Connecting Jewish teens in CNY for over 50 years
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Connecting Jewish teens in CNY for over 50 years *
Spring Electives: Sign up NOW
Elective choices for Spring 2026 include:
Cuisine & Culture with Chef Nate: Explore Jewish culinary traditions and sharpen your kitchen skills
Jews in Sports with Moreh Miller: Come and find out about famous Jewish athletes and coaches!
L'Dor vaDor: Growing Jewish Roots through Gardening with Maura: Get your hands dirty and explore the connection between Judaism and gardening! In this hands-on class, you'll plant and care for seedlings, build mini irrigation systems, paint personalized planters, and learn how Jewish texts connect to the natural world.
Not Bored Games: Explore some new(ish) games
My Jewish Identity: Graffiti for the Soul @ Epstein with Ora: Want to show off who you are as a Jew in a way that's bold, fun, and totally yours? This class is your chance to design your own giant bed sheet mural in graffiti-style. Express your Jewish pride in this fun, creative, and completely low-pressure way. It's a chance to make something personal, colorful, and lasting.
Finding Your Story: Use writing prompts to think and talk about questions your life and your Jewish identity. Then, partner with an older relative or community member. Interview each other to get to know one another better and to see how your lives are similar or different.
2025 Teen Taste of Israel greetings from Jerusalem, February 2025
The Epstein School is the gathering place for CNY’s Jewish teens.
For over 50 years, the Rabbi Jacob H. Epstein School of Jewish Studies has been the gathering space for Jewish teens in Central New York, the place to make lifelong friends, for Torah lishma (learning for the sake of learning), and for learning how to make Jewish choices in an increasingly pluralistic world. It is the place where teens from different backgrounds and Jewish traditions have come together to learn, share, and build a community. Join us for a new year, with new classes, new volunteer opportunities, and new Hillel campus visits!
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The Epstein School is open to any student in grades 8-12 seeking a supplementary Jewish High School education.
Classes begin Tuesday, September 9th!
Join us for new Fall courses, new electives, new volunteer opportunities and new Hillel campus visits!
Receive a stipend for volunteering!
If you are a Madrich/ah (teacher's aide) at any of our sponsoring congregations, or at SCHS, and you attend Epstein, you may be eligible for Shalshelet.
Challenging Classes
Make lifelong friends. Continue your Jewish education and delve into 3,500 years of Jewish texts. Classes at Epstein are challenging and engaging. Plus, you get to spend time with your friends, and learn from outstanding faculty.
Travel to Israel!
Thanks to generous community donors, students who attend the Epstein School beginning in 8th grade may be eligible to participate in the biannual A Teen Taste of Israel journey to Israel during 10th or 11th grade.
