NewCAJE10 Program Book (2019)

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Strengthening the Quality of Jewish Life through Education The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education trains the leaders who will shape the lives and communities of the Jewish people for decades to come. We offer in-residence and online MA and doctoral degree programs in Jewish education.

For more information, visit www.jtsa.edu/davidson or contact the Admissions Office at (212) 678-8022 or edschool@jtsa.edu.

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NewCAJE10 CONFERENCE July 28th-31st, 2019 (Shabbat July 26th-27th)

Reed College

Portland, Oregon This conference was made possible by the kindness of:

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland & The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Family Fund of OJCF The Samis Foundation Margery S. Wolf Donor Advised Fund The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Reed College Conference Services

NewCAJE Inc is a 501(c)3 Corporation 354 Kenrick Street, Newton, MA 02458 617-558-0045 & 857-288-8765

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NewCAJE10 is lovingly dedicated to the enduring memory of

JERRY BENJAMIN z"l

3 NewCAJE is deeply saddened by the untimely loss of one of its founders and Treasurer, Jerry Benjamin, on May 11th, 2019. It is only fitting that we dedicate the conference which marks NewCAJE’s first decade to his memory. While there is so much more to say about his accomplishments, his friendship, and his presence in this world, I have written a sketch of him here so that you can better understand how CAJE and NewCAJE were built on the dedication and chutzpah which in large part must be attributed to him.

- Cherie Koller-Fox, President, NewCAJE Jerry Benjamin was my dear friend from our childhood growing up in small-town Ohio. Together, we founded CAJE when we were in our early twenties. We were idealists and dreamers who both believed deeply in the importance of Jewish education. Maybe CAJE wouldn’t be the way it is without my skills, but I assure you that it wouldn’t exist at all without Jerry’s. He knew how to find allies who could help us, and he loved asking people to give money towards a good cause. Ten years ago, when CAJE failed, my first phone call was to him. Do we let CAJE die, or should we resurrect it? It wasn’t a question for Jerry.

He said: “It’s important. Let’s do it again!”

During our college years, our generation experienced the civil rights movement and the rise of black pride, we felt the fear and euphoria that followed the Six Day War, we had spent time in Israel and at Jewish summer camps, and we met Jewish spiritual teachers. All around us there was a renewal of energy in Jewish life that drew us towards it.

We were new Jews, proud Jews, digging deep into our heritage and finding gold! We wanted to share these insights with all who would listen. We wanted Judaism to have a rebirth after the horrors of the Holocaust. We wanted a joyful Judaism and a Jewish education that was exciting, relevant, and educationally sound. Jewish education was transformed (today they say “disrupted”) because of us. We formed CAJE — the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish education — that met annually, often 2,000 strong, so we could network, share ideas, and build our new Jewish world together.

4 The first CAJE conference was held at Brown University in August of 1976. It was sponsored by the North American Jewish Students' Network, of which Jerry had been the chair. Despite having pushed them for an education conference, they had other priorities. In the summer of 1975, Jerry looked at the all-new board assembled at their first meeting and told them that the old board had decided the next conference would be about Jewish education. This wasn’t exactly true, but they didn’t argue, and so it happened. Jerry asked now-famous photographer Bill Aron to take a photograph for a poster that Jerry's wife Cindy then designed. We sent these posters (showing a small child upside down in front of a black and white Aleph Bet chart) to every synagogue in the United States and Canada. Without the internet, how else could you get the word out?

Amazingly, 350 educators were on their way to Brown when Jerry got a call that the service unions at the University were on strike. Our presenters were not going to cross picket lines! What to do? Jerry called the Union rep and agreed to meet him at 5:00 am on their picket line in Providence. I went with him, but Jerry did the talking.

He negotiated a deal whereby we would bus our own tables and empty our own trash. The whole conference would join a sympathy march through the campus to support the workers, and in return the union would not set up picket lines in front of our buildings. The problem was solved in typical Jerry fashion.

The first conference was a big success, and from it came a document called “It Is Time,” which demanded (among other things) that Jewish education become the highest domestic priority of the Federation.

No one but Jerry could have even had that thought at a time when Federation was giving practically no money at all to Jewish education.

He thought it was an important message that the Federation should hear at its upcoming General Assembly in Philadelphia. He asked for two minutes on their agenda, but his request was denied. So Jerry called all our chevra in Philly and told them to come down to the GA to help us by standing in the conference lobby. He asked them to talk with everyone there about their passion for Jewish education, and to hand out red buttons that said: "I CARE".

5 Over fifty of our colleagues participated. The buttons came with an invitation to join young educators for a private session at a hotel ballroom across the street from the main venue. How did he know we would need a ballroom? But we did! The ballroom was filled with hundreds of delegates who walked across that street to listen Jerry and me talk about CAJE, and about the new generation of young people who were willing to fight for Jewish education. The GA organizers were not happy that we diverted so many people away from the main conference. Jerry not only believed it was possible, he knew how to get our message across.

Jerry taught me everything I know about fundraising. He taught me that we weren’t asking for ourselves when we asked for money to bring Jewish educators together — in fact, we were doing donors a favor because they wanted to do something worthwhile with their money; they would be grateful to us for giving them the chance to do the mitzvah of being a part of our cause. Late one night, he called the Jewish Agency in Israel and convinced them to give us $10,000 for the conference. Harold Grinspoon also fell to his charms.

One day, he walked into the office of a Jewish-owned dog food company. The owner agreed to see Jerry only while he was getting a shave, but that didn’t deter Jerry. He walked out with a large check. Imagine the Chutzpah he had! At that time, we were just an idea and not yet even an organization. Jerry was asking donors to give him money and believe in him, and they did, even though Jerry had not yet reached his 22nd birthday! He was himself a financial contributor to CAJE from the beginning. To raise money for the first conference, Jerry (a graduate student at the time) ran up the largest phone bill in the town of Somerville, MA. Jerry was passionate. He was an infuriating optimist. He was a magnetic figure, and an exuberant storyteller. He was a mensch, and always wore a smile. Jerry wasn’t just a talker — he always walked the walk — supporting CAJE and NewCAJE for 45 years. Even though his career eventually took him away from serving directly in Jewish education, he never stopped working to better the Jewish community.

6 As a board member, he came to every meeting, managed the budget as our treasurer, and personally interviewed every job applicant we considered, from the first day of NewCAJE until a month before his untimely death.

One of his latest ideas was that the Jewish community needed to shift its priorities towards supplementary school education, where 90% of kids are getting their Jewish education. He believed strongly that NewCAJE should champion that idea. His most recent idea for NewCAJE was that the conference should be 100% free to any Jewish educator who wanted to attend. Jerry was a big thinker who never confined himself to what could be, but only to what should be.

He was very proud of his role in founding CAJE, even though he went on to hold much more prestigious roles in the Jewish community, such as the Chair of the Young Leadership Cabinet, and President of the Milwaukee Federation. He took pride in CAJE and NewCAJE because he believed we made important contributions to the world.

He pointed to how important it was that our conferences be a model of the ideal of Jewish pluralism, and that we create a network of Jewish educators who, by coming together each year and exchanging best practices, strengthen their schools, thereby strengthening the Jewish world. He wanted to push our advocacy agenda even more forcefully.

Jerry was a man who I would describe as a Hafeitz Chayim — one who loved life, the world, the Jewish people, his family and his friends, and who lived each day to the fullest. He wrote that he saw the world through the lens of love — the larger than life love of a larger than life man. Here at NewCAJE, his memory will always be a blessing and an inspiration to us all.

Now it is time to mourn his passing, celebrate his life, and commit ourselves to not accept anything less than the best for Jewish education, and for Jewish educators. In this way, we will continue Jerry's legacy.

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Jerry Benjamin, hard at work in the CAJE office

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION TO JERRY BENJAMIN -----------------------------2 NewCAJE WELCOME -----------------------------------------------10 List of NewCAJE10 Participants -------------------------------------------14 A Note About the Cover Art -----------------------------------------------16 Thank You! ------------------------------------------------------------------18 Azkarot Remembrances -------------------------------------------------- 24 Contributors -----------------------------------------------------------------42

Honorary Life Members ----------------------------------------------45

CONFERENCE INFORMATION GUIDE ------------------------48

Conference Office ----------------------------------------------------------- 48 In Case of Emergency--------------------------------------------------------48 Daily Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------- 48 Kashrut and Meal Information -------------------------------------------48 Name Tags ------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Workshop Evaluations ------------------------------------------------------ 49 Internet Access --------------------------------------------------------------49 Daily Prayer Service---------------------------------------------------------49 Transportation-----------------------------------------------------------49 Housing & On-Site Facilities------------------------------------------------50 Key Info, Deposits, Raffle ------------------------------------------------- 50 Check-Out-------------------------------------------------------------50 Maintenance -----------------------------------------------------------------51 Smoking Policy --------------------------------------------------------------51 Points Nearby ----------------------------------------------------------------51

TRACKS, PROGRAMS, & INTENSIVES------------------------- 52 Certificate Tracks----------------------------------------------------- 52 Intensives -------------------------------------------------------------61 Special Programs @ NewCAJE --------------------------------------- 62 CAMPUS MAP -------------------------------------------------------- 64

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SHABBAT PROGRAMMING ------------------------------------- 66 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS ---------------------------------------- 76 Sunday ----------------------------------------------------------------76 Monday ---------------------------------------------------------------92 Tuesday --------------------------------------------------------------116 Wednesday ----------------------------------------------------------138 WHO’S WHO AT NEWCAJE ------------------------------------- 146 The Presenters ------------------------------------------------------146 The Performers -----------------------------------------------------162 NEWCAJE EXHIBITION ------------------------------------------168 Exhibitor Hours ----------------------------------------------------168 Exhibitor List -------------------------------------------------------168 ADVERTISERS ------------------------------------------------------171 CROSS REFERENCE BY SUBJECT ------------------------------178 PLANNING OUT YOUR CONFERENCE -----------------------192 SPACE FOR NOTES -------------------------------------------------194 ADDRESS BOOK----------------------------------------------------200 WORKSHOP EVALUATIONS -------------------------------------203

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WELCOME TO NEWCAJE10!

B’RUCHIM HA’BA’IM

My Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the NewCAJE Board, program chair Amy Ripps, and Conference Coordinator Sydney Backer, I welcome you all to NewCAJE10 in Portland Oregon.

We are very grateful to Todd Pangilinan and Reed College for being such gracious hosts. We have been warmly welcomed and supported by the Portland Jewish Federation, its President Marc Blattner, Director of Educational Initiatives Rachel Nelson, and our local board liaison Mel Berwin. Please join me in thanking them for all they did to make this conference possible.

I especially want to welcome those of you joining the NewCAJE family this year for the first time. We are so glad you are here, and I want to assure you that everyone here can’t wait to meet you and hear about your work.

For me, this year’s conference is bitter-sweet. In May, I lost my dear friend, a great man, and my partner in founding CAJE and NewCAJE, Jerry Benjamin. We have dedicated this year’s conference in his memory, and I hope in the dedication, azkarah, and at the opening ceremonies, you will take the time to get to know why his death is a loss for all of us, for his family, and for the Jewish people.

People often ask me why Jerry and I founded CAJE. We were young and naïve, and we thought that by harnessing the energy of our colleagues and strengthening Jewish education, we could change the Jewish world.

Changing the Jewish world turned out not to be as simple a proposition as we’d hoped. Jewish culture and Jewish identity in the Diaspora always finds itself competing with the culture of whatever society we live in — a culture that also becomes a big part of our identity, truth be told. This tension, this hyphen we live with, has always been the underlying challenge, the elephant in the room in the field of Jewish education. Picture the hyphen in the term “Jewish-American” as a see-saw, with all of us feeling sometimes more Jewish and sometimes more American. Sometimes people get off the see-saw altogether and explore the other toys in the playground, putting their Jewishness on the back burner for a while, or forever.

As Jewish educators we are in the business of strengthening Jewish identity by providing knowledge and experiences to both children and adults. Not everyone is ready to hear our message, and not everyone wants the experiences we offer, but we learned to never underestimate the power of planting seeds. Jewish educators became gardeners. They spread teachings the way wildflowers are scattered beside highways, and they planted many seeds in each student hoping that at least a few

11 would sprout. We believed each seed was a nugget of gold, an inheritance with which we were entrusted — every Jew is a jewel, a valuable member of a family tracing back to Abraham and Sarah.

We learned to work around the priorities of families outside of Jewish education — the baseball games, homework, piano lessons, and so on. We asked ourselves: How can we incorporate the things kids like the most into their Jewish education?

How can we partner with parents to cultivate kids that are just as Jewish as their parents want them to be, not too much more or too much less? At face value, these aren’t terrible questions. Great Jewish educators work with parents as partners. We all know how important it is to teach a child from wherever she is.

But I would ask you to consider that maybe we are asking the wrong question when we try to fit Judaism into an American framework. Maybe the American framework is lacking in the tools a person needs to weather both the sorrows and the joys of living as human beings. Maybe the primary question we need to ask is: What is it about Jewish culture that can enrich the life of our families and give meaning to their lives? Asking those first questions without also asking this one has led Jewish educators astray in every generation.

For example, when I was a kid the “whole word method” of teaching reading was all the rage in Public Education. Jewish educators jumped on this bandwagon and created Hebrew textbooks based on teaching kids to read whole words instead of phonetics. The problem was that Hebrew, unlike English, is a completely phonetic language, and it’s much more effective to teach letters and vowels.

Today, secular education is emphasizing STEM — science, technology, engineering, and math. Jewish educators are working hard to incorporate these subjects into their teaching. Jewish culture has becoms stronger by incorporating ideas from secular culture into our own. But I would ask you to consider whether we should be using the few hours we have at the Jewish afternoon school to center our school around STEAM subjects, even as triggers for Jewish learning. I love science, and there is nothing wrong with using this prompt occasionally. But aren’t there equally important areas of human existence that science doesn’t address? Aren’t these areas addressed by Jewish teachings? For instance, a scientist might ask “when was the world formed and how?” But Judaism asks questions about meaning: “why was the world formed?” Our students are learning the scientific approach in their secular schools — what is it that we are adding to their knowledge in our Jewish classrooms?

Albert Einstein addressed this question in 1926 when he wrote: "The [unified field] theory produces a good deal but hardly brings us closer to the secrets of the Old One [God]." Big ideas of meaning give rise to more questions than answers, but kids deserve a chance to grapple with them, and to learn how to become the best humans they can be. Judaism stirs in us eternal, sometimes unanswerable questions that nevertheless are informed by wisdom — wisdom collected from the great minds of generations before us, gathered together in our sacred literature.

12 At Beth David Jewish school in Westminster, CA, they have an approach that mirrors this idea. They are teaching their students about Jewish STEM: Spirituality— the search for meaning Theology — the wrestling with big questions (What is God? Do we have souls?)

Ethics — making moral decisions in difficult situations when values may conflict Maggid — learning the stories of our people that transmit our identity and beliefs It is important to keep in mind that each child grows up to be an adult, and that an adult is gestating inside them from a very young age. Kids naturally ask the big questions. They want to know what’s important to us and what our values are. The “why” questions resonate with them. They take great joy when they are challenged intellectually, and when we open those doors for them they walk through and offer deep insights in return. You are never too young to be infused with Jewish learning.

But today we wait too long and aim too low.

I’d like to share a story told to me by my friend and colleague Joel Grishaver. Joel was teaching a parenting seminar at a synagogue when a father stood up and said: “My 11 year old son has a busy week, he has school and sports, yada, yada, yada.

He begs me to sleep in on Sunday morning, and I want to know why I should make him get up and go to hebrew school?” Joel had an epiphany, and answered: 1. Because Hebrew school is the only place he is going to learn how to heal death.

2. Because Hebrew school is the only place he is going to find his part in the redemption of the world.

3. Because Hebrew school is the one place he is going to gain the tools to be the best person he can be.

4. Because Hebrew school is the place he is going to find a connection between himself, his family, and the rest of the Jewish people.

The father sat down and said, “Thank you!” Another father stood up and said, “If this school taught those things, my son would be here every single week!”

Is this what we are teaching in our supplementary schools today? Maybe not, but that is what can be taught if we use our limited time to introduce children and parents to the eternal ideas, the ethics and spiritual wisdom that is right at our fingertips, waiting for us. There are literally endless examples of life-changing texts and deep commentaries to choose from. In fact, any text can speak to your heart once you learn to connect ancient wisdom with your life today.

Here is one of many, many examples: Dogma is not a central feature of Judaism. On the contrary, out of all the people from our history, our people adopted the name “Israel.” It is Jacob who is given the name Israel, but only after he wrestles with God. We are the people who wrestle with God and with ideas. We have doubts and struggles, and that is what makes us human. No one should deprive us of that. Like our father Jacob, sometimes when we wrestle with God we prevail. Being Jewish means challenging yourself, and your Judaism accompanies you wherever you find

13 yourself. Questioning our world puts us in touch with the ineffable, and with the wonder of those things we do not know and cannot understand.

In a time of rising anti-semitism our children need to know that they come from strong stock — a people who have encountered adversity for thousands of years and lived to tell the tale. They can be proud of who they are, and proud of those who came before them. We are a people who pass on the secrets of our survival around a seder table and over an open scroll. Children learn these and other big lessons best from great teachers and from great parents — teachers who embody how to live and practice a vibrant, living Judaism.

There is a Hasidic story of a man who traveled very far to learn with a well-known rabbi. When he returned, everyone in his town gathered to ask what wisdom he had gained. He told them: "I went to the rabbi to learn how he ties his shoelaces."

Let’s never forget the importance of the teacher as a role model. Abraham Joshua Heschel said: “It is the personality of the teacher which is the text that students read, the text they will never forget” — your kindness, your devotion to Judaism, your passion for compassion, your love of learning, your commitment to justice, how you “tie your shoelaces.”

That is why teachers are deserving of honor and status in the Jewish community.

Jewish educators like you teach us to see the world through Jewish eyes. Maybe you will help your students find their Jewish souls, and maybe not. You are the God-wrestling coaches and gardeners of the next generation. You are the bridge between the past, the present, and the future. You have the power to open sacred texts and teach your students to mine jewels from the wisdom of our ancestors.

Each in your own way and each with your own gifts.

With love, respect, and gratitude, Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox, President, NewCAJE

‫ וחיין אריכין‬,‫ חנא וחסדא ורחמין‬:‫על כל מאן דעסקין באוריתא‬ .‫ ואמרו אמן‬,‫ מן קדם אבוהון די בשמיא‬,‫ ופרקנא‬,‫ומזוני רויחי‬

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May all who engage in the study and teaching of Torah find abundant peace, gracious favor and mercy, long life and ample sustenance!

