Makom Community nourishes and supports our families on this wild ride! What makes families choose Makom Community for their children’s Jewish education and their support on the journey of raising Jewish kids in this wacky world? I want to share a few of the elements that have drawn families to Makom Community since 2014. Kids getting a Jewish Education they…
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Choosing Blessing & Connectedness in Challenging Times
Last Monday morning, Terri, Amanda, and I arrived to Makom to see our windows defaced. It was gut-wrenching to arrive at a place that is holy to us and see someone else’s anger and frustration placed on our windows in spray paint. Later in the day, one of our first graders responded in such a deeply empathetic, Makom way when…
Makom Community: A Lab School
Welcome to 5784/2023-2024 Jewish Enrichment year at Makom Community! We are so excited to welcome your whole family back to our Sansom Street Lab School and to our community! For those of you who read our writing with a fine tooth comb, you may have noticed we have been referring to our Jewish Enrichment program as a Lab School. For…
Voting and Living Like Our Children are Watching…Because They are!
Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting to Jewish professionals running family camps all over the United States at a gathering of the Foundation for Jewish Camp. I pushed them on what it means to teach. We were working to expand our understanding of teaching to refer not just to the explicit teaching of knowledge, but the way that we…
Omicron Safety Plan 2022
Makom Community January 2022 COVID-19 Safety Plan, Updated January 11th Update January 11, 2022 We are continually checking in with our advisory team from CHOP, and we are learning more and continuing to do better. We want to be transparent that our standards for COVID safety are high out of a strong desire not to have COVID from Makom keep…
Fall 2021 COVID-19 Safety Plan
Makom Community Fall 2021 COVID-19 Safety Plan What an unimaginably challenging last year and a half we’ve had! We know more than ever before about COVID-19, and we are prepared to leverage all that learning to do everything we can to keep each other safe. We are pleased to share that all of our staff members and all of our…
Makom Community Jewish Placemaking Conference Schedule Overview
Join Makom Community to prepare yourself for a fabulous 21-22 school year! You’ll get to reflect on your vision and goals for this year of teaching as we emerge from the pandemic and learn about how Makom Community’s framework for Jewish Placemaking could delight and enrich your community. You’ll gain new tools, have time to try them out, and meet…
Return to In Person Jewish Enrichment
We are so excited to share that we are returning to five days a week in-person at Makom Community! All our staff will be fully vaccinated. As of Monday, April 19, we will resume Jewish Enrichment 5 days a week for all our kiddos. Jewish Enrichment will take place from 3:00-5:00pm. Drop off at Makom Community or to the walking…
Updated Safety Plan for In Person Jewish Enrichment – April 2021
Thank you for continuing on this journey with us this year! We are excited to return to daily programming with indoor and outdoor spaces. Now that our whole team is fully vaccinated, we are prepared to have everyone in the space together again each day. This plan is set to take effect Monday April 19, 2021. (The last educators on…
Updated Makom Community COVID-19 Safety Plan 2021
Thank you for continuing on this journey with us this year! We are excited to welcome back kiddos inside Makom Community. We stand in solidarity with our public school teachers and their union working hard not to return to unsafe classrooms. This safety plan represents our privilege in teaching from a recently updated building as a space where we can…
Makom Community Curriculum Overview for Parents
We are excited to start the 2020-2021 school year! Now, maybe more than ever, community is so important and we hope that by being back at Makom Community (whether in person or virtual), kiddos feel more grounded through community building and Jewish learning. We want to give you a brief overview of what our curriculum will look like this year. …
Makom Community at Home: Virtual Jewish Enrichment Program
Your children in grades Pre-K – 4th grade are invited to join Makom Community for 3 days a week of Jewish enrichment through virtual learning! About Makom Community Located in Center City Philadelphia, Makom Community is a Jewish enrichment center that provides high quality Jewish Education as Afterschool Enrichment. We empower parents to build a Jewish life that is meaningful…
Can You Escape Makom Community?
Only if you know your Shema! This week we made a big project that was the culmination of what we have been learning about for the past couple months. The project was a build-your-own Escape Room! We split the kiddos into three groups, taught them a few puzzles they could choose from and some tricks of the trade, and let them…