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#OnwardHebrew is a fast-growing movement spearheaded by Jewish education directors motivated to address the challenges of Hebrew learning in their part-time/ congregational programs. Over the last five years, a number  of these educators have changed their fundamental assumptions about their approach to teaching Hebrew. 

#OnwardHebrew offers a plethora of resources to support YOUR personal exploration and (hopefully) experimentation. We invite you to consider the experiences of colleagues and benefit from a wide variety of articles, documents and other supports.

Come join the conversation - here on this website, as well as on our Facebook group.

#OnwardHebrew

 "... motivation  increased, 
attitudes  about  Hebrew  learning  changed,  and  we  have  far 
​fewer  discipline  issues. 
 The  culture  and  climate  of  our  Hebrew  learning  has  been 
turned  on  its  head."
Rabbi  stacy  rigler,
Keneseth   israel/jquest (philadelphia, PA)

The  "on-the-way" list

#OnwardHebrew is delighted to celebrate the part-time/congregational programs that have adopted the principles of sound-to-print learning, integrating three of the four learning pillars with the support and blessing of their clergy and volunteer leadership:
  • Adopting Hebrew Through Movement
  • Enriching Hebrew usage in t'fillah/worship
  • Integrating Jewish Life Vocabulary
  • Waiting until fifth or sixth grade to teach decoding
If YOUR program should be on this list, send us a note via the CONTACT tab, above.
Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Cleveland, OH)
B'nai Israel Congregation (Rockville, MD)
Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, OH)
Community Synagogue (Port Washington, NY)
Congregation Beth Am (Los Altos Hills, CA)
​Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, NY)
Congregation Beth Shalom (San Francisco, CA)
Kehillat Israel (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Main Line Reform Temple (Wynnewood, PA)
Sha'ar Zahav (San Francisco, CA)
Suburban Temple - Kol Ami (Cleveland, OH)
Temple Beth-El (Providence, RI)
Temple Beth Or (Raleigh, NC)
​Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle, WA)
Temple Israel (Tallahassee, FL)
Temple Sholom (Broomall, PA)
The Temple - Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, OH)

The  "all  in" list

#OnwardHebrew is delighted to celebrate the part-time/congregational programs that have adopted the principles of sound-to-print learning, integrating all four of the learning pillars. If YOUR program should be on this list, send us a note via the CONTACT tab, above.
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation (Baltimore, MD)
​Chicago Sinai (Chicago, IL)
Congregation Gates of Heaven (Schenectady, NY)
​Congregation Har Hashem (Boulder, CO)
Congregation Or Shalom (Chicago, IL)
​​JQuest, Keneseth Israel (Philadelphia, PA)
​JQuest, Temple Isaiah (Lafayette, CA)
Old York Road Temple - Beth Am (Abington, PA)
Sh'arim at Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, PA)
Temple Akiba (Culver City, CA) 
Temple Beth El (Bloomfield, MI)
​Temple Beth Shalom (Hudson, OH)
Temple Beth Sholom (Miami Beach, FL)
Temple Isaiah (Lexington, MA)
​Temple Kol Emeth (Marietta, GA)
The Reform Temple of Rockland (Upper Nyack, NY)
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