Jewish Parenting: A Not So Trivial Pursuit

"I believe that my husband and I will be able to more meaningfully engage in Jewish rituals and practices with our children and as a family because of this course, like Shabbat, reading the Shema and possibly with a bar/bat mitzvah for our children."

 ~Parenting Matters participant, San Rafael

Parenting Matters is a program of the Jewish Community Federation's Early Childhood Education Initiative (ECEI), an initiative that engages more Bay Area families in Jewish life and community. Parenting Matters is a direct response to the ECEI's strategic planning process that identified Connecting with Families as a priority in the Bay Area Jewish community. It is an adult learning group for Jewish and interfaith families raising children five years of age and younger. Learn how Judiasm can be a source of wisdom to connect with your children and create a spiritual home. Explore basic Jewish principles and how to apply our learning into modern parenting practices. We welcome those who would like to connect with the Jewish community and encourage participants of interfaith families, couples and significant others in this program. Parenting Matters will be held in the fall of 2009 at the following locations: Where: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street, San Francisco Time: Wednesday mornings, 9:30-10:45am Class Schedule: 8 classes, Oct. 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18 and Dec. 2, 9 Instructor: Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora, Jewish Educator, JCCSF Where: Peninsula Jewish Community Center, 800 Foster City Blvd., Foster City Time: Friday mornings, 9:30-10:45am Class Schedule: 8 classes, Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20 and Dec. 4, 11 Instructor: Rabbi Tamar Malino, Associate Executive Director of Jewish Life for the PJCC To register for either location or for more information, contact Vivien Braly at 415.499.1223 x8106 or email VivienB@sfjcf.org or visit www.jcfparentingmatters.org. A light breakfast will be served at each session, and childcare is available for JCC members. This class is offered in partnership with the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and generously funded by the Interfaith Outreach Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund.