Ikkarim is a 19-week interactive educational experience for parents raising Jewish children (newborn to age 7).
- Learn with dynamic Jewish educators and other parents.
- Interfaith families and all levels of learners encouraged.
- Classes forming now for fall 2009.
Cost: $250, includes on-site babysitting for morning classes from Parents in a Pinch.
The following classes begin in Fall 2009.
Brookline
Temple Sinai
50 Sewall Avenue
Sundays, 9:30– 11:00 a.m.
Canton
Temple Beth David of the South Shore
1060 Randolph Street
Sundays, 9:00– 10:30 a.m.
Easton
Temple Chayai Shalom
239 Depot Street
Sundays, 9:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Lexington
Temple Emunah/Temple Isaiah
9 Piper Road/55 Lincoln Street
Sundays, 9:15– 10:45 a.m.
Natick
Temple Israel of Natick
145 Hartford Street
Wednesdays, 9:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Needham
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Avenue
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Newton
Temple Shalom
175 Temple Street
Sundays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Wayland
Congregation Or Atid
97 Concord Road
Thursdays, 9:45– 11:15 a.m.
West Roxbury
Temple Hillel Bnai Torah
120 Corey Street
Sundays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
For more information about Ikkarim, please contact Raylea at 617-559-8733 or rpemstein@hebrewcollege.edu.
Faculty Biographies
Orit Kent is a Jewish educator, educational consultant, and researcher. She holds a MEd from Harvard and is a PhD candidate in Jewish studies and education at Brandeis University, where she teaches in the DeLeT program.
Dr. Jacob Meskin is an assistant professor of Jewish Education at Hebrew College, teaches educational theory and practice in the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, and is a Me’ah faculty trainer. He received his PhD from Princeton University and has taught at Rutgers University, Princeton University, Yeshiva University, and Williams College.
Rabbi Benjamin Samuels of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah in Newton received his rabbinic ordination and masters degree from Yeshiva University and is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship program. He is a doctoral student at Boston University in Science, Philosophy and Religion. He serves on the faculty of Me’ah and Ma’ayan, and is a Genesis scholar for Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
Dr. Ronit Ziv-Kreger serves as Judaic Studies Coordinator and Family Educator at MetroWest Jewish Day School, developed an award winning course for Prozdor, designed a neighborhood-based preschool family “play and learn” program, and authored a curriculum for the Israeli Ministry of Education. She is a graduate of the Pardes Educators Program, and the cantorial program at Jerusalem’s Hebrew Union College. Ronit received her PhD from MIT’s Sloan School of Management
Rabbi Daniel Liben received his rabbinic ordination at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1983 and has served as the spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Natick since 1991. A prolific teacher, he is a recipient of the Bureau of Jewish Education’s Keter Torah Award for his work in family education.
Rabbi Dov Y. Bard earned his BA at the Colorado College, MHL at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, and MA and Rabbinic Ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He served as the Head of School at the Solomon Schechter Schools in St. Louis and Boston, and taught adults in the Florence Melton Mini-School. He is currently on the Rabbinics and Jewish thought faculty at the Gann Academy in Waltham.
Ikkarim is provided in partnership with Hebrew College.
What Ikkarim alumni are saying:
"My wife and I greatly enjoyed the interplay of people and ideas in Ikkarim. Our instructor was articulate and wonderously provocative in his leadership of our class. I highly recommend Ikkarim to all parents of very young children." - Randy Ross
"Ikkarim was a wonderful experience for me. Studying interesting texts and discussing their relevance to raising a family was fascinating, but learning with other mothers and fathers of young children made it even more meaningful. I left each session feeling spiritually rejuvenated!" - Patti Kraft
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