• BACK TO SCHOOL LISTINGS

    August 10th, 2012 | Section: Local News, Special Issues, Whats Happening

    Listed are the various programs, Hebrew schools, early-childhood schools etc. offered by the Jewish community of Cincinnati this year. The groupings are broken down into Day Schools, Congregational Schools, Preschools and a few listings of additional programing.

    Preschools

    Bagel Babies: Mommy and Me

    at the Chabad Jewish Center

    3977 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Ziporah Cohen

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Ages: 1-3 Years

    Hours: Tuesdays, 9:45 – 10:30 a.m.

    Bond with your child as we explore Jewish themes intertwined with activities, crafts, music and movement that foster discovery and growth.

    Chai Tots Early Childhood Center

    7587 Central Parke Blvd.

    Mason, OH 45040

    Contact: Rochel Kalmanson, Education Director

    Phone: 513.234.0600

    Ages: 6 weeks – 6 years

    Hours: Flexible hours from 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    Classes begin: Monday, Aug. 20

    Affiliation: Entire Jewish community

    The Chai Tots Early Childhood Center is a Jewish community school, serving the entire Jewish community in the Mason/Deerfield/West Chester area. Chai Tots students range from ages 6 weeks – 6 years and reflect the diversity of the Jewish community coming from a variety of Jewish affiliations and backgrounds. It is the only Jewish Montessori school in Ohio and offers infant care, toddler and preschool programs, and Kindergarten.

    Chai Tots provides a blend of Jewish and Montessori education offering strong academics stressing life skills, interpersonal relationship skills, and nurturing a love for life-long learning. Benefits include individualized curriculum customized for each student, expansive naturally lit rooms, with low student-teacher ratio. Also offering a flexible schedule, childcare, web cams, yoga, music, Hebrew, Spanish, Art, Tae Kwon Do, afterschool enrichment and a “drop off” sitting service. Separate Discovery Hebrew School. Limited space. Now enrolling.

    Cincinnati Hebrew Day School

    Early Childhood School

    2222 Losantiville Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45237

    Contact: Rabbi Yuval Kernerman, Principal; Susan Shapiro, Assistant Principal

    Phone: 513-351-7777

    Fax: 513-351-7794

    Ages: 2-5 years

    Hours: 2-year-olds, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.; 3-year-olds, 8:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. (extended care options until 2:30 or 4 p.m); 4- and 5-year-olds, 8:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. or 8:45 – 4 p.m.

    Classes begin: Monday, Aug. 27

    Affiliation: Torah Umesorah

    CHDS Early Childhood School is licensed by the State of Ohio. CHDS provides a quality educational program for young children in a newly renovated, state-of-the-art facility. A curriculum is provided that enhances the social, cognitive, physical and emotional development of each child.

    JCC Early Childhood School

    At the Mayerson JCC

    8485 Ridge Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Denise Schnur, JCC Early Childhood School Director

    Phone: 513-793-2122

    Ages: 6 weeks – 5 years (full day program); 18 months – age 5 (half day program)

    Hours: M – F. Full Day: 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Half Day: 9:15 – 11:45 a.m. (Optional Extended Day: 11:45 a.m. – 1p.m.) Classes begin: Full Day program runs year-round; Half Day program starts Tuesday, Sept. 4. A few preschool spaces remain; call for availability.

    Affiliation: Not affiliated, but follows the Jewish calendar.

    The Mayerson JCC offers a full day and half day preschool that has achieved their 3 Stars for Step Up to Quality recognition by the state of Ohio for excellence. Optional extended day enrichment available.

    Innovative academic curriculum includes fitness, swimming (full-day), music, cooking, art, and pre-K school skills. Jewish holidays and Shabbat are celebrated with songs, stories, art, special foods and traditions. Kids love the extensive on-site facilities and play areas.

