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
• Waiting until later 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)
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation (Baltimore, MD)
Beth Israel - The West Temple (Cleveland, OH)
Community Synagogue (Port Washington, NY)
Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, NY)
​Congregation Beth Israel (Austin, TX)
Main Line Reform Temple (Wynnewood, PA)
Old York Road Temple - Beth Am (Abington, PA)
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 Kol Emeth (Marietta, GA)
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.

Chicago Sinai (Chicago, IL)
Congregation Beth Am (Los Altos Hills, CA)
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)
Sh'arim at Congregation Shaarai Shomayim (Lancaster, PA)
Temple Akiba (Culver City, CA) 
Temple Beth El (Bloomfield, MI)
Temple Beth Sholom (Miami Beach, FL)
Temple Isaiah (Lexington, MA)
The Reform Temple of Rockland (Upper Nyack, NY)

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