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PARTICIPANTS AT NEWCAJE10

Moranne Aaron-Berel * Cara Abrams * Davida Adelberg * Shelli Aderman * Bess Adler * Kirstin Alavezos * Jeremy Alk * Ellen Allard * Suzane Van Amburgh * Esther Amster * Marilyn Arsham * Ron Arsham * Heidi Aycock * Sydney Backer * Carrie Barbakoff * Michelle Barbour * Sherry Barsky * Iris Eshel Bendahan * Julianne Benioff * Nehama Bennet-Teasdale * Laura Berkson * Laura Berman * Ellen Bernstein * Mel Berwin * Carol Biederman * Barbara Biran * Barbara Birenbaum * Lyla Birenbaum * Julie Blair * Melanie Blatt * Sylvia Bloom * David Bluman * Karen Bograd * Sue Bojdak * Ramona Brand * Arinne Braverman * Ilana Braverman * Leslie Bright * Beth Broadway * Doug Brook * Karrie Brown * Vanina Bunton * Jennifer Burns * Catherine Carmel * Gayle Carrol * Justin Jude Carroll * Barry Cohen * Joshua Cohen * Ariel Cohn * Michelle Cohn * Leah Conley * Matthew Cuda * Katherine Cykman * ZoĂŤ Cyrluk * Dina David * Adina Davies * Karlee DelayBrooks * Beth Deliver * Itai Dewar * Sharon Diamondstein * Darcie Donegan * Aubri-Maria Doughty * Joe Dover * Lily Dropkin * Charki Dunn * Deborah Eisenbach-Budner * Steve EisenbachBudner * Kenny Ellis * Violeta Esquinazi * Elizabeth Fagin * David A Feder * Laura Fendel * Deborah Fenson * Chelsea Ferguson * Sarit Ferreira * Sara Finkle * Tzvi Fischer * Robin Foonberg * Benjamin Foote * Everett Fox * Mary Frank * Batsheva Frankel * Sylvia Frankel * Diane Fredgant * Deborah Freedberg * Laurie Friedman * Carla Friend * Bari Frimkess * Deborah Fripp * Michael Fripp * Eleyna Fugman * Naomi Gabai-Fisher * Heather Gale * Michelle Geft * Ariel Gelber * Nina Gelman-Gans * Lisa Gerstenfeld * Mark Getten * Bari Gilbert * Duncan Gilman * Sarah Gipoor * Patricia Givens * Susan Glass * Rafi Glazer * Stacey Glazer * Bonni Goldberg * Kaiya Goldhammer * David Goldstein * Deborah Goldstein * Sarahann Goldstein * Seth Goldstein * Seth Golob * Dan Gorden * Loren Gorden * Cathy Gordon * Benjamin Gorelick * Bernice Gorkin * Guy Greene * Abra Greenspan * Gay Griffith * Emily Grove * Shoshana Gugenheim * Ruz Gulko * Sagit Hall * Beth Hamon * Barbara Hanawalt * Roni Handler * Beth Harbison * Melissa Harkavy * Edith Harris * Sharona Hassan * Judith Helman * Merrill Hendin * Destiny Herholz-Wallis * Melissa Herman * Debi Himelfarb * Spencer Hirsch * Melissa Hoffman * Paula Hoffman * Jaclyn Hoosier * Jana Hopfinger * Dorice Horenstein * Natasha Hougham * Robert Houghton * Jessica Hutchings * Ilana Jaffe * Jen Jaffe * Naomi Jankowitz * Michelle Jenkins * Barbara Joseph * Rachel Joseph * Sam Joseph * Sophia Kabaker * Bruce Kadden * Avital Kadosh * Lindsay Kaitcer * Barbie Kamiel * Michal Morris Kamil * Sara Kaminski * Bill Kaplan * Cathy Kaplan * Lawrence Karol * Jude Kassar * Amy Katz * Cheryl Katz * Lawrence Katz * Marilyn Katz * Terry Kaye * Kim Kent * Eric Kimmel * Yohanna Kinberg * Benjamin Kintisch * Ellen Kipnis * Carrie Kirschner * Heather Klein * Sarah Klein * Natalie Klein-Raymond * Rivy Poupko Kletenik * Sherry Knazan * Cherie Koller Fox * David Kominsky * Sheri Konowitz * Seymour Kopelowitz * Helene Kornsgold * David Kosak * Cecile Kowalski * Keith Kowalski * Lillian Kowalski * Annette Kozicki * Danny Kraft

15 * Scott Kramer * Kimberly Krikorian * Camryn Kruger * Esther Kuchinsky * Josh Lake * Yehezkel Landau * Leora Lazarus * Cynthia Lebowitz * Brooke LeClair * Sonia Marie Leikam * Naomi Less * Julee Levine * Stuart Lewis * Beth Liberman * Bracha Lieberman * Eliana Light * Susan Linder * Carol Lindley * Karma Fordis Lindner * Roni Lion * John Livingston * Heidi Lovitz * Ronit Lusky * Nina Mandel * Michelle Manor * Lita Marishak * Rhonda Marshall * Brian Mayer * Natan Meir * Sarah Metzger * Nikki Michaelson * Larry Milder * Goldie Milgram * Adinah Miller * Tamar Milstein * Chava Mirel * Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz * Nadia Moutal * Sarah Grace Nadler * Rachel Nelson * Sandra Nemer * Andi Neuwirth * Maureen Newlun * Julie Newman * Samara Oberlander * Jack Paskoff * Allison Peiser * Susanna Perrin * Ellyn Perry * Melissa Pescatore * Aaron Petersen * Mazal Peterson * Sarah Philips * Cady Phillips * Colin Pier-Silver * Jackson Pincus * Batya Podos * Rae Antonoff Portnoy * Eve Posen * Meagan Prince * Sharon Prybutok-Giannotti * Alicia Jo Rabin * Beth Rabinowitz * Moshe Rachmuth * Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki * Ben Richards * Amy Ripps * Jill Robb * Jeri Robins * Carina Rock * Bruce Rockman * Stacey Rockman * Elizabeth Roe * Brian Rohr * Sarah Rohr * Jen Rolnick * Minerva Rosenberg * Scott Rosenberg * Michele Rosenfield * Samuel Rosenstein * Staci Rosenthal * Danit Rothstein * Vicki Rotstein * Suzanne Rubens * Mina Rush * Wendelin Russell * Cassandra Sagan * Abigail SalemGoldman * Deborah Salomon * Karen Salzberg * Ezra Samuels * Ben Sandler * Michael Sasnow * Ezra Saville * Aliza Savransky * Brianna Sayres * Joy Schandler * Adam Schecter * Ronit Scheyer * Julia Schmidt * Kim Schneiderman * Joyce Schriebman * Marisa Schrier * Vered Schuster * Alyssa Schwager * Cherie Karo Schwartz * David Schwartz * Neil Schwartz * Julie Schwarzwald * Etti Segal * Barry Shainker * Doron Shapira * Andrea Shapiro * Matt Shapiro * Ilona Shechter * Autumn Sheridan * Samuel Shnider * Eddy Shuldman * Anna Shuman * Andrea Shupack * Jay Shupack * Joel Shupack * Josh Shupack * BeLinda Singer * Kim Singer * Eleonora Skibinsky * Jan Skolnik * Ashley Slovak * Jamie Smartt * Hillel Smith * Paul Solyn * Sonja Spear * Ilan Speizer * Kate Speizer * Nina Spiegel * Devorah Spilman * Samuel Spinrad * David Starr * Chana Stein * Robert Stein * Rachel Stern * Sylvie Sternlieb * Shannon Stewart * Jake Sullivan * Nancy Sohn Swartz * Abi Taylor-Abt * Shannon Tepfer * Julie Tepper * Tracy Tessler * Bayla Friedman Treiger * Victoria Tremper * Melissa Trinidad * Joshua Troderman * Zoie Utterback * Maya Varon * Cheryl Viale * Rachael Walkinshaw * Dale Wallerstein * Rachel Waltuch * Julie Plaut Warwick * Susan Weber * Caitlyn Webster * Tia Weniger * Mimi Wilhelm * Mushka Wilhelm * Cory Willson * Nikki Wilson * Caroline Winstel * Stefanie Wisselman * Nina Woldin * Jonathan Wolf * Mollie Wolf * Kathy Wolfson * Robbie Wood * Jessica Woolf * Aaron Yedidia * Yakira Yedidia * Jessica Yellen * Mor Yelvington * Wendy Yesharim * Marissa Young * Chana Yovel * Jan Zager * Jacqueline Zapp-Albin * Jason Zions * Maxwell Zucker * Shira Zucker *

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A NOTE ABOUT THE COVER ART

While reflecting on my years as a Hebrew and Sunday School student, I thought about the different ways I was nourished — the ways I absorbed rituals and traditions and studied Torah. All these shaped my Jewish identity. Without them I would not be as deeply connected to my artistic Jewish lens: how I see the artwork I create, raise my children, and live my life. Now, as an adult, I continue to seek out new teachers who inspire me and direct me toward new insights into Judaism.

The Tree of Life is a timeless symbol of Torah and represents our precious relationship to it. In designing this tree, I wanted the younger tree to symbolize students being supported by all the different teachers they will have, while growing deeper roots and new branches.

Teachers come in all forms, from all places: some young, some old, some formal, and some we meet on the street. We are all students and we are all teachers. May we live in peace, harmony, joy, and honor. May you have the strength and patience to teach the children, teach each other, and bring us all closer to Torah.

- Diane Fredgant www.silksbydiane.net

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THANK YOU!

This is a big milestone year for NewCAJE — a decade of conferences under our belt!

A decade that would not be possible without those of you who have given your time to teach us, entertain us, and inspire us. You have followed us from the East Coast to the West Coast, from the South to the Heartland, proving your dedication to the field of Jewish education and to the next generations of Jewish life in the United States, Canada, and beyond. It is because we believe in each other that we put so much effort into making this conference possible, ensuring that our time together will be productive and magical. Mazel tov! Ad Me'ah V’Esrim!

Sydney Backer: We are so very happy to have Sydney as our conference coordinator.

Sydney has done a wonderful job these past two years, which can be attributed both to her organizational skills and her sweet personality. This year she has taken on new responsibilities (including volunteer coordination) as she continues to grow in her work. She is a great partner with me and with our board, and she makes our attendees feel welcome and cared for. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you on behalf of all of us at NewCAJE. Sydney also heads the logistics team at the conference. We are grateful for the long hours and the hard work they put in behind the scenes to make the conference run smoothly. Thanks to Lindsay Kaitcer who has been our summer intern in addition to working at the conference itself, and to our returning staff members Ariel Gelber and Max Zucker. We also thank Gay Griffith who used her expertise to help us with shuttles to and from the airport. Even though Ezra Fox won’t be at the conference this year, he did design this program book. There are so few changes in the program book because Ezra formats it at the last moment, and we are very appreciative for his work. Many thanks to Julie Schwarzwald for so expertly proofreading this book.

Amy Ripps: One of Amy’s favorite words is “astounding,” and that is exactly the word to describe her. Amy is a fabulous educator in Raleigh North Carolina, and she has been our Program Chair since the beginning of NewCAJE. You can thank her for the fact that the NewCAJE workshops you attend are of the highest quality.

She welcomes people to join her programming team, and this year Barbara Biran, Julie Blair, Julee Snitzer Levine, Melissa Pescatore, and Julie Schwarzwald heeded the call. Next year, maybe your name will be on this list! NewCAJE thanks each and every one of these talented educators for sending us back to our communities with such great new ideas, and for giving us the opportunity to teach what we’ve learned!

Amy also leads the certificate team: Abi Taylor-Abt, Julie Schwarzwald, and Melissa Pescatore. Thanks to these folks for the way they have organized the certificates to raise your level of expertise in the field. Not only do you gain skills and insights, you also receive a frameable certificate to impress your lay leadership.

19 Presenters of sessions, hosts of mifgashim, entertainers, volunteers: It is to you that we owe our deepest praise and gratitude. I wish I could mention each of your names here, but I would be happy to give every one of you a hug and a Yasher Koach for making this organization work. I often say that NewCAJE is a gift that we give to ourselves and the field of Jewish education. It would literally end the moment you stop donating your time, talents, and expertise. THANK YOU! Chava Mirel and Andrea Shupack have done an amazing job making sure that your evenings are jam-packed with the best performers of all stripes in the Jewish world.

The performers are counting on you to hire them during the year to come to your community, and if you do so your community will surely thank you. Chava and Andrea have worked hard to produce two concerts, an alternative evening program, and have worked with Susan Shane-Linder to produce the Arts Fest. Thank you all for scouting the venues months ago, and for producing such high quality events.

Jeri Robins and Cathy Kaplan have been a winning team in creating a Shabbat that is inclusive, spiritual, and pluralistic. We thank them for putting together a team of service leaders and teachers to ease us into the conference, creating an atmosphere that allows people to get to know each other in deep ways and quiet spaces. Thank you to: Ellen Allard, Iris Bendahan, Laura Berkson, Barbara Biran, Barbara Birenbaum, Melanie Blatt, Joshua Cohen, Everett Fox, Batsheva Frankel, Carla Friend, Cathy Kaplan, Ben Kintisch, Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Cherie Koller-Fox, Eliana Light, Jeri Robins, Jen Ronick, Cherie Karo Schwartz, Andrea Shupack, Paul Solyn, Jonathan Wolf, and Jessica Woolf.

Eliana Light: Eliana does bring a great light to NewCAJE and the world of Jewish education. She is the head of our LEEP program — a leadership program for those in the first 5 years of their career. Eliana recruits these educators, and would appreciate you nominating good candidates from your community. This is the third cohort of LEEPers, and Eliana has a team of former LEEPers taking on leadership responsibilities. These include: Sylvia Bloom, Josh Cohen, Heather Gale, Melissa Herman, Ben Kintisch, Allison Peiser, and Melissa Pescatore. LEEP is the best thing we do at NewCAJE, and its success is in large part due to Eliana. Thank you!

Sherry Knazen has taken on the task of acting as the chair of Jewish Educator, NewCAJE's peer-review journal. It's such an important role, and we are very grateful to her for the fine job she does. On her editorial board are: Lee Brice, Shoshana Hantman, and Beri Schwitzer. This talented group is always happy to welcome new people who would like to review articles for the journal. This year they put out three issues: Summer (New Ideas and Engagement), Fall (Hanukah Resources), and Spring (Anti-semitism in Our Time). The journal can be found in the resources section on our website. The job of editing and designing the journal goes to Judi Resnick. We are grateful to each one of them for their work and talents.

20 To Joanne Glosser, Ruz Gulko, and Julie Plaut Warwick: These three women not only expertly administered the scholarships for Washington State residents, but also did a bang-up job reaching out to encourage people to take advantage of the fact that NewCAJE was in their backyard. Michal Morris Kamil did the same thing for those who wanted to attend from California. A special thank you to Carol Starin, former CAJE president, who used her connections to open the door to our scholarship request from The Samis Foundation.

While we are speaking about scholarships, we have to take a moment to give a huge shout-out and deep thank you to our donors who provided most of the scholarships that allowed so many of you to attend this year. We are so appreciative of the following foundations who believe in Jewish education, and in the importance of bringing anyone who wants to come to NewCAJE. Our warm thanks The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for the warm welcome to the great city of Portland. For the past three years they have paid to send their educators to NewCAJE in order to raise the profile of the conference in their community. This year we are pleased to welcome 70 educators who work in Portland Jewish institutions, and were received scholarships from the Federation under the leadership of President and CEO Marc Blattner, and Director of Educational Initiatives and Intergroup Outreach Rachel Nelson. Marc and Rachel have been great to work with and we are indebted to them and the Portland community for this great initiative to strengthen and honor local educators.

We also want to thank their partners, The Schnitzer Foundation, and Barb Hall for walking us through their process. The first impetus to bring NewCAJE to Portland came from Dorice Horenstein and her husband Robert, who recognized the value of hosting the conference. Last but not least, thank you, thank you, thank you to Mel Berwin who served as our local liaison to the Portland community, and invited Sydney and me to meet people in October of last year. Mel is an outstanding educator at Neve Shalom, and did everything possible to make this collaboration a success.

To The Samis Foundation, and to Amy Amiel who shepherded our grant through the foundation, we owe a huge thank you for enabling so many Washington State educators to benefit from the conference. We loved working with you.

To Harold Grinspoon, Winny Grinspoon, and The Grinspoon Foundation: We have learned so much from you about how to create a stronger organization. Thanks for granting us the time of Natasha Dresner as our organizational advisor — I honestly don’t know how we could have gotten this far without her. We are deeply appreciative of the grants you have given us over the years — all of which have gone to scholarships. On behalf of everyone here at NewCAJE we want to thank you both, and wish Harold health and long life as you celebrate your 90th birthday this week.

21 Jon Wolf, dear friend, teacher, and activist. We are so happy that you and your parents, Margery Wolf and Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf of blessed memory, have been part of the NewCAJE and CAJE families from the beginning. We benefit from your teaching and commitment to our younger educators, to scholarship aid, and to bringing the highest quality Torah Le'Shma learning. Todah, Todah Rabba!

Thank you to Joshua Troderman and ShalomLearning. We are so appreciative of our partnership in educating educators.

To: Neil Schwartz, David Schwartz, Sherry Barsky, Gay Griffith, and Edie Harris for organizing our Daily Minyanim, and our Monday morning Women’s Minyan. We know how lucky we are to count on you for this holy task, and I know how grateful I was for your support when I was saying Kaddish. I’m sure many others agree!

Community Gatherings were a new idea last year to bring spirituality and joy into our day. Thanks to Naomi Less, Eliana Light, and Chava Mirel for pushing this agenda, and creating opportunities to Tune-Up and Tune-In. Such talented women!

One more ritual matter: we are blessed to borrow a Torah written by women scribes that is housed at Kadimah Reconstructionist Community in Seattle. Shoshana Gugenheim will be giving sessions using this Torah scroll, and we will have an opportunity to use it in worship. Thanks to Rabbi David Basior and Christie Santos for making the Torah available to us. We also want to thank Mel Berwin, Rabbi Eve Posen, and Congregation Neveh Shalom for the use of one of their Torah scrolls.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies would not be so beautiful, moving, and fun were it not for the talents of Julie Plaut Warwick, Cherie Karo Schwartz, and Larry Milder. We are grateful to Ariel and Nadav Benjamin, Cindy Benjamin, and Marc Blattner for participating in and providing materials for Opening, and to Susan Shane-Linder, Chava Mirel, Eliana Light, and Naomi Less who lend their beautiful spirits to our Closing Ceremonies.

Mickey Stein donates his time as our accountant in honor of his friendship with Jerry Benjamin z”l. We are deeply grateful to him for keeping our house in order.

Thanks to Asher Suloway-Baker and his team for being our photographers and videographers this summer.

Reed College is such a welcoming campus. Many people work behind the scenes to keep us organized, comfortable, and well-fed. Thanks to Assistant Director of Conference and Events Planning Todd Pangilinan, Tech, Sound, and Lighting expert Marty Ripp, and the Bon Appetite Staff: Director of Catering Gina Warnecke, General Manager Matt Talavera, Director of Dining Services Michael Bucuvalas, and Executive Chef Jesse Fairman. We also thank the servers and kitchen staff.

22 Because our conference is kosher, the university brought in Oregon Kosher Century Catering under the able direction of Allen Levin and his team of kosher supervisors. We are so grateful to Allen for going out of his way to ensure that the conference meets all our dietary needs.

Last but never, never least, I want to personally thank each member of the NewCAJE board for their service to our organization in what was a very difficult year that demanded much of their attention. Their wise advice and patience make my job so much easier. Really, I don’t have enough words to thank them for the work each and every one of them do for NewCAJE. Thank you: Mel Berwin, Sherry Knazan, Eliana Light, Amy Ripps, Julie Schwarzwald, and Mark Young.

OUR THANKS TO YOU WHO HAVE COME TO LEARN AND CELEBRATE JEWISH EDUCATION AT NEWCAJE10!

- Cherie Koller-Fox, on behalf of the NewCAJE Board

NEWCAJE BOARD Cherie Koller-Fox, President Amy Ripps, Program Chair Eliana Light, LEEP Liaison Sherry Knazan, Jewish Educator Journal Chair Mel Berwin, Portland Liaison Julie Schwarzwald Mark Young

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AZKAROT — REMEMBRANCES

WE REMEMBER THEM At the rising of the sun and at its going down We remember them.

As we prepare for the Hanukah family program in the chill of winter We remember them.

As we teach children the four questions in the rebirth of spring We remember them.

As we gather at NewCAJE to recharge our souls in the warmth of summer We remember them.

As we build a new curriculum for teaching Torah in the beauty of autumn We remember them.

At the beginning of the school year and when it ends We remember them.

As long as we live, they too will live; Their work is now our responsibility and they are a part of us so we remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength We remember them.

When we are lost and sick at heart We remember them.

When we have joy we crave to share We remember them.

When we have decisions that are difficult to make We remember them.

When we have achievements that are based on theirs We remember them.

They were our teachers, our colleagues, our benefactors, our inspirations, our friends As long as we live, they too will live; for they are now a part of us as we remember them. Š based on Yizkor Prayer by Sylvia Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer

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ROBERT ARNOW

Robert Arnow, real estate developer and philanthropist, died on December 15th, 2018, at the age of 94.

Born in Roxbury, MA, Bob served in the navy before getting a pharmacy degree, intending to work at his father’s drug store. But that all changed when he married Joan Weiler, the daughter of real estate developers. They moved to Scarsdale, raised four children, and he went into the New York real estate business with her family, developing many notable properties.

