Kehillah MAGNET - Temple Adas Shalom, the Harford Jewish Center

Kehillah MAGNET Religious School for Pre-K through Grade 10 is open to all Jewish and Interfaith families (members and non-members).

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Jennifer Bober
Kehillah MAGNET Religious School Principal
(410) 939-3170
principal@templeadasshalom.org

A Meaningful Understanding and Dedicated Commitment

The Kehillah MAGNET Religious School provides Religious School classes to Pre-K through Grade 10 students on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am to noon during the school year. Additionally, we offer Hebrew School classes to Grades 3 through Grades 6 students twice a month on select Friday nights from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Afterward, students will join their families for Shabbat services to practice what they are learning in the classroom.

Our Mission
The Mission of Temple Adas Shalom Kehillah MAGNET is to provide and promote the highest quality religious education to a diverse community of Jewish children. We aim to cultivate students to be responsible members of society within a nurturing environment. Our focus is to inspire a love for learning while teaching a broad base of Jewish culture, history, tradition, and Torah.

Our Vision
To provide our students with a well-balanced exceptional Jewish education, teaching customs, practices, and rituals while guiding Jewish identity development. Installing a life-long commitment to Judaism and providing a quality experience rooted in the community with parents, teachers, and students working together.

Our Core Values
MAGNET is an acronym representing the most prioritized components of Jewish education to be taught in our religious school:
M: Middot (Jewish Values)
A: Avodah (Service)
G: G’Milut Chasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness)
N: Nachat (Pride)
E: Emet Ha Torah (The Truth of the Torah)
T: Tzedakah (Justice)

Academics: Teaching every child, regardless of academic ability, and cultivating independent and critical thinking skills with our innovative, integrated, and rigorous curriculum.

Community: Kehillah MAGNET promotes inclusiveness, celebrates spirituality, and honors our shared heritage and love for Israel.

Jewish Identity: We instill within our students a solid Jewish identity through Torah study, mitzvot, and Middot (virtues/ethics).

Forms & Downloads

All the below documents are in a PDF fillable format file. Once clicked, the file will download to your downloads folder.

2021-2022 Religious School Registration Form
2021-2022 Religious School Tuition Form
Adolph Nord Religious School Scholarship Form

Thank you for your interest in furthering your child’s Jewish learning.

Inclement Weather Policy

The Principal will determine if weather conditions warrant canceling Religious School. Facility conditions will be considered. As a general guide, Religious School always will be closed if Harford County schools and/or Parks and Recreation are closed or close early. School delays and closings will be communicated as follows:

Facebook: A notice will be posted to our Facebook site. If you’ve “liked” us there, you will automatically receive this message.
Email: By 7:30am Sunday morning and by 4:30pm Friday an email notification will be sent.
Website: will be updated to reflect any cancellation by 7:30am Sunday and by 4:30pm Friday

More About Our Principal

Jennifer Bober has been the Kehillah MAGNET Religious School Principal since 2015. As a child, she completed the religious school program at Temple Adas Shalom through Confirmation. As an adult, she dedicated 15 years to teaching first, second, and third grades. Her husband David teaches 8th and 9th graders, and her son Ethan became a bar mitzvah and was Confirmed through the Religious School. He is currently a madrich, assisting 6^th graders learn the Saturday morning Shabbat service.

Prior to becoming principal, Jennifer was a member and chair of the HJC Early Learning Center Committee. She is currently on the Religious School Committee. Jennifer graduated from Mary Washington College with a B.S. in psychology and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law. She lives in Havre de Grace with her husband David, son Ethan, horse Bourbon, and her English Springer Spaniel Scout.

You can contact the Principal here.

Grade 6 Maftirs

To help our Grade 6 students, Morah Linda Needel has recorded a series of Maftirs to help towards B’nai Mitzvah study.

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