Community Learning

JTS’s community learning programs extend our sophisticated scholarship and meaningful insights into Torah beyond the classroom to Jewish learners around the world. Our online and in-person programs are highly varied and flexible, allowing Jewish leaders across North America to bring customized JTS learning to their communities, while offering regular opportunities to join us for educational programs on our New York campus.

Our rich trove of online resources provides 24/7 access to Jewish learning for anyone who seeks it. And our programs for high school students give teens a chance to learn with top scholars about the relevance of Jewish texts to their lives as global citizens today. 

Online

Live Online Classes

Learn in real time with JTS’s outstanding faculty alongside your fellow community members. We invite organizational leaders to work with us in developing customized online learning programs that suit your group’s interests and needs. 

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JTS Torah Online

JTS Torah Online is an invaluable resource for Jewish educational content, produced and curated by JTS scholars and teachers, with new content added every week. Access Torah commentaries, video recordings of major public programs, holiday resources, and more. 

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At JTS

Adult Learning on Campus

Community courses give adult learners the opportunity to come to campus to explore topics like Jewish history, philosophy, arts, and literature with our world-renowned faculty. 

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Learning Events

Public Lectures and Events

JTS’s public lectures and events articulate a vision of what Judaism in North America is and might become. 

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For 8th-12th Graders

Prozdor Teen Learning

Prozdor is JTS’s innovative program in Judaic and Hebrew studies for students in grades eight through twelve attending public or private school in the New York area. Meeting on Sundays, Prozdor offers Hebrew language, traditional beit midrash learning, and experiential programming. 

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Beyond the Campus

Courses and Curricula

JTS comes to Jewish communities across North America with prepared courses and learning content that rabbis and educators can flexibly incorporate into existing adult education frameworks, without needing in-person JTS faculty facilitation.  

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JTS Learning in Your Community

Through a wide range of program models, JTS brings our outstanding faculty and fellows to communities across the continent for highly customized programs, including intensive days of study, single lectures and lecture series, weekend Shabbatonim, and more. We will work with you to design a program with the format and content that fit your community’s interests and needs. 

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