Jewish Learning Venture
261 Old York Road, Suite 720 • Jenkintown, PA 19027
215-320-0360 • info@jewishlearningventure.org • jewishlearningventure.org
Jewish Education and Leadership Development (JELD)
Offers congregational education directors opportunities to learn new
skills and network around shared issues through conferences (Yom
Limmud), single-session workshops and multi-part educational series,
webinars, collaborative cross-congregational working groups and more.
Harold and Renee Berger Network for Engaging Families
with Young Children
Encourages and supports congregations interested in developing and
implementing systemic approaches to attract and engage Jewish families
with young children to their congregation and to Jewish life. Provides
grant monies to be used in the implementation of new initiatives.
Whole Community Inclusion
Provides workshops, consultation and resources to support Jewish
organizations to make their educational and community programs more
inclusive of individuals with special needs and their families.
Havayah: A Jewish Community Experience
Offers a shared curriculum for local congregations and brings their
students together from local participating synagogues to engage in
Jewish experiential learning.
OROT Program
7601 Old York Road • Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-935-0020 • info@orotkids.org • orotkids.org
A special needs initiative in the area Jewish day schools. In conjunction with
host day schools, OROT personnel set policy, create and supervise programs,
provide financial support and advocate for services provided to children with
special needs. OROT and the host day schools seek to provide the best possible
curriculum, within a supportive and inclusive environment.
SYNAGOGUE-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS
The following listings for educational programs for children in the Greater
Philadelphia area was prepared by the Jewish Information and Referral Service.
To learn more about particular programs, call 215-832-0821. (Synagogue
schools generally require family membership.)
KEY: I : Infant care (up to 12 months)
T: Toddler (13 to 36 months)
PS: Preschool (3 to 4 years)
K: Kindergarten
FELS: Federation Early Learning Service
SE: Supplementary religious elementary
SHS: Supplementary religious high school
ASC: After-school care (K-6)
SN: Special needs inclusion
AE: Adult education classes
Adath Israel of the Main Line
Merion • 610-934-1920 • adathisrael.org • Conservative
I (10 months+), T (1 years plus), PS, K, SE, (LMAHH: SHS), SN, AE
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
Elkins Park • 215-635-1337 • adathjeshurun.info
Conservative • I, T, PS, SE (JQuest), ASC, SHS, SN
Congregation B’nai Jacob
Beiteinu Haverford • 484-432-0931 • beiteinu.org • Independent • SE, AE
Beth David Reform Congregation
Gladwyne • 610-649-0272 • bdavid.org • Reform • SE, SHS, AE
Congregation Beth El of Lower Bucks County
Yardley • 215-493-1707 • bethelyardley.org • Conservative,
SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid
Broomall • 610-356-8700 • cbent.org • Conservative
(FELS: I, T, PS), K, SE, SHS, SN
Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El
Wynnewood • 610-649-2277 • tbhbe.org • Conservative
I, T, PS, K, SE, (LMAHH: SHS), ASC, SN, AE
Beth Israel Congregation of Chester County
Eagle • 610-458-8550 • bethisraelpa.org • Conservative
T, PS, K, ASC (K), SE, SHS, AE
Congregation Beth Israel of Media
Media • 610-566-4645 • bethisraelmedia.org
Reconstructing J • PS, K, SE, AE
Congregation Beth Or
Maple Glen • 215-646-5806 • bethor.org • Reform
I, T, PS, K, ASC, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Beth Sholom Congregation
Elkins Park • 215-887-3625 • bethsholomcongregation.org
Conservative • I, T, PS, SE (JQuest), ASC, SHS, AE
(Congregation) Beth Solomon Community Center
Philadelphia • 215-671-1981 • cbscommunitycenter.com
Orthodox • I, T, PS, ASC, SE, SHS, AE
Beth Tikvah-B’nai Jeshurun
Erdenheim • 215-836-5677 • btbj.org • Conservative
I, T, PS, ASC, SE, SHS, ASC, SN, AE
Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel
Philadelphia • 215-735-5148 • bzbi.org • Conservative • T, PS, SE, SHS, AE
Temple Brith Achim
King of Prussia • 610-337-2820 • brithachim.org • Reform • PS, K, SE, SHS
Congregation Brothers of Israel
Newtown • 215-579-2200 • cboi.org • Conservative • SE, SHS, AE
Germantown Jewish Centre
Philadelphia • 215-844-1507 • germantownjewishcentre.org
Conservative • I, T, PS, K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Har Zion Temple
Penn Valley • 610-667-5000 • harziontemple.org
Conservative • T, PS, K, SE, (LMAHH: SHS), SN, AE
Congregation Hesed Shel Emet
Pottstown • 610-326-1717 • hesedshelemet.org • Conservative • SE, AE
Kehilat HaNahar, The Little Shul by the River
New Hope • 215-862-1912 • kehilathanahar.org
Reconstructing J • SE, SHS, SN, AE
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel
Phoenixville • 610-933-5550 • congbj.org • Conservative • SE, AE
Elkins Park • 215-887-8704 • kenesethisrael.org Reform
I, T, PS, K, SE (JQuest), SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Beth Am Israel
Kesher Israel Congregation
Penn Valley • 610-667-1651 • bethamisrael.org • Conservative • SE, (LMAHH:
SHS), SN
Beth Chaim Reform Congregation
Malvern • 215-640-2147 • bethchaim.net • Reform • K, SE
West Chester • 610-696-7210 • kesher-israel.org
Conservative • T, PS, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Kesher Israel
Center City • 215-922-2095 • historickesherisrael.org • Independent • PS, SE, AE
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Congregation Kol Ami
Elkins Park • 215-635-7106 • kolamielkinspark.org • Reform • (FELS: T, PS), K,
SE, SHS
DAY SCHOOLS
Abrams Hebrew Academy
Philadelphia • 267-908-9387 • kol-tzedek.org • Reconstructing J • SHS
31 W. College Ave. • Yardley, PA 19067
215-493-1800 • Fax: 215-493-1165 • info@abramsonline.org • abramsonline.org
Coeducational community Jewish day school for students from all Jewish
backgrounds in nursery school through eighth grade. Dual secular and Jewish
studies curriculum.
