In-person: Sundays, 2:00-4:00 pm
Online: Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00pm
Learn about Judaism – its religion, practices, history, and culture – from cantors and rabbis from across Pittsburgh. In this 25 week course, we'll cover the Bible, Jewish Holidays, Israel, Keeping Kosher, Love and Marriage, Jewish History, Commandments, and God. Instructors represent rabbis from every major movement of Judaism: Conservative, Reconstructionist, Jewish Renewal, Orthodox and Reform. Each class is two hours long.
This course is split into three units, Fall, Winter, and Spring, taught on a continuous basis. A student that begins by taking Unit 2 in the Winter will continue to take Unit 3 and then Unit 1. Course fee includes all three units, a book, and access to a suite of digital resources including all the slides used by instructors during the course.
The ITJ curriculum was constructed by the program director, Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman, in collaboration and with input from all of the rabbis and cantors in the GPJCA . This course is often a requirement for conversion to Judaism. If you are considering conversion to Judaism, should consult your rabbi/cantor for further guidance on course enrollment and attendence. The class comes with a book, Michael Strassfeld's A Book of Life.
This course takes place in-person in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, Pittsburgh; or online. Our in-person class meets Sunday afternoons. Our online class meets on Tuesday evenings.
Financial aid is available. For more information about aid or to answer any other questions, email [email protected]. You can see an example of our schedule of classes and instructors listed below.
Registration for Unit 1, is open.
Classes begin October 11, 2026
Below you can find a sample of the 2025-26 sessions.
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