    Jewish Early Learning Cooperative

    (JELC)

    3101 Clifton Avenue

    Cincinnati, OH 45220

    Contact: Janella Johnson

    Phone: 513-221-1979

    Ages: 3 months-3 years

    Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

    Classes begin: Year-round classes

    Affiliation: Unaffiliated

    The Jewish Early Learning Cooperative’s (JELC) mission is to provide high quality, cooperative childcare and stimulating activities for infants and toddlers in a Jewish environment. The goal of JELC is to maintain excellent child-to-adult ratios in a developmentally appropriate, nurturing atmosphere. JELC’s ratios are 3 to 1 for infants and 4 to 1 for toddlers. Licensing capacity allows for 10 infants and 15 toddlers.

    All Jewish holidays are celebrated through activities, art, cooking projects, parades and prayers. Every Friday, Shabbat activities take place which include lighting the candles, singing, saying the prayers and eating challah.

    JELC is located in the back of Hebrew Union College. Immediate openings are available.

    Kehilla (Combined school of Northern Hills Synagogue and Ohav Shalom

    Gan Mishpacha Preschool Program)

    5714 Fields Ertel Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45249

    8100 Cornell Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45249

    Contact: Maksim Shilkrot, Director of Education and Programming

    Phone: 513-931-6040

    Classes Begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    The Gan Mishpacha Preschool Program is a once a month parent and child hands-on approach to Jewish education. This award-winning program is family oriented and content is based on holiday themes. Judaism is introduced on multiple levels using a wide variety of media. Enrollment is open to non-affiliated students, and children with special needs are accommodated.

    Rockwern Academy Preschool

    Program

    8401 Montgomery Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Renee DeBorde, Registrar

    Phone: 513-984-3770

    Fax: 513-984-3787

    Ages: 18 months — Pre-K

    Hours: Vary by program

    Classes begin: Aug. 23

    Affiliation: Jewish Community Day School

    Serving children from age 18 months to 4 years, our preschol provides a warm, nurturing Jewish environment. Our curriculum recognizes that a child’s primary method of learning is through play. The foundation for learning Jewish values and traditions begins at this earliest level. Our developmentally appropriate curriculum emphasizes academic, social and personal growth, including Jewish identity and Hebrew language. Additional curricular features include academic orientation through math, literacy, reading readiness, and fine motor skill activities. Newly designed, well equipped, safe indoor and outdoor play areas are used exclusively for our preschool children to develop gross motor skills. In addition, the children receive physical education, music and Hebrew enrichment.

    Day Schools

    Bnos Rochel Pesia Fruma High School (Regional Institute for Torah and Secular Studies – RITSS)

    2209 Losantiville Ave

    Cincinnati, OH 45237

    Contact: Rabbi Ezriel Dzialoszynski, Dean

    Phone: 513-631-0083

    Grades: (Girls) 9 -12

    Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

    Affiliation: Unaffiliated

    RITSS has a college preparatory program of both Jewish and secular studies with a wide range of extracurricular activities. Boarding facilities are available, and there is a low student-teacher ratio. All Jewish girls are welcome, regardless of affiliation.

    Cincinnati Hebrew Day School (CHDS)

    2222 Losantiville Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45237

    Contact: Rabbi Yuval

    Kernerman, Principal; Susan Shapiro, Assistant Principal

    Phone: 513-351-7777

    Fax: 513-351-7794

    Grades: Preschool-Grade 8

    Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

    Classes begin: Monday, Aug. 27

    Affiliation: Torah Umesorah

    CHDS provides both Judaic and secular studies; CHDS has an intensive Judaic studies program with an emphasis on textual learning and religious practice. Other features include a rigorous general studies program; state certified personnel; proficiency testing; a fully equipped science lab; art and music rooms; a new computer lab with Internet facilities; and a new state-of-the-art gym for physical education classes. Remedial Judaica programs are provided to assist students with limited Judaic exposure.

    Rockwern Academy

    8401 Montgomery Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Dr. David Finell, Head of School; Renee DeBorde, Registrar

    Phone: 513-984-3770

    Fax: 513-984-3787

    Grades: Preschool (age 18 months) – Grade 8

    Hours: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. with flexible options for preschool

    Classes begin: Aug. 21

    Affiliation: Jewish Community Day School

    Founded in 1952, Rockwern Academy is an independent, Jewish community day school in the Cincinnati/Kenwood area for 150 students in preschool – Grade 8. Rockwern offers an academically rigorous and integrated general and Jewish studies program, enriched by a nurturing environment. Students learn in a safe, supportive community that reinforces their Jewish identity and values and builds self-esteem. A Rockwern education ensures that every student achieves high academic standards, knowledge, skills and qualities required to become a confident, productive citizen in a changing, diverse world, as well as a knowledgeable and committed Jew. Students may enter at any grade. Flexible tuition is available.

