Midrasha Tri-Valley/Tri-Cities
Teen Midrasha Tri-Valley/Tri-Cities (TV/TC)
Teen Midrasha is an exciting, innovative program co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Living and Learning. Students meet throughout the school year on Sunday evenings, from 7:15 to 9:15 PM, at Congregation Beth Emek in Pleasanton, offering students the opportunity to continue their Jewish learning, form lifelong friendships, and discover ways to make a difference in their community and in the world.
Students will uncover their own feelings about Judaism and God, learn intricacies of Halacha - Jewish law, and will participate in activities including creative writing, theater, multimedia, visual arts and more. There are programs designed for each individual grade including a Confirmation class for 10th graders.
Midrasha is an interdenominational Jewish community high school, open to all Jewish students grades 8-12, irrespective of either synagogue affiliation or past religious school experience. The Midrasha program is both academic and social, and it serves the crucial need of helping adolecents understand the nature of their Jewish identies. Toward this end, classes are offered on Jewish ethics, civics, identity, history, practice, culture and communities as well as on Hebrew language and preperation for Confirmation.
Midrasha is part of a network of East Bay Midrashot, and is jointly sponsored by the congregations of Temples Beth Emek in Livermore and Beth Torah in Fremont and by the Center for Jewish Living and Learning (CJLL). (For more information about the other three midrasha programs in Berkeley, Oakland, and Walnut Creek, please contact the CJLL directly at 510.839.2900.)
Our Mission
Research has shown that Jewish learning which takes place in the high school years is crucial to the formation of lasting Jewish identity. Toward the of end of helping your child fashion such an identity, Midrasha seeks to maintain a staff, student body, cirriculum and school environment which cooperatively promote Jewish pluralism and creativity while furthering religious tradition and learning.
Adult Midrasha
Our Adult Midrasha program also takes place on Tuesday nights from 7:15 - 9:15 pm. The vast subject matter covered in our classes and workshops includes such topics as the Holocaust, Jewish arts and culture, Torah and Talmud, Jewish History, Yiddish, and a comprehensive "Introduction to Judaism" series including beginning Hebrew. Come join us -- these classes are open to the whole community: members & non-members. Senior discounts apply.
For additional information, please contact the Temple at 510.656.7141.