Her family also instilled in him the importance of philanthropy, and he followed his passion in contributing to Jewish education and Israel. Bob and Joan were early supporters of CAJE, providing an office in Manhattan long before CAJE could have afforded to be there. It was a critical gift at a significant moment in CAJE’s history, and we will always be grateful to them for believing in our work.

A major supporter of Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), he served as president and chair of its board of governors for a decade. He and Joan were also visionary champions committed to educating the Bedouin community, establishing the Arnow Center for Bedouin Women. Robert himself felt connected to the Bedouins through his personal passion for nature and raising animals, and he often cited the biblical tenet: “Know the heart of the stranger because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

Bob was known for his heart of gold, always expressing gratitude for his great luck and fortune in life. He loved to travel and paint, and continued in later years to contribute to local efforts such as the Hudson River Valley preservation project.

Bob is survived by his four children and their spouses, David (Madeleine), Peter (Kathi), Joshua (Elyse), and Ruth, his grandchildren, Benjamin, Dan, Joel, Noah, Adam, Eli, Talia, Chloe, Jackie, and Charissa, and his great grandchildren, Liran, Harper, Caleb, Hallel, Avra, Livia, Sidney, Haley, Wrenn, and Levi.

TOM BUCHLER

Remembered by Neil Schwartz: Tom Buchler died on July 17th, 2019, at the age of 65.

A visionary software developer has lost his battle with cancer. Tom Buchler was the owner of Kinnor Software, and the developer of Trope Trainer™ and Tefillah Trainer™ teaching software. Through these two programs, Tom affected the lives of many thosands of teachers and students of Trope and davenning.

Tom Buchler was a great advocate of the ideals we espouse at NewCAJE: egalitarian access to a modern presentation of traditional teaching, for all genders and all religious persuasions. His software chants in female and child voices, and is used by Jews of every denomination. May his love of teaching inspire us all. Y'hi Zichrono Baruch — May his memory be a blessing!

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JERRY BENJAMIN

Jerome (Jerry) William Benjamin died on May 11th, 2019, at the age of 67.

Jerry was born July 9, 1951 to Stan and Edie Benjamin in Columbus, Ohio. He married his high school sweetheart, Cindy Pearlman, and they celebrated their 45th anniversary last December. Jerry was known for his political, educational, and Jewish activism.

In 1970, while at Tel Aviv University, he organized a major demonstration by American students in Israel against the Vietnam war following the Kent State shootings. Jerry’s exploits in Israel were chronicled in the BBC docudrama, The Milk and Honey Experience.

At Case Western Reserve University he founded Havurat Aviv for Jewish Students, and he became National Chair of the North American Jewish Students Network (part of the World Union of Jewish Students). He also became a mentee of Nachum Goldman.

During his tenure, Network sponsored the Jewish Women’s Conference (Chaired by Shifra Bronznik) and the Jewish Men and Women’s Conference, which led to sweeping changes in how women are treated in American life. Network also sponsored the Pan American Conference (chaired by Edy Rauch z”l) which brought South American activists to meet their North American counterparts.

Then, while studying English and filmmaking at Columbia, he made the award winning Yom Kippur war documentary Days of Judgment, narrated by Theo Bikel.

In 1976, while on the board of Network, Jerry convinced them to co-sponsor a conference on Jewish education at Brown University. As a result of that conference, he co-founded the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE) along with Cherie Koller-Fox. After obtaining a Masters in Education at Harvard, Jerry became Executive Director of the Maimonides Day School in Boston where he raised his first million dollars for Jewish education, all before his 30th birthday.

In 1981 Jerry and Cindy moved to Milwaukee where Jerry became a partner in AB Data Ltd, developing an expertise in targeted mailing, fundraising, telemarketing, and finding beneficiaries of class action suits. During Jerry’s tenure, AB Data expanded to Israel, and opened a workshop in Milwaukee’s sister-city, Or Yehuda.

Even though he went head to head against teams of Wall Street lawyers, Jerry was awarded the contract to work for the Eagleburger Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. He was chosen because of his passion for the task and his confidence that it could be accomplished. Jerry’s job was to locate all of the world’s living Holocaust survivors to help them apply for reparations from the German banks and Swiss insurance companies. He then expanded the task to include both Romani and LGBTQ survivors.

He was most proud of this accomplishment.

Later in his career he was a partner in Alliance Federated Energy, and more recently with Milwaukee Silicon where he tried to find economical energy solutions. Jerry also co-produced the one-woman Broadway show Golda’s Balcony, starring Tovah Feldshuh, that ran 493 performances from 2003-2005, resulting in a Tony nomination for best actress.

27 In 2009, when CAJE went bankrupt, Jerry and Cherie Koller-Fox decided to found NewCAJE — now celebrating its 10th anniversary. Jerry had served as the first chair of CAJE, and as Treasurer of NewCAJE even during his illness.

A pillar of the community, Jerry held the prestigious position of Chair of the National UJA Young Leadership Cabinet, where he broke all records for fundraising by a chair.

Jerry helped found the Lake Park Synagogue in Milwaukee, and served as its first President. Later he served four years as President of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, and was a major supporter of the city's Coalition for Jewish Learning (CJL). In 2018 they honored Jerry with the CJL Lifetime Impact Award. A long-time supporter of the Milwaukee Institute for Art & Design (MIAD), Jerry served on its board for 13 years.

Jerry, who died from complications associated with a bone marrow transplant, is survived by his wife Cindy; his sons Ariel and Nadav (Lindsey Sommer Benjamin), his brother Sheldon (Miriam Rosenblum), and his mother Edith Benjamin.

LEON BERGER

Leon Berger, the longest-serving teacher in Winnipeg’s Jewish school system, passed away in December of 2018 at the age of 96.

Mr. Berger was born to a family who owned a flour mill in the town of Radivil, Poland.

When the Red Army marched into Poland in 1939, Berger’s father was arrested and never seen again. After spending the war years in Siberia with his mother and brother, Mr. Berger returned to Germany where he finished his education at the satellite branch of the Hebrew University in Munich, and then began teaching refugee children.

Berger moved to New York with the rest of his family, but met his wife Ann and followed her to Winnipeg. There he taught for over 47 years, first at the old Talmud Torah, then at the school on Matheson Avenue. He also taught night school at the Herzlia Academy.

Berger retired just before the Talmud Torah became part of Gray Academy. One of his proudest accomplishments was earning his master’s degree in education from the University of Manitoba. He was also known as Winnipeg’s premier Torah reader for 33 years until his retirement from that task in 2014.

Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Berger played an integral yet inadvertent role in the formation of the Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble, North America’s oldest and largest Israeli folk ensemble. Wanting better choreography for the annual Purim play, he brought in a talented dancer named Sarah Sommer to teach his grade 4 class. The play was a hit, and the girls stayed in touch with Sarah over the years, eventually forming the folk ensemble.

Mr. Berger also took a leadership role in improving the wages and benefits for teachers working in the Jewish school system. According to his son Hart Berger, “being a Hebrew teacher did not pay that great in the 1950s, so my father became head of the teachers’ union to try to improve work conditions. In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s he would in those

28 days work three jobs: Talmud Torah day school, night school at the Herzlia Academy in the south end, and private lessons for bar mitzvah preparation.”

In 2012 Berger was honoured by Cong. Etz Chayim with the title of Moreh L’Dorot — Teacher to the Generations. Since his retirement, he continued to be involved in the community in every way he could.

Mr. Berger is survived by his three sons, Max, Hart, and Jack.

RACHEL COWAN

Rabbi Rachel Cowan passed away on August 31, 2018, at the age of 77.

Rabbi Cowan, a direct Mayflower descendant, earned a master’s degree in social work in the early 1960s. She became involved in the civil rights movement, and met her husband Paul Cowan while preparing black children for school integration. They married in 1965, and served together in the Peace Corps in Ecuador, described in her first book, Growing Up Yanqui. Paul was raised in an assimilated Jewish family (described in his book, An Orphan in History), but they explored Judaism together when they had children. She converted in 1980, and used her training as a social worker and community activist to help revive Ansche Chesed Synagogue.

In the 1970s she pushed for inclusivity in the Jewish community, co-authoring with Paul the book Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage.

She chose to expand her education and mission, earning her ordination at HUC in 1989, just one year after Paul died of leukemia. After his death, Rabbi Cowan found that the Jewish world lacked the proper tools for working with bereaved families. She harnessed her grief to fill that gap as a founder of the Jewish healing movement. Drawing on traditional texts as well as secular literature, mental health approaches, and other faiths, they created healing services with songs, psalms, chants, mikvah, and meditation. By 1996, thirty-six cities had adopted healing programs.

As Director of Jewish Life for the Nathan Cummings Foundation for 14 years, Rabbi Cowan promoted women’s empowerment in the former Soviet Union, supported interfaith relations, social justice activism, and more. The crown jewel was the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, where she created opportunities for Jewish wellness and spiritual development for rabbis, cantors, educators, and lay people. She and her colleagues integrated mindfulness practices, yoga, hasidic texts, and niggunim to renew burnt-out professionals. Over the last 5 years, she and Linda Thal also created groups and workshops around their book Wise Aging.

Arthur Waskow adds: “In 1993, when The Shalom Center and the P’nai Or Religious Fellowship decided to come together to create ALEPH, she made sure a substantial grant came to make the shidduch possible… In 2017 she was diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer, and not only fought for her own life, but made a widely seen video drawing on her own experience to support the Affordable Care Act, and to oppose the Republican efforts to repeal it. Through all these experiences, both joyful and grievous, Rachel

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Marvin Israelow described Rachel as the spiritual midwife to a generation, saying: “In the last months of her life there was a poem by Raymond Carver, Late Fragment, that Rachel recited from memory and loved hearing read to her by others: And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.

The Chapel at Bnai Jeshurun Synagogue was named in her honor, and a scholarship in her memory was created to allow activists and marginalized Jews access to the Institute for Spiritual life programming.”

Rabbi Cowan is survived by her daughter Lisa Cowan, her son Matthew, her two sisters Constance Egleson and Margaret White, her brother Richard, and four grandchildren.

RELA MINTZ GEFFEN

Professor Rela Geffen passed away on February 3rd, 2019 at the age of 75.

Granddaughter of the famed Rabbi Tobias Geffen of Atlanta, and daughter of Sylvia Mintz and Rabbi Joel S. Geffen of JTS, Rela Geffen was educated at Columbia University, JTS, and received her Ph.D from the University of Florida. Professor emerita of sociology at Gratz College, where she taught and coordinated the program in Jewish Communal Service, professor Geffen was also former president of Baltimore Hebrew University from 2000-2007. She served at different times as president of the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, and vice-president of the Association for Jewish Studies.

Professor Geffen was one of the pioneering women in the field of Jewish Studies. She published more than 40 articles and book chapters, and authored or edited four books including Celebration and Renewal: Rites of Passage in Judaism and the Centennial Volume of Gratz College entitled Freedom and Responsibility: Exploring the Challenges of Jewish Continuity. Professor Geffen's major fields of interest were sociology of religion, the family, and gender roles. Geffen produced a 22-page study for the Philadelphia chapter of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in 1977 entitled Bringing Women In, which was one of the first surveys of the evolving role of women in Jewish organizational life in Philadelphia. At the time of her death, she was engaged in a qualitative study of Jewish grandparenting. She was also active in the Jewish Book Council, where she was a judge of the Sammy Rohr Prize, reading and reviewing countless books.

Professor Geffen taught at CAJE, and wrote about it in her work. She was especially interested in the emergence of women in the field of Jewish education, and in the financial devaluation of the field that occurred simultaneously. She wrote an article called What we Know about Women and Jewish Education in A Handbook of Today’s Research for Tomorrow’s Jewish Education — important reading for every Jewish educator.

30 Lisa Goldberg remembers: "She was interested in anything and everything related to modern Jewish life in America. Many Jewish scholars have studied texts, history, and philosophy. Rela understood and appreciated those topics, but also what set us apart as Jews living in the United States. She turned on the lens that caused all of her students to see the world in a different way. It is the greatest gift an educator can give."

Rela’s warm heart and lively personality made her universally beloved, and she reciprocated with generosity and grace. From a Rosh Edah at Camp Ramah to her editorship of the journal Contemporary Jewry, Rela’s smile and wisdom enhanced the space of Jewish life.

She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Lisa and Jimmy Schlesinger; sons Uri and Amiel Monson and her daughters-in-law, and her five grandchildren.

BARBARA BINDER KADDEN

Remembered by Leslie Bright:

Barbara Binder Kadden died in Tacoma, Washington on October 9th, 2018, one day after her 64th birthday.

Barbara was a nationally recognized Jewish educator, author, master teacher, and master quilter. One of her large, sacred quilts, M’gilat Esther, proudly hangs in the social hall of Temple Beth El in Tacoma, where her beloved husband Bruce is the Rabbi.

After earning her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Arizona, Barbara followed her passion as a Jewish educator, completing masters' degrees in both Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service at HUC-JIR of LA in 1979.

She was the first Program Director for Hillel at the University of Cincinnati, and then the Educator at Temple Beth El in Aptos, CA. Barbara was among the first cohort of Regional Educators of the URJ, a repeat instructor at CAJE, and was the Director of the Jewish Education Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle from 2005-2009.

Barbara co-authored four books: Teaching Torah: A Treasury of Insights & Activities; Teaching Jewish Life Cycle: Traditions & Activities; Teaching Tefilah: Insights & Activities on Prayer; and Teaching Mitzvot: Concepts, Values, & Activities. She co-authored Jewish History-Moments & Methods, and Ethical Wills: Handing Down Our Jewish Heritage. For many years wrote The Jewish Parent Page and Family Shabbat Table Talk for the URJ. Barbara left an enduring contribution to the field of Jewish education and to a generation of Jewish learners. This quote, “Make for yourself a teacher; acquire for yourself a friend; and judge every person on the positive side," (Avot 1:6) accurately reflects the amazing woman, teacher, and role model that was Barbara Binder Kadden.

Barbara is survived by her husband Bruce, their children Alana Kadden Ballon and Micah Kadden, and her two beloved grandchildren Matan and Liav Ballon.

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RICHARD LEVY

Rabbi Richard Levy died on June 21, 2019 at the age of 82.

A graduate of Harvard University where he was Managing Editor of The Crimson, rabbi Levy was ordained at HUC in 1964, and received an honorary doctorate there in 1984.

His first pulpit was as the Assistant Rabbi at Leo Baeck Temple in LA from 1966-1968.

He was then Director of the Hillel Council at UCLA for seven years, and the Executive Director of the LA Hillel Council until 1999.

Rabbi Levy was also the president of the CCAR, where he shepherded the creation of the Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism in 1999. He was the Rabbi Emeritus of the Campus Synagogue, and Director of Spiritual Growth at HUC-JIR's Skirball Campus, where he’d also served as the Director of the School of Rabinnical Studies.

A prolific editor, he worked tirelessly on the prayer book On Wings of Awe, the Haggadah On Wings of Freedom, and the Shabbat prayer book On Wings of Light. He wrote A Vision of Holiness: The Future of Reform Judaism, and Songs Ascending: The Book of Psalms. He contributed to the Reform prayer books Gates of Prayer and Mishkan T'Filah, and his translations and commentaries are used by congregations everywhere.

He was a passionate advocate for civil rights, social justice, and peace. At the invitation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was part of a delegation of Reform rabbis to stage a public protest against segregation in St. Augustine, FL, where they were arrested in the largest mass-arrest of rabbis in American history. From their cell they wrote Why We Went, a letter that expressed their commitment to the Jewish and human obligation to fight injustice.

He was a co-founder of Bet Tzedek Jewish Legal Services, one of the founding cochairs of the Sandra Caplan Community Bet Din, a member of the J Street Rabbinic and Cantorial Cabinet and Advisory Council, a lifelong member of the Jewish Peace Fellowship, and a member of the board of Americans for Peace Now. Rachel Adler remembers: “He was a gentle soul, but not afraid of controversy when he thought it would help people to re-think unexamined ideas or minhagim. He was never afraid of learning something new. His creativity reanimated liturgy in the Reform movement, but he loathed gimmicks and shallowness. Concerning prayer, he was deeply earnest and willing to challenge himself and others.”

Lily Kowalski remembers: “I am blessed to have sat in the dust at his feet and soaked in the words and spirit of his teachings. TB Shabbat 105b references a baraita that teaches us ‘When a Torah scholar dies, everyone is his relative.’ The Gemara asks: ‘Does it enter your mind that everyone is his relative? Rather, say: Everyone is considered to be like his relative... The death of a Torah scholar is a personal loss for every Jew.’ He is survived by his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth Levy, his son in laws Connor Kalista and Chad Kenward, and his grandson Elijah Kalista.

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AVI LYON

Avram “Avi” Lyon, executive director of the Jewish Labor Committee from 1997 to 2008, died on April 1st, 2019, at the age of 76.

As head of the JLC, Lyon was active in exposing infamous workers’ rights abuses at the Agriprocessors kosher meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa, and assisting Jewish and labor organizations to combat these abuses. In 2000, he launched a “Labor Seder” program to strengthen connections between organized labor and the Jewish community.

Lyon was involved in liberal and progressive Jewish causes since he was a teenager. He was active in the Ihud Habonim Labor Zionist Youth Movement, and in the Jewish student movement of the 1960s and ’70s. He also worked with the Jewish Agency for Israel in the wake of the Six-Day War, helping to find work for thousands of volunteers, and led the North American Jewish Students’ Appeal, a student-run organization promoting Jewish identity and raising funds among college-aged youth.

At the Jewish Labor Committee he was committed to building relationships with other religious and ethnic groups, and worried that other Jewish organizations were neglecting coalition building. “You always have to have a broader base of support built on a community of interests,” he said, “and the only way to have that is by really working at it and getting involved with other ethnic and coalition groups in a major way... There will be a tremendous price to pay if we isolate ourselves.”

In retirement he served on the boards of the Forward Association and Ameinu, the successor to the Labor Zionist Alliance.

Avi was a founder of CAJE and was deeply committed to Jewish education. He was a person who had a passion for doing what was right, and a deep commitment to justice.

His personality was that of a gentle mensch — great to talk to about any subject. His organizational skills were extremely helpful in the early days of CAJE. Lyon is survived by his wife and three daughters.

VELVEL PASTERNAK

Velvel Pasternak, musicologist, conductor, arranger, producer, and publisher of Jewish music, passed away on June 11, 2019 at the age of 85.

Born in Toronto to a religious family descended from the Modzitz Hasidim, Velvel was sent to the US at the age of 16 for a traditional Orthodox education at Stern Talmudic Academy (Yeshiva University High School for Boys) and Yeshiva University. A naturally talented singer and musician, Pasternak advanced his piano studies at Julliard, and completed a study in Music Education at Columbia University, where he met his wife Goldie.

In the early 1960s Pasternak was hired to orchestrate a number of ground-breaking records dedicated to under-recorded Hasidic music. Those records would become foundational representations of Hasidic music in America. Seeing a dearth of available books

33 of grassroots Jewish music, Pasternak founded Tara Publications because he could not find a publisher or a sponsor for his work, and he recognized a need to preserve the music of our Jewish heritage which had never before been written down. Pasternak’s endless curiosity about Jewish music — especially music with which he did not grow up — guided him to publish, in many cases, the first books of rare and unusual Jewish music, now part of the repertoire of musicians around the world.

Early on he sold his music by going to conferences like CAJE, or writing to Cantors around the country. In the first 50 years he published 200 books, and later digitized them to be available online. He recorded and transcribed all genres of music: Hassidic, Israeli, Sephardic, Oriental, Choral, and Klezmer. He captured the music of Ger, Moditzer, Lubavitch, Vizhnitz, and Breslov Hassidim who trusted him with their heritage.

When he wasn’t researching and publishing music, he taught in Jewish Day Schools.

He was a modest man who lived his passion and hoped others would continue it.

Craig Taubman remembers: “Velvel Pasternak, a sweet singer of Israel, has left this earthly world, and I imagine is preparing to lead a heavenly chorus of Angels. I met Velvel in 1979 or 1980 at CAJE. I was in the presence of the king of Jewish music. He had an imposing presence, and an equally impressive display featuring Jewish cassette tapes, vinyl, and books.