    Congregational Schools

    Adath Israel Congregation – Jarson Education Center

    3201 E. Galbraith Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Dara Wood, Director of Education

    Phone: 513-792-5082 ext. 104

    Fax: 513-792-5085

    Grades: Kindergarten-Grade 7;

    Grades 8-12 encouraged to attend Mercaz High School

    Hours: Sunday, 9 a.m.-12:30p.m. Grades K-7 & Wednesday, 4:15-6:15 p.m. for Grades 2-7; (Grades 8 – 12) Sunday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.at Mercaz

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Affiliation: Conservative

    Adath Israel offers an innovative curriculum that incorporates the study of Hebrew, Bible, prayer, Jewish values, traditions, history, music and bar/bat mitzvah preparations.

    Bat Mitzvah Club

    3977 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Chana Mangel

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Grades: Grade 6

    Hours: Tuesdays, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

    Your daughter’s Bat Mitzvah is approaching—a highlight of her life. No matter where your daughter plans to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah, the club is a great way to study, meet other Bat Mitzvah girls, have fun and prepare this great milestone in the life of a Jewish woman. Open to all girls from age 11-12.

    Beth Adam Religious School

    10001 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland, OH 45140

    Contact: Roberta Veleta

    Phone: 513-985-0400

    Grades: Preschool to Teen Program

    Hours: Sunday, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Mid-week Bar/Bat Mitzvah classes for 6th and 7th graders, Wednesday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Affiliation: Humanistic

    Beth Adam’s Religious School is a vibrant and welcoming community. Our experienced teachers use dynamic and age-appropriate methods to expose our students to a range of topics. Our curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, texts, values and ethics, and theology. We encourage questioning. Most important to us is that students enjoy their Jewish experiences so that they continue to feel connected to the Jewish community for years. Our approach is contemporary and promotes personal responsibility and critical thinking. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah program is a two-year course of study during which students learn to read Hebrew and complete a research paper related to the theme of their Torah portion. We are more than a school—we build Jewish connections and community.

    Beth Israel Synagogue

    Anne E Strauss Religious School

    50 N. Sixth Street

    Hamilton, OH 45011

    Contact: Phyllis Binik-Thomas, Director of Education

    Phone: 513-868-2049

    Fax: 513-868-2069

    Grades: K – 7

    Hours: Sunday mornings: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

    Midweek Hebrew: Wednesday Afternoons in Montgomery and Hamilton

    Affiliation: Conservative

    Our mission is to inspire and nurture in every child a love of Jewish life and learning. With this love, our children will integrate into their lives a knowledge of Jewish history, language, ritual and text, the values of community, cultural Jewish identity, ethics, prayer, spirituality, tikkun olam (repairing the world) and an understanding of our people’s connection to Israel.

    B’nai Tikvah Religious School

    8596 Lake Chetac

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45241

    Contact: Rabbi Donna G. Adler, Educational Director

    Phone: 513-336-6233

    Grades: preschool-bar/bat mitzvah

    Hours: Sundays

    Affiliation: Reconstructionist

    Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s Religious School’s curriculum reflects its philosophy of “Living Judaism.” Learned age appropriately, Torah, prayers, Hebrew, Israel, Jewish History and Ethics are taught in advancing levels of sophistication. Throughout the year there are numerous opportunities for tikkun olam (to repair the world). A weekly student-led worship service helps to prepare students for their bar/bat mitzvah. Creative and innovative experiential programs not only augment the students’ studies, but offer occasions for family and community education. Through “G-d Talk” students are offered a spiritual faith consistent with a belief in the goodness of the universe and which motivates ethical living. Built into the curriculum is ongoing family involvement through shared projects, field trips and community service.

