Education
Whether age one or one hundred, lifelong learning is at the core of Temple Ohabei Shalom.
Ansin Religious School
Our students come from many different neighborhoods and backgrounds, learning together as one vibrant and caring community. As innovators, we break the traditional Hebrew school mold allowing students feel at home the minute they walk through the door. We offer individualized learning plans and accommodations for students with special needs, whether Jewish studies, Hebrew, or bar/bat mitzvah instruction. Schoology.com allows parents, students and teachers to learn about upcoming events, happenings in class, what homework is due and even share in on-line group discussions! Religious School information is found here.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah Study
Temple Ohabei Shalom has called young Jews to the bimah for 175 years. Working with our capable teachers, Rabbi Audrey Berkman, Rabbi Daniel Schaefer, and our teachers spend a thoughtful year preparing your child for this most precious of occasions.
Our historic Sanctuary as backdrop adds just the right amount of tradition to innovative and inspiring B’nei Mitzvah services. With full caterer’s kitchens and banquet halls, our Event Production Coordinator is ready to help you plan your family’s special day.
Trust Center for Early Education
TCEE fosters the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual growth of 
small children in a safe, loving, nurturing environment infused with Jewish values. TCEE exists to impart a love of learning; to develop children’s skills, independence, and self-confidence; and to engage families in our vibrant Jewish community. Our unique all-day early childhood program supports and contributes to our mission of lifelong Jewish learning: building and enhancing our extended Jewish community.
Awards and Accolades
- In March 2012, Brookline Patch readers named the Trust Center Brookline’s Best Preschool/Daycare.
- In 2011 two of our teachers received a Technology Fellowship from Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
Lifelong Learning
Wisdom is a lifelong pursuit. We learn through serious engagement in sacred texts and finding wisdom in all opportunities that life presents. Below is a partial list of our adult learning opportunities and informal learning occurs during events and in other less structured environments around our campus. Find your jumping off point and grow! See our 2019-2020 Lifelong Learning catalog here.
Shabbats and Lecture Series
Joining Rabbi Berkman and Rabbi Schaefer to complement our worship, we are privileged to have a diverse group of teachers and lecturers share their perspectives on special Shabbat evenings. Enjoy lively discussions after services joined with visiting teachers. Rooted in Hasidism, Talmud, feminist thought Social Action and more, our lecturers and scholars offer profound and refreshing insights into Torah.
One Saturday morning each month we have Shabbat Morning B'yachad. These mornings include tot shabbat, Torah study, services, and a Kiddush lunch.
Please check the calendar for a complete description of upcoming Shabbats. Child care is provided on Friday nights from the Fall through the Spring, and on Shabbat Morning B'yachad mornings.
Held one Saturday each month with Donna Rubenoff at 9:00am before Shabbat morning services in the Leibovitch Conference Room, together we learn how to bring more meaning to our Judaism through meditation, as well as explore how meditation can quiet the mind and encourage positive thought in support of mind body healing. By incorporating themes from Torah, Jewish texts and stories, and quotes from Jewish scholars into our meditations, we will deepen our understanding of Judaism through a spiritual connection. Check our calendar for exact dates.
B’nei Mitzvot for Adults – Select Shabbat Mornings
Select Saturday mornings in the Library. Schedule for the coming year is forthcoming. Please sign up with Naomi at nfisher@ohabei.org, or 617-277-6610.
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Our Lifelong Learning Catalog
Check out our Lifelong Learning Opportunities for the rest of the year. You'll find everything from Torah study (at Shabbat Morning B'yachad) to learning about the seasons of the Jewish Year, the Shema, and much, much more. Open the catalog here.
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Upcoming Events
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Monthly Women’s Rosh Chodesh Group with Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman
Wednesday, Feb 26th 7:00p to 8:30p
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Shabbat Morning B'yachad, Tot Shabbat & TCEE Play Date
Shabbat, Feb 29th 10:00a to 1:30p
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Soul Cycle: Spiritual Insights into the Jewish Holiday Cycle Taught by Rabbi Daniel Schaefer and Lifelong Learning Intern Ryan Leszner
Thursday, Mar 5th 6:30p to 8:00p
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Purim Carnival Hoopla
Sunday, Mar 8th 3:00p to 5:30p
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TOS Community Purim: WTOS 118.7
Tuesday, Mar 10th 6:00p to 8:00p
Help make TOS events the best they can be!
Click here to sign up to volunteer for upcoming events. Thank you to our recent volunteers!
In the Works Now: Israel Trip!
Planning is underway for our next congregational trip to ISRAEL! The trip will take place from approximately February 11-21, 2021 (this is during the February school vacation week). Our member David Seldin is chairing the planning committee, along with Rabbi Berkman. Details.
About Ohabei Shalom
Progressive in attitude yet traditional in practice, Temple Ohabei Shalom is an inclusive Jewish community committed to nurturing, sustaining, and touching Jewish lives through lifelong learning, joyful worship, and repair of the world in word and deed.
