**2006–2007 ReligiousSchool and Teen Learning Groups are in session.
We are accept applications on a rolling basis.

Please contact the RJC Office for more info.**

The Rutland Jewish Center is a community that makes Jewish learning for all age groups its number one priority. Every event, program, class, tutorial, meeting, meal or prayer service the RJC holds or sponsors is seen as presenting holy opportunities for growth, teaching and learning. We thus agree with the sages of late antiquity, who in turn followed Rabbi Akiva's wisdom, which we paraphrase into our own language: Study is the most important thing, for it leads to Godly action and deed. (Babylonian Talmud Tractate Kiddushin 40b)

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RUTLAND JEWISH CENTER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL LEARNING MISSION

The mission of the Rutland Jewish Center Religious School is to create a pedagogical and spiritual environment that promotes, teaches and nurtures Jewish identity and a living Judaism in its students. The Religious School will provide:

• Classroom and experiential educational programming;

• Knowledge and experience of prayer and a prayer life, Hebrew as a prayer language and a modern language, TaNaKh, Torah Scholarship, Midrash, Jewish Year Cycle and Life Cycle, History and Current Events;

• An understanding of Jewish Values and their applicability in one's life;

• Opportunities for family learning;

• Opportunities for Tzedakah and Gemilut Chassadim;

• An Appreciation for Jewish art, music, dancing, and crafts;

• An Affinity for the Jewish People, our Jewish Heritage and the State of Israel; and

• A Foundation for developing a life-long relationship with God