Learn about our programs for the 2025–26 school year—registration coming soon!
Gan (Pre-K/Kindergarten) - B'nai Mitzvah (8th Grade)
Our regular Children's School meets on Sunday mornings from 9:30am to 12:00pm during the school year. Parents stay for a 20 minute tefillah service, then return to gather for a moment of community just before dismissal at noon.
Students begin their day in a shul filled with joyful learning. But this is just a starting point: our congregation is centrally located in Somerville, providing us the opportunity to engage with both the Somerville community and the larger Boston Jewish community on a regular basis.
Activities beyond the synagogue walls may include visiting food pantries, inspired by teachings on leaving the four corners of the field unharvested; exploring contemporary mikva'ot (ritual baths) to see reimagined traditions; or volunteering at homeless shelters during Sukkot to reflect on the responsibility of providing shelter. We also take the children out into nature as much as possible, offering them a connection to the natural world and teaching the Jewish values of environmentalism and care for the physical world around us.
Students will join one of our mixed-age classes, which follow a rotating/spiraling curriculum.
Note: Four-year olds ready for a weekly drop-off program are welcome!
Our program is open to all.
Member tuition is $1,200.
Nonmember tuition is $1,950.
Scholarships are available to TBB members.
Madrichim
Our Madrichim (Hebrew for "guides") are in 8th through 12th grades. They are often graduates of our Children's School who return after their b'nai mitzvah year to:
- Continue education on what it means to be an “adult” member of a Jewish congregation
- Get paid to work!
- Learn valuable teaching skills by helping our teachers in the classroom and beyond
- Continue building lifelong friendships with other Jewish teens
B'nai Mitzvah Class with Rabbi Eliana
New this year! Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz will be teaching a ten-session course for students preparing for their b'nai mitzvah.
We will meet on the following Wednesday afternoons from 4:45–6:00 PM:
- December 10
- December 17
- January 7
- January 14
- January 21
- January 28
- February 4
- February 11
- February 25
- March 4
- March 11 (make-up session)
- March 18 (make-up session)
Snacks will be provided. The two make-up sessions are in case of unexpected cancellations (i.e. bad weather, illness, etc).
This course is open to members of Temple B'nai Brith.
Tuition is $500; scholarships are available.
