Makom Community

Makom Community Makom Community integrates daily afterschool enrichment, camp, and family learning experiences where we ignite joy for whole family Jewish learning.

Makom Community is a meaningful and vibrant learning community. We integrate daily afterschool, camp, and family learning experiences where we ignite joy for whole family Jewish engagement. As students and families, we are in conversation with Jewish text and ideas as we play and create together, joining the generations before us in constructing a personally meaningful relationship with Jewish tradition, values, and holidays. At Makom Community, Jewish ideas, text, and values become an integral part of daily life. Makom Community provides daily, high-quality afterschool care and Jewish education for children ages 4-11. We enroll students in Pre-K through 5th grade. Each student’s learning is project-based and child-led. Shabbat is a highlight of every week at Makom Community. Each Friday, families are invited for a family-centered celebration of Shabbat. Younger siblings, grandparents, and friends are always welcome!. Our students prepare food and learning to share. We’ll sing, dance, eat together, and enjoy each other’s company!

10/08/2026

🥄💃🕺 Spoon for Your... Dance Move? This past weekend was Simchat Torah – when we celebrate finishing & beginning the Torah reading cycle – so we asked our kiddos to show us what their celebration dance looks like. Check out their awesome moves!

Last week, Pre-K & K kiddos learned about the conflicts that occurred when Isaac gave his most important blessing to the...
10/05/2026

Last week, Pre-K & K kiddos learned about the conflicts that occurred when Isaac gave his most important blessing to the wrong son. As learners explored what a blessing is, they created pipe cleaner pets to experience blessing something they care about.

10/02/2026

🛖 We dwelled. 🍋🌿 We shook. And now the holiday season is coming to a close. Over the last week, we celebrated the fall harvest festival of Sukkot, the Festival of Booths, by immersing ourselves in the traditions of the holiday. We spent time in our Makom sukkah (booth) and shook the lulav and etrog (a bundle of 3 plant branches and 1 citrus fruit) every day!

Jewish Placemaking Resident Sami Weinberg presented at NewCAJE on how using Jewish Placemaking builds a safe environment...
09/30/2026

Jewish Placemaking Resident Sami Weinberg presented at NewCAJE on how using Jewish Placemaking builds a safe environment for navigating tough conversations. Read all about it here: makomcommunity.org/3sep26blog

Last week, 1st & 2nd grade learners noticed that this week’s Hebrew letter, "ה" (hey), is in the word “sukkah,” and pain...
09/29/2026

Last week, 1st & 2nd grade learners noticed that this week’s Hebrew letter, "ה" (hey), is in the word “sukkah,” and painted their own sukkot (Israelite booths) with a hidden hey in their artwork.

We are starting the new year focused on creating learning experiences for our kiddos that are balanced – both fun and me...
09/24/2026

We are starting the new year focused on creating learning experiences for our kiddos that are balanced – both fun and meaningful, playful and rigorous. Hear what Jewish Placemaking Resident Ash Fisher-Tannenbaum had to say about bringing a balanced approach to their learners in our newest blog post! Read it at makomcommunity.org/2sep26blog

Last week, our 3rd-grade learners explored how labels affect us, reflecting on which labels we want to carry or leave be...
09/23/2026

Last week, our 3rd-grade learners explored how labels affect us, reflecting on which labels we want to carry or leave behind. We connected this idea to the labels given to the brothers Jacob and Esau and considered how those labels contributed to conflict.

09/18/2026

🥾🌴🌋🚀👽💥⚡️ It is a camp day at Makom, and our kiddos are traversing through a jungle with space lasers. We love to see them exploring the great unknown through some !

09/17/2026

They're leading across the country, but they're not doing this alone. 🗺️✨
Hear from some of the Jewish Placemaking Practicum cohort, the foundation of a growing peer network of Certified Jewish Placemaking Educators.

They are learning about Jewish Placemaking, trying it on in their communities, and providing us with valuable feedback on how to adopt Jewish Placemaking. Oh, and did we mention they are all doing this to strengthen Jewish families' access to Jewish Wisdom, ritual, and community?

🎥 Watch this first video in our series to hear what they're building together.

09/17/2026

🥄💭 New year, same spoon, and even more thoughts! We’re keeping the Jewish New Year inspiration going with part 2 of our "Brush It Off and Lock It In" reflections. Here’s what else our Makom learners are leaving behind and bringing into the new year...

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2401 Washington Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
19146

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

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