He held the keys to the kingdom, and I wanted in. At first it was not easy. You had to prove your value...that only took another few years! He was tough, principled, and passionate. He loved his music and loved to share it. As the years went on it was clear that he was THE distributor and gate-keeper of Jewish music to stores, synagogues, and organizations around the country, and to other parts of the world. When the Internet came around he fought it. You didn’t sell music online, you held it in your hands. His son Mayer, had a very different idea, and he built an incredibly strong online business for his father.

My wife Louise also remembers Velvel. She met him as a young attendee of BCI, where he was the music maven. He had been recruited by a young camp director named Dennis Prager to infuse the college age participants with a love of Jewish music.

And then there was Goldie. Whenever I felt too intimidated by Velvel (which was often) she was there behind the table at every conference sharing her warm, welcoming smile, and words of encouragement.

A giant has left us, of this I have no doubt. I also sense that a great generation has departed. As the Book of Judges suggests, we are now in a generation so new and so fresh with ideas, privilege, and technology that we do not fully understand the impact and contributions of those who came before us. May Velvel's impact on our world be remembered deep and wide. May his memory and legacy of song continue to be a blessing, and may his family find comfort.”

Velvel Pasternak is survived by his wife Goldie, his children Shira, Naava, Gedalia, Mayer, and Atara, his sister Shirley Halberstam, and 22 grandchildren.

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LARRY RAPHAEL

Rabbi Larry Raphael passed away on March 17, 2019 at the age of 72.

Rabbi Raphael completed his undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz in 1967, was ordained at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati in 1974, and earned a Ph.D. in higher education and leadership from NYU in 1990 with a dissertation entitled Leadership and Excellence in Theological Seminaries.

He spent 30 years as a faculty member and dean at HUC in New York, and as director of the department of Adult Jewish Growth for the URJ. Rabbi Raphael played a vital role in the admission, education, and professional training of over a thousand Reform rabbis, cantors, and educators. He was instrumental in the founding and supervision of the soup kitchen, which has fed over 150,000 guests since its inception.

In 2003, at age 57, he become a congregational rabbi for the first time. When Rabbi Raphael first joined Sherith Israel of San Francisco, he sat down with a list of his new congregants and called each and every one of them on the telephone. Sherith Israel is a congregation whose sanctuary seats 2,000.

Rabbi Raphael was known for his work supporting interfaith families and conversion — during his time at Sherith Israel he helped 53 people who chose to embrace Judaism. In a departure from past custom, Rabbi Raphael performed Jewish weddings for interfaith couples. He also acknowledged the important role that many non-Jewish partners play in raising Jewish children and supporting Jewish continuity, initiating a tradition of honoring non-Jewish members during High Holy Day services.

After his retirement he supported smaller communities, holding study classes and leading services throughout the region, including at North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation and Santa Ynez Valley Jewish Community. He sat on the board of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, and continued to be involved at Sherith Israel.

He was also an expert in murder mysteries. His book Mystery Midrash: An Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction was published in 1999, and a follow-up, Criminal Kabbalah: An Intriguing Anthology of Jewish Mystery and Detective Fiction, came out in 2001.

His kindness, however, was never a mystery. Rabbi Neal Gold remembers: “He consummately lived the Mishnah’s urgent prodding: ‘Receive every person with a cheerful countenance.’ There’s a Torah of kindness that emanates from certain kind souls, and he was one of them.”

He is survived by his wife Terrie, and their children Matthew, Andrew, and Rachel.

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NURIT ANANI SALLEN

Remembered by Daniella HarPaz Mechnikov: Nurin Sallen passed away on June 5th, 2019, at the age of 67.

Nurit was a dedicated teacher. Not in the trite way that is just what you say about someone, but sincere dedication to enriching her students. In the synagogue schools in which she taught, every one of my fellow Education Directors talked about how we were lucky if she was on our staff. Her fellow teachers felt lucky to have her on their team. She led by example: always prepared, always a good listener to the kids and her co-teachers. Nurit was always willing to learn, to enrich herself as a teacher and as a person. She continuously incorporated what she learned in a seminar or trip to Israel into her lessons. As a person, Nurit was a combination of organized and a free spirit.

She was an amazing artist who painted beautifully. I remember seeing plays at Hillel Day School of Metro Detroit and thinking they had spent a lot of money to order backdrops for the kids' performance, only to find out that Nurit painted them. Nurit presented herself beautifully — never in a plain outfit, always with flair and creativity. I never saw her not put together, even when we bumped into each other accidentally at a shopping market.

She loved her family more than anything in the world. A relatively private person, she didn't talk much about her personal life at work, but was so proud of her children, what good people they were, of the love and bond they shared. She would talk about their spirit much more than about their achievements.

I really cared for her a great deal because she appreciated having a real connection with me and with others who were open to her. She gave good ruach to the world, and it will be missed in education, and in the world in general, even as I am sure that many of her students and her family will pass it on from person to person.

She is survived by her husband Larry, and her children Leah, David (Jennifer), and Erika.

MOTTI SHALEM

Dr. Motti Shalem died on May 12, 2019, at the age of 65.

Dr. Shalem was born in Tel Aviv on erev Rosh Hashanah in 1953. The descendent of an important Iraqi Jewish family, his mother had come to Israel by land in 1945 as part of Aliyah Bet, and his father was airlifted in 1951 along with 120,000 others in Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.

Dr. Shalem grew up in Jerusalem, and earned a BA in psychology and history, as well as a PhD in history, from Bar-Ilan University. He served for 20 years in a wide range of positions as part of the education sector of the IDF, including as Education Officer of the School for Military Personnel, head of the Information Branch, and as the commander of the Education Base. He retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

36 After completing his army service, he was in the first graduating class of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership. Beginning in 1994, he founded the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, and was its director for 13 years.

In the summer of 2016, Dr. Shalem joined the staff of the Shem-Olam Institute, where he led a project to establish its campus for the Holocaust and Jewish identity, including a museum center and an educational complex. Rabbi Avraham Krieger, head of Shem-Olam, said that Dr. Shalem was, “a learned and knowledgeable person, a central person in the circles of action, in the Education Corps, at Yad Vashem, and later with us at Shem-Olam, he led educational initiatives and contacts with countries around the world, and examined how it is possible to impart the memory of the Holocaust to large audiences and future generations.”

His 2004 book An Army Searching for Meaning, examines the ideological sources that influenced the Haganah organization and its values. Dr. Shalem also published dozens of articles dealing with topics from the values of the IDF to the teaching of the Holocaust.

In 2013 he also wrote an article criticizing the ultra-orthodox community for sending thousands of girls to disrupt the Women of the Wall services, as well as expressing disappointment in the secular community for failing to support them more. He wrote: “The moderate public in Israel is facing an important test, and it must rally around the slogan We are all Women of the Wall.”

Dr. Motti Shalem is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

ALLA TORCHINSKY

Remembered by Julie Plaut Warwick: Alla Torchinsky was born May 24, 1955 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to Yelizaveta Zolotniksky and Shia Torchinsky. Alla’s mother was director of an import clothing warehouse, very involved in the community, and highly respected for helping others.

Her father was president of a factory and served in WWII for the Soviet army. She got her love of gardening from her father, who was great with her children and also a great cook. She looked up to her brother Boris Torchinsky, and remained very close with him until his untimely death in 1998.

Alla’s childhood was a happy one filled with many adventures and friends. Summers she would spend swimming in the Black Sea, and she traveled all over Moscow, Leningrad/ St. Petersburg, and Kiev. She loved spending time with her older brother and neighborhood kids riding bicycles, dancing, reading, and going to the theater. She attended the Dnipropetrovsk Pedagogical College, where she completed a diploma with excellence focused on preschool education.

Alla immigrated with her husband, their 10-year-old son Jimmy, and mother in-law in 1989. They came as political/ethnic refugees due to rampant anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union which made their home unsafe. They followed in her brother’s footsteps to America, and their immigration journey was a long one; from Czech Republic to Austria to time living in Italy before arriving in the US in July of 1989. They made a home in

37 Brooklyn for the next few years, and she took Jewish studies courses in New York while both working and becoming a mother to Diana.

In 1992 Alla moved to Bellevue, Washington and began working at the Bellevue JCC (Now JDS) as an Early Childhood educator. She was the kindest and most compassionate individual, treating all her students and their families as her own family. Her tenure at the JCC lasted over 13 years, including work as a program supervisor. She wrote and implemented lesson plans based on age-appropriate curriculum, and vigilantly supervised all school activities. Coworkers loved her, and her willingness to be goofy, play, and be spontaneous with them. Alla saw the beauty in everyday life, and in every person and child. She encouraged their growth, talents, and passions.

Alla lived and worked in the same community, and she would often meet former families when she was out and about. She cared deeply for everyone she encountered. In the years leading up to her death she was most proud of her grandchildren, and would kvell about them at every opportunity. She loved her family, and could not wait to share the many pictures and videos she had of them. Her joy and authenticity are missed every day!

Alla died on September 10, 2018. She is survived by her children, Jimmy Torchinsky and Diana Kaplun, and her grandchildren Elizabeth, Evalina Rose, and Emilia.

JANE TRIGÈRE

Jane Trigère died on October 27, 2018, at the age of 70.

She was born in the suburbs of New York City in 1948. Her father was the founding partner of a fashion design house, and her mother became a professor of English Literature in her fifties. From these two people Jane credits her love for language and literature, and her commitment to social action. Jane Trigère was many things: a costume and set designer, an art bookbinder, a calligrapher, a cobbler, an eyeglass frame designer, a reporter and editor, a museum director, a teacher, an embroiderer, a painter, a gallerista, and most recently a published author — but always an artist. Jane believed that every object and every activity was an opportunity to express aesthetic delight. Her home was a work of art that transported guests into another world.

Before settling in South Deerfield, Jane lived in New York, Cambridge, Jerusalem, and on kibbutz Kfar Giladi in Northern Israel. She attended the French Lycée of New York, two years at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Boston University School of Fine & Applied Arts in theatre design. She finished three years of studies in architecture, but abandoned that to study leather bookbinding. This she did in Jerusalem for many years, founding the Israel Bibliophiles (an organization for the book arts) before returning to the US. Jane was the founding director of the Hatikvah Holocaust Education & Resource Center.

She noted that her background in theatre was critical to getting the job done, creating something out of nothing on a tight schedule. Jane was also a founding organizer, board member, and chair of the Building Committee of the Lander Grinspoon Academy.

38 Jane returned to study Art & Material Culture at JTS, receiving her MA in 2005. She had several museum shows in New York, and at her synagogue in Amherst. Along with her husband Ken, she founded the Jewish Historical Society of Western Massachusetts. Her contributions to the town of Deerfield were in the restoration of cemeteries. In 2014, she created the Deerfield Arts Bank Gallery to help artists get their work into group shows. Her last project was creating the ad hoc Town Common Committee to make sure that there was an official body to watch over the aesthetics and development of the historic center of town.

She is survived by her husband Ken Schoen, as well as her children and stepchildren: Shatay (Matt Curtis) and Rachel Cassia, Seth and Rebecca (Matt Cohen), and her grandchildren Emmet, Shunie, Skaya, and Leah.

EWA MANIAWSKI TUSCHMAN

Ewa Miriam Maniawski Tuschman (nee Staszko) passed away suddenly on June 6, 2019, at the age of 58.

Born into a Catholic family in Krakow, Poland, Ewa later had a Jewish awakening after going to a synagogue. She described the experience as finally coming home. A talented and passionate student, she was valedictorian of her elite high school, and got a master’s degree in linguistics. She then moved to America, and was accepted into the Yale linguistics PhD program, but passed up the opportunity and moved to Cleveland where her first husband had found employment. While raising their son, she also earned a double master’s degree in Judaic studies from Siegal College. Her son said that Judaism had found her, not the other way around.

After becoming a single mother, she continued to dedicate herself to nurturing the Jewish lives of others, and to her own Jewish education. In a biblical Hebrew class she met her second husband, photographer Richard Tuschman. Richard wrote that he loved her complexity. When they first met she told him her favorite book was the Talmud, and her favorite movie was Animal House. His entire family welcomed her and her son with open arms, and she never tired of telling him how much that meant to her.

Her passion for education, deep conversations, and helping others have the kind of awakening she had experienced, motivated her work in the Cleveland Jewish community, as director of congregational learning at Temple Beth Shalom in Sarasota FL, as principal of Dorshei Tzedek Religious School in Newton, MA, and as the senior program executive for Synergy Long Island.

She also wrote a number of articles for the Times of Israel online. In one she recalled her 2010 trip back to Krakow after 22 years in America. The crumbling metropolis she had left was newly revitalized, and Jewish life and history had become recognized as it never was in her youth. But Ewa was disturbed to discover that the square she passed by every day on her way to school had been the center of the Jewish ghetto and the deportation site to Auschwitz, and that the building where she had a pre-college internship was in

39 fact Schindler’s factory — facts that were never discussed or marked when she had lived there. She wrote: “Knowledge is power. Access to information is power. Education is power. Denying them to others is a crime.”

In the last year of her life, Ewa moved back to Krakow with her husband to care for her aging mother. They lived in an apartment very close to the center of the old Jewish ghetto, which she found deeply humbling.

Ewa is survived by her husband Richard Tuschman, her son Michael Maniawski, and her stepchildren Paul and Hannah Tuschman.

ALBERT VORSPAN

Al Vorspan passed away on February 16, 2019 at the age of 95.

Mr. Vorspan was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served in the US Navy from 1943-1946 before joining the National Jewish Community Relations Council (now Jewish Council on Public Affairs) and eventually the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the URJ) in 1953. Al served as director of the Commission of Social Action of Reform Judaism for over 40 years, during which time he helped establish the RAC. Key moments in his tenure include guiding a UAHC resolution opposing the Vietnam war (making it the first major Jewish organization to do so), his appointment as senior vice president, and the publishing of Soul Searching, a contribution to the NYTimes Magazine focused on growing tensions in the Jewish community over the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians.

When Mr. Vorspan helped organize the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in the nation’s capital, he could not have imagined that some 70 years later he’d be viewed by many as a giant of social justice. Al felt commanded by the Torah’s ethical values and love of humanity.

In 1964, Mr. Vorspan was jailed with sixteen Reform rabbis who responded to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to join the civil rights protests in St. Augustine, FL. But even in such a dire moment, Mr. Vospan used his notorious sense of humor to disarm their captors and illuminate the complexity of the situation. He rattled the bars of the cell, and yelled for the jailer. “You are violating my civil rights!” he screamed. “How?” the jailer asked. “You have me cooped up in here with a bunch of rabbis working on their sermons. This is police brutality!”

An early opponent of the Vietnam War, Al did not protest as a pacifist, but as one who believed that it was an unjust war. Senator Thomas J. Dodd rebuked Mr. Vorspan for reflecting "a vociferous minority" rather than “mainstream Jewish opinion.” His opinion was rarely popular. Though a lifelong Zionist, in 1988 he spoke out against Israeli violence in the first Palestinian intifada. In the face of furious backlash, Al quoted James Conant: “Behold the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.”

40 According to Mr. Vorspan, “The history of the Commission on Social Action and the history of the Union is that we stick our necks out when everyone else is hiding. That was true with McCarthyism; that was true in the early days of civil rights; that was true of affirmative action; and that was true with Vietnam.”

The direction of America in the months following the last election sometimes depressed Mr. Vorspan, but not for long. He wrote, “The last time I felt such despair was in 1945, when my ship was almost destroyed by a kamikaze plane in the Pacific, and I saw shipmates, dead and wounded, lying on the deck and my ship afire… Ripping babies from their mothers and separating families at the border is not the America I imagined after Hitler and Hirohito. I see democracy losing ground in America. The signs: our free press is under attack. The lie has become a weapon to shatter civility. White power nationalists have been emboldened to openly spread hatred and exclusion here and abroad… [But] I do not despair. Looking back at World War Two, we did not abandon our ship; we saved it, and we fought again until our enemies were vanquished. I am feeling better now than when I started this catharsis. Thanks for hanging with me.”

Mr. Vorspan was predeceased by his wife Shirley of 72 years. He is survived by four children, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

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NEWCAJE ACKNOWLEDGES YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS NewCAJE is sincerely grateful to all those who contributed from August 2018 to July 2019

Your faith in Jewish Education and in NewCAJE means so much.

Together, we will create a lasting support system for Jewish Educators.

PILLARS The Samis Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Portland The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Margery S. Wolf Donor Advised Fund The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Family Fund of OJCF Cherie Koller-Fox & Everett Fox BUILDERS Heidi Aycock Iris Bendahan Jerry z�l & Cindy Benjamin Cheryl Bensky Ellen Berman Mary Frank Cindi & Jared Gellert Avrum Goodblatt in memory of Jerry Benjamin Michael & Helene Kates

Ej Cohen Michal Morris Kamil Margaret Frisch Klein Norman Fassler Katz

Charles & Elinor Miller Debi Swedelson Mishael Matt Portnoy Amy Ripps Penninah Schram Cherie Karo Schwartz Iris Schwartz Paul Solyn Bayla Friedman Treiger Julie Plaut Warwick

LEADERS

Barbara Orville Alan Sandler Ahouva Steinhaus Janis Zaremba

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SUPPORTERS Sylvia Abrams Davida Adelberg Carla Adivi Ellen Allard Norman Nachum Amsel Ann Anderson James Anderson Rae Antonoff Lilach Arad Lisa Arber Jayne Architzel Julia Babka-Kurzrock Sydney Backer Carrie Barbakoff Sherry Barsky Roselyn Bell Barbara Biran Barbara Birenbaum Julie Blair Karen Bograd Eyal Bor Hana Bor Lee Brice Karrie Brown Joanie Calem Justin Jude Carroll Yafa Chase Burton Cohen Cheryl Cohen Marilyn Cohen Judy Cohen-Rosenberg Treasure & Rich Cohen Tanya Wisoker Conley Natasha Cooper-Benisty Susan Cutler

Karen Daniel Peggy H. Davis Sharon Diamondstein Ej Dotts Joe Dover Ellen Dreskin Lily Dropkin Charki Dunn Merryl Eaton HelĂŠna Eilenberg Dee Dorit Elie David Eligberg Norman Fassler-Katz Joan Florsheim Debby Kinman Ford Alissa Frankel Batsheva Frankel Melinda Freed Deborah Freedberg Richard Freund Carla Friend Deborah Fripp Naomi Gabai-Fisher Heather Gale Nancy Garfinkel Nina Gelman-Gans Mark Getten Judy Caplan Ginsburgh Sam Glaser Scott Glass Stacey Glazer Shaina Goldberg Elissa GoldbergBelle Amy Goldstein Deborah Goldstein

Seth Goldstein Dan Gordon Jeannette Gordon Sally Gordon Janie Grackin Gay Griffith Susan C. Grossman Rosalyn Grunmann Roni Handler Beth Harbison Melissa Herman Tamar Herman Joan Hersch Dara Holop Jaclyn Hoosier Dorice Horenstein Sue Horowitz Robert Houghton Esther Hugenholtz Deborah Intravaia Anita Ip Judith Kahn Sara Kaminski Cathy Kaplan Nancy Kaplan Lawrence Karol Michael Kasper Lawrence Katz Marilyn Katz Nancy Katz Michael Katz Peg Kershenbaum Caren Kirchick Larisa Klebe Sarah Klein

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SUPPORTERS (continued) Sherry Knazan Tirtza Kohan Chaye Kohl Iris Koller Leora Koller-Fox Helene Kornsgold Cecile Kowalski Keith Kowalski Lillian Kowalski Scott Kramer Lonnie Kritzler Michelle Langmead Leora Lazarus Jeanette Lazer Cynthia Lebowitz Laura Lenes Naomi Less Lesley Levin Julee Levine Dana Levitt Heather Levy Beth Liberman Bracha Lieberman Eliana Light Sandra Lilienthal Karma Fordis Lindner Juli Margolin Belita Marishak Stephanie Marshall Alicia Maxwell Barbara Miller Donna Miller Chava Mirel Lynnie Mirvis Chai Mitzvah

Bizu Riki Mullu Andi Neuwirth Max Nissen Sami Oberlander Jack Paskoff Fran Pearlman Allison Peiser Melissa Pescatore Mazal Peterson Jay Rapoport Rachel Raz Amy Ripps Jeri Robins Sarah Rohr Minerva Rosenberg Suzanne Rubens Jodi Salzman Malka Sansani Henry Schaffer Julia Schmidt Peninnah Schram Joyce Schriebman Marisa Schrier Barbara Schwartz Cherie Karo Schwartz David Schwartz Iris Schwartz Neil Schwartz Julie Schwarzwald Heather Seltzer Shawn Shafner Susan Shane-Linder Autumn Sheridan Marsha Shufrin Andrea Shupack

Joyce Siegel Alanna Sklover Jamie L Smartt Sonja Spear Carol Starin Chana Stein Rochelle Steinberg Kaya Stern-Kaufman Marc Stober Nancy Sohn Swartz Arlene Taranow Samantha Taylor Abi Taylor-Abt Ronni Ticker Vicki Tremper Miriam Van Raalte Maya Varon Julie Plaut Warwick Michael Weinberg Judith Weiner Tobie Weisman Sue Westenburger Michael Wikes Nikki Wilson Stefanie Wisselman Davida Wohl Esther Wolf Margo Wolfson Harriet Wolpoff Rachel Wood Suzanne Wycoff Marcia Yellin Emil Karl Yesse Mark Young Jan Zager

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

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We would like to dedicate this special space to the life members of CAJE. This list is from the 2004 CAJE program book, the last to list life members. If you were a life member, but are not mentioned here, write to info@newcaje.org for next year’s list.

