welcome  to  the  conversation!

#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
• Introducing Hebrew decoding after students developed a rich foundation in the sounds of Hebrew (5th grade or later)

If YOUR program should be on this list, send us a note via the CONTACT tab, above.

B'nai Israel Congregation (Rockville, MD)
Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, OH)
Community Synagogue (Port Washington, NY)
Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County (Bethesda, MD)
Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun (Milwaukee, WI)
Congregation Emanu El (Houston, TX)
Kehillat Israel (Pacific Palisades, CA)
Main Line Reform Temple (Wynnewood, PA)
Sha'ar Zahav (San Francisco, CA)
Shaarei Shalom Temple (Boynton Beach, FL)
Temple Aliyah (Los Angeles, CA)
Temple B'rith Kodesh (Rochester, NY)
Temple Beth Am (Jupiter, FL)
Temple Beth Or (Raleigh, NC)
Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle, WA)
Temple Emanuel (Denver, CO)
Temple Israel (Tallahassee, FL)
Temple Menorah (Redondo Beach, CA)
Temple Sholom (Broomall, PA)
Temple Sholom of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
​Temple Sinai (Sarasota, FL)
The Reform Temple of Rockland (Upper Nyack, NY)

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.

​​Chicago Sinai (Chicago, IL)
Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise, ID)
Congregation Beth Am (Los Altos Hills, CA)
​Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, NY)
​Congregation Gates of Heaven (Schenectady, NY)
​Congregation Har Hashem (Boulder, CO)
Congregation Kerem Shalom (Concord, MA)
Congregation Or Shalom (Chicago, IL)
​Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Philadelphia, PA)
​Congregation Sukkat Shalom (Wilmette, 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)
Shir Hadash Synagogue (Wheeling, IL)
Sinai Synagogue (South Bend, IN) 
Suburban Temple - Kol Ami (Cleveland, OH)
Temple Akiba (Culver City, CA) 
Temple Beth El (Bloomfield, MI)
Temple Beth-El (Providence, RI)
​Temple Beth Shalom (Hudson, OH)
Temple Beth Sholom (Miami Beach, FL)
Temple Isaiah (Lexington, MA)
Temple Israel of Northern Westchester (Croton on Hudson, NY)
Westchester Reform Temple (Scarsdale, NY)

the  #OnwardHebrew  leadership  team:

Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz, #OnwardHebrew (retired: Jewish Education Center of Cleveland)
Dr. Isa Aron, HUC-JIR (retired), (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Nicki Greninger, JQuest, Temple Isaiah (Lafayette, CA)
Rabbi Amy Hertz, Temple Isaiah (Lexington, MA)
Rabbi Stacy Rigler, Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE)
Rabbi Adam Schaffer, Temple Aliyah (Los Angeles, CA)
Rabbi Stacy Schlein, Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (Cleveland, OH)
Dr. Kathy Schwartz, Jewish Learning Works (San Francisco, CA)

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