Build Your Village: For Families with Babies & Toddlers

They say it takes a village… Build your community with us in this monthly series for families with babies and toddlers! Caregivers will have the chance to explore Jewish concepts and ideas alongside their children, while cultivating their own Jewish parenting toolbox and bonding with other new parents. This is a drop-in class, but attending monthly is encouraged. This program is facilitated by Rabbi Alison Adler. 

Contact Emma Mair, Director of Learning and Engagement

Jewish Beginnings: Pre-School

Jewish Beginnings is a nurturing pre-k program designed to foster curiosity and inspire lifelong learning. The program integrates play-based and hands-on activities to promote cognitive, emotional, and social development. Children explore Jewish holidays, values, songs and stories in an inclusive, warm environment while building foundational learning skills. Grown-ups are strongly encouraged to stay and join the fun. 

Contact Emma Mair, Director of Learning and Engagement

Center for Jewish Learning K-7

Judaism is about community and belonging, ethics, spirituality and celebration. At Temple B’nai Abraham, we give our children tools that enable them to be comfortable  with living a Jewish life while encouraging them to explore their own spiritual path. Judaism teaches that each of us has something unique and precious to contribute to the world and an obligation to make the world better. With these ideals in mind, the school’s curriculum is innovative, interactive, hands-on, joyful and action-oriented. It emphasizes the study of Torah and values, exposes our students to Jewish world cultures, and teaches them a vocabulary of Jewish life, holidays, and Hebrew. Our teachers are passionate about Jewish education and about our children.  Together we are teaching values, inspiring Jewish traditions and making friendships that last a lifetime.

Contact Emma Mair, Director of Jewish Learning and Engagement

Adults

At TBA, we believe that learning is a lifelong endeavor and offer many continuing education opportunities:

  • Rabbi Adler teaches classes on a range of topics. Shabbat morning services usually include interactive study of the weekly Torah portion.
  • Me’ah, a program of Hebrew College, holds classes at TBA with some of the finest Boston area professors and educators.  Topics have included Jewish history, What Do Jews Believe?, Hasidic texts and stories.
  • Wise Aging Group.
  • Adult B’nai Mitzvah Study (new class starting Fall of 2023).

Additional programs include seminars or lectures, Sisterhood Book Club, cooking classes (bagels, challah, hamentaschen, knishes anyone?).

Contact Rabbi Alison Adler with inquiries.

“The Torah is not description but guidance; not an acceptance but challenge … It is not a portraiture of that which is, but a vision, and anticipation of that which ought to be.”

- Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel