Congregation Emeth, Morgan Hill - Gilroy, California

Congregation Emeth offers a full range of Religious School, Hebrew School, and Youth programs focused on building the Jewish identities of our children from birth to college. We hope you will take full advantage of these opportunities:

Grades K-7 Religious School
• K-5 approximately every other Sunday from 9:30-12:30, followed by lunch
• 6-7 approximately every other Saturday from 10:00-12:00 or Sunday from 9:30-12:30, followed by lunch
• includes both age-specific formal education and community-building informal education

CHAI - Learning for Jewish Life
Enduring Understandings -- Enduring understandings are the "big ideas," the concepts that provide the foundation for a lifetime of Jewish learning and living. Each of the following three concepts is taught in an age appropriate manner.

Torah
• Torah is an ongoing dialogue between the text and its students.
• Torah is real in our daily lives; it is with us wherever we are.
• Developing the skills to study Torah is essential to integrating Torah into our lives.
Avodah
• Avodah is the work we do to find sacred connections to God, community, and self (i.e., prayer).
• Engaging in the work of avodah can bring order, beauty, meaning and insight to our lives.
G'milut Chasadim
• We have a responsibility to perform acts of g'milut chasadim, lovingkindness, to make the world a better, holier place.

Hebrew School
• every Wednesday from 5pm-7:15pm
• Mitkadem - a new approach to teaching and learning Hebrew and prayer by building on the positive commitment parents have made by enrolling their children in our schools.
● Self-paced and child-centered approach
● each student achieves according to his/her own ability
● students feel successful and catch on quickly
● students may work independently, with another student at a similar level, or with another student or one of our Madrichim (teachers’ helpers) in a "tutorial" relationship

Grades 8-12 Machon
• approximately every other Thursday from 7:30pm-8:45pm
• focus is applying Jewish values, ethics, and traditions to life choices

Ages 13-18 Youth Group
• Community-building, social action, educational, and religious activities run and led by the youth of the congregation promoting leadership and identity development

All ages Congregational Education Days
• 3-4 times during the year with topics of general interest such as holidays and Israel