Post-Graduate Educational Loan & 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
Ida Foreman Fleisher Fund for women pursuing a graduate degree.

COLLEGES College for Reconstructing Judaism
1299 Church Road • Wyncote, PA 19095 • 215-576-0800 • info@rrc.edu • rrc.edu
Rabbinical training institute of the Reconstructing Judaism movement
which trains rabbis for service in congregations, campuses, chaplaincy set-
tings and social justice organizations. Offers studies in Judaism as an evolv-
ing religious civilization.

Gratz College
Mandell Education Campus • 7605 Old York Road • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300 • Fax: 215-635-7399 • admissions@gratz.edu • gratz.edu
Provides a pluralistic education for students online and on campus. Gratz
offers doctoral, graduate and undergraduate degree and certificate programs,
as well as learning opportunities for adults and teens. Gratz College has two
doctoral programs: Doctor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Ph.D.) and
Doctor of Education in Leadership (Ed.D.), and graduate degrees in Education
(MAEd), Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Interfaith Leadership, Jewish
Professional Studies, Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Studies, and Nonprofit
Management. Graduate certificates are offered in all graduate majors.

Undergraduate degrees are offered in Jewish Education, Jewish Studies, and
Jewish Professional Studies. Gratz offers adult Jewish learning programs and
lectures as well as credit and noncredit courses in Hebrew and Yiddish. Gratz
College offers CLE courses for attorneys on campus. The Tuttleman library
contains extensive holdings such as a music library and Holocaust Oral History
Archive. Feinstein Center for American Jewish History
Temple University • 916 Gladfelter Hall • 1115 W. Berks St. • Philadelphia, PA
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 spon-
sors conferences, symposia, fellowships, publications and public events devoted
to understanding the multiple dimensions of American Jewish experience in
the U.S. The Feinstein Center is part of Temple University’s Department of
History in the College of Liberal Arts.

Jewish Studies Program at University of Pennsylvania
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
A program reflective of the full range of the Jewish experience as well as differ-
ent approaches to studying Jewish life and culture. Students of all backgrounds
are welcome to take courses and participate in the programs. Courses may be
taken as electives, or students can develop a major or minor course of study in
any one of four different Jewish Studies tracks. The program also offers oppor-
tunities for outside the classroom learning experiences.

ADULT & FAMILY EDUCATION
Aish Philadelphia
345 Montgomery Ave. • P.O. Box 834 • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-668-9600 • phila@aish.com • aishphila.com
Provides educational programs for Jews of all backgrounds. Programs include
Friday Night services, weekly classes, women’s division, High Holiday services,
seminars, teen and singles events.

ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
7000 Lincoln Drive, #B2 • Philadelphia, PA 19119
215-247-9700 • Fax: 215-247-9703 • soojim@aleph.org • aleph.org
Transdenominational, spirituality and Tikkun Olam-focused Jewish learning
organization. Offers ordination program for rabbinic, cantorial, spiritual direc-
tion and rabbinic pastors. For clergy and lay learners offers retreats, training
programs, distance-learning classes, publications and referrals to local Jewish
Renewal communities.

Beiteinu P.O. Box 231 • Haverford, PA 19041 • 484-432-0931 or 215-309-2883
rabbi@beiteinu.org • beiteinu.org
A non-denominational community that encourages study, prayer and service
to the Jewish community and to all those who wish to learn Jewish teaching.

Provides a meaningful experience, in a non-judgmental and caring environ-
ment along with a special sense of belonging, for all people who support Jewish
life. Has learning groups for all ages in various parts of the city (Lafayette Hill,
Landsdale, Morristown NJ and private classes).

Bensalem Jewish Kollel and Outreach Center
Kehillas B’nai Shalom • 2446 Bristol Road • 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. Programs of
special interest to women are also offered.

Bucks County Hebrew School — A Family Partnership Program in
which parents can study in a simultaneous class for parents and their
children. Parents who take advantage of this opportunity can receive
almost complete scholarships to cover the cost of their childrens Hebrew
School education. No synagogue membership required.

College for Reconstructing Judaism
1299 Church Road • Wyncote, PA 19095
215-576-0800 • Fax: 215-576-6143 • info@rrc.edu • rrc.edu
Offers high-level courses in Jewish history, thought, text and practice for
rabbinical students, Jewish professionals and interested lay people.

Community Torah Center of Bucks County
944 Second St. Pike, Front Building • Richboro, PA 18954
215-485-5755 • Fax: 267-284-1267 • rabbi@jewishbucks.org • JewishBucks.org
An organization created to give Jews from all backgrounds and affiliations the
opportunity to learn and experience Jewish life. Offers programs for every age
group, from young children and adolescents through adults.

Congregation Beth Solomon — CBS Community Center
198 Tomlinson Road • Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-671-1981 • Fax: 215-671-8007 • cbscommunitycenter.com
Educational opportunities for all ages, camps and a kollel for adult education.

Also fosters outreach to the Russian immigrant community.

Chelkeinu Initiative
chelkeinu@chelkeinu.org • chelkeinu.org
Runs programming in Northeast Philadelphia and along the Old York Road
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