Dr. Howard Deitcher Director Melton Centre

The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School is a flagship program of the Melton Centre and serves as a paradigm for our role in Jewish education worldwide.

The goals, principles and values that underlie the Mini-School project are rooted in a conceptual base that is informed and shaped by a larger conceptual theory of Jewish and general education. This theory draws upon a rich literature of ideas gleaned from the fields of Adult Learning, Identity Construction, Hermeneutics and Cultural Literacy.

The Melton Centre for Jewish Education represents the deep commitment of the Hebrew University to the study and improvement of Jewish education. Established in 1968, the Centre is dedicated to exploring the complex and pressing issues that face Jewish life in the contemporary world.

The Melton Centre boasts the largest faculty and graduate student body of academic institutions of its kind. Drawing on the unique resources of the Hebrew University, the Centre strives to bridge the gap between theory and practice in an academic and pluralistic setting.

The activities of the Melton Centre can be divided into three main areas of concern: a) Research and Teaching; b) Training Programs for Educators; and c) Educational Projects in the Field. Each of these areas expresses the Centre's dual commitment to excellence in theory and impacting the field. In this sense the Mini-School continues to play a critical role in the evolving mission that the Melton Centre seeks to fulfill worldwide.

We welcome the opportunity to greet you personally at the Melton Centre in Jerusalem, and look forward to exploring together additional ways to further our joint goals.

My best wishes,

Dr. Howard Deitcher
Director