Religious School

Welcome to HJC’s Relgious School Home Page!

Thank you for considering Huntington Jewish Center (HJC)  Religious School.  We know faith and religious education is a personal decision.  We would like to think we approach the subject with warmth, inclusivity, and sensitivity.  Our curriculum has a primary focus on creating strong Jewish identities, a love for the State of Israel, tikkun olam (repairing the world) and Hebrew reading.  By engaging our children with various forms of experiential learning we create lasting memories and personal connections.

Building community is at the forefront of HJC’s goals.  The Religious School offers various avenues our students and their families to gather and enjoy each other’s company outside of the classroom.  Cooking, art, Krav Maga (Israeli Self-Defense), monthly social programming, holiday celebrations, community service opportunities are some of the engaging programs offered throughout the year.   Unique to HJC is our weekly Religious School Community Time.  Here we come together as a school community to bid farewell to Shabbat, learn an Israeli dance, a Hebrew song, act out the weekly Torah portion story or enjoy a class demonstration and conclude each session with the singing of Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem.  Our staff is trained in making Jewish education relevant to contemporary times, holidays are enhanced with art and music, and students learn Hebrew through fun unique games.

At HJC Religious School we continue to create a haven for our children to learn, question, experience, grow and evolve into young Jewish adults.  We hope you give us the opportunity to feel the connection so many others have felt for over a hundred years.

For more information about our program, please contact our Religious School Director:

Gina Giuffre at hjcrsdirector@hjcny.org

To Register for the 2024-2025 school year please click below:

Religious School Registration Form for 2024-2025

To View our Bar and Bat Mitzvah Handbook please click below:

Bar and Bat Mitzvah Handbook