We thank you for your generous support of Jewish Education, and hope you will continue to help us with our vision for the 21st century Ellen Abrahams Brosbe Judith Abrams Sylvia Abrams Mitchell Ackerson Michael Aichenbaum Sanford Akselrad Janice Alper Joel Alpert David Altshuler Harlene Appelman Bruce Arbit Suzanne Arnold David Arnovitz Andi Arnovitz Bob Arnow Joan Arnow Melanie Aron Bradley Artson Ofelia Averack David Backman Marvin Barish Richard Barker Dina Barze’ev-Hochbaum Eliot Baskin Michael Bass Kim Beame Ellen Beller Els Bendheim Jerry Benjamin Cheryl Bensky Mandell Berman

Alison Bermant Toni Bloomberg- Grossman Steven Bogad Ely Braun Arthur Brody Noa Bourke Thomas Buchler Richard Calvert Judy Caplan-Ginsburgh Janet Carter Rose Ann Chasman Fred Claar Deborah Clayman Melissa Cohavi Arnold Cohen Annebelle Cohen Harvey Cohen Mina Cohen Richard Cohen Robert Cohen Treasure Cohen Aviva Comet-Murciano Selena Cousin Ralph Dalin Karen Daniel Rochelle Daube Janice Davidson Sherrie Davidson Carol Delton Naomi Demuth Liz Diamond

Rick Dinitz Barry Dolin Elliot Dorff Marlynn Dorff Perry Dornstien Judith Douglass Lori Dreffin Ellen Dreyfus Jonina Duker Adrian Durlester Tamar Earnest Linda Ecker Selma Ehrenfreund Gloria Einstein Barbara Elish Dov Elkins Shulamith Elster Larry Engelhart Marlene Engelhart Ari Epstein Janice Epstein Joan Epstein Noah Epstein Sandra K. Epstein Larry Eschler Edith Everett David Fass Morley Feinstein Barbara Fellner Marsha Fensin Steven Fink Stephen Fisch

46 Judah Fish David Fishman Jacqueline Fleekop Paul Flexner Joan Florsheim Janet Forman David Freedman Cheryl Friedman Deborah Friedman Freda Friedman Randee Friedman B. Frydman-Kohl Naomi Gabai-Fisher Sandra Gander Andrew Gilbert Nancy Ginsberg Ilan Glazer Marla Goldberg Carol Goldblatt David Goldstein Zelda Goodman Roberta Goodman Ronald Graner Jonathan Greenberg Gayla Greenberg Harold Grinspoon Joel Grishaver Daniel Grossman Deena Grossman Susan Gulack Eric Gurvis Ken Hailpern Helene Harpman Edith Harris Jonathan Hausman Minna Heilpern Judith Helman Marlene Herman Joan Hersch Carolyn Starman Hessel Adah Hirschfeld Fran Hirschman David Hoffman Barbara Hoffman Margie Holzer

Peter Hronik Susan Huntting Mitchell Hurvitz Rebecca Isgur Janet Jablon Rebecca Jacoby Michael Jaffe Reuven Jaffe Cecile Jordan Ruth Jordan Robin Joseph Reuel Karpov Betsy Katz Joanna Katz Lawrence Katz Sandra Katz Stuart Kelman Jessie Ker-Whitt Temma Kingsley Linda Kirsch Barbara Klaristenfeld Stanley Kleckner Elliott Kleinman Diane Kleinman Rosalyn Koch Robert Kogod Cherie Koller-Fox Gene Korff Deborah Kornberg Cynthia Kravitz-Entin Lena Krebs Shelly Kreiger David Kishef Terry Krulwich Gillian Kulp Paul Kurland Ruth Kerlandsky Howard Kurshner Mary Jean Kurshner Richard Kushnir Candace Kwaitek Cheryl Lane Luisa Latham Yael Lazar Barbara Leff

Malcolm Leinwohl Devra Lerner Rona Lesser Fran Levey Marcia Levinsohn Neil Levy Henia Lewin Lynn Liberman Jonathan Lifschutz Marcel Lindernbaum Jillian Lisner Hannah Litowitz Bonita Malit Susan March George Marcus Michelle Marcus Phillip Marcus Ellen Masters Myrna Matsa Batsheva Meiri Michael Mellen Florence Melton Laurence Milder Goldie Milgram Milton Miller Sue Mizrahi Bonnie Morris Robert Morris Robin Morris Jo Ann Morrison Sharon Morton Gary Moskowitz Sharon Feiman-Nemser Raquel Newman Janet Novins Brian Opitz Jodi Oskin Barbara Oslick-Brown Aaron Panken Aviva Panush Stephen Parkoff Barbara Parkoff Jordan Parr Ruth Patt Amy Perlin

47 Sara Perman Iris Petroff Rachel Petroff Peter Pogany Ruth Pogany Frumeth Polasky Janet Pont Charles Posternak Daniel Pressman Michael Price Jo-Ann Price Lauren Pulver Judith Race Judith Radousky Diane Rauchwerger Ina Regosin Susan Resnick Arnold Resnicoff Susan Rifkin Amy Ripps Carnie Rose Lisa Rosenberg Michael Rosenthal Jessica Roskin Barbara Rosoff Seymour Rossel Miriam Brun Ruberg Dov Rubin Diane Samet Dena Saslaw Jeffrey Schein Alvin Schiff Kyla Epstein Schneider Peninnah Schram Cherie Karo Schwartz Patricia Schwartz James Schawrz Neil Schwartz Linda K Schottenstein

Merril Shapiro Thelma Shenkman Michael Sherman Nadine Siegman Shoshana Silberman Michael Silver Jerry Silverman Gail Simon Kurt Simon Alan Sims Ronni Sims Betty Singer Ellen Singer Bonnie Slavitt-Moore Amy Small Roger Smith Barbara Sofer Eliot Spack Tamar Spanier Mark Staitman Carol Starin Peter Stark Olivia Starman Jonathan Stein Myron Stern Marc Sternfeld Arlene Sterfeld Lisa Stone Barbara Stoner Mark Strauss-Cohn Karen Strok Joseph Sumner Sandra Suson Barbara Sussman Burton Sutker Roberta Sutker Daniel Syme Ronald Symons Neri Tischler

John Uhlmann Faye Ullmann Miriam Van Raalte Morton Wachtler Joan Wallis Sharon Wassberg David Wattenberg Christine Wattenberg Francine Weaver Sharon Wechter Barbi Weinberg Michael Weinberg Jody Weinberg Caren Weintraub Seth weiss Gisela Weisz Stephen Weitzman Henny Wenkart Jane West Walsh Elizabeth Wexford Alan Weiner Abby Weiner Shohama Weiner Sheryl Witlin Bogad Jonathan Wolf Marcia Wollner Rochelle Wynne Diana Yacobi Bebbye Zanerhaft Shoshanah Zaritt Geri Zeller Nancy Zimmerman Edward Zissman William Zoske Leonard Zucker Julie Zupan Ellen Zuskin

We thank you for your generous support of Jewish Education, and hope that you will continue to help us with our vision for the 21st century as NewCAJE.

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CONFERENCE OFFICE: Gray Conference Center

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DAILY NEWSLETTER

The NewCAJE NewsPAGE is your source for last minute changes and additions, as well as general announcements and reminders in the world of the conference.

Copies will be available every day in the dining hall and NewCAJE office. If you indicated on your registration form that you'd like it emailed to you, please check your inbox for an electronic copy!

KASHRUT AND MEAL INFORMATION

The highest standard of kashrut will be maintained at NewCAJE10 under the supervision of Oregon Kosher. Meals for both resident and commuters at the conference will begin with Sunday dinner and end with lunch on Wednesday. Sunday lunches are included with Shabbat and/or intensives. Commuters are entitled to all meals served during the main conference. Meals are served in the Commons (Building 26 on the map). Please see the daily conference schedule for meal times.

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NAME TAGS

For security reasons, please wear your name tag throughout the conference. Name tags identify you as a registered conference participant, and are required for admission to all sessions, meals and evening programs. Wearing your name tag also nurtures community and helps participants learn each other’s names. If you lose your name tag, please go see the staff in the NewCAJE office for a replacement.

WORKSHOP EVALUATIONS

Workshop evaluation forms are in the back of your book. Fill them out for each class, then rip out the page and place it in the manila envelope in your classroom. A digital version is also available using the following link: http://bit.ly/newcaje10evaluations

INTERNET/Wi-Fi ACCESS

1.) Select ReedXenia from your list of wireless networks.

2.) Open a web browser and you will be redirected to the network registration page.

3.) Click "Register as Guest" and enter a name and e-mail address or phone number.

A password will be texted or emailed to you (this process does require a cell phone).

You can then log in using your e-mail address as the username, and the numerical password e-mailed/texted to that address or phone number.

4.) You may be warned by your browser that you're being redirected; this is normal.

You'll be redirected to Reed's homepage, and you can ignore any such warning.

DAILY PRAYER SERVICES

Services (unless otherwise noted) will be in Gray Conference Center D: Shacharit: Monday: 7:15am; Tuesday & Wednesday: 7:30am Women’s shacharit minyan: Monday at 7:15am in Gray Conference Center B. (For information on the women's minyan speak to Gay Griffith and Edie Harris.)

Mincha/Ma’ariv: 7:30pm every night.

For information on general minyans speak to Neil Schwartz.

TRANSPORTATION

On-Campus Assistance: Those with a genuine need of any kind (non-recreational) please call (857) 288-8767 for a golf cart ride at any point during the conference.

Please come to the NewCAJE office to schedule golf cart shuttles to various buildings if you know which sessions you will be attending.

Off-Campus: If you are heading to Portland International Airport and have not purchased a shuttle ticket, you can still contact the NewCAJE office. The cost is $30.

Parking Passes: To avoid being towed at Reed, you must purchase a parking pass at the NewCAJE office. The cost is $30. You may park in any Reed parking lot, but we recommend either the north or west lots. Driving on campus is prohibited except for loading and unloading. Improperly parked vehicles may be towed.

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HOUSING AND ON-SITE FACILITIES REGISTRATION, KEY INFO, DEPOSITS, RAFFLE

Registration will take place in The Performing Arts Building (building 21 on the map) on Friday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from 8am-5pm. If you are arriving outside of these hours, come to the NewCAJE Conference Office, located in Room A of the Gray Conference Center (building 26 on the map). If you are arriving outside of conference hours (7:30am-10:30pm), please let us know in advance so we can have a staff member ready to check you in.

Please ensure that your doors are locked at all times. Reed College and NewCAJE are not responsible for lost or stolen items. Remember to carry your key with you at all times to gain access to the dorm building.

A $36 key deposit will be collected when you check in at registration. When you return your key, your deposit can be refunded to you, or you can leave it as a generous donation to NewCAJE for a chance to win raffle prizes! If you do not want to be entered into the raffle, please let us know. The drawing will take place after the conference.

Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $20 each. By entering the Raffle, you will not only be supporting Jewish Education, but you will also have a chance to win an Apple iPad or one of the following prizes: A CD Set from Naomi Less ($30) Baby Blanket ($50, Edith Harris) CD ($18, Ellen Allard) Hebrew Tracing Stencils Set (3 Winners) ($23, Nina Gelman-Gans) Hebrew Wizards Tool Kit ($200) Moments of The Heart Book ($13, Dorice Hornstein) New Mitzvah Stories Book ($20, Goldie Milgram) RaeAn Designs Micrography Art Print ($70) The Jewish Educator’s Companion ($36, Batsheva Frankel) “Feed Your Wolves” Game ($18, Batsheva Frankel) The $36 deposit covers only a portion of the cost of the dorm keys issued. If your key is lost, you will be billed for an additional $40 so please keep track of your keys.

All keys must be returned before leaving the conference. If you are leaving the conference early, please go to the NewCAJE office to return your key and pick up your deposit or raffle tickets. No key deposits will be returned after the conference.

CHECK OUT

Those checking out on Wednesday, July 31 need to be out of their rooms by 1pm.

Please lock all doors and windows and leave your key with NewCAJE Staff or in the key return box in your dorm lounge. Please do not leave your key in your dorm room, as it may result in a $75 lost key fee. Before checking out of your room, please strip the sheets off your bed and leave your linens and towels on your bed.

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MAINTENANCE

There are garbage cans located in every dorm room and bathroom. The bathroom is cleaned by staff and they will dispose of trash. If you would like the trash can in your dorm to be emptied, please leave it in the hallway and the maintenance team will empty it for you. For maintenance issues, please call the Summer Conference Office at 503-777-7522.

SMOKING POLICY

Smoking is not allowed in dorms, in any Reed campus facility, on any walkways or bridges, or within 10 feet of the architectural footprint of campus buildings. There are three designated smoking structures throughout campus (marked "S" on the map.)

Please respect others by smoking away from building entrances, exits, and windows.

The possession or use of marijuana on the Reed campus is not permitted. Although Oregon state law permits the use and possession of marijuana within certain restrictions for those who are 21 and over, the state law prohibits use in public spaces, specifically schools. Marijuana possession and use is illegal under federal law. Permitting its use at Reed College would violate the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.

POINTS NEARBY

Hospitals Providence Portland Medical Center 4805 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97213, 503-215-1111 ZOOM+Care Neighborhood Clinic 4415 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97206, (503) 684-8252 Museums & Exhibits Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education 724 NW Davis St, Portland, OR 97209 | 503.226.3600 For a list of available tours, visit www.ojmche.org/educate/tours Oregon Holocaust Memorial — Washington Park 97205 SW Washington Way, Portland, OR 97205 Free and Open to the Public General Stores & ATMs There is a 7-Eleven on the corner of SE Steele St. & SE 28th Ave., about a 10 minute walk from main campus. This is also a Trader Joe’s and a Walgreens Pharmacy located on SE Cesar Estrada Chavez Blvd, about one mile away from campus. Additionally, there is a Safeway, several banks, coffee shops, and other restaurants on SE Woodstock Blvd, about one mile east of the campus. The ATM is on the lower level of the Gray Campus Center, across from the bookstore.

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CERTIFICATE TRACKS TEACHER CERTIFICATE

Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

2. Make your travel plans to attend the first session on Sunday (2:00 pm) and stay through the final session on Wednesday (ending at 12:30 pm).

During the Conference: 1. Complete the requirements described in the following pages.

2. At each session you attend, have the presenter sign your signature form.

At the end of the Conference: 1. Take a photo of your completed signature form and email it to info@newcaje.org, then hand in the original to the NewCAJE office before you leave.

REQUIREMENTS: You must attend a total of 12 sessions and a teacher’s Mifgash on Monday morning.

1 workshop 1 Mifgash 6 workshops 1 workshop 1 workshop 3 workshops

Required: Be The Alpha (Abi Taylor-Abt), Monday, 8:45-10:15 Required: Any Teacher's Mifgash on Monday, 10:30-11:15 From the “elective workshop options” (next page) From the Passover workshops on Tuesday, 10:45-12:15 From the list of Inclusion/Special Needs workshops (next page) Of your choosing from the general conference

Please note that 3-hour workshops count as 2 workshops.

If you have pressing questions, call Amy Ripps (Program Chair): 919-413-2415

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Sun, 2:00-3:30 Israel – So Much to Learn and So Little Time (Ilona Shechter) Sun, 2:00-3:30 Techniques that Work for Me & My Hebrew Students (Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Talking to Kids About Why People Hate Us (Rivy Poupko Kletenik) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations (Adina Davies) Mon, 11:30-1:00 Lenses of Questioning Part 2 (Batsheva Frankel) Mon, 11:30-1:00 The Library as a Key to Innovative Lesson Plans (Patricia Givens) Mon, 11:30-1:00 Yes – My Students Have Their Cell Phones Out During Class! (Michelle Geft) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom (Lovitz, Rosenfield, Himelfarb) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Games, Stories, & Song: Moments of Meaning in Prayer (Eliana Light) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Holocaust Studies in the Supplementary School Setting (Ilona Shechter) Mon, 4:45-6:15 Story Seeds: “Storying” Your Teaching (Cherie Karo Schwartz) Mon, 4:45-6:15 What Games Did You Play, Zaide/Bubbe, When You Were Little? (Sylvia Frankel) Mon, 4:45-6:15 Leveling the Playing Field (Mollie Andron, Sonia Marie Leikam) Tues, 8:45-10:15 The G!D Gap: How to (Not) Talk About G!d (Eliana Light) Tues, 8:45-10:15 Create a Classroom so No Child Fails at Being Jewish (Marilyn Arsham) Tues, 8:45-10:15 Class is Starting, DON’T Put Your Phones Away! (Michelle Geft) Tues, 8:45-10:15 Intrinsic Motivation: The Prize is Learning (Sharon Diamondstein) Tues, 2:15-3:45 The Living Classroom: Creating a Teachable Green Space (Ramona Brand) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Spirituality in the Classroom (Batya Podos, Goldie Milgram) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Compassion in Action – Hebrew School Style (Sarah Rohr) Tues, 2:15-5:15 Immersive Education: How Experiential Learning Creates Long Lasting Impact (Kate Cykman, Aubri Doughty) NOTE: This is a 3 hour session Tues, 2:45-4:15 Tackling Tefillah: Goals, Models, & Inspiring ideas (Batsheva Frankel) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Healing from Mistakes We Have Made (Goldie Milgram) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Lesson Planning is a Lot Like Songwriting (Yakira & Aaron Yedidia) Wed, 9:00-10:30 FrankenGames: Adapting Games to Your Curriculum (Heidi Aycock) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Social Justice in Prayer (David Schwartz) Wed, 11:00-12:30 Jewish Prayer Movement and Dance (Guy Greene)

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INCLUSION/SPECIAL NEEDS WORKSHOPS (Choose 1):

Sun, 2:00-3:30 1 in 4: Inspire/Teach Students with Language Processing Challenges (Sandy Nemer) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Neurodiversity in the Torah (Abi Taylor-Abt) Mon, 11:30-1:00 Re-Moving Those Stumbling Blocks (Michal Morris Kamil) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Creating an Environment that Works for LGBTQ Kids (Mel Berwin) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Confronting Bias & Blindspots in the Classroom (Staci Rosenthal) Tues, 2:45-4:15 Creating a More Inclusive School (Mel Berwin) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Beyond LDs: Invisible Disabilities in Hebrew School (Rae Antonoff) Wed, 11:00-12:30 Working with Kids with Autism and Anxiety (Mel Berwin)

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TEACHER CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE PAGE

Full Name:____________________________________ Email:______________________________Phone #:_____________________________ REQUIRED WORKSHOPS: Abi Taylor Abt's Signature___________________________________________________ Mifgash Leader's Signature___________________________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ INCLUSION/SPECIAL NEEDS TITLE:_____ _________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PASSOVER TITLE: _______________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Take a picture of your signed form with your phone, then rip this page from the book.

