The goal of Jewish education within the Reform Movement is the deepening of Jewish experience and knowledge for all liberal Jews, in order to strengthen faith in God, love of Torah, and identification with the Jewish people through involvement in the synagogue and participation in Jewish life. We believe that Judaism contains answers to the challenges and questions confronting the human spirit, and that only a knowledgeable Jew can successfully discover these answers.

Congregation B'nai B'rith, therefore, accepts the responsibility to provide a program of education which will enable children, youth, and adults to become:

1. Jews who affirm their Jewish identity and bind themselves inseparably to their people by word and deed.
   
   
2. Jews who bear witness to the brit (the covenant between God and the Jewish people), through the practice of mitzvot (commandments) as studied in Torah and the classic Jewish literature it has generated, and interpreted in light of historic development and contemporary liberal thought.
   
   
3. Jews who affirm their historic bond to Eretz Yisrael,the Land of Israel.
   
   
4. Jews who cherish and study Hebrew, the language of the Jewish people.
   
   
5. Jews who value and practice tefilah (prayer).
   
   
6. Jews who further the causes of justice, freedom, and peace by pursuing tzedek (righteousness), mishpat (justice), and chesed (loving deeds).
   
   
7. Jews who celebrate Shabbat and the festivals and observe the Jewish ceremonies marking the significant occasions in their lives.
   
   
8. Jews who esteem their own person and the person of others; their own family and the family of others; their own community and the community of others.
   
   
9. Jews who express kinship with K'lal Yisrael by actively seeking the welfare of Jews throughout the world.
   
   
10. Jews who support and participate in the life of the synagogue.

Such Jews will strengthen the fabric of Jewish life, ensure the future of Judaism and the Jewish people, and approach the realization of their divine potential. Each goal describes the ideal behavior that an adult Reform Jew will achieve throughout a lifetime of Jewish exploration. These goals cannot be completely fulfilled in one year, or even in ten years of study. Rather, they are ongoing images for Jews to strive for. The Jewish student will achieve the many aspects of each goal at growing levels of sophistication as she/he develops and matures.