Immanuel College has launched a new centre of Jewish learning to supplement pupil’s study “beyond the classroom”.
IC Torah will offer a range of optional opportunities for in-depth exploration of Jewish texts and ideas.
Shenley United Synagogue’s Rabbi Dovi Lebrett will lead a kollel programme, where boys will be able to study during the day with members of the Borehamwood Kollel, the independent advanced talmudic institute established by the late London Beth Din head Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu.
A parallel midrasha programme for girls will be run by Rivka Simonson.
Pupils can also take advantage of the “enhanced Torah pathway” with an hour of daily morning study beginning at 7.30.
In addition, visiting scholars and educators will be invited to bring fresh perspectives, while the school will also lay on parents’ and community programmes.
The college says IC Torah is “one of the first developments within a much wider programme of investment and renewal”.
An ulpan to strengthen the learning of Ivrit is to follow.
The Bushey-based private school was brought back from the brink of closure last spring by a parent-led campaign that secured a £12.4 million rescue package with substantial support from abroad.
It is now under the professional leadership of new head Chris Jones and ceo Rabbi Cobi Ebrahimoff.
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