All of Gratz College’s Online programs integrate our philosophy of augmenting professional education with a commitment to lifelong Jewish learning. The certificate is structured to incorporate courses in both Jewish Education and Jewish Studies.

To fulfill the requirements of the Certificate in Jewish Education, students must complete 18 credits of study: 9 credits in Jewish Education and 9 credits in Jewish Studies.

Certificate in Jewish Education (18 credits)

Four courses in Jewish Education, by advisement

• Three Methods Courses
• Teaching Theology through Bible, Poetry and Art (Jewish Education 40217)
• Teaching Moral Issues in Jewish Studies (Jewish Education 40224)
• Methods of Teaching Judaic Studies through the Arts (Jewish Education 40243)
• Teaching Classic Jewish Texts: The Literary Approach (Jewish Education 40204)
• Teaching Jewish Spirituality: Gateways to the Soul in Jewish Education ( Jewish Education 40229A)
• Methods of Teaching Mitzvah, Halakhah and Minhag (Jewish Education 40225)
• Using Art as Midrash (Jewish Education 30207)
• Teaching the Holocaust (Jewish Education 40207)

One Elective in Jewish Education

Two Jewish Studies Courses

• One course in classical Jewish studies - Introduction to Classical Judaism (Thought 30750), or elective by advisement
• One course in modern Jewish studies - Judaism's Encounter with Modernity (Thought 30751), or elective by advisement