Submit the complete form to the conference office and email the picture to info@newcaje.org.

DIRECTOR CERTIFICATE

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Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

2. Make your travel plans to attend the first session on Sunday (2:00 pm) and stay through the final session on Wednesday (ending at 12:30 pm).

During the Conference: 1. Complete the requirements described in the following pages.

2. At each session you attend, have the presenter sign your signature form.

At the end of the Conference: 1. Take a photo of your completed signature form and email it to info@newcaje.org, then hand in the original to the NewCAJE office before you leave.

REQUIREMENTS: You must attend a total of 12 sessions and a Director’s Mifgash on Monday morning.

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Required: Monday morning “Lenses of Questioning” (Parts 1 & 2) Required: Any Director's Mifgash on Monday, 10:30-11:15 From the “elective workshop options” below From the Passover workshops on Tuesday, 10:45-12:15 From the list of ReJewvination workshops on page 187 Of your choosing from the general conference

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Sun, 2:00-3:30 In the Name of Heaven: The Spirituality of Disagreement (Paul Solyn) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations (Adina Davies) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Neurodiversity in the Torah (Abi Taylor-Abt) Mon, 2:45-5:45 Why Parents Choose Soccer Over School: How Religious Education Lost Its Way, and the Path Back (Benjamin Gorelick) NOTE: This is a 3 hour session Mon, 2:45-4:15 The Ever Shrinking School: Big Impact with Small Numbers (Kate Cykman) Mon, 4:45-6:15 Observation, Supervision, and Evaluation of Teachers (Julie Schwarzwald) Tues, 8:45-10:15 How We Talk Matters: Leading Through Listening (Sue Bojdak) Tues, 8:45-10:15 Congrats, You’re in Charge. Now What? For New Ed Directors (Amy Ripps) Tues, 2:15-3:45 The Only One Who Really Likes Change is the Consultant (Sam Joseph) Tues, 2:45-4:15 Creating a More Inclusive School (Mel Berwin) Tues, 4:15-5:45 Troubleshooting Big Issues as a Director (Rivy Kletenik, Cherie Koller-Fox) Wed, 9:00-12:00 The Problem of Israel Education (David Starr) NOTE: This is a 3 hour session Wed, 9:00-10:30 Healing from Mistakes We Have Made (Goldie Milgram) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Beyond LDs: Invisible Disabilities in Hebrew School (Rae Antonoff) Wed, 9:00-10:30 What if? (Shoshana Gugenheim) Wed, 11:00-12:30 Fakes, Phonies, & Fabulous Educators: Working Through Imposter Syndrome (Julee Levine, Cheryl Katz) If you have pressing questions, call Amy Ripps (Program Chair): 919-413-2415

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DIRECTOR CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE PAGE

Full Name:____________________________________ Email:______________________________Phone #:_____________________________ REQUIRED WORKSHOPS: Batsheva Frankel's Signature (part 1)___________________________________________ Batsheva Frankel's Signature (part 2)___________________________________________ Mifgash Leader's Signature___________________________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ REJEWVINATION TITLE:_______________ _________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PASSOVER TITLE: _______________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Take a picture of your signed form with your phone, then rip this page from the book.

Submit the complete form to the conference office and email the picture to info@newcaje.org.

JED-TECH CERTIFICATE

Co-sponsored by Jewish Interactive and ShalomLearning

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Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

2. Make your travel plans to attend the first session on Sunday (2:00 pm) and stay through the final session on Wednesday (ending at 12:30 pm).

During the Conference: 1. Complete the requirements described in the following pages.

2. At each session you attend, have the presenter sign your signature form.

At the end of the Conference: 1. Take a photo of your completed signature form and email it to info@newcaje.org, then hand in the original to the NewCAJE office before you leave.

REQUIREMENTS: You must attend a total of 12 sessions and your choice of any Mifgash on Monday morning.

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Required: J-Steam Pedagogy (Carina Rock), Monday, 8:45-10:15 Required: Your choice of Mifgash on Monday, 10:30-11:15 From the “elective workshop options” below From the Passover workshops on Tuesday, 10:45-12:15 From the list of ReJewvination workshops on page 187 Of your choosing from the general conference

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Sun, 2:00-3:30 Meme That Parshah (Eve Posen) Sun, 4:00-5:30 ShalomLearning’s Virtual Escape Room: How an Online Game Changed Hebrew School (Heidi Lovitz and ShalomLearning Staff) Sun, 4:00-5:30 “Guess what, Mom?" ...Self-Paced Learning in Hebrew School (Rae Antonoff) Mon, 11:30-1:00 Yes – My Students Have Their Phones Out During Class! (Michelle Geft) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community (Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb) Mon, 4:45-6:15 Using Technology to Connect with Israel & Hebrew (Michelle Geft) Tues, 8:45-10:15 Class is Starting, DON’T Put Your Phones Away! (Michelle Geft) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Ji Tap Gameathon (Carina Rock, Michelle Geft) NOTE: This is a 3 hour session Wed, 9:00-10:30 Ji Genesis: Re-Creating Your Congregational School’s Approach and Rhythm (Carina Rock) If you have pressing questions, call Amy Ripps (Program Chair): 919-413-2415

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JED-TECH CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE PAGE

Full Name:____________________________________ Email:______________________________Phone #:_____________________________ REQUIRED WORKSHOPS: Carina Rock's Signature ____________________________________________________ Mifgash Leader's Signature___________________________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ REJEWVINATION TITLE:_______________ _________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PASSOVER TITLE: _______________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Take a picture of your signed form with your phone, then rip this page from the book.

Submit the complete form to the conference office and email the picture to info@newcaje.org.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE

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Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

2. Make your travel plans to attend the first session on Sunday (2:00 pm) and stay through the final session on Wednesday (ending at 12:30 pm).

During the Conference: 1. Complete the requirements described in the following pages.

2. At each session you attend, have the presenter sign your signature form.

At the end of the Conference: 1. Take a photo of your completed signature form and email it to info@newcaje.org, then hand in the original to the NewCAJE office before you leave.

REQUIREMENTS: You must attend a total of 12 sessions & an ECE Mifgash on Monday morning.

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ELECTIVE WORKSHOP OPTIONS (Choose at least 6): Please note that 3-hour workshops count as 2 workshops.

Sun, 2:00-3:30 Storytelling in the ECE Classroom (Leora Lazarus) Sun, 2:00-3:30 Embracing Jewish Curriculum in a Reggio Environment (Sharona Hassan) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Let's Kid Around About Yoga (Beth Rabinowitz) Sun, 4:00-5:30 Love in Action: Family Volunteer Experiences w/ Toddlers (Carla Friend) Mon, 11:30-1:00 To Walk in His Ways: Jewish Attachment Based Education (Esther Amster) Mon, 11:30-1:00 Israel Everyday (Andrea Shapiro) Mon, 2:45-4:15 Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Say it! (Ellen Allard) Mon, 2:45-5:45 Stonework Play: Inspiring Creativity and Storytelling Through Nature and the Jewish Lens (Paula Hoffman) Note: This is a 3-hour session Mon, 4:45-6:15 Connecting Holidays to a Young Child's Life (Goldstein, Koller-Fox) Tues, 8:45-10:15 The Magic of Tot Shabbat (Ellen Allard) Tues, 10:45-12:15 Bringing Passover to the 21st Century (Paula Hoffman) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Use Your Words: Identifying Emotional Growth (Deborah Goldstein) Tues, 2:15-3:45 Turn It On, Beam It Out (Justin Jude Carroll) Tues, 4:15-5:45 Parasha Power: Making Torah Learning the Highlight (Sharona Hassan) Tues, 4:15-5:45 Best Practices for Tot Shabbat & Young Family Services (Goldie Milgram) Wed, 9:00-10:30 Sing! Sing! Sing! (Ellen Allard) Wed, 11:00-12:30 Songs, Stories, & Props: Engaging Families (Carla Friend) If you have pressing questions, call Amy Ripps (Program Chair): 919-413-2415

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ECE CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE PAGE

Full Name:____________________________________ Email:______________________________Phone #:_____________________________ REQUIRED WORKSHOPS: Deborah Goldstein's Signature _______________________________________________ Mifgash Leader's Signature___________________________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ REJEWVINATION TITLE:_______________ _________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PASSOVER TITLE: _______________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Session Title (or # from list)___________________________________________________ Instructor Signature______________________________________________________ Take a picture of your signed form with your phone, then rip this page from the book.

Submit the complete form to the conference office and email the picture to info@newcaje.org.

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INTENSIVES: SUNDAY, JULY 28th, 9:00AM-2:00PM

Bringing Jewish History to Life Through Documents Natan Meir Performing Arts Building 332 Discover an array of primary sources to deploy in the classroom that will spark students’ interest in Jewish history, and awaken them to the dynamism and creativity of past Jewish societies, as well as the difficult choices members of those communities faced.

We will delve deeply into four documents, two from the Middle Ages and two from the modern period, as we seek to uncover the beliefs, norms, and worldviews of ordinary and not-so-ordinary Jews through history.

Exploring the Outdoor Classroom Through the Jewish Lens Paula Hoffman Performing Arts Building 104 Early childhood educators will have the opportunity to explore the many facets of the Jewish Outdoor Classroom as we discuss the many challenges that exist (teacher buy-in, current environment, lack of funds, etc.) and how to overcome them. What makes your outdoor space a Jewish environment? How do we celebrate Jewish life, the holidays, values, and Israel outdoors throughout the year regardless of the weather?

How does the outdoor environment encourage children to wonder, ask questions, and investigate their world? Active learning outdoors and in nature promotes real world learning, problem-solving, independence, and self-reliance that cultivates self-esteem and positive attitudes towards learning as well as significant intellectual, physical, emotional, and spiritual development.

What You Need to Know About Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities Tzvi Fischer Performing Arts Building 131 Learn effective practices for teaching children with dyslexia using the latest research.

Based on the Orton–Gillingham method and methods endorsed by the International Dyslexia Association, this workshop will offer insights, examples, hands-on activities and practical strategies of how to include the dyslexic child in classroom instruction.

Houseless in Portlandia: Texts, Tours, and Tachlis?

Adinah Miller, Tivnu Performing Arts Building 130 A comprehensive overview of homeslessness in Portland. The day will start with some Jewish texts and framing at Reed, followed by an off-site visit to Dignity Village, a membership-based community in NE Portland, providing shelter off the streets for 60 people each night since 2001. After returning to Reed, we will learn from the folks at Outside the Frame, who aim to change the way homeless and marginalized youth see, and are seen, through film. We'll wrap up by reflecting on the day and bringing home what we learned!

Walk Softly and Carry a Jewish Schtick: Jewish Nature Awareness in Action Josh Lake Off-Site Learn how to make the most of your time outdoors with your students. From playing games to using Jewish texts, we explore how to create fun and memorable Jewish programming utilizing wilderness/midbar. A nature walk becomes a discovery of our Jewish roots and an appreciation of the world around us. An exploration of our environment utilizing radical amazement, Jewish texts, and the Shema will make you proud of our ancestors for being so nature savvy. This is a moderate hike on an unpaved trail. Bring appropriate footwear for a hike. Please bring a backpack/bag and a full 1-liter water bottle along with a snack.

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NEWCAJE10 SPECIAL PROGRAMS

NEWCAJE10 MIFGASHIM (Monday, 10:30-11:15am)

You’re invited to a networking event to meet others in similar professional roles.

These sessions (Mifgashim) are a great way to make a large conference feel more intimate.

Choose from the list below; special refreshments will be served!

Directors with Abi Taylor-Abt, Julie Schwarzwald, Melissa Pescatore-----Student Union Early Childhood Educators with Leah Conley, Ellen Allard--------------Vollum Lounge Entrepreneurs/Non-Profit/Exhibitors with Rachel Nelson------Kaul Auditorium Lobby Special Needs/Inclusion Specialists with Mel Berwin-------------Gray Campus Center D Day Schools with Rivy Poupko Kletenik---------------------------Gray Campus Center B Artists/Musicians with Andrea Shupack--------------------------Winch Meeting Room Teen Educators with Amy Ripps----------------------------Performing Arts Building 131 Youth Programming with Julee Levine----------------------Performing Arts Building 332 Lay Leaders with Cherie Koller-Fox--------------------------Performing Arts Building 130 Young Professionals with Sylvia Bloom------------------------------------------Vollum 110 Clergy/Rabbi/Adult Educators with Eve Posen---------------------------------Vollum 116 Grades 4-6 (1 of 2) with Cathy Kaplan------------------------------------------Vollum 118 Grades 4-6 (2 of 2) with Vicki Tremper------------------------------------------Vollum 120 Grades 7-8 (1 of 2) with Batsheva Frankel---------------------------------------Vollum 126 Grades 7-8 (2 of 2) with Deborah Fripp------------------------------------------Vollum 134 Grades K-3 (1 of 2) with Sarah Rohr---------------------------------------------Vollum 228 Grades K-3 (2 of 2) with Suzanne Rubens---------------------------------------Vollum 234

SHALOMLEARNING PROGRAM

ShalomLearning is a growing Jewish educational nonprofit organization. We provide comprehensive curricula, teacher training, and support to K-7 Jewish educators, students, and their families by collaborating with leaders in the community.

While ShalomLearning sessions at NewCAJE will use some of our materials as examples, they'll provide opportunities for educators to explore new tools and ideas (such as incorporating educational technology resources and/or our Jewish values curriculum) that can be used in any setting. For information, write to info@shalomlearning.org.

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LEADERSHIP FOR EMERGING EDUCATORS PROGRAM

The Leadership for Emerging Educators Program (LEEP) is a two-year fellowship for professionals at the beginning of their Jewish education journeys. Through mentoring, development, and collaboration, LEEPers create a strong community of practice that will last a lifetime. If you know an emerging educator, are one yourself, or just want to learn more, find Eliana Light, or ask a LEEPer! FRIDAY, JULY 26 5:30 PM Welcome Program (Winch Meeting Room) 9:30 PM Gathering (Winch Meeting Room) SATURDAY, JULY 27 4:30-5:30 PM Gathering (Winch Meeting Room) SUNDAY, JULY 28 8:30AM T’fillah (Winch Meeting Room) LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS: ALL ARE WELCOME! Sunday @ 10:45PM: Arts and Crafts (Winch Meeting Room) Get playful with art materials and unwind after our first conference day.

Monday @ 10:30PM: Arts and Snacks (Winch Meeting Room) Make art out of your snacks! Think graham sukkahs, pretzel Torahs, etc.

Bring your imagination, and a friend.

Tuesday @ 10:30PM: Games and Snacks (Winch Meeting Room) Come play our games and bring your own.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM

We're excited to welcome so many young professionals (36 years old and younger) to NewCAJE! Please join us for the following workshops to meet fellow YPs! Note: These sessions are mandatory for all those who signed up at the Young Professional discount, but all YPs are welcome to join!

MONDAY, JULY 29 8:45-10:15AM Tips and Tricks for Young Professional Educators (Sarah Klein) 8:45-10:15AM Young Professional Mifgash SUNDAY, MONDAY, & TUESDAY: LATE NIGHT Stop by the LEEP lounge (Winch Meeting Room) each night after 10:30pm to hang out and relax. There will be arts, crafts, games, and snacks!

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10:00am-5:00pm Registration-----Performing Arts Building Lobby 12:30-2:00pm Lunch----------------------------------------Commons KABBALAT SHABBAT 3:00-4:00pm Singing Circle-------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D Come prepare for Shabbat with Jeri Robins and Eliana Light by learning the melodies we will be singing at Friday night services.

4:00-5:00pm Welcome & Text Study-------------------Student Union

Join Barbara Birenbaum and Rivy Poupko Kletenik to set kavannot (intentions) for Shabbat with text study & collaborative art projects.

5:15-6:00pm Family Tot Shabbat------Performing Arts Building 131

Jumpin’ Jammin’ Joyful Shabbat!

A fun, interactive Family Shabbat experience with Early Childhood experts Ellen Allard and Carla Friend. Welcome the Sabbath queen with songs, stories, dancing, bubbles, and more.

5:30-6:00pm LEEP Gathering------------------Winch Meeting Room 6:00pm Mincha---------------------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D Rivy Poupko Kletenik: Opening Blessing

6:15pm Friday Night Services

Kabbalat Shabbat -----------------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D (Egalitarian, with instruments) Ellen Allard, Laura Berkson, Melanie Blatt, Josh Cohen, Carla Firend, Cathy Kaplan, Ben Kintisch, Eliana Light, Jeri Robins, Jen Rolnick, Andrea Shupack, Jessica Woolf

Traditional Services----------------------------Winch Meeting Room Batsheva Frankel

8:00-9:30pm Shabbat Dinner & Z’mirot (songs)------------Student Union 9:30-11:00pm Shabbat Schmooze ----------------------Student Union 9:30pm LEEP Gathering------------------------Winch Meeting Room

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8:00–9:30am Breakfast-------------------------------------Student Union SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES & STUDY OPTIONS 9:00-10:30am

Traditional Shacharit----------------------------------------Student Union

With Jen Rolnick An egalitarian, non-instrumental Shacharit service. This service begins with Pesukei D'Zimra, and will end in time to join the Torah service or Torah study.

Contemplative Shacharit-------------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D

With Andrea Shupack (Includes guitar and drums) This all-music service will include chant, niggunim, and beautiful traditional and contemplative melodies to help us enter a space of reflection and heartfelt prayer. Using a special siddur, we will flow from one prayer to the next without interruption, as the melodies become our meditation. Come feel the power of prayer and connection to the Divine as we lift up our spirits together in song.

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Torah Service--------------------------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D With Iris Eshel Bendahan

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Parshat Pinchas Torahgami Text Study-----------Winch Meeting Room

With Batsheva Frankel In this Parsha, we find three very different, but equally valid, leadership models.

Explore each through the unique, engaging method of Torahgami Text Study.

What do our sages say about each model? How does God respond to each leader?

Which model do we find most compelling? Which do we need most now?

12:30-2:00pm Shabbat Lunch------------------------------Student Union 2:00-3:00pm

Niggunim & Namaste----------------------------------------Student Union

With Jen Rolnick Experience a fusion of meditation, movement and chant based on Jewish texts.

Yoga clothes and mats are encouraged but not required.

Unpacking Jumpin’ Jammin’ Joyful Shabbat---------Performing Arts 131

Join Ellen Allard and Carla Friend as they discuss their process and the pedagogy employed in creating their interactive Family Shabbat experience. This workshop is for adults only, as it will be primarily discussion-based. Questions welcome!

SHABBAT AFTERNOON WORKSHOP OPTIONS 3:15-4:15pm

Stories that Sing to Our Souls-------------Performing Arts Building 332

Join Cherie Karo Schwartz for Shabbat afternoon story-sharing, a long-anddearly-held CAJE/NewCAJE tradition. We welcome storytellers, people who have never yet told a story, and many appreciative story listeners, too. Come to listen, or to offer a Shabbat story, folktale, sacred story, personal story, or original story of 1-4 minutes to share with others in this informal gathering. One story leads to another, as our stories help nourish, guide, and open us to even more stories. If you wish, we will help you frame and evolve your story so that some of the tales shared can be part of the after-dinner/before-havdalah special program.

Is it Real or is it Midrash?-----------------Performing Arts Building 131

Midrash is a genre of story that expands on the Tanakh. A midrash can fill in a gap, respond to an obvious or not-so-obvious question, take a hint and run with it, teach an additional spiritual lesson, or change the way we understand and apply what might otherwise appear to be a simple statement. Some midrashim have become so well-known that we may not even realize they are elaborations — we accept them as if they were stated explicitly in the text. Join Paul Solyn to examine midrashim and ask how they change our understanding of the stories that are their starting points.

Jewish Philosophy Games---------------------------Winch Meeting Room

How does good and evil work in this world? How do our morals affect our choices?

What's the meaning of life? Let's play games to find out! Enjoy the Jewish philosophy games Feed Your Wolves, CHiP-In, and more from educator and game creator Batsheva Frankel.

