ANAFIM

ANAFIM, the Hebrew word for branches, was chosen as the name of our community teen program to signify how our teens are rooted in their home communities, while branching out together to form a blossoming tree of life and learning. The program is led in partnership between Ohr Shalom and Temple Sinai, and is open to teens from all three Summit synagogues, joining together to bring teen learning to life! ANAFIM includes dinner, core classes, electives, and travel opportunities.

ANAFIM is designed to broaden teens’ Jewish community by connecting with Jewish teens beyond their home synagogue, and deepen their Jewish identities through dynamic Jewish learning and service and social opportunities.

Flexible Enrollment Options 
ANAFIM runs on a trimester system, which means that students in Grades 8, 9, 11, and 12 can choose to enroll in one, two, or all three trimesters. Each trimester features stand-alone curricula so that students can to complete an entire unit regardless of how they choose to enroll. This offers flexibility for teens with busy or complicated schedules.
**10th graders who wish to participate in Confirmation must register for the full year. Read more about this below.

Weekly programming takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m., starting with a communal dinner each week.

Fall term:  Sept 9–Dec 2
Winter term: Dec 9–Feb 24
Spring term: March 3–May 12

ANAFIM will be hosted by Congregation Ohr Shalom from September 9 through January 21.
Temple Sinai will take over hosting duties on January 27 through the end of the year.

Click HERE to learn more, view the full-year calendar, and register for 2025-2026.

Classes offered for the 5786/2025-26 School Year

• Grades 8/9: Jewish cultures around the world; a Jewish lens on housing insecurity (connected with Tivnu travel experience); intergenerational gardening project and Jewish views on sustainability
   
• Grade 10*: 10th Grade Confirmation students learn with the clergy and education directors from Ohr Shalom and Sinai to explore Jewish thought and identity, and increase religious and cultural awareness leading up to Confirmation.
   
• Grades 11/12:  comparative Judaism, Holocaust and antisemitism; world religions (and how they relate to Judaism); Jewish Adulthood: Moving into the “Real World”
   
• Electives: Electives change each trimester, and are chosen based on requests and interests expressed by our teens. Past electives have included: Spirituality and meditation, Israeli art and artists, Jewish children’s literature, Talmud study, Jewish feminism, Kashrut and cooking, tikkun olam projects, Israeli dancing, Jewish folklore, and more!