The educators met three hours a month, to talk about what they read. There was no stipend: All participants had to pay for their own books and enrollment was voluntarily.
Kelman chose five of the books, and group members collectively agreed upon the other three. They ranged in content; some were Jewish, some were about education and community.
Liz Jaroslow, the director of the Jewish Family Pre-School at San Francisco’s Congregation Beth Sholom, said she took the course “for self-edification but I knew it would inform my work. It was a nice mix. It was like a mini-professional development course.”
The group will continue in the fall.