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Elementary School

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The Leo Baeck Elementary School opened in 2007 and currently has 250 students in grades 1 through 6. The school, under the direction of Dr. Luli Stern, provides a 43-hour week filled with academic learning, progressive Jewish content and a wide variety of enrichment programming including musical instrument lessons, yoga, Chi Gong, swimming, sports, community service and ecological excursions. Students are personally involved in the planning, preparation and presentation of Havdallah services, Parashat Ha’Shavua services, Rosh Chodesh events, and Jewish and Israeli holiday celebrations.

Core Values

The Leo Baeck Elementary School prides itself on its values-based curriculum which focuses on academic excellence, community outreach and social action.  The school’s core values are:

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  • Tikkun Olam – social involvement and community responsibility
  • The value of life-long learning
  • Creative leadership and active citizenship
  • Love and protection of the environment
  • Giving and personal responsibility
  • Progressive and democratic Jewish lifestyle
  • Learning, family and community
  • Heritage of the Jewish People and the State of Israel
  • Parental partnership in the educational process
  • The wellbeing of Israeli society

Elementary School Scholarships

The school provides full scholarships for Ethiopian-Israeli children (the Ethiopian Scholarship Program) and subsidies for children of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union and native Israelis whose parents are struggling financially.

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We deeply appreciate the contributions of our donors from throughout the world. Thank you for supporting Leo Baeck's programming and progressive philosophy!

Recent News & Events

Sukkah of Peace

Last night, clergy from all religions and denominations, and dozens of Arab and Jewish activists, including of course from the Wadi-Jamal/Ein Hayam neighborhood, gathered together in the in the Peace Sukkah at the Leo Baeck Education Center. The religious leaders brought a message of peace, … [Read More...]

A Summer Creating Community: A Look Into the Leo Baeck Arab-Jewish Summer Camp (WRJ Blog)

By Rabbi Oshrat Morag … [Read More...]

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Contact Us

Leo Baeck Education Center
90 Derech Tsarfat
P.O.B. 6283, Haifa 3106201
Tel: +972 (0) 4 8300 571
Email: DIA@leobaeck.org.il

Friends of Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck Education Center Foundation
c/o Houston Jewish Community Founation 5603 South Braeswood
Houston, Texas 77096
U.S.A.

Friends of Leo Baeck Haifa
c/o Israel Desk, Alliance for Progressive Judaism, The  Montagu Centre                     21 Maple Street
London W1T 4BE
United Kingdom

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