Receiving a Jewish Education at TanenbaumCHAT

Jewish Studies at TanenbaumCHAT encourages students to explore their Jewishness in an open atmosphere, and is concentrated on four areas: Tanakh (Bible), Ivrit, Jewish History and Rabbinics (study of texts relating to ethical and philosophical issues). A Talmud option is available in Grade 9, leading to TanenbaumCHAT's prestigious Special Talmud course. In higher grades, options in Jewish Philosophy and Ethics and other electives are available. Israel and Ivrit figure prominently and positively in our school life, and we encourage students to take further study in Israel after leaving school. A rich experiential programme of retreats, Shabbatonim, visiting speakers, Family Education evenings, and other events complements curriculum teaching. The celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut and the commemoration of Yom HaShoah are always memorable events on the school calendar.

A voluntary daily school minyan is held, at which parents are welcome. The school is always ready to accommodate suggestions from our student body for different traditions of minyanim. While most of our intake is from the Jewish Day School system, we have a New Stream for Jewish Studies which welcomes students who have not had a previous Jewish Day School education. The Ivrit / Jewish Studies Faculty at TanenbaumCHAT - perhaps the largest full-time Jewish Studies Faculty at any North American institution - has at its disposal an in-house Jewish Studies Resource Centre for the development of curriculum and the nurturing of professional excellence. We believe that our Jewish Studies programme offers a rare Jewish, intellectual and emotional experience that enriches our students' lives, and frequently that of their families as well.



Math class in progress and an assembly at Tanenbaum Campus

Jewish Studies, Overview of Course Offerings for 2004-2005

Jewish Studies	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	Grade 12
Subject	Course Code	Course Code	Course Code	Course Code
Ivrit	IVR 1D IVR 1N IVR 1P IVR 1S	IVR 2D IVR 2DA IVR 2N IVR 2P IVR 2S	IVR 3D IVR 3E IVR 3N IVR 3P IVR 3S	LYH DO LYI DO LYI DU LYI DUN
Jewish History	JEH 1D JEH 1P JEH 1N	JEH 2D JEH 2P JEH 2N	JEH 3D JEH 3P JEH 3N JEH 3T	JEH 4D JEH 4S JEH 4W
Rabbinics	RAB 1D RAB 1P RAB 1N	RAB 1D RAB 1P RAB 1N	RAB 3D RAB 3P RAB 3N	RAB 4D RAB 4S
Tanach	TNC 1D TNC 1P TNC 1N	TNC 2D TNC 2P TNC 2N TNC 2E	TNC 3D TNC 3P TNC 3N TNC 3E	TNC 4D TNC 4N TNC 4P
Talmud	TAL 1D	TAL 2D	TAL 3D	TAL 4D
Jewish Ethics				HZT 4UE
Jewish Philosophy				HZT 4UP