    Chabad Hebrew School

    3977 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Rabbi Berel Cohen

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Grades: Pre School – grade 7

    Hours: Sundays, 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

    Chabad Hebrew School offers a stimulating yet friendly environment where children embrace their Jewish roots and gain a true sense of Jewish pride, no matter their level of observance or affiliation.

    Discovery Hebrew School

    7587 Central Parke Blvd.

    Mason, OH 45040

    Contact: Rochel Kalmanson, Education Director

    Phone: 513-234-0777

    Ages: 6-12

    Hours: Wednesdays, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

    Affiliation: Entire Jewish community

    Promoting Jewish awareness and education, Discovery Hebrew School offers a stimulating, friendly environment where students embrace their Jewish roots and gain a sense of Jewish pride.

    The school provides an academic and enjoyable environment where children of all levels of observance and affiliation acquire a broad knowledge of Judaism. Through Hebrew reading, writing, Jewish history, holidays and more, students gain an appreciation for the joys, values and traditions of the heritage as it is brought to life by teachers whose creativity make every lesson a unique and dynamic learning experience.

    The hands-on learning style encourages students to be active, rather than passive, learners. The school’s goal is for students to enjoy time spent at Hebrew School so that they are left with positive experiences and a greater appreciation for ongoing Jewish education. The program is carefully blended with games, incentives, crafts, dramatics, family celebrations, and other extra-curricular activities.

    J-Teens: The ultimate Jewish teen experience

    3977 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Rabbi Berel Cohen

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Grades: Grade 7 & 8

    Hours: Tuesdays, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

    J-Teens is a club for Jewish teens grades 7 & 8 that meets Tuesday evenings during the school year. J-Teens is more than just a social spot — it equips teens for a lifetime of Jewish experience. Trips, Shabbatons, BBQs, holiday parties, a brand-new and fully equipped lounge/game room, and most of all, captivating lessons, all combine to make J-Teens a unique program.

    JLI Teens

    3977 Hunt Rd, Blue Ash

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Rabbi Berel Cohen

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Grades: High School

    Hours: Thursday, 7:30 – 9 p.m.

    Geared to Jewish high school students, offers a fresh and engaging curriculum that challenges teens to think for themselves. The program mixes discussion, debate and a variety of learning activities. We’ve also planned trips and outings. JLI Teens is a great place to socialize and meet other Jewish teens in the community. Pizza dinner included.

    Kehal Kodesh School of Rockdale Temple: Our Sacred Community

    8501 Ridge Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Margaret Friedman-Vaughan, Director of Education

    Phone: 513-891-9900

    Grades: Preschool-Grade 8

    Hours: Sunday, 9:30 a.m. – noon; Hebrew School, Tuesday, 4:30 – 6 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Grades 9-12 participate in Kulanu: The Cincinnati Reform Jewish High School on Sunday evenings, 7 – 8:45 p.m.

    Kehal Kodesh offers a Judaic curriculum for students in preschool through eighth grade, and a Hebrew program for students in third through seventh grades. Special programs throughout the year include Family Education, class Shabbat services, holiday programs, music, art, and library enrichment programs. The theme for this year is Building Community and will be the vehicle from which we will explore the many ways we form and engage in building relationships within our congregational life, and in the Jewish community locally, nationally and internationally. Students will take an active role in Tefillah (prayer) services and social action projects that center on being part of a community as we pray, learn, worship and serve together.

    Students in grades 4 – 12 participate in age-appropriate youth groups. Club 456 is for students in 4th, 5th and 6th grades; Rak Noar is for students in 7th and 8th grades; and students in 9th-12th grade are encouraged to participate in Rockdale’s Senior Youth Group — YGOR, The Youth Group of Rockdale.

    Our opening day program will be an interactive, intergenerational exploration called, “Passport to the High Holy Days” and will feature opportunities for students of all ages to engage in a journey of learning through the lens of the High Holy Days. As a Reform congregation we embrace every family, every child and every learner. Children in interfaith families who are being raised in the Jewish faith and their non-Jewish parent are encouraged to actively participate in the life of the congregation. For additional information, feel free to call the Temple.

