USCJ SEABOARD REGION
AND
BALTIMORE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
The Seaboard Region of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) and Baltimore Hebrew University (BHU) have designed an innovative academic program for 11 th and 12 th graders that will allow them to earn up to 12 college credits while continuing their formal Jewish education. The program is entitled “LaDa’at:
Learn, Do and Achieve Together.” According to Dr. Richard Lederman, Executive Director of the USCJ Seaboard Region, “This venture has enhanced the United Synagogue’s Framework for Excellence, a set of guidelines and standards that expands the reach of Jewish education in a Conservative synagogue school program. One of the major components of the Framework is a post b'nai mitzvah high school program.”
Although this program was designed
to help USCJ congregations achieve the Framework
of Excellence, LaDa’at has become a community program
under the auspices of Baltimore Hebrew University
and open to teens from any synagogue.
The courses this year will include
such subjects as American Judaism, Intermediate Modern
Hebrew ii ,
Jewish Ethics for the 21 st Century, and Confronting
Contemporary Jewish issues. These courses are designed
to attract students from all spectrums of Jewish
life and identification.
Judy Yudof, International President
of the USCJ, states, “By creating a community program,
the United Synagogue is enabling our congregations
to offer additional educational opportunities for
their upper level high school students.”
" According to the 2000-01 National
Jewish Population Survey, American Jews have the
highest level of general education of any ethnic
or religious group in the United States . Through
this partnership, BHU and the Seaboard Region of
USCJ aim to ensure that the education of teens in
the Judaic humanities is comparable to the level
of their future academic studies," notes Dr. Rela
Mintz Geffen, President of BHU.
Rabbi Jerome Epstein, USCJ Executive
Vice-President, adds, “By working with Baltimore Hebrew
University , we are offering a terrific opportunity
for high school students to learn from college professors
and earn college credit."
Mr. Herschel Langenthal, Board Chair
of BHU, states, “The Board of Trustees of Baltimore
Hebrew University is proud and pleased to partner
with the USCJ in this important educational endeavor
."
Classes are held in Baltimore and
Bethesda , MD.
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Please click here for the 2007 Lada'at Course Schedule
For more information, contact Seaboard
Region Acting Executive Director Jo-Anne
Tucker-Zemlak, 301-230-0801 at ext. 2, or askdaat@bhu.edu.
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