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Baltimore Area Reform Jewish Educational Corporation

c/o Rabbi Scott Nagel
Temple Oheb Shalom
7310 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-358-0108
Chair of board: Rabbi Scott Nagel

Collaboration of the four Reform congregations with the goal of providing a variety of educational opportunities to the Reform community.

Baltimore Hebrew University, Joseph Meyerhoff Library

5800 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-578-6936
library@bhu.edu
www.bhu.edu/meyerhoff/index.htm
Interim director: Elaine Mael

Serves as a Jewish community resource with rare books and special collections. Nearly 100,000 books, CDs and Jewish videos are used for BHU's academic programs and by regional universities.

Center for Jewish Education

5708 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-735-5000
info@cjebaltimore.org
www.cjebaltimore.org
Executive vice president: Lawrence Ziffer

Provides leadership, services and resources to educators, schools and institutions dedicated to Jewish learning. Fosters collaboration, creativity and a commitment to Jewish community.

Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE)

Early Childhood Department
520 Eighth Avenue
Floor 2
North Tower
New York, N.Y. 10018
212-268-4210
www.caje.org
Mary Lou Allen

Only trans-denominational organization for early childhood Jewish education. Focus on advocacy, excellence, research. Provides professional services to any professional working in a Jewish educational setting.

Darrell D. Friedman Institute for Professional Development at the Weinberg Center

5800 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-578-6932
thedfi@thedfi.org
www.thedfi.org
Director: Cindy Goldstein

DFI provides professional development and career training to the full spectrum of Jewish communal professionals, and enables individuals to expand and integrate their professional and Judaic competencies.

Hillel of University of Maryland

The Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Hillel Center for Jewish Life
7612 Mowatt Lane
College Park, MD 20740
301-422-6200
reception@marylandhillel.org
www.marylandhillel.org
Executive director: Ari Israel

Jewish activities and resources for more than 6,000 Jewish students, including cultural, educational, religious, social and community service programs. Dining hall with kosher meal plan. Partially funded by the Associated.

Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies

956 Dulaney Valley Road
Baltimore, MD 21204
410-494-7161
leighton@icjs.org
www.icjs.org
Executive director: Dr. Christopher Leighton

Nonprofit organization addressing contemporary challenges of religious pluralism by shaping a new relationship between Christians and Jews. Seeks to reduce religiously inspired prejudice through educational encounters, seminars, lectures.

Jack Pearlstone Institute for Living Judaism

Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center
5425 Mount Gilead Road
Reisterstown, MD 21136
410-429-4400, ext. 202
410-429-4723
cpristoop@jpearlstonecenter.org
Executive director: Carol Press Pristoop

An endowed program of the Associated. Initiates and funds community programs that promote Jewish learning, identity and continuity.