The Nehar Shalom Family Learning Circle is a family education program for children age 4-6 and their parents. Learning together through stories, music, art and drama, children and parents will share in Jewish ways of expression and celebration that can be continued at home. A Jewish framework and approach will be given to values such as diversity, social justice, peace and community.
The Nehar Shalom Family Learning Circle is a family education program of the Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue in Jamaica Plain. Learning together through stories, music, art and drama, children and parents will share in Jewish ways of expression and celebration that can be continued at home. A Jewish framework and approach will be given to values such as diversity, social justice, peace and community.
Easily accessible and inclusive, non-judgmental and non-threatening, the Learning Circle will offer a joyful place of Jewish connection and learning. All manner of Jewish families will be warmly welcomed, families with mother and father, families with same sex parents, families with one Jewish parent, families with two Jewish parents, inter-racial families, families with biological parents and families with adoptive parents, families of children with physical challenges and families of children with learning challenges. All will have a place in the Learning Circle by the hearth (there is a fireplace in the sanctuary of Nehar Shalom!).
Tuition is $220. (Tuition is $110 for each additional child per family.) Financial assistance is available.
For more information and registration click here. For parent reflections on the program click here.
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