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ONE SYNAGOGUE, MANY SCHOOLS
Rodfei Zedek offers a unique "One Synagogue with Many Schools" approach to Jewish education. We offer two distinct after-school religious programs: the Hoffman Religious School on our campus and the Moadon Kol Chadash on the northside. Also, some Rodfei families send their children to the Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School.
Hoffman Religious School
The Hoffman Religious School at our Hyde Park synagogue meets on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons, offering students kindergarten through 7th grade a curriculum focused on understanding the prayers we recite in services, some basic spoken Hebrew, biblical and post-biblical history, important Jewish values and our connection to the land of Israel. At the high school level, some of our students participate in programs at Anshe Emet Synagogue and K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation.
Moadon Kol Chadash
The Moadon Kol Chadash offers north-side families a Jewish education center affiliated with Congregation Rodfei Zedek. Meeting on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, this unique, informal center of Jewish learning serves students from two years old through high school. The Moadon program emphasizes hands-on learning about life cycles, Jewish history, and prayer. It includes a Hebrew Immersion Program for 2- to 3-1/2 year olds.
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School
We share our campus with Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School, which purchased a portion of the Rodfei Zedek property when we reconfigured and rebuilt. Akiba has a superb pre-school, which we encourage our families to consider, as well as a fine K-8 day school program.
Together
Children from the Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School, the Hoffman Religious School, and Moadon Kol Chadash come together for Family Services, through which they perfect their knowledge and proficiency at prayer and Torah reading, and learn about synagogue leadership and the meaning of religious observances. The three schools also come together for Shabbat and Festival meals at the synagogue, and each school has a series of communal meals and gatherings to foster a chavurah-like atmosphere among its own constituency. This results in groups that are close to one another and find extended family in all of Rodfei Zedek.
In November there is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planning Meeting for the families of 5th-grade students.
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