Religious School
PBJC Religious School
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Mary Sheydwasser - x214
msheydwasser@pbjc.org
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
Robin Mangino - x215
rmangino@pbjc.org
Registration Information
Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open for our primary grades and Aleph through Hey classes. Challah Days and B'Yachad registration will open over the summer.
PRIMARY REGISTRATION FORM (Grades K-2)
ALEPH-HEY REGISTRATION FORM (Grade 3-7)
CHALLAH DAYS REGISTRATION FORM (Ages 3 & 4)
B'YACHAD AND BEYOND B'YACHAD REGISTRATION FORM (Grades 8-12)
Our Vision
The Pine Brook Jewish Center Religious School strives to provide a high quality, stimulating and engaging Jewish education that helps foster a strong Jewish identity, community participation and love of Judaism that will inspire our children to learn our history, traditions, philosophy and the Hebrew language, now and throughout their lives.
Several objectives help us meet this vision:
- Provide a warm, welcoming and nurturing environment
- Provide a high-quality curriculum and teaching staff
- Create a partnership between home and school
- Encourage
Tikum Olam (Repair the World) in our community, nation and the world - Foster an appreciation and understanding of our shared responsibility for the future of Jewish people
- Instill confidence in
participating in religious services - Understand and value the essential principles of Conservative Judaism
- Affirm the importance of Israel to the Jewish people
To reach these objectives, our curriculum focuses on:
- Holiday appreciation
- Bible Study
- History and current events (with an emphasis on Israel)
- Reading and writing skills
- Prayers and service
- Values, life cycle events and traditions (including Shabbat and Kashrut)
- Tzedakah (charity) and
Mitzvot (good deeds).
We
These techniques include:
- Guest speakers
- Special projects
- Family programs
- Class trips
- Junior Congregation Services
Core Curriculum
We teach them the religious values and ethical standards of Judaism
With this in mind, every student in the school
The world rests on three principles:
On justice, on truth, and on peace. And
Friday/Saturday Prayers
To hear the following Torah Reading chants by Cantor Toren, click on the downloadable links below. Our religious school students can listen to these prayers to help familiarize themselves with the prayers that
Schedule
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL HOURS 2021-2022
Gan (K),
Sundays, 9:00
Sundays, 9:00
Tuesdays, 4:00
Sundays, 9:00
Tuesdays, 4:00
Sundays, 9:00
Tuesdays, 4:00
Sundays, 9:00
Tuesdays, 4:00
Tuesdays, 4:00
Hebrew High/
Thursdays, 6:00
Parent Participation in Bar/Bat Mitzvah
"If a parent wished to study Torah, and he has a child who must also learn
-Maimonides,
Laws of Torah Study 1:4
Thu, September 21 2023
6 Tishrei 5784
Friday Night
Candle Lighting : 6:37pm |
Friday Night Shabbat Services : 8:00pm |
Shabbat Day
Preliminary Prayers : 9:30am |
Shabbat Services : 9:45am |
: 10:00am |
Upcoming Programs & Events
Sep 23 |
Sep 24 |
Sep 24 |
Sep 25 |
Sep 25 |
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Ha'Azinu
Candle Lighting
Friday, Sep 22, 6:37pm |
Shabbat Shuva
Shabbat, Sep 23 |