Prospective Families
Are you interested in the Dorshei Tzedek Religious School in Newton? Visit our Religious School webpage for more info and the school registration form! To sign up for our family newsletter and stay up to date on events, please email admin@dorsheitzedek.org!
Religious School begins October 5; here are some upcoming ways to learn about our school and experience our community!
All Ages Erev Shabbat at Dorshei Tzedek
Friday, August 8 | Friday, September 5
60 Highland St, West Newton
6:00 pm: Candle-lighting & Shabbat dinner (in August, a vegetarian potluck — please bring a main dish or salad to share; in September, there will be a catered dinner to celebrate our Religious School Open House!)
6:45 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat service — all are welcome to this fun, musical, all-ages celebration of Shabbat with Rabbi Toba Spitzer
7:30 pm: Oneg (dessert)!
Celebrate the High Holydays with Dorshei Tzedek!
September 22-24 | October 1 & 2
Gann Academy (333 Forrest St, Waltham)
We have a wonderful team of service leaders, youth musicians and songleaders, and childcare professionals providing youth and family programming for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. On each holiday, there will be a family service for children ages 0-seventh grade and their families. We also have a teen program for our post-B'Mitzvah-aged members.
Learn more about our programming and how to register your family here!
About Our Community and Our School:
Dorshei Tzedek is a dynamic and growing Reconstructionist congregation in West Newton, Massachusetts, with over 250 member households. Our school and synagogue is a multiracial community that includes families, couples, and singles of all ages, Jews by birth and Jews by choice (or still choosing). We have an active and growing affinity group for trans/nonbinary/gender nonconforming children and adults.
Get in touch:
For more information, visit the Dorshei Tzedek Religious School webpage or email school@dorsheitzedek.org.
Caregiver Testimonies:
"Dorshei encourages children to question, challenge, and make Judaism their own; lending to a more meaningful and valuable experience of Jewish education."
Parent of a 3rd and 7th grader
"I don't know what special sauce the Hebrew instructors have, but I'm shocked-shocked(!) at how much Hebrew my kids know now!"
Parent of a 4th and 7th grader
"CDT has helped my children and I find our Jewish identity. They have been so welcoming and accepting of my family even though we had very little Jewish education coming in. When I see my children reading Hebrew, singing Hebrew songs, and engaging with their class I feel that my intention [for joining] has been realized! They have the community I never did as a child and I am so grateful."
Parent of a 3rd and 5th grader
"The school thinks of Jewish education from the most inclusive approach — finding multiple and individualized ways to be Jewish and be present at Hebrew school is special and very different from many other schools."
Religious School parent