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Jewish Learning Institute

Rohr Jewish Learning Institute
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Location
822 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
New York City, New York 11213
United States
Coordinates 40°40′08″N 73°56′28″W / 40.668988°N 73.941176°W / 40.668988; -73.941176Coordinates: 40°40′08″N 73°56′28″W / 40.668988°N 73.941176°W / 40.668988; -73.941176
Information
Motto "Real Learning for Real Life"
Religious affiliation(s) The Adult Educational Arm of the Chabad Lubavitch Movement
Established 1999
Category Jewish Education
Chairman Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky
Director Rabbi Efraim Mintz
Principal Benefactor Mr. George Rohr
Campuses Over 100 universities and 900 community learning centers around the world
Campus type Urban
Affiliation Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch
Website

The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) is a provider of adult Jewish courses on Jewish history, law, ethics, philosophy and rabbinical literature. It also develops Jewish studies curricula for women, college students, teenagers, and seniors. In 2014, there were 117,500 people enrolled in JLI, making it the largest Jewish education network in the world. It was formed on the mission to make the teachings, values and traditions of the Jewish people accessible and personally meaningful to Jews, regardless of their background or affiliation. The JLI model combines a research-based approach with instructional design, aiming to present traditional Jewish teachings in a contemporary academic framework. Its headquarters are located in the Crown Heights area at Brooklyn, New York City.

JLI’s mission is to make the teachings, values and traditions of the Jewish people accessible and personally meaningful to every Jew, regardless of background or affiliation. JLI inspires Jewish learning worldwide and impacts Jewish life and the community through Torah study, creating a global network of informed students connected by bonds of shared Jewish experience. JLI courses address students' multiple intelligences and diverse learning modalities, fostering personal and interpersonal growth by imparting Jewish values. Drawing on research-based instructional design, JLI’s courses on Judaism are designed to be relevant to the modern adult. Their instructors offer lectures by textbooks, slide show presentations and video clips.

A network of JLI's affiliated local chapters offers courses to the Jewish communities. JLI’s flagship courses consist of six weekly sessions and each class unit is taught concurrently at all of its locations.

JLI Flagship courses include:

Talmud, Civil Law, and Ethics


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