North Shore Hebrew School General Information

Our Hebrew School meets Wednesday afternoon from 3:15 pm to 5:45 pm, and Sunday morning from 9 am to noon. Our Tots for Torah program meets two Sundays a month (please see the Calendar for exact dates) from 9 am to noon.

Location:

Our school is located at Temple Sinai in Marblehead (One Community Road - across from the JCC). Please enter through the doors closest to the JCC building. You may pick up your child at the same doors: Heather will walk the children out to meet you.

Snacks:

North Shore Hebrew School will provide healthy, kosher snacks mid-class both Wednesday and Sunday. If you would prefer to send a snack with your child, please make sure that it is kosher, and does not contain any nuts.

Tuition:

Our Tots for Torah program is $236 for both affiliated and non-affiliated members. This includes the $36 resource fee.

The Hebrew School is $660 for members of one of our affiliated Temples (which includes a $60 resource fee). If you are NOT affiliated with one of our Temples, tuition for the 2007 / 08 year is $660 (which includes a $60 resource fee). Please note that we are extending the unaffiliated “matching tuition” program for the 2007 / 08 year.

We do offer financial assistance, and our philosophy is that no Jewish child should be denied a Hebrew School education, no matter what the reason. If you would like your child to attend our school, and you have special circumstances, please feel free to contact our Director, Heather Greenberg, by calling the school at (978) 740-1836, or by clicking here. Your inquiry will be handled with strict confidentiality.

Special Needs:

Our Director, Heather Greenberg, has a background in Special Needs Integration Education. If your child is on an IEP, or has any special needs, our school is happy to make accommodations at no additional charge. For more information, please feel free to contact our Director, Heather Greenberg, by calling the school at (978) 740-1836, or by clicking here.

North Shore Hebrew School Goals:

We want our children to live their lives as Jewish individuals within a Jewish community:

To take part in synagogue life;
To incorporate Jewish values and ethics into all that they do
To see the wonder and beauty of the world that surrounds us, and to remember to say an occasional blessing because of it;
To treat their friends, family, and peers with honesty and respect;
To live as part of a Jewish family; and
To include their families within Jewish congregational and synagogue life

Above all, we want them to do these things willingly and joyfully, and to one day send their children to religious school while remembering with love, their own Jewish school years.

With these goals in mind, we teach:

Torah: the history of our people, our mitzvoth - our laws and ethics;
Jewish Living: our holidays, rituals, and celebrations;
Hebrew: the language of the Torah, prayer, and the modern state of Israel;
Prayer: how to pray from the Siddur; how to pray from the heart; how to pray for the community; how to pray for oneself;
Israel: what it has meant throughout the generations, and what it means to us and to the world today.

And we encourage our families:

To be involved in Jewish education - their children's and their own;
To celebrate Judaism in their homes;
To participate in Jewish community and synagogue life;
To feel at home in our school.

Affiliated Temples:

Although Temple membership is not mandatory at our Hebrew School, we are proud to be affiliated with the following three North Shore area Temples (Rabbis Kelman, Levin, and Abramson are all active in our school):

Congregation Ahabat Sholom

151 Ocean Street, Lynn, MA 01902; (781) 593-9255

website: www.ahabatsholom.org

Rabbi Avraham Kelman; Congregation President: Arnold Dubinsky

Temple Shalom

287 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970; (978) 741-4880

website: www.templeshalomsalem.org

Rabbi Lee Levin; Congregation President: Stephanie Zimmt-Mack

Temple Sinai

1 Community Road, Marblehead, MA 01945; (781) 631-2763

website: www.sinaimarblehead.org

Rabbi David Abramson; Congregation President: Allen Kamer

Rabbi Lee Levin (Temple Shalom), Rabbi Avraham Kelman (Congregation Ahabat Sholom),

Rabbi David Abramson (Temple Sinai) and Rabbi Emeritus Jonas Goldberg (Temple Sinai)

We are proud to be designated as a United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Framework for Excellence School

The Community Hebrew School of the North Shore, Inc., d/b/a North Shore Hebrew School, admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Our goal at the North Shore Hebrew School is to provide you with a website that is user friendly, and to give you the information you need to make informed decisions about your child's Jewish education. This website is maintained by Joan Miller, and hosted by Techevolution of Lynn, Massachusetts. If you have any questions or comments about this website, please click here.