Classes Start: Monday September 14, 2009 & Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Download the Registration Form here.

The Melton School was created to address the need for Jewish education for busy adults. A team of scholars and educators from the Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem developed an adult curriculum that integrates Jewish practices, history, ethics and ideas based on classic Jewish texts. The two-year Melton program consists of 30 classes a year, held weekly for two hours. The Community Foundation for Jewish Education coordinated and joined with its Limud North Consortium Partners to implement this dynamic educational experience.

For the fifth year in a row, Florence Melton is hosting its classes at Temple Jeremiah. Students have the option of signing up for either Monday morning or Monday evening classes at Temple Jeremiah in Northfield or Wednesday morning or Wednesday evening classes at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago.

For further information on the Melton School, including enrollment for the 2009/10 year, contact Keith Kanter at 847/410-3900, x25 or Keith Kanter.

First-Year Courses consist of:

The Rhythm of Jewish Living
The analysis of ideas, beliefs and practices that shape a Jewish life, as well as an exploration of observances connected to the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly cycles, along with life cycle events.

The Purposes of Jewish Living
The study of the ultimate purposes of Judaism and the development of the covenant with God.

Second-Year Courses consist of:

The Dramas of Jewish Living
Key events are identified and discussed for their meaning in the context of Jewish history and the insight they provide into today's world.

The Ethics of Jewish Living
A text-centered approach to the study of the ethical issues which emerge in our relationships, such as family, justice, death, sexuality and community, with case studies from Biblical, Talmudic, rabbinic and contemporary literature.

First and Second-Year Schedule (2009/10):

Weeks 1 - 30
Classes begin Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday 9:15 - 11:30 am or
7:15 - 9:30 pm
Temple Jeremiah
937 Happ Road, Northfield

or

Weeks 1 - 30
Classes begin Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday 9:15 - 11:30 am or
7:15 - 9:30 pm
Anshe Emet Synagogue
3751 N. Broadway, Chicago

Tuition:

$495 per person (Consortium Member*)
$825 per person (non-Consortium Member*);

All tuition is due upon registration. Checks should be made payable to CFJE (Community Foundation for Jewish Education) and sent to:

Melton, c/o Community Foundation for Jewish Education
Attn: Keith Kanter
4709 West Golf Road, Suite 400
Skokie, IL 60076

* If you are a member of any of the following congregations, you are eligible for the Consortium Member rate:

Limud North Consortium (northern suburbs)
Am Shalom
Am Yisrael Congregation
Congregation Beth Shalom
Moriah Congregation
North Shore Congregation Israel
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El
Solomon Schechter Day Schools
Temple Beth-El
Temple Jeremiah

Lakeview Consortium (city of Chicago)
Anshe Emet Synagogue
Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
Chicago Jewish Day School
Emanuel Congregation