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Adult Education

All Albuquerque synagogues and many Albuquerque Jewish organizations offer adult education classes, retreats, and lectures. Several synagogues throughout New Mexico
offer ongoing - weekly or monthly - classes in Torah, Talmud, and other Jewish texts.

Albuquerque JCC

5520 Wyoming Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 87109     (505) 821-3214     www.jccabq.org

The Albuquerque JCC’s Arts, Culture & Education (ACE) program provides enlightening and entertaining arts, cultural, and educational events with a Jewish focus. Each of these classes,lectures, films, and performances offers an opportunity to savor Jewish life at its best and explore our understanding of Judaism and the Jewish experience.

Albuquerque OASIS

3301 Menaul NE, Suite 18 (American Square) Albuquerque, NM 87107
(505) 884-4529   www.oasisabq.org

OASIS is a unique educational program for mature adults who want to learn, grow and explore new ideas. OASIS offers a broad range of classes in the arts, humanities, wellness, fitness and travel, as well as volunteer opportunities

Executive Director Kathleen Raskob always makes sure to offer a large number of courses of Jewish interest.

Institute for Tolerance Studies

www.tolerancestudies.org

Institute for Tolerance Studies' educational programs focus on issues of diversity, antisemitism, and understanding of cultural differences. These programs include
the Santa Fe Distinguished Lecture Series and the Jewish Learning Channel on YouTube.

Jewish Heritage Travel

(845) 256-0197     www.jhtravel.org

This unique travel program partners with world-renowned Jewish institutions, and is committed to honoring their respective missions and sharing Jewish history and culture in all their rich, varied, and poignant variations. 

Features a multi-cultural immersion program, Exploring Jewish History in Santa Fe!

Renesan Institute for Lifelong Learning

St John’s United Methodist Church 1200 Old Pecos Trail   Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 982-9274      www.roadscholar.org

A dynamic, constantly-evolving nonprofit organization that provides courses, lectures, and trips in Santa Fe and throughout Northern New Mexico.

Road Scholar Adventures in Lifelong Learning

(800) 454-5768      www.roadscholar.org

Not-for-profit Road Scholar is the world’s largest and most innovative creator of experiential learning opportunities. They are a diverse community of knowledge seekers and explorers, united in the belief that lifelong learning is a vital part of overall wellbeing.

Road Scholar is proud to offer 5,500 learning adventures in 150 countries and all 50 states, serving more than 100,000 participants per year. At any given time, 2,000 Road Scholars are experiencing the world on our learning adventures.

Regularly scheduled courses of New Mexico Jewish interest include New Mexico's Conversos and Crypto-Jews and New Mexico's Conversos and Crypto-Jews in Santa Fe.

Introduction to Judaism

Both Shabbat With Friends New Mexic / HaMakom of Santa Fe and the Rabbinical and Cantorial Association of Albuquerque (RACAA) offer Introduction to Judaism courses.

While these courses differ in some aspects, both Shabbat With Friends' Exploring the Jewish Experience (EJE) and the RACAA's Judaism 101 are for those considering conversion, who are in an interfaith relationship, who wish to deepen their Jewish knowledge, commitment, and identification, or who are otherwise curious about Judaism.

Exploring the Jewish Experience (EJE)

The Exploring the Jewish Experience (EJE) Course offers an engaging study of Judaism and the Jewish people, touching on the most consequential teachings, history, and enduring characteristics of one of the oldest continuous religions and cultures.

The course is designed for a wide variety of adult participants.

• Jews seeking a more in depth understanding of their heritage.
• Persons who are curious about Jews and Judaism and are disturbed by anti-Semitism.
• Persons of different faiths and cultures who want to better understand the background of a Jewish partner and/or the cultural/religious background they wish to impart to their children.
• Persons who wish to fulfill the year of study perquisite to convert to Judaism.

The EJE Course meets year-round. It is divided into three trimesters:

• Fall: Jewish history, thought, and antisemitism.
• Winter/Spring: Jewish ethical and ritual practice and Jewish understandings of God.
• Summer: Dimensions of Jewish culture. New participants may join prior to the beginning of any trimester.

The course is offered in-person in Albuquerque and in Santa Fe, and can be taken remotely online. It is taught by a team of teachers led by Rabbi Dov Gartenberg of Shabbat with Friends.

Teachers include Rabbi Jack Shlachter and Joy Rosenberg. The course is cosponsored by HaMakom of Santa Fe, and is affiliated with the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program of the American Jewish University.

The EJE Course is partially funded by a grant from the National Center to Encourage Judaism.

To learn more, please contact Rabbi Dov Gartenberg
 dov@shabbatwithfriends.org or (505) 582-9577

Community Introduction to Judaism Program

To learn more, click here or contact Congregation Albert,
 office@congregationalbert.org or (505) 883-1818

Kids' Classes

All Albuquerque synagogues offer education classes and programs for children, including summer camps and retreats.