Jewish Culture School:

 Jewish Culture School provides a broad hands-on approach to Jewish life and learning focusing on history, music, literature and ethics. JCS students cook, sing, dance and engage in heated discussions of the lessons of Jewish history. They also participate in Secular Humanistic holiday celebrations and learn cultural ways of celebrating at home. We derive progressive social messages from our studies of Jewish history and express those messages in our songs and our community service projects.

JCS culminates in a Secular Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony in which the students demonstrate what they have learned. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation, consisting of a series of projects including community service, is aimed at making connections between Jewish life and the every-day interests of the students. Projects are chosen in consultation with parents, teachers, mentors and the students to reflect those interests.

JCS meets twice a month, on Sunday mornings from 10:30 to 12:30. Parents are welcome to attend, but we'll put you to work helping with the cooking!

The school welcomes children from dual-cultural households and those from non-traditional families. We make a special effort to integrate the child's full heritage into the Sunday School and Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience.

JCS Schedule for 2007-2008 - second semester
January 6 (Rosh Chodesh)
January 20 (Tu B'Shvat)
February 3 and 17
March 2
March 16 (Purim Party)
April 13
April 20 (Second Seder - evening)
May 4
May 18 (Lag B'Omer picnic)
June 1

JCS Schedule for 2007-2008 - first semester
September 9 and 23 (sukkah-raising party)
October 7 and 21
November 4 and 18
December 2 and 9 (Chanukah party)