Youth Education

Congregation Beth Sholom‘s Jewish Life and Learning LabPlaySpace

We offering learning experiences for children of all ages, Kindergarten through Grade 12. Each student has the opportunity to be a researcher, explorer, discoverer, and co-constructor of their learning experience. Through multi-modality and multi-sensory offerings, each person is guided and supported as they trailblaze their unique Jewish identity-building path in the Bay Area in 2023–24/5783–84!

Jewish Life and Learning at Beth Sholom is full of possibilities and potential. We invite you to be a variable in the greatest research program of all time — Judaism!

At Moadon Beth Sholom, you and your child can expect an immersive after school experience focused on learning Hebrew, establishing Jewish identity, and building friendships. A nutritious, communal snack prepared by the Beth Sholom kitchen staff will be served each day, and homework support will be provided.

Weekly on Thursdays, 3:30 – 5:45 p.m.

About the Instructor

Vered Levinson teaches Hebrew at The Jewish Community High School of the Bay. Before becoming an educator at JCHS, Vered taught in the Beth Sholom Family Preschool for 17 years! Vered brings creativity, warmth, joy and incredible experience to every learning environment that she builds. We are thrilled to have her back as a part of the Beth Sholom Youth Education Program—come learn with Vered!

Shabbat School

Beth Sholom Shabbat School offers experiential education for youth from Kindergarten through B’nai Mitzvah age. Shabbat School is an inclusive and creative space to help instill Jewish values and sense of community in the youth.

Weekly on Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

OUR teachers

Marly Mizrahi
Kindergarten – First Grade Class

Ben Lieberman
B’nai Mitzvah

TEEN PROGRAMS

Jews for Hot Cocoa
Students 8th grade and up are invited to join Adam Lowy for hot cocoa, Jewish learning, and community.
Every other Thursday, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Madrichim Program
Post-Bnai Mitzvah aged youth are able to work as assistant teachers in the Shabbat School program and get paid.
Weekly on Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

United Synagogue Youth
United Synagogue Youth is a youth group for High school aged teens across the conservative movement.
Contact usy@bethsholomsf.org to get involved.

Youth Education Leadership

  • Adam Lowy

    LIFELONG LEARNING MOREH DERECH
    alowy@bethsholomsf.org
    415.940.7098

    Adam Lowy is the Lifelong Learning Moreh Derech at Congregation Beth Sholom. He brings playful and embodied questioning, reflection, and identity building to all generations of the Jewish community.

    He brings over 30 years of experience as a Jewish Educator beginning at Habonim Dror, where he first connected with the power of informal education and youth leadership. Adam spent 18 years in the classroom at the Congregation Emanu-El Preschool, mastering the art of Jewish multisensory teaching, before becoming the Assistant Director of Jewish Studies at the Oshman Family JCC Preschool in Palo Alto.

    Prior to arriving at Beth Sholom, Adam led the Jewish Resource Specialist (JRS) program of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund of San Francisco and the Bay Area on the Early Childhood and Family Engagement Initiative team. In this role, Adam mentored Jewish early childhood education leaders at preschools throughout the Bay Area, including working closely with the CBS Preschool.

    Adam lives in San Francisco with his wife, Shira, his children Irit and Micah and his cat, Safam. Adam is passionate about basketball, golf, music, and nature – on an ideal day, combining them all. Adam is excited to guide all ages of the CBS learning community – building relationships, collaborating, and growing as we strive to make greater meaning of and connection to our Jewish lives and identities.

  • Ben Lieberman

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF YOUTH EDUCATION
    blieberman@bethsholomsf.org

    My name is Ben Lieberman, I just graduated from SF State with a degree in Jewish Studies and Youth Recreation. My whole life has taken place in Jewish spaces and now I am excited to help develop and support the programming at Beth Sholom.

    For the past 5 years, I have worked at Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa, a progressive Jewish summer camp in southern California. I have also worked at Brandeis San Francisco for the past 4 years. Last year, I had the pleasure of working as an educator in the Shabbat School.

    I look forward to joining the team at Beth Sholom in a bigger role and helping to bring the ruach (spirit) and kessem (magic) to the community.

Youth Education Calendar