Yizkor: Making Meaning Out of Memory---Performing Arts Building 104

Why are we asking God to remember our parents and lost loved ones?

Why are we pledging Tzedaka? Who created this practice? Join Rivy Poupko Kletenik to explore the history and thought around this Ashkenazic practice.

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Spark a Story--------------------------------Performing Arts Building 131

Come learn a simple yet far-reaching method of inquiry that leads students organically toward self-driven discovery. Barbara Birenbaum will cover topics including Tisha b'Av, the Three Weeks and Parshat HaShavuah — Pinchas.

Zealotry: Is That What God Wants?-----Performing Arts Building 332

Both the Torah and Haftorah today featured some of the bloodiest acts recorded in the Bible. Both were done in the name of fanatical devotion to God, but what was Gods reaction to these extreme events? What do the commentaries say and what do you think? Join a rabbi (Cherie Koller-Fox) and a scholar (Everett Fox) as they discuss their distinct approaches to these texts.

Founding Fathers: What Trump & Bibi & Rashida & Bernie Need to Learn from Pirkei Avot ---------------Performing Arts Building 104

On Shabbat afternoons in the Spring and Summer, we customarily study a chapter of Tractate Avot, the great treasure trove of Jewish moral values and perspective. On this Shabbat, we will learn Mishnayot from Chapter One, and a few others, which address such timeless issues as silence, reverence, judgmentalism, self-interest, loving all human beings, need for and fear of government, talk vs. action, ambition, greed, and peace. Come study with Jonathan Wolf to find out just how much Pirkei Avot has to teach our current political leaders!

LEEP Gathering--------------------------------------Winch Meeting Room

5:45-6:30pm Shabbat Mincha------------Gray Campus Center B/C/D With Barbara Biran

6:30-8:00pm Dinner ----------------------------------------------Student Union

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Stories that Sing to Our Souls: Tales to Sustain us as Shabbat Wanes-------------------Student Union

With Cherie Karo Schwartz Gathering in the last of the Shabbat light and joy, come hear and share stories from people steeped in story, and some telling tales for the first time. Some of these Tellers have had their stories evolved by more experienced Storytellers earlier at our traditional Story Swap. We are indeed The People of the Story, and we invite you to experience the magic of Story.

MOTZEI SHABBAT 9:00-9:30pm

Havdalah: Taking Leave of Shabbat in the Modern Mishkan------------------------------Student Union/Quad Join the local artists of ORA and immerse yourself in an artistic interpretation of our ancient holy space.

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Motzei Shabbat Schmooze-------------------------------Student Union LEEP Gathering--------------------------------------Winch Meeting Room

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SHABBAT LEADERS & SCHOLARS

Ellen Allard is a multi-award winning recording artist, performer, and educator.

She writes music for kids and parents, performing at schools, temples, and summer camps all over the world. Ellen has a BA in Music, and a Master's degree in Education. She is certified to teach Yoga Yeladim and Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach.

Iris Bendahan is the Founder and Executive Director of CHAIM, an interactive, traveling Holocaust Exhibit. She's received the Morris Weiss Award for Holocaust education. Iris also tutors B’nai mitzvah students and works as the admin and clergy assistant at Temple Emanu-El of San Jose.

Laura Berkson is the Cantorial Soloist at Temple B’nai Israel in Clearwater, FL. Laura utilizes music as a gateway to spirituality, and to connect with her audiences. She plays guitar, piano, banjo, and a variety of percussion instruments, and is a nationally recognized Jewish songwriter.

Barbara Biran is the Director of Lifecycle Events and Synagogue Ritual at Congregation Beth David in Saratoga, CA. She also serves as the interim Director of Operations. Barbara tutors all of Congregation Beth David's B’nei Mitzvah students, teaches in the Religious School, and handles all Ritual needs not requiring clergy.

Barbara Birenbaum is an experienced educator with an MA in Jewish Education.

Re-wired from public school teaching into a mom, congregational Jewish studies teacher, lay leader, school sub, and academic tutor, she is an Israeli Folk Dance specialist. She loves bringing fun and fitness to folks of all ages and abilities.

Melanie Blatt, ordained by Hebrew College, serves as Cantor Educator and Director of Community Engagement at Beth El Congregation in Baltimore, MD. Melanie has performed all over the country, including for President Obama at the White House.

She also has a background in dance, movement, meditation, and personal training.

Joshua Cohen is the full-time Music Educator at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, MA, and has spent a decade song leading for youth groups and performing his original music. His full-length album of Jewish music, Romemu, exemplifies his passion for Jewish music and Ruach that he can’t wait to share with others.

Everett Fox is Allen M. Glick Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Clark University, and the translator of The Five Book of Moses and The Early Prophets. He is a veteran of nearly every CAJE conference since 1976, and is currently working on a translation and commentary of the Haftarot.

Batsheva Frankel, author of The Jewish Educator’s Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational Ideas, is a veteran Judaic and general studies teacher. Director of New Lens Educational Consultants and The Arete Institute, she developed the award-winning LaunchBox, and also hosts and produces the podcast Overthrowing Education.

Carla Friend is Founder/Executive Director of Tkiya, an organization using participatory music to reinvigorate diverse Jewish communities. Carla received the Young Pioneers Award from Jewish Education Project, is in UpStart Venture Accelerator’s Cohort11, and was named one of the 36 Under 36 by the Jewish Week.

Cathy Kaplan is the School Administrator at the Kramer Religious School at Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC. She teaches 4th grade text study, 6th grade tefillah, and tutors b’nai mitzvah. Cathy also manages Social Media and the website for the congregation, and volunteers as a mikveh guide and Torah Reading Coordinator.

Ben Kintisch works in Columbia, MD, as Cantor of Columbia Jewish Congregation.

He has taught music in Jewish and secular settings for over 15 years. He holds teaching certification from New York State in music and Special Education. Ben loves teaching students of all ages using humor, music, and positive energy.

Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Covenant Award Winner, is starting her 14th year as Head of School of Seattle Hebrew Academy. Rivy has published in the JOFA Journal, Lilith, New York Jewish Week, and Tablet. She travels as a scholar-in-residence, a Limmud presenter, and a teacher in the Mussar Institute’s Kallahs.

Cherie Koller-Fox is a founder of CAJE and NewCAJE. She is rabbi emerita at Congregation Eitz Chayim in Cambridge, MA, where she honed the principles of family education, and was also the Interim President of the AJR-NY. Currently she serves as the NewCAJE Board President.

Eliana Light is the author of Hebrew in Harmony, a curriculum that teaches prayer and Hebrew through music. She is founder and director of the G!D Project, an educational initiative focused on meaningful conversations about G!D. Eliana received her Masters in Jewish Experiential Education from the Davidson School at JTS. Jeri Robins is the Cantor at Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA and Director of BJEP (the Boston-area Jewish Education Program). A graduate of Hebrew College with Cantorial ordination and a Master’s in Jewish Education, she also earned an MBA at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Jen Rolnick, Cantor at Beth Israel Congregation in Owings Mills, studied music at the University of Miami. Jen completed her YogaFit training and NASM personal training certification, and taught at the Columbia University fitness center while at the JTS. In New York and Israel, she explored Jewish meditation and chant.

Cherie Karo Schwartz — Storyteller, Author, Educator for 45 years — has taught at CAJE and NewCAJE for 36 years, was co-founding coordinator of CAJE’s Jewish Storytelling Network, and has written 3 Jewish books, co-created CAJE’s Omanim b’Yachad, and teaches Torah Study and Story.

Andrea Shupack studied Maggidut through Rabbi David and Devorah Zaslow's training program, and through the JSE Maggid-Educator program. She is a Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Beth Israel in Bellingham, WA, and is studying in the Kol-Bo Cantor & Rabbi program at the AJR in New York.

Maggid-Educator Paul Solyn is the Executive Director of the Jewish Center & Federation of the Twin Tiers in Elmira, NY. He has an M.J.Ed degree and family-educator certificate from Hebrew College, Boston.

Jonathan Wolf is executive director of YASHAR: Institute for Jewish Activism. He served as Jewish liaison to Cesar Chavez, the United Farmworkers, Social Policy Director of the Synagogue Council, and as national chair of Orthodox Jews for Obama.

He is a founder or leader of countless Jewish and socially-forward organizations.

Jessica Woolf grew up in a small town in Oregon and made her way to the Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied oboe and musicology and became involved in the Oberlin Hillel. She’s currently enrolled at the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College and works as an assistant teacher at Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, MA.

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"It is time for Jewish educators to unite and claim their rightful role as the central resource of the Jewish community. Our work poses numerous challenges and offers unlimited possibilities for creativity; and yet the field of Jewish education has a long way to go to take its rightful place of status and honor in the community.�

- Jerry Benjamin z"l

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8:00-9:30AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 8:00AM-5:00PM------------------------------Registration 9:00AM-2:00PM--------------------------------Intensives 11:00-11:45AM & 12:00-12:45PM-----------------Orientation 12:00-5:30PM------------------------------------Exhibitor Area 1:00-2:00PM--------------------------------------------Lunch 2:00-3:30PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 1 3:30-4:00PM------------------------------------------Break 4:00-5:30PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 2 5:45-6:45PM------------------------------Opening Ceremonies 6:45-7:45PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM------------------------------------------Mincha/Ma’ariv 8:00-10:45PM--------------------------------Evening Programs 11:00PM-----------------------------------Late Night Programs

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11:00-11:45AM ORIENTATION FOR FIRST TIME PARTICIPANTS

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Come at 11am or noon and bring your program books! NewCAJE President Cherie Koller-Fox and Program Chair Amy Ripps will help you figure out how to get the most out of the conference, how to read the program book, how to meet people, and answer whatever questions you might have. Learn from NewCAJE veterans, and connect with other first-timers!

12:00-12:45PM ORIENTATION FOR FIRST TIME PARTICIPANTS

Gray Campus Center D

Come at 11am or noon and bring your program books! NewCAJE President Cherie Koller-Fox and Program Chair Amy Ripps will help you figure out how to get the most out of the conference, how to read the program book, how to meet people, and answer whatever questions you might have. Learn from NewCAJE veterans, and connect with other first-timers!

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS ORIENTATION

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Come at noon and bring your program books! Members of our Program committee will be there to answer all of your certificate program questions and guide you through session selection.

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In the Name of Heaven: the Spirituality of Disagreement Paul Solyn Eliot 216 Why does Judaism consider some kinds of disagreement inherently spiritual, and how can we make the process of either reaching agreement or agreeing to disagree more spiritual? We will begin with an introduction to the Pardes Institute’s 9 Adar/ Machloket L’shem Shamayim (Disagreement in the Name of Heaven) curriculum and the experience of teaching it. Then we’ll explore spiritual approaches to dispute resolution and conflict reduction, and ways to make even unresolved conflict spiritually fulfilling. You’ll gain a new appreciation for conflict in this age of constant conflict, and receive examples of meditations and prayers to use in your own settings.

Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman Performing Arts Building 131 ShalomLearning’s goal is to make the role of the educator and education director easier by providing ready-made lesson plans, training, and support. Come find out how ShalomLearning can help your religious school programming with a values-based curriculum and Hebrew programs. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

A Word of Torah, a Piece of Art Diane Fredgant, Eddy Shuldman Eliot 123 Come learn how to unpack Jewish texts with your students through art. Based on the journey of 4 artists, we show you specific art techniques and ways to adapt lessons for your students. You will explore a verse of Torah or Tefilah using a process that will give your students a personal connection to Torah while developing a greater sense of self in the process. Each participant will create a keepsake piece of art to take home, no artistic talent or background is needed. A sample lesson plan will also be provided. For all teachers pre-k through 12.

Embracing a Jewish Curriculum in a Reggio Emilia Environment Sharona Hassan Eliot 126 How can the value of a child-focused, emergent curriculum be upheld while following the set curriculum of the Jewish year? This presentation will explore the inherent tension between these pedagogical views and discuss practical ways to uphold both, simultaneously.

Wisdom from Reb Zalman Goldie Milgram Performing Arts Building 332 Come hear selections from this volume of newly published stories that will be told by those at the conference who contributed them — colleagues and students of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. Dip into and discuss how to adapt these examples of his genius at outreach, engagement, and making Judaism enjoyable and relevant to every kind of student and seeker!

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Israel — So Much to Learn and So Little Time Ilona Shechter Vollum 118 Where do we begin teaching about Israel — from the Bible? From the Dreyfus trial and the Zionist movement? How do you decide? Israel is a complex and nuanced subject, but a necessary one. This workshop will offer lessons suitable for the Middle School student — including games, art, and writing.

1 in 4: How to Inspire/Teach Students with Language Processing Challenges Sandra Nemer Vollum 116 How can we effectively teach students with Learning Differences? 1 in 4 students has an LD, from Dyslexia to Auditory Processing to ADD challenges. This workshop provides the meaning of what these differences are and what they look like. There will be a simulation to show just how these look from the student’s perception, tips on how to teach towards different learners, and an in-depth look at how to apply the OG (Orton-Gillingham) Methodology in the classroom. We will also address tips on how to modify certain lesson plans. Understanding how to teach these amazing, creative minds not only makes teaching fun it also makes learning meaningful!

Why Eve? Benjamin Gorelick Vollum 234 Much ink has been spilled over questions about Eve: Why did she eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge? Why did the serpent select Eve for this task instead of Adam?

Did Eve introduce sin into the world? Was she evil herself? What might life look like if Eve had never eaten? Did she make the right choice? In this program we will explore a slightly different question: In creating Eve, what gift was God giving humankind? Why Eve at all?

Kol Netivoteha: Why We Need Jewish Pluralism More Than Ever Jonathan Wolf Eliot 103 CAJE and NewCAJE have been among the most successful and important sites for Jews of all outlooks to gather and learn together. But real pluralism in the Jewish community is under unprecedented attack. The recently-elected Knesset collapsed due to antagonism between ultra secular and ultra Orthodox Jews. Students battle over access to Hillels; the supposedly representative Presidents’ Conference excludes organizations because of their views. We will study authentically pluralistic rabbinical writings, from Rav Kuk to Eliezer Berkovits to Saul Berman, we’ll analyze historical models (even the Warsaw Ghetto uprising didn’t include all groups!), and we’ll examine successful models of interdenominational communal alliances for Torah study and social activism.

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Lesson Planning for Classrooms and Assemblies Melissa Herman Vollum 120 Lesson planning for classrooms and assemblies can be challenging for new teachers and education directors. Come learn tips, tricks, songs, games, stories, lesson planning templates, and other materials to help get your teaching off to a great start.

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Let’s Sing (About Jewish Things!) Songs About Ritual Objects Eliana Light Winch Meeting Room Tallit and kippah, yad, feather, candle, and spoon... Jewish life is filled with “things,” ritual objects that help us celebrate, commemorate, and connect. Come learn new, interactive, content-rich songs that introduce the idea of ritual, and particular ritual objects, to students from 6-10 years old. You will leave with chords, lyrics, program ideas, and tunes you won’t be able to get out of your head!

Storytelling in the ECE classroom Leora Lazarus Vollum 134 Learn effective and exciting storytelling techniques for a preschool audience. These techniques can be incorporated into lesson plans for both a Judaic and secular curriculum. Explore how to build a lesson plan from a story and weave in art, language arts, math, science, and music. The workshop will model lessons on Havdalah and Simchat Torah with hands on activities. You will also be able to apply these strategies for other holidays and topics. Go home with crafts and project ideas. I will provide access to PDFs of the books discussed, as well as access to the digital presentation.

Techniques that Work for Me and My Hebrew Students: Yours to Adopt/Adapt Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki Vollum 228 Are you fairly new at teaching people to read Hebrew? Challenged by trying to “cover”’ everything you’re supposed to teach to students who may have erratic attendance? Discover ways to incorporate Jewish holidays, prayers, and culture into the Religious/Hebrew School curriculum. Get helpful hints for teaching Hebrew reading to beginners of all ages. Topics (with handouts!) include: Special rules of pronunciation; color-coding and other methods of helping pupils recognize letters, vowel formations, and Torah trope; techniques to facilitate learning prayers and Torah portions; and creating a Jewish-themed learning space.

God’s Plan: Finding the Judaism in the Billboard Top 40 Seth Golob Vollum 110 What do Uptown Funk, A Whole New World and Lean on Me have in common?

They are all Jewish songs. We examine what makes something “Jewish” and how the box is larger than we might think. Through an NCAA-style bracket, we look at Jewish songs, their meaning from the words, setting, singer, and music video.

Explore how we make talking about theology digestible for today’s students.

Meme that Parshah Eve Posen, Duncan Gilman Vollum 126 Come explore tried and true techniques for making Jewish texts accessible through videos and images. You will have the chance to create content to bring home and replicate throughout the year in your own communities. We’ll take a hands-on approach to resources and techniques to reach the masses. This is a collaboration between experiential educator Rabbi Eve Posen, and PJ Library’s Digital media associate Duncan Gilman.

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Talking to Kids About Why People Hate Us Rivy Poupko Kletenik Vollum 126 What a painful question that we teachers need to be prepared to answer. How do we help students grapple with antisemitism? Tragically, relevant and still percolating.

Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations Adina Davies Vollum 120 Do you find the only time parents can talk is when they are in a rush to drop-off or pick-up their child(ren) at religious school? Come talk about how to engage parents on a deeper level, how to build community among parents, and how to have a better one-on-one conversation. This session is intended for those working with parents/ adults raising children from birth through high school.

Let’s Kid Around About Yoga: This Isn’t Your Mommy’s Yoga Class Beth Rabinowitz Winch Meeting Room Do our youngest kids need yoga? Discover the answers while exploring mindfulness and yoga. We will review the benefits and research of mindfulness, breath, and gentle movement for our youngest children. You will leave with a jam-packed packet of ideas using music, crafts, stories, and movement which can be useful with specific children, daily routines, and programming. We will create a variety of make-andtake projects using inexpensive everyday items, and you will bring home activities that can be extended to family programming, Tot Shabbat, parent’s night out, and staff meetings. Join in meditations and a few yoga postures, and come prepared to enjoy this shared experience. Background in yoga or mindfulness is not necessary.

Do Jews Believe in Miracles?

Mel Berwin Vollum 110 Take time out of skill-building and resource-gathering for pure study, conversation, and inspiration from Mel’s popular weekly Torah study classes. Texts in Hebrew and English from traditional and contemporary sources — all are welcome, no matter your level of experience with Torah study.

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ShalomLearning’s Virtual Escape Room: How an Online Game Changed Hebrew School Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman Performing Arts Building 131 Adding elements of gameplay in the classroom increases engagement. Throw in opportunities for students to level up, uncover clues, and solve a mystery using teamwork in a friendly competition, and watch their motivation skyrocket. This is more than just a game. Students explore virtual museums and educational websites to find clues, and in the process they learn too! Experience the game and find out how your classes can compete in the next round to win the grand prize. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

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Love in Action: Family Volunteering Experiences w/ Toddlers Carla Friend Vollum 118 Yes, you CAN organize successful volunteering experiences with young children!

Learn what has worked for Love in Action, a series of programs created in partnership with Romemu, Tkiya, and PJ Library in New York for families with children ages 0-8. You’ll see examples of successful projects, best practices for attracting new families, program structure, and concrete steps you can take to get your program off the ground. You’ll also learn how songs, stories, and props can help to teach empathy, Jewish values, and reinforce the concepts you hope your participants will take away.

Back to the Garden: The Ecological Language of Genesis 1 Ellen Bernstein Eliot 123 Many people don’t take Genesis 1 very seriously, but our creation story has many hidden truths about the natural world. This text is a wonderful way to introduce people of all ages and backgrounds to Torah. Studying it yields ecological wisdom that’s particularly provocative and meaningful to young people today. You’ll leave with an understanding of the ecological concepts hidden in Genesis 1, a vocabulary list of the Bible’s ecological language, and a way to unpack the text with your students.

