaism under Conservative auspices following
the successful com pletion of the course. Sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly,
Philadelphia Branch.
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
1299 Church Rd. • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-0800 • Fax: 215-576-6143 • info@rrc.edu • rrc.edu
Rabbinical training institution of the Reconstructionist movement.
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