Bring Jewish Learning to Life!
In Our View…
- Jewish learning is the oxygen of life.
- We are surrounded by teachable moments.
- Our focus is on the learner.
- Our mandate is the entire community.
- Family is the fundamental building block of Jewish identity, values and practice.
- We will support life-long Jewish learning to inform meaningful Jewish life.
- What happens in MetroWest can have incalculable impact elsewhere and everywhere.
The Partnership reflects a relationship between:
- this agency and other UJC agencies;
- this agency and Jewish educational leadership;
- UJC and other financial investors; and most importantly, it represents a dynamic partnership between Jewish Learning and Life.
Jewish learning and life. Jewish learning is not learning for its own sake, but learning that actively shapes individual and communal Jewish life. MetroWest is a community that transforms Jewish wisdom into Jewish practice. The Partnership brings Jewish learning to life.
Advancing and enhancing. The Partnership recognizes that fine educational programs already exist in our community. We hope to bring educational expertise and other resources to improve upon them in partnership with the current providers. We also plan to introduce new initiatives that will reach beyond traditional methods and into target groups that are under-engaged in Jewish life.
Jewish educational experiences. We are surrounded by Jewish teachable moments. In the classroom learners encounter not only facts, but opportunities to create community. Every other interaction in life also contains the potential for Jewish learning and living. The Partnership honors and invests in every Jewish experience – formal and informal, intellectual and experiential.
MetroWest community. Our commitment is to every Jewish soul in MetroWest: all children, all teens, and all families. Our focus is on the learner and guiding the learner through his/her Jewish journey in a manner that demonstrates the pride of Jewish community, the preciousness of Jewish Peoplehood, and the power of Jewish destiny.
The goal of The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life is to advance and to enhance Jewish educational experiences for the MetroWest community. While we eventually intend to encompass life-long Jewish educational experiences, the initial efforts of The Partnership are to focus on a narrower band of Jewish life and to commit ourselves to engaging the young people in our community, from early childhood through the teenage years.
The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life
is an agency of the
United Jewish Communities of MetroWest, NJ