“Guess What, Mom? I’m Teaching Myself Hebrew!”: Self-Paced Learning in Hebrew School Rae Antonoff Eliot 103 With spotty attendance plaguing supplemental Hebrew schools around the country, many have turned to self-paced learning programs rather than frontal classrooms that expect the whole group to progress at the same pace. We will look at some of the self-paced Hebrew learning materials already on the market, then look at a set of materials which I’ve developed (currently transitioning from pilot phase to public availability) that guides students through learning both letters/decoding and prayer meaning/recitation. We’ll also discuss the practical challenges and opportunities presented by self-paced learning in Hebrew schools. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Chorale I Ellen Allard Music Rehearsal Hall Ellen Allard will be the conductor for a rousing, not-to-be-missed NewCAJE Chorale experience. The Chorale has been invited to perform on the stage during the Tuesday night concluding performance. All singers are welcome, regardless of experience.

Hebrew Through Movement: Bring Your Teaching to the Next Level!

Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz Performing Arts Building 332 Been teaching Hebrew Through Movement for at least a year? This session is for you! Together we will explore the successes and challenges of teaching HTM, and focus on the more advanced skills of teaching holiday and prayer-related vocabulary.

It’s a great opportunity to begin planning for Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur AND to consider ways of using HTM for prayers and blessings in your current curriculum.

Education directors and supervisors are also welcome.

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Re-Envisioning the Torah Service Frame Through Music Naomi Less Gray Campus Center D The Torah Service has all of the elements and ingredients for high drama, music, and engagement — and (sadly) often falls to rote ritual. Explore how we frame the experience through new music, new approaches to liturgy, and new ideas on ritual.

Naomi Less (and co-writer Matt Check) have re-envisioned how a Torah service can feel. Spoiler alert: Shift Happens.

Want Your Teens Interested, Engaged, and Growing their Jewish Knowledge?

4 Instant Lessons to do Just That!

Dorice Horenstein Eliot 216 Come discuss the 4 relationships everyone needs to live wholeheartedly — with oneself, with others, with the Creator, and with moments that define us. Based on Dorice’s book, Moments of The Heart, participants will gain knowledge from Jewish wisdom and the Hebrew language, and practice tools and discussion points to transfer to their students for a blissful class time. Participants will receive a power point presentation of the lesson plans to use in their classes, as well as hard copy! (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Neurodiversity in the Torah Abi Taylor-Abt Vollum 116 This session will make you think! We will examine a familiar story and some text within the Torah. Using the story of Joseph, we will explore the idea that the Torah is not just a blueprint for living, but also gives examples of neurodiverse personalities.

What if Joseph wasn’t the favorite son, but instead the son who needed the most?

Getting Beyond the Hollywood Definition of God Michael Fripp Eliot 126 We need to help our kids get beyond the simplistic concepts of God seen in movies and pop culture. Jewish theology includes many ways of describing and relating to God, from God the shepherd to Maimonides’ transcendental God. How you think of God influences your relationship with God, including how you pray and how you view that prayer. We will discuss methods for presenting this rich tradition to middle school students to provide depth to their Judaism and anchor them in the spectrum of Jewish thought. A detailed lesson plan honed over 12 years of testing at a Texas synagogue will be provided.

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The Ark Project: A New B’nai Mitzvah Curriculum for Your Community Melissa Hoffman Vollum 134 So, you want to find a unique B’nai Mitzvah project? How can students take volunteer work and their passion for animals to the next level? How do animals, Jewish text and tradition, and service all fit together? Come get up close and personal with an innovative curriculum that allows individuals or groups of young students to design a service-learning project around animal welfare. Take home excerpts from the curriculum, available for free online, and learn how to design your own syllabus. Especially for parents and educators of young students who love animals!

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5:45-7:30PM

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OPENING CEREMONIES 5:45-6:45PM Kaul Auditorium We come together to officially open NewCAJE10 and to welcome each and every one of you! You will get a chance to see who's here and have an opportunity to laugh, sing, bless, and dedicate our time together!

DINNER

6:45-7:45PM Commons

MINCHA/MA'ARIV 7:30PM Gray Campus Center D

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NEWCAJE ARTSFEST Produced by

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Chava Mirel, Susan Shane-Linder, & Andrea Shupack

OPENING CONCERT

(No instruments, a cappella music only)

Kaul Auditorium A Taste of Artsfest

8:00-8:20PM

Performances By:

Cherie Karo Schwartz Cassandra Sagan Batya Podos Andrea Shupack Ben Kintisch Joel Shupack Heather Klein

Artsfest Act 1

8:30-9:30PM

Women Weaving Words Cherie Karo Schwartz, Cassandra Sagan, Batya Podos, & Andrea Shupack

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Music Rehearsal Hall

Come on a women's journey weaving wisdom, wishes, and wonder to open our history and heart-place in Jewish life. Our voices convey the kaleidoscope of our Jewish women’s spirit through stories, drama, poetry, movement, and unaccompanied song. We will interweave women’s themes of lifecycle, Passover, and (s)heroes. This is our reimagined reincarnation of a beloved CAJE program presented for many years. (There will be a cappella music only).

Chavruta: A Drummer’s Bat Mitzvah Alicia Jo Rabins, Jodi Darby, & Lisa Schonberg

Performing Arts Building 131

This 15-minute documentary short follows Lisa and Alicia as they trade drum lessons for Torah lessons. Their project combines ritual, study, and art, preparing for Lisa's adult bat mitzvah by exploring Sumerian goddesses, the history of women's drumming in the ancient Near East, female spiritual leadership, ecology, and how we pass on wisdom from one generation to the next. Chavruta is about everyday spiritual quests: the search for personal, authentic ways to express our Judaism, and the importance of continuing to learn and grow as adults. Followed by a Q&A with the Creator, Director, and Co-Star. (No live music; Film contains clips of music).

Introducing Israeli Folk Dance Fun Barbara Birenbaum

Winch Meeting Room (Old Dorm Block)

Put on your dancing shoes (or any supportive footwear with low traction soles) and join us on the dance floor. Barbara's easy to follow instructions and fun set list will delight your feet and lift your spirit. Even if you think you can't dance, you'll enjoy this session with simplified steps and repetition as needed. A good time will be had by all!

From Junk to Funk: DIY Percussion Workshop Beth Hamon

Performing Arts Building 104

A professional percussionist and music educator shows you how simple household items and found objects can be turned into percussion instruments for pennies on the dollar of what the factory-made instruments would cost. After we make a few instruments, Beth will facilitate a Rhythm Jam so you can try out what you just created! This is a great opportunity for intergenerational programming, since it appeals to all ages. All materials will be provided, and everyone will have a chance to make something to take home. We’ll also take some time to create DIY rhythms on our brand-new instruments!

The Mysterious and the Mundane: Uncovering the Torah Shoshana Gugenheim Performing Arts Building 332

Meet the Seattle Women’s Torah Project scroll, a collaboratively scribed sefer Torah written by 6 women scribes from around the world. Lead scribe and social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem will bring us along a journey of uncovering the mysteries of the physical Torah, from ink to parchment to letters and more.

Zelda and Shifrele: A Concert of Untold Stories and Music Heather Klein

Kaul Auditorium

Hear the stories and songs of a Hungarian man and why he remembered this one nign, how one man heard this lullaby he thought he would never hear again, how a gypsy saved a man’s life, and all the inner workings of how you actually make Gefilte fish.

Come and hear the songs and stories of Heather Klein's journey inside the beautiful (and surprisingly accessible) world of Yiddish! (There will be live music with instruments).

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Artsfest Act 2

9:45-10:45PM

Stories from the Other Israel: Audio Documentaries from the Podcast ‘Israel Story’ Joel Shupack Music Rehearsal Hall Israel Story, the celebrated podcast of intimate audio documentaries that public radio icon Ira Glass calls “The Israeli This American Life,” tells the story of a diverse Israel, and amplifies voices that are rarely heard. You'll find human moments, dramatic twists, moving reflections, and something to laugh about — from stories about religious communities on the fringe to border-crossing romances to archaeological mysteries. Come hear producer Joel Shupack sharing moments from some of their most beloved episodes, as well as the premier of a story from an upcoming episode. (No live music; Podcast contains clips of music).

Make a Miracle Masterpiece Flip Frisch

Performing Arts Building 131

Nisim B’chol Yom, from our morning liturgy, reminds us to be thankful for even the smallest of miracles. Using the text as a creative springboard, and watercolor as a medium, you will reflect upon your own daily miracles. Come create a unique and personal piece of art you can take home that will remind you to express gratitude. No art experience necessary.

Experienced Israeli Folk Dance Fun Barbara Birenbaum

Winch Meeting Room (Old Dorm Block)

Kick up your heels for a lively session full of fun classics, golden oldies, and some creative choreography. Bring your dancing shoes (any comfortable supportive footwear with low traction soles, or go barefoot) and join us on the dance floor. Barbara's easy to follow instructions and fun set list will delight your feet and lift your spirit.

Laughter Yoga Julie Plaut Warwick

Performing Arts Building 104

Join me for a laughter class, and let go of your stress! We will use playful interactions to oxygenate our bodies and create connections.

The Mysterious and the Mundane: Uncovering the Torah Shoshana Gugenheim Performing Arts Building 332

Meet the Seattle Women’s Torah Project scroll, a collaboratively scribed sefer Torah written by 6 women scribes from around the world. Lead scribe and social practice artist Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem will bring us along a journey of uncovering the mysteries of the physical Torah, from ink to parchment to letters and more.

Life Review: The Hospice Musical Benjamin Kintisch, Andy Bossov With Ellen Allard, Chava Mirel, & Joshua Cohen

Kaul Auditorium

Join us for the world premier of a new musical in early development. Set in a residential hospice, Life Review features a young Rabbi chaplain, a nurse, three patients, and their loved ones. Together they “sing of joys and sorrows...” These characters share stories and laughter as they try to find hope and meaning at the end of life. (There will be live music with instruments).

Concept, book, and lyrics by Benjamin Kintisch.

Music by Benjamin Kintisch, Jason Spiewak, Michael Miller, and Andy Bossov.

11:00PM

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LATE NIGHT @ NEWCAJE KUMSITZ Student Union

ARTS & CRAFTS

Winch Meeting Room (Old Dorm Block)

Get playful with art materials and unwind after our first conference day.

Hosted by LEEP & the Young Professionals Program!

SUNDAY

After evening programs there will be an open Kumsitz: a musical party of melodies and mayhem. Bring your voices and spirits and join the other non-sleepers!

There will also be a cash bar and refreshments.

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JULY 29th

“Coming to this conference means you are part of an elite club dedicated to the transmission of Jewish custom, culture, and belief to succeeding generations. It is an indication of your personal optimism about the future of Jewish learning in this corner of the Diaspora, for we are a network of individuals who don't bemoan how bad things have become but rather look towards each new day as an opportunity for growth, learning, and improvement upon our work and the work of our colleagues.

This conference is a celebration of Jewish teaching, and your attendance at this event is our collective reason to celebrate.�

- Jerry Benjamin z"l

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

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MONDAY, JULY 29th 2019

7:15AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-8:45AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 8:45-10:15AM----------------------------------AM Workshops 1 10:30-11:15AM--------------------------------Mifgashim 11:15AM-7:00PM--------------------------------Exhibitor Area 11:30AM-1:00PM-----------------------------AM Workshops 2 1:00-2:30PM----------------------------------------Lunch 2:45-4:15PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 1 4:15-4:45PM-----------------------------------------Break 4:45-6:15PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 2 6:30-7:30PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM------------------------------------------Mincha/Ma’ariv 7:30-8:00PM----------------------------Community Gathering 8:15-8:30PM--------------------------------Concert Dedication 8:30-10:30PM--------------------------------Evening Programs 10:45PM-----------------------------------Late Night Programs

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7:15AM

MINYANS & MORNING ALTERNATIVES Women's Minyan

Gray Conference Center B

Edie Harris, Gay Griffith

In addition to the regular Minyan, there will also be a Women's Minyan. This Minyan will be led by longtime CAJENIK and NewCAJENIK, Edie Harris. Edie is a veteran Educator, Lay Leader, and Song Leader. During the service Edie will also provide teachable moments on how to make the Torah and prayers come alive for students of all ages. All are welcome to attend.

Morning Minyan

Gray Conference Center D

Neil Schwartz

Please join us this morning for a Traditional/Egalitarian Shacharit service!

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7:15AM

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WORKSHOP AM1

8:45-10:15AM

8:45-10:15AM

Soccer Practice or Hebrew School? Help!!

Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield Performing Arts Building 131 What? Students aren’t actually in the synagogue for every class? A virtual classroom is a real-time class where everyone participates from different locations. Find out why synagogues are offering virtual classes and how it’s increasing the sense of community in their congregations. Learn ways to mix virtual and in-person sessions, and how to be successful through the use of training, technology, and curriculum.

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Tips and Tricks for Young Jewish Educators Sarah Klein Vollum 228 This workshop will include a space for Young Professionals to connect with others who are in their own demographic. During this session, we will be learning how to set and accomplish our goals, find resources, utilize our limited experiences, and navigate supervision and communication with our coworkers.

Play is the Work of Childhood Deborah Goldstein Eliot 126 We all know children learn through play. We are less clear on what that means and how to support it. Together we will look at the latest research, and share our own experiences as we seek to create the best, most supportive environment in which our children can grow and thrive.

Teaching During the “New Normal” of Fear Barry Cohen Gray Campus Center B In this workshop we will confront the normalization of fear. Our youth know that violence can occur anytime, anywhere, even during religious school. As teachers we have been forced to accept this cold, cruel reality. What is the antidote of fear?

How do we teach this antidote to our students? During this roundtable discussion we will do more than simply share our experiences. In pursuit of fear’s antidote, we will create a safe space to express a broad range of emotions and harness our creativity. The antidote is out there. Together we can discover it, inoculate ourselves, and bring it home to share with our youth.

Back to the Garden: The Ecological Language of the Song of Songs Ellen Bernstein Eliot 123 R’ Akiva said that the Song of Songs was the holy of holies. Many view it as a love story between a man and a woman; the ancient rabbis said it was an allegory for the love between God and Israel. I will offer a deep ecological interpretation of the text.

You’ll leave with an understanding of the Song, its ecological implications, and a way to structure the text so that it is accessible to wide audiences. This is a perfect text to entice teens, college students, and unaffiliated Jews into Judaism — its language is gorgeous, sensual, and provocative.

8:45-10:15AM

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A Fun Way to Teach Decoding Skills and the Simple Acquisition of Words Marilyn Arsham Performing Arts Building 130 We educators know “practice makes perfect.” But we also know practice rarely happens outside of Hebrew school, and without practice, even the brightest students struggle. Discover for yourself why the Strong Learning System works. Our 3-minute assessment not only pinpoints a student’s trouble spots, but allows the teacher to assign a card deck to match that child’s needs. Our research proves that after playing 3 or 4 card games using our Strong Learning Cards, children learn the material. Why? Because they are engaged and having fun. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Making Services Spiritual: Crafting Prayer for Adults Eliana Light Student Union What if synagogues were places of deep spirit? Through intentionally crafting prayer experiences to fit our goals, we can help the most people access our tradition and spark something meaningful. Come experience and explore what choices, questions, and skills can elevate your prayer services, share tools to bring back to communities of all kinds, and maybe even tap into spirit ourselves.

The Cholera Wedding: East European Jews’ Magical Ritual to End an Epidemic Natan Meir Vollum 134 Come explore the history and meaning of a peculiar ritual that emerged among East European Jews in the 19th century: to stop the spread of an epidemic, the community married off its most vulnerable and marginalized members — orphans, beggars, and the disabled — to each other in a wedding held in the cemetery. With the help of original historical documents (in translation) we will attempt to understand how this ritual emerged, and what it says about the place of destitute, disabled, and developmentally delayed people in the shtetls and Jewish cities of Eastern Europe.

Confronting Israel’s Complexity in the Jewish Classroom Terry Kaye Vollum 110 It’s not easy teaching Israel these days. Yet you can tackle Israel’s complexities head-on in a productive and safe way in your classroom. We’ll experience a lesson in action with out-of-your-seat activities and discussions that are designed to help students engage with serious issues (cultural and religious divisions, the settlements, income inequality) in non-confrontational, stress-free ways, while developing their own authentic connection to Israel. Activities are drawn from the new book Israel…

It’s Complicated and its Teacher Resource Guide. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

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Being the Alpha Abi Taylor-Abt Eliot 216 Designed for new and returning supplemental school teachers, and all those who feel in need of a refresher course on the basics. Learn how to plan and structure effective lessons that teach the planned objectives. Be the Alpha in the classroom, maintaining control and discipline while having fun and teaching meaningful content.

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A Chat with Author Eric A. Kimmel Eric Kimmel Vollum Lounge I’ll be sharing the stories behind my favorite and best-known books, talking about how the stories were conceived and developed, and discussing how to make Jewish traditions come alive for today’s children. There will be Q&A time as well.

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Jews in Musicals Stu Lewis Vollum 116 Much has been written about the fact that Jews have dominated the field of writing Broadway musicals, but less has been said about the way Jews are depicted on the Broadway musical stage. We will discuss several musicals involving Jewish characters, and we’ll listen to excerpts from the shows that feature these characters.

Using Psychoanalysis to Discuss Jacob with Young Adults Moshe Rachmuth Eliot 103 Self-psychology — the theory of Austrian American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut — enriches the reading of the Bible by allowing foundational stories a central role in the developmental stages of children, and the lead role in sustaining the adult self.

I will use the story of Jacob as a case study to demonstrate how a religious story can serve as an “empathetic mirror” to a reader who perceives life as a struggle. We'll use Kohut’s work on the humanities, and analyze the choice of language, plot, theme, and characterization to unearth a new way of engagement with the Bible. Your teens will come to see Jacob as an imperfect role model who resonates with them in their challenges on the way to expressing their true selves and discovering their life-plan.

Turn It & Turn It: A Musical Conversation with Challenging Biblical Personalities Ilan Speizer Vollum 234 This workshop will help participants view Torah stories through a creative lens, and tap into the emotions and sensory experiences of Biblical characters. Using the story of Cain and Abel, Ilan will share his original music that captures the characters’ mindset and feelings. Explore the characters’ motivations, consider what personal expectations we are layering onto the text, and discuss other outcomes that could have occurred. Participants are encouraged to engage in a creative process of their own with our texts, and be provided with a template to create their own artistic work.

Shir Chadash — A New Song Susan Shane-Linder Winch Meeting Room “Shir Chadash — A New Song”! Same title, new and different songs. Connect to Jewish music in a fun and memorable way! We will focus on translating prayers and songs into the language of our students, and creating memories that are meaningful and relevant. We’ll explore age-appropriate music repertoire, stories, techniques, and language that encourages both an open mind and an open heart for prayer & songs. We’ll sing everything from the “oldies but goodies” to some of the latest hits that will excite our students and hopefully keep them singin’ and remembering these songs for a lifetime. Come ready to sing!

8:45-10:15AM

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Lenses of Questioning Part 1: Good Questions Are the Answer Batsheva Frankel Vollum 120 In this age of instant information access and shallow sound bites, it is imperative that we don’t lose the skill of thoughtful, critical inquiry, so imperative to every Judaic lesson or experience. The Lenses of Questioning method, which Batsheva originated and has taught world-wide, gives solid tools and includes activities to both model for and train students to ask and analyze strong questions, which leads to deeper critical thinking skills and imaginative observations.

Using Mussar in Your Classroom Rivy Poupko Kletenik Vollum 126 After offering an overview of the basics of Mussar, we delve into how Mussar can build a feeling of community and responsibility in your classroom.

JSTEAM Pedagogy: Bringing the Culture of Technology to our Teaching Carina Rock Vollum 118 We will discuss what it means to teach in a world that communicates and interacts through apps, looking at how living in the world of the 2019 smartphone affects the way we teach and the way students relate to our teaching. We will talk about the challenge of screen time, and the reality of societal growth. Together we will uncover the new push for JSTEAM, and the practical realities of an integrated, cross-curricular approach to Jewish Studies and Hebrew. You will feel more equipped to deal with the pedagogical Ed-tech challenges which present themselves at your school, and you’ll have a grasp on JSTEAM and its impact on Jewish Education.

Even More Approaches to B-Mitzvah Goldie Milgram Gray Campus Center D For the first time Reb Goldie will share several of the Covenant Foundation-honored perspectives, exercises, and approaches she uses on her Jewish Family Adventure B-Mitzvah Retreats, Workshops, and one-to-one