Meaningful Jewish Learning.

Lasting Jewish Connection.

A JEWISH ENRICHMENT CURRICULUM

L'vaker equips educators with tools that help learners locate, own, and confidently love their ‘Jewish why’.

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Jewish education organizations often seek a curriculum they can shape around their own community. Many also struggle to find enough qualified educators to bring it to life. L’vaker addresses both needs: it adapts easily to a variety of settings, and it gives every educator, whatever their background, clear content and pedagogic direction. L’vaker is a Jewish enrichment curriculum that ensures that learners of all ages can understand and articulate their “Jewish why” at a time when knowledge, confidence, and continuity are paramount.

THE CHALLENGE IS REAL.

SO IS OUR SOLUTION.

Bring L'vaker to Your Community

THE CONTENT

Educators get a menu, not a script. There is plenty of choice with a selection of ideas, activities, prompts,
and resources. This way, anyone can lead a lesson that genuinely feels like theirs.

Lessons are designed for 30-45 minutes based on optimal attention span, structured with a clear arc:
Teach, Explore & Create, Reflect, and Wrap Up, oriented for young (5 to 7), older (8 to 11), and mature
learners (12 and up) and modifiable for ‘Shabbat friendly’ environments such as Shabbat schools,
Shabbaton programs, and Shabbat-observant overnight camps.

THE PRIORITIES

Students and educators have told researchers what makes Jewish learning engaging, and their answers match the L’vaker design.

See the research behind our priorities

WHAT EDUCATORS ARE SAYING

  • “Rather than replacing what our educators do best, L’vaker has enhanced their lessons and expanded opportunities for meaningful Jewish learning.”

    Matt Rissien, Director of Congregational Learning, Temple Jeremiah, Chicago (USA)

  • "L'vaker has made a huge difference in our high school program — it's a real time-saver for teachers, with multiple entry points that make it easy to use effectively."

    Ranit Braun, Teacher and Administrator,
    Temple Israel Religious School, Ottawa (Canada)

  • "L'vaker has helped our B-Mitzvah students enrich their understanding of their connection to the long history of Jewish tradition."

    Rae Szereszewski, Director of Jewish Education, City Shul, Toronto (Canada)

  • "The L'vaker curriculum ensured our teachers always had resources, and didn't have to start from scratch with lesson plans."

    Rabbi Aaron Rotenberg, Director of Multigenerational Engagement,
    Congregation Darchei Noam, Toronto (Canada)

Your community.

Your lesson.

Your way.

Because every community is different, courses are modular and interdisciplinary by design, built to be customized, not delivered. Since there is no one kind of Jewish community, L'vaker is built to resonate with Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, pluralistic, and non-denominational community settings.

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THE L’VAKER COMMUNITY BY THE NUMBERS

  • 300+

    EXPERIENTIAL LESSONS

  • 10

    CURRICULUM COLLECTIONS

  • 13+

    ORGANIZATIONS USING L’VAKER… AND GROWING

  • K–12

    FLEXIBLE ACROSS AGES AND SETTINGS

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Relevant Judaism for today’s world that frames timely topics with timeless Jewish traditions, wisdom, and values.

L'vaker is ready
when you are.

What are you waiting for?

Start your L’vaker adventure today.