The Jewish Educational Center is an eighty-year-old yeshiva school located in Elizabeth, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Throughout the day the student curriculum consists of Judaic and secular studies. JEC, as it is commonly known, is run by its dean, Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008 and is accredited until January 2024.Jewish Educational Center, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed December 26, 2022. The Jewish Educational Center also includes the Jewish communities of Elizabeth and Hillside, including five synagogues, a mikveh and a cemetery.

The school includes three divisions:Olitzky, Kerry M.; and Raphael, Marc Lee. The American synagogue: a historical dictionary and sourcebook, p. 209. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. . Accessed September 9, 2011. "First and foremost, the Jewish Educational Center is an educational institution (founded 1939 by Rabbi Pinchas Teitz; opening its first school in 1941). It consists of the Yeshiva (founded 1940) and Mesivta of Elizabeth (founded 1955), Bruriah High School (founded 1963), and two synagogues (Murray Street and Adath Jeshurun)." JEC Lower School: Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade for boys, Pre-Kindergarten to 5th grade for girls, founded in 1939. Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy (RTMA) : 6th to 12th grade for boys, founded in 1955. Bruriah High School for Girls: 6th to 12th grade for girls, founded in 1963.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the Yeshiva of Elizabeth (now JEC Lower School) had an enrollment of 205 students (plus 74 in pre-K) and 31.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.4:1.School Data for Yeshiva of Elizabeth, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 26, 2022. The Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy had an enrollment of 190 students and 21.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a ratio of 9.0:1.School Data for Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 26, 2022. The Bruriah High School for Girls had an enrollment of 377 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a ratio of 16.4:1., National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 26, 2022.

Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered are: AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB and BC, AP Computers A and AB, AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Russian, AP Psychology, AP Biology, and AP Statistics. Most of these are only primarily offered to juniors and seniors.

Each year over 90% of the Senior class studies for a year or two in yeshivas in Israel before beginning college.

The Jewish Educational Center uses the Arrowsmith Program.Participating Schools , Arrowsmith Program. Accessed May 8, 2015.

Administration

Rabbi Elazar Mayer Teitz - DeanProud legacy - Vibrant Future, Jewish Educational Center. Accessed January 17, 2024. "Rav Elazar M. Teitz - Position: Dean" Rabbi Ami Neuman - Principal of RTMA-JEC High SchoolLeadership Team, Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy. Accessed January 17, 2024. Rabbi Uzi Beer - Principal of JEC Lower School, RTMA-JEC Middle School Bethany Strulowitz - Principal of BruriahOur Administration, Bruriah High School for Girls. Accessed January 17, 2024.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics JEC has been a member of the Yeshiva League since the league's inception in 1979. JEC teams include:

JJV - Middle School Basketball Hockey

JV - High School JV Basketball JV Hockey JV Softball

Varsity - High School Varsity Wrestling Varsity Basketball Varsity Hockey Varsity Softball Varsity Baseball Varsity Volleyball

All High School Soccer Swim

Academic teams Gildor Team (3 time semi-final winners) Debate Mock Trial JV College Bowl Varsity College Bowl JV Torah Bowl Varsity Torah Bowl NJ Challenge Chess Model UN

Clubs Israel Advocacy Cooking CPR/First Aid Medical Research Gildor Unconventional Halacha Study Hall Meaningful Movies Politics Workout Parsha Fantasy Football Prep. Art

Community The JEC community consists of five synagogues, as well as many other services for the Jewish community of the Elizabeth-Hillside area.

Synagogues Elmora Avenue Shul Adath Israel Beis Yitzchak Adath Jeshurun Elmora Hills Minyan

References

External links School web site