    Kehilla School for Creative Jewish Education — Joint School of Northern Hills and Ohav Shalom

    5714 Fields Ertel Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45249

    8100 Cornell Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45249

    Contact: Maksim Shilkrot, Director of Education and Programming

    Phone: 513-931-6040

    Fax: 513-530-2002

    Grades: Preschool – Grade 7

    Hours: Sunday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 4:30-6:15 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept 9

    Affiliation: Conservative

    The Joint School of Northern Hills and Ohav Shalom is a creative, family-oriented and individualized program that provides a full array of innovative educational, religious and social opportunities from preschool through grade 7. It offers the study of the Bible, history, prophets, Israel, prayer, Hebrew and current events. Enrollment is open to unaffiliated students. The school also offers an award-winning preschool family education program once a month.

    Kids in Action– After-school Enrichment Program

    3977 Hunt Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Rabbi Berel Cohen

    Phone: 513-793-5200

    Ages: 5 – 7

    Dates: Wednesdays 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.

    “Kids ‘N Action” is a new and exciting Jewish kids after school enrichment program, for ages 5-7. Children learn Jewish Pride through fun games, crafts and stories. At each meeting, the children explore a Mitzvah and receive exclusive Mitzvah cards to put into their Kids ‘N Action albums. At the end of the class, children are charged with Mitzvah Missions for the following week; successful completion of Mitzvah Missions are rewarded with points in a special ranking system.

    Temple Beth Sholom Religious School

    610 Gladys Drive

    Middletown, OH 45044

    Contact: Rabbi Haviva Horvitz

    Phone: 513-422-8313

    Grades: Preschool-High School

    Hours: Sunday, 9:30-noon.

    Affiliation: Reform

    Temple Beth Sholom takes pride in their small student-teacher ratio and individualized attention to each child’s learning capacities and desires. Their desire to provide their students with a strong foundation in Judaism reflects their congregational mission. Founded in 1903, Temple Beth Sholom is a Reform congregation committed to prayer, worship and study of G-d and Torah within the framework of liberal Judaism. They have the expressed purpose of helping their membership apply the principles of Judaism to personal conduct, family life and communal living. They value the role of women and men as equal participants in community leadership and worship. As a smaller congregation, Temple Beth Sholom cherishes the opportunity to create and nurture their “Temple family” of Jews in Middletown and the surrounding community.

    Valley Temple Religious School

    145 Springfield Pike

    Wyoming, OH 45215

    Contact: Alison Weikel, Director

    Phone: 513-761-3555

    Grades: Preschool-Grade 12

    Hours: (Preschool-Grade 8) Sunday, 9:45 a.m.-noon; (Grades 4-6 – Hebrew) Tuesday 6:30-7:30 p.m.; (Grades 9-12) Sunday 7-8:45 p.m. at Kulanu.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Affiliation: Reform

    Valley Temple’s classes have a strong emphasis on Torah, Israel, holidays, traditions and values. Highly skilled and experienced faculty nurture the students and help them develop their Jewish identities. Valley Temple also offers family education for all grades and a Hebrew program for grades 4, 5, 6. Families must be temple members to enroll students.

    Isaac M. Wise Temple Religious School

    8329 Ridge Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Barbara Dragul, Director of Education and Lifelong Learning

    Phone: 513-793-2997

    Grades: Pre-K – Grade 8 (Sunday School); Grades 4-6 (Midweek Hebrew School)

    Hours: (Sunday School),

    9:15-11:45 a.m.; (Midweek Hebrew School) Wednesday, 4:30-6 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 23 and Wednesday, Oct. 3

    Affiliation: Reform

    Wise Temple offers many special programs such as Gesher (a family education program); after school youth activities, grade level retreats; an innovative prayer lab, a creative B’nai Mitzvah program and a thriving Madrichim (teenage teaching assistants) program. The Wise Temple Religious School is fully accredited by the National Association of Temple Educators.

