Jewish congregational afternoon schools face a fundamental crisis: by mirroring mainstream American education's focus on attitude and affect over measurable skills, they have created programs that are "a mile wide and an inch deep." The Menorah Curriculum addresses this challenge by restructuring Jewish education around observable, quantifiable instructional objectives rather than abstract affective goals. At its core, the curriculum features a two-year foundational program in Hebrew reading, language, writing, and basic rituals, followed by specialized study in one of four branches: Modern Hebrew, Judaism: Sources, Tefilah-Mitzvah, or History and Community. By organizing instruction into twenty discrete fifty-hour blocks, the approach compels schools to make strategic choices based on their resources and expertise rather than attempting superficial coverage across multiple subjects. This deliberate narrowing of focus - choosing depth over breadth - enables schools to "promise less but deliver more" through intensive specialization in selected areas. Evidence suggests this skill-based, cognitively-focused approach yields more effective outcomes than traditional comprehensive models in afternoon school settings, offering a practical solution to longstanding concerns among Jewish educators.