A popular saying states that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. One Towson University teacher uses that saying as a part of his class.

Judaic Studies teacher Efy Flamm provides his students with lots of food to eat during his lectures, along with his main course of a Jewish lifestyle class. He currently teaches his class once a week to Jewish Towson University undergraduates on Tuesday Nights. He has been teaching this course since 2008.

“Once Jewish students know what it means to be a Jew, it is very rewarding,” Flamm said. Flamm got his education while attending the Israeli Yeshiva University in Jerusalem. During his time at Yeshiva, he studied in the Aish Hatorah School, which gave him the inspiration to teach his class at Towson.

As a part of his class, students pick one weekend to have an overnight lesson at his house. This lesson involves being a part of his Friday night Shabbat dinner, getting to know all of the Flamm family, and attending synagogue with Flamm on Saturday morning. “Shabbat is a time to get in touch with yourself, and recognize who you are on a spiritual level,” Flamm said.

A version of Flamm’s class is taught across the country at a wide range of colleges. Many students recommend Flamm’s class, as word of mouth is the best way for Flamm to get new students. Flamm networks through Fraternity and Sorority Life to find new students as well as sitting in the University Union most weekdays.

“It was a very interesting experience, it was a great thing to have done once,” Towson Junior Rose Albert said. Albert took Flamm’s class last fall and enjoyed his style of teaching based off of his real life examples, and that he is very laid back.

Flamm started educating in 1990 in Israel right after graduating from Yeshiva. He started teaching this the Baltimore area soon after. He spends most of his time at Towson, but also spends time with students as Johns Hopkins University, Goucher College, and University of Maryland Baltimore County. “I just desire to educate,” Flamm said.

In the future Flamm would like to have more one-on-one time with his students, as well as teach in different places. He thinks that it will make his students retain the experience more. “The class was very interactive, but I would have liked to have seen more variety in the activities we do,” Albert said.

Flamm says his class has been a big success, most in thanks to what he learned in Israel at Yeshiva, but also on programs such as Birthright. Birthright is a free trip to Israel for Jewish born American citizens between the ages of 18 and 25. He also thinks his class has been successful due to all of the students support. Flamm stated “My mission is to educate Jews from a different background, and I believe I have accomplished that.”

Here is Flamm talking to one of his students in the University Union. Flamm’s personality makes even his non-students wanna talk to him, or maybe its the candy he gives them.