What is Melton?

The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning is a comprehensive, pluralistic program of adult Jewish learning offered throughout the world. Developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Melton curriculum offers adults a well-rounded, in-depth study of Judaism in a user-friendly format. Explore Jewish texts from Biblical through contemporary sources in an intellectually stimulating, non-denominational environment.

Read "Melton: Learning as Community" to see how the Melton program impacted two alumni.

Melton’s Approach to Jewish Learning:

• University-caliber faculty and curriculum
• Designed for busy adults
• Learning for pleasure; no pressure
• No prerequisites, homework or exams
• Relates ancient wisdom to modern life
• Dynamic faculty of rabbis and educators encourages dialogue
• Unique non-denominational approach

Click here to view a video about the Melton program.

Fall 2012 Melton Classes:

Rhythms and Purposes of Jewish Living  
Wednesdays, Oct. 24, 2012-June 12, 2013 (7:15-9:15 p.m.) (30 sessions)
  Instructors:  JoHanna Potts and Avi West, Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning
Location:  Temple Beth Ami (14330 Travilah Rd., Rockville, MD  20850-3527)
Cost:  By Oct. 17, 2012:  $700 (includes materials). After Oct. 17, 2012:  $725 (includes materials).  For further information, please contact learnwithus@pjll.org or 240-283-6200.  Click here for flyer.  Click here for registration materials.

Rhythms of Jewish Living:  What ideas, beliefs, and practices are part of your Judaism? This course examines a wide variety of Jewish sources that will lead to new discoveries, questions and the deeper meanings underlying Jewish holidays, lifecycle observances, and Jewish practice.

Purposes of Jewish Living:  What are the big questions of life and how have Jewish thinkers addressed these questions throughout the ages? This course explores sources both ancient and modern in pursuit of answers to many of the major issues of Jewish thought and theology.For further information, please contact learnwithus@pjll.org or 240-283-6234. ****It is recommended – but not required – that entering students begin their studies with the Rhythms and Purposes units.