Resources from the Jewish Education Services Department Library and Media Center are available to the community. Printed materials may be borrowed for up to three weeks; videos and CD Roms for one week. Topics include pedagogy; Bible and commentary; Jewish history, holidays and life cycle; values and ethics; Israel; contemporary Jewry; and Hebrew. Consultants are on hand to help visitors find materials.
In 2003-2004 the Jewish Community Federation made a direct allocation to each supplementary school for professional growth. In addition, there are a number of community wide conferences to address a target population of local educators, e.g., early childhood, Hebrew, Israel curriuculum, etc.
Please contact Jewish Education Services for further information: Jan Katz, 461-0490 or jkatz@jewishrochester.org