Northwest New Jersey Awaits Landmark Jewish Educational Center

ROCKAWAY, NJ — Almost two years after 200 of their lot gathered on a cold November day to break ground for a new educational center in northwest New Jersey, the Jewish community of Rockaway awaits the upcoming groundbreaking with excited anticipation.

According to community leaders, the new 15,000 square-foot center ñ home to the Chabad Early Learning Center, David Hoffman Hebrew School, Hebrew High School, Adult Education Institute and Community Mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath ñ will not only greatly expand programming, but will quickly become a Jewish landmark in that part of the state.

“More resources will be available, because it’s bigger and can accommodate more,” says Ian Wolf, whose son is set to attend the preschool in the fall. “Any opportunity to expand the curriculum and have a [better] environment is preferred, and is a blessing for us.”

Flory Heller, director of the early learning center, says that the design of the new facility ñ which sits half a block from the original Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Northwest New Jersey on One Torah Way ñ will complement the preschool’s Montessori teaching style. Each classroom will allow teaching staff to take advantage of unique lighting, furniture and built-in features, such as lofts.

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