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Never Stop Seeking
Your experience as a Jew is unique, shaped by when, where, and how you live your life. And yet you are also part of a worldwide community and heir to an age-old tradition. These can be sources of connection and meaning throughout your life’s journey.

Melton offers world-class opportunities for learning, growth, and travel -- for Jews from all backgrounds. Because as Jews, we never stop seeking.

Never Stop Seeking

Your experience as a Jew is unique, shaped by when, where, and how you live your life. And yet you are also part of a worldwide community and heir to an age-old tradition. These can be sources of connection and meaning throughout your life’s journey.

Melton offers world-class opportunities for learning, growth, and travel -- for Jews from all backgrounds. Because as Jews, we never stop seeking.

Never Stop Learning

Over 50,000 Melton learners say that learning with Melton has changed their lives by enriching conversations, influencing decisions, and strengthening community connections. Our learners view their place in the world in a deeper way.

Our curriculum covers:
The whys of Jewish living
Jewish ethics to inform decision making
Contemporary and ancient insights into the Bible
Critical moments in Jewish history
Modern Israeli and Jewish culture
And much more...

Learn with Us

Never Stop Learning

Over 50,000 Melton learners say that learning with Melton has changed their lives by enriching conversations, influencing decisions, and strengthening community connections. Our learners view their place in the world in a deeper way.

Our curriculum covers:
The whys of Jewish living
Jewish ethics to inform decision making
Contemporary and ancient insights into the Bible
Critical moments in Jewish history
Modern Israeli and Jewish culture
And much more...

Learn with Us

Never Stop Traveling

Travelers with Melton enjoy the vast richness of experiences that life offers, exploring the Jewish world in the company of other passionate learners. Undertake a remarkable journey of heart and mind. Follow the story of the Jewish people, enlightened by relevant texts and expert educators.

Melton travels to:

Israel
Italy
Spain
Greece
Lithuania
Portugal
Cuba
Mexico
Argentina
India
Morocco
Charleston and Savannah


Travel with Us

Never Stop Traveling

Travelers with Melton enjoy the vast richness of experiences that life offers, exploring the Jewish world in the company of other passionate learners. Undertake a remarkable journey of heart and mind. Follow the story of the Jewish people, enlightened by relevant texts and expert educators.

Melton travels to:

Israel
Italy
Spain
Greece
Lithuania
Portugal
Cuba
Mexico
Argentina
India
Morocco
Charleston and Savannah

Travel with Us

Never Stop Growing

Seek more for your Jewish community — bring the Melton experience to your synagogue, JCC or school. Melton courses are designed to refresh perspectives, spark curiosity, and foster engagement in Judaism.

The shared experience of learning together creates a warmly bonded group of people who ever after share a special link. Bring your community into an international network, devoted to Jewish learning, that spans the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and Australia.

Partner with Us

Never Stop Growing

Seek more for your Jewish community — bring the Melton experience to your synagogue, JCC or school. Melton courses are designed to refresh perspectives, spark curiosity, and foster engagement in Judaism.

The shared experience of learning together creates a warmly bonded group of people who ever after share a special link. Bring your community into an international network, devoted to Jewish learning, that spans the U.S., Canada, South Africa, and Australia.

Partner with Us

sam-melton-photoSam Melton z"l (1900-1993), industrialist, businessman, educational entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in Czechoslovakia and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. An engineer and accountant by training, Sam grew the small business he started in his father’s garage at the age of 24, into the multi-million dollar Capitol Manufacturing and Supply of Columbus, a leading producer of steel pipe fittings.

Retiring from business in 1959, Sam Melton turned his attention fully to a range of community and educational philanthropic enterprises, including sponsorship of The Melton Research Center for Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, The Melton Center for Jewish Studies in Ohio State University in Columbus, and The Melton Centre for Jewish Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served on the Board of Governors of The Hebrew University and funded the construction of the Samuel Mendel Melton Building for Jewish Education on the Mount Scopus Campus.

Sam Melton is credited with having donated more funds in support of Jewish education than any other individual philanthropist.

Sam Melton's Biography

Sam Melton in The Jerusalem Post

Sam Melton in The New York Times