    Classes are conducted in a beautifully renovated facility. Each grade follows a unique curriculum. The open room (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) has a curriculum built around the senses, where students rotate through four different stations. Students in grades 7 and 8 may choose from a number of elective offerings including The Holocaust, Jews Around the World, Comparative Religion, Jewish Artists and Art, American Jewish History and Jewish Film. Library reading programs, music (including the youth choir), mitzvah projects and special programs supplement the curriculum in all grades. Students may attend for one year as a non-member.

    Kulanu — Cincinnati Reform Jewish High School

    c/o Sheri Kroscher

    6626 Hollow Tree Court

    Mason, OH 45040

    Contact: Sheri Kroscher, Administrator

    Rabbi David Burstein, Director

    Phone: 513-262-8849

    Grades: 9-12

    Hours: Sunday, 7-8:45 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Affiliation: Reform

    In 1982, 184 Jewish teenagers entered one of Cincinnati’s Reform congregations to attend what was the first session of the Cincinnati Reform Jewish High School (CRJHS). These students would be the first of hundreds to receive a Jewish education due to the cooperation of the four Reform synagogues in Cincinnati: Isaac M. Wise Temple, Valley Temple, Rockdale Temple and Temple Sholom.The CRJHS has continued to grow throughout the past 25 years.

    Today called Kulanu, the school has close to 200 Jewish high school students. They represent over 35 area high schools. Kulanu will continue to provide a safe place for Jewish teens from all over the city to learn, to socialize, and to share a part of their Jewish experience with each other.

    Mercaz Conservative Hebrew High School

    3201 E. Galbraith Road

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Phyllis Binik-Thomas, Director

    Phone: 513-792-5082 ext. 123

    Grades: 8-12

    Hours: Sunday, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

    Classes begin: Sunday, Sept. 9

    Affiliation: Conservative, however open to all students regardless of affiliation

    Mercaz offers hands-on, innovative and discussion-based classes designed to entice a variety of Jewish teens. Classes at Mercaz aim to teach Jewish texts, ethics and history in a way that appeals to today’s Jewish teens. We offer Experiential Jewish Education through the Arts courses including filmmaking, painting and photography. We also offer beginner and advanced Conversational Hebrew courses.

    Additional Programs

    Florence Melton Adult Mini-School at the JCC

    8485 Ridge Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: Elizabeth Woosley, JCC Community Educator

    Phone: 513-985-1539

    Ages: Open to the public, ages 18 and older

    Classes begin: All classes begin the week of Oct. 16: Year 1 classes, “Rhythms & Purposes of Jewish Living” (open to everyone) and “Dramas & Ethics of Jewish Living” (open to students who have completed Year 1) are held 2 hours/week for 30 weeks. Scholars classes (for Melton alumni and students who participated in 2010-2011), “Exodus, From Slavery to Sinai,” and “Faith and Suffering from the Book of Job” are held 90 mins./week for 9 weeks. “Researching our Roots: Genealogy Today” is open to everyone and meets 1 hour/week for 9 weeks.

    Advance registration is required.

    Affiliation: All denominations.

    The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School at the JCC offers a formal, written curriculum of Jewish literacy developed by a team of scholars and educators at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

    After School at the Mayerson JCC

    8485 Ridge Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: JCC Youth & Family Coordinator

    Phone: 513-761-7500

    Ages: Open to the public, grades K – 6

    Hours: After School at the J includes transportation from some schools to the J. (Transportation service is determined based on the number of students registered from each school.) Pick-up is anytime before 6 p.m.

    Affiliation: Not affiliated.

    JCC School Break Camps At the Mayerson JCC

    8485 Ridge Rd.

    Cincinnati, OH 45236

    Contact: JCC Youth & Family Coordinator

    Phone: 513-761-7500

    Ages: Open to the public, grades K – 6

    Hours: All JCC School Break Camps run 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Optional before/after camp program: drop-off as early as 8 a.m.; pick-up as late as 6 p.m.

    Dates: JCC School Break Camps are offered on days when many area schools are not in session, including: Thanksgiving Break Camp: Wednesday, Nov. 21; Winter Break Camps: Dec. 24, 26 – 28, 31 and Jan. 2 – 4; Spring Break Camps; and camps on some other school holidays. Register in advance, by the day.

    Affiliation: Not affiliated.



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