Edah

Specialties

Edah Berkeley is an afterschool program that offers high quality, Hebrew immersion, Jewish experiential learning for children grades K through 5 and their families.

Edah complements kid’s school experience;

provides meaningful and joyful Jewish learning;

and solves many logistical challenges for families.

Our lives are busy. It’s hard to find, access, and coordinate quality Jewish learning experiences for our kids within our daily routine. At Edah, we offer a full-​service, out-​of-​school program that is fun, creative, and authentic. For children participating in our programs, they develop the will and skill to engage in Jewish living and life-​long learning as active members of their communities. For parents there is community and peace of mind.

History

Established in 2010.

Edah was a parent led grassroots effort to design a new model for complementary Jewish education committed to experiential, Hebrew-​infused Jewish learning experiences that would also provide full-​service aftercare for families. Rena Dorph is the catalyst, co-​founder, and founding Board Chair for Edah Berkeley. Rena’s local efforts with Edah have galvanized communities across North America to develop their own models for supplementary Jewish learning.

Meet the Manager

Oren M.

Manager

Oren is an innovative and experienced Jewish educational leader. Born in San Francisco and raised in Cleveland, Oren spent his formative years in Israel. His educational philosophy is based on the idea of learning by doing and this is the cornerstone of the approach at Edah.

Oren has a wide range of formal and informal teaching experience, including teaching at Jewish day schools, congregational schools, camps and central education agencies. In Israel, he was a tour guide for diaspora and Israeli youth and families, then served as the National Diller Teen Fellows Program Director. Oren recently served as Director of the Center for Jewish Living and Learning at the East Bay Federation.

Oren’s education includes Beit Beryl College’s tour guide and a B.A. from Bar Ilan University in Land of Israel Studies. In 2000, Oren returned to the U.S. and received a Master’s in Non-​profit Management at Case Western Reserve University and a Master’s in Jewish Education at the Siegal College in 2002.

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