General Info

Bureau of Jewish Education, founded in 1910, is located in Indianapolis. The bureau is the second oldest Jewish communal Hebrew school in the United States and serves as a resource to community synagogue schools, day schools, agencies and institutions involved in formal and informal Jewish education. The bureau maintains the state-of-the-art Mervis Family Computer Center; the Indianapolis Friends of Jewish Music Collection and the Jewish Heritage Video Collection in the William Nelson Media Center and the Maurer Library which is the largest library of Judaica in the state. It operates two schools, the Early Childhood Program and the Afternoon Hebrew School. The bureau s efforts assist students of all ages and families in deriving the most from Jewish study and a Jewish way of life. Its faculty is comprised of fully accredited, professional educators ensuring educational quality and integrity.