Midrasha Statement of Purpose
Midrasha provides Jewish learning to high school students in northern Alameda and western Contra Costa counties in a supplementary setting. It offers a broad range of interesting and challenging courses to students with a strong Jewish background and to those with little former training or knowledge—classes ranging from Talmud and Hebrew to Jewish films and drama. The program provides students with the skills and knowledge they will need as committed Jewish adults. Midrasha offers a larger social group of Jewish teenagers than exists at any one synagogue and the opportunity to form lasting friendships. The program provides a warm social environment in the classroom and at retreat weekends. In addition, our faculty provides our students with positive, knowledgeable role models of successful young Jewish adults who are at home in Judaism and the secular world.
Midrasha is an inter-congregational school where members of all congregations feel at home. Midrasha in Berkeley is part of a community system of four supplementary high schools whose teens join together for retreats and other programs. Although our students represent a broad range of religious observance, Kashrut and Shabbat are observed. Midrasha is a communal institution, open to non-synagogue members as well as those affiliated. Financial aid is available to all in need.
