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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