Main Line Reform Temple
Albert Einstein Academy
Congregation Kol Emet
Yardley • 215-493-8522 • kolemet.org • Reconstructing J • T, PS, SE, SHS, AE
Kol Tzedek
Wynnewood • 610-642-0304 • mlrt.org • Reform • T, PS, K, SE, SHS, SN, ASC, AE
Congregation Mishkan Shalom
Manayunk • 215-508-0226 • mishkan.org • Reconstructing J • SE, SN, AE
Congregation Ohev Shalom
Wallingford • 610-874-1465 • ohev.net • Conservative •(FELS: I, PS, T), K, SE,
AE 101 Garden of Eden Road • Wilmington, DE 19803
302-478-5026 • Fax: 302-478-0664 •info@EinsteinDay.org •.EinsteinDay.org
Coeducational day school located in the Brandywine Valley for students in
kindergarten through fifth grade. Curriculum of Jewish and general studies.
Caskey Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia
Ohev Shalom of Bucks County
742 Argyle Road • 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.
Old York Road Temple-Beth Am
Cheder Chabad
Richboro • 215-322-9597 • ohev.org • Conservative • I, T, PS, K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Abington • 215-886-6030 • oyrtbetham.org • Reform • I, T, PS, K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Or Ami
Lafayette Hill • 610-828-4443 • or-ami.org • Reform
I, T (13 to 36 months), PS, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Or Hadash: A Reconstructionist Congregation
276 S. Bryn Mar Ave. • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-520-1480 • office@chederphiladelphia.org • chederphiladelphia.org
Based on the Chabad educational model, day school for children pre-k to
8th grade. Dual curriculum of Judaic and general studies.
Foxman Torah Institute
Berwyn • 610-644-9086 • orshalom.com • Conservative • SE, AE
31 Maple Ave. • Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002
856-482-8230 • Fax: 856-482-8235 • office@ftiyeshiva.org • ftiyeshiva.org
Orthodox high school for boys, grades nine through 12. Advanced learning
and college preparatory dual curriculum, plus a full-time post-high school
Bais Medrash program.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy
Ft Washington • 215-283-0276 • orhadash.com•Reconstructing J•SE, SHS, SN,
AE Congregation Or Shalom
Philadelphia • 215-627-6747 • rodephshalom.org • Reform
(Bright Horizons: I, T, PS), K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregations of Shaare Shamayim
Northeast Philadelphia • 215-677-1600 • shaareshamayim.org • Traditional
T, PS, K, SE, SN, AE
Shir Ami
Newtown • 215-968-6255 • shiraminow.org • Reform • T (12-23 mos), PS, K, SE,
SHS, SN, AE
Society Hill Synagogue
Philadelphia • 215-922-6590, ext. 29 • societyhillsynagogue.org • Conservative
T, PS, SE, SHS
Temple Judea of Bucks County
Doylestown • 215-348-5022 • templejudea.org • Reform • T, PS, K, SE, SHS, AE
Temple Sholom in Broomall
Broomall • 610-356-5165 • temple-sholom.org • Reform • I (>3 months), T, PS,
K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Temple Sinai
Dresher • 215-643-7626 • tsinai.com • Conservative • I T, PS, K, SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Tiferes B’nai Israel
Warrington • 215-343-0155 • tbiwarrington.org • Independent • SE, SHS, AE
Tiferet Bet Israel
Blue Bell • 610-275-6839 • tbibluebell.org • Conservative
(FELS: I, T, PS), SE, SHS, SN, AE
Congregation Tifereth Israel of Lower Bucks County
Bensalem • tiferethisraelpa.org • 215-752-3468 • Conservative • PS, SE, AE
272 S. Bryn Mawr Ave. • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-922-2300 • jgroen@JBHA.org • JBHA.org
Coeducational day school for students in grades six to 12 from all Jewish
backgrounds. Dual curriculum of college preparatory and Jewish studies.
Kellman Brown Academy
1007 Laurel Oak Road • Voorhees, NJ 08043
856-679-2929 • Fax: 856-679-2928 • kellmanbrownacademy.org
A member of the Schechter Day School Network, for preschool students
through the eighth grade. Provides transportation to South Jersey for Center
City Philadelphia students.
Kohelet Yeshiva
223 N. Highland Ave. • Merion Station, PA 19066
610-667-2020 • Fax: 610-667-2223
office@koheletyeshiva.org • koheletyeshiva.org
Modern Orthodox K-12 yeshiva day school serving boys and girls. Non-
traditional elementary and middle schools. College preparatory high school.
Kosloff Torah Academy High School for Girls
50 Montgomery Ave. • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-660-5010•Fax: 610-667-5005•info@ktahs.org • ktahs.org
The only all-girls Orthodox Jewish High School in the Philadelphia area.
College Preparatory, grades nine through 12.
Mesivta High School of Greater Philadelphia
314 Levering Mill Road • Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-617-9200 • info@TheMesivta.org • TheMesivta.org
Orthodox high school for boys, grades nine through 12. Torah learning and
college preparatory dual curriculum.
Mesivta Yesoda Yisroel
7607 Old York Road • Elkins Park, PA 19027
MesivtaYesodaYisroel@gmail.com Orthodox Boys High School, ninth through 12th grade.
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