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Wilshire Boulevard Temple's Center for Learning and Engagement provides an innovative and substantive Reform Jewish education based on the values, traditions and history of Judaism. We provide the only accredited once-weekly Jewish education program in the nation.
Our curriculum is based on four branches of Jewish tradition and learning: Luach (calendar: life cycle and holidays), T’filah (prayer and the prayer book), Israel (the land and community) and Torah (text exploration). Like a continually renewing forest, the Jewish cycle of repetition allows familiar material to become new again every year. Hebrew is woven throughout to provide a wholistic learning environment. Children learn without even knowing they’re learning! It’s a warm and friendly environment where everyone feels safe to question and to explore opportunities.
Trees represent life and all its phases...
We’ve given our groups names from the world of trees; from young saplings, to trees that grow to give us food and shelter, and that have grown together into orchards and forests. Each has its own character and needs. Like trees, our program itself is growing, adding new gifts. You may learn more about each program below.
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It’s our great pleasure to welcome you to Wilshire Boulevard Temple’s Religious Schools. This year, we’ve built on the outstanding program we’ve always offered and reframed key features to help meet the evolving needs and desires of young people and their families...
Participants engage in a wide range of activities that allow them to develop an initial relationship with Jewish values, rituals, traditions and Hebrew. This is a creative program, using storytelling to gain familiarity with mitzvot such as tzedakah and Shabbat.
Our curriculum invites the development of friendships and Jewish knowledge through learning from one another.
This cohort of students interacts on a regular basis, allowing for the development of a strong feeling of community and greater involvement in content.
Participants in each of these groups learn Hebrew while exploring Judaism’s rich array of traditions, rituals, history and values. Participants develop an understanding and awareness of the annual cycle of Jewish living.
Becoming bar/bat mitzvah is a major milestone in Jewish life and the gateway to increased community involvement. The seventh-grade program prepares participants to become bar/bat mitzvah and provides them with the life tools for fulfilling the obligations and opportunities of Jewish living.
Our Youth Programs create a welcoming, supportive Jewish environment for our young people by providing educational, spiritual and relationship-building experiences. Our trained and dedicated staff members are positive Jewish role models and help ease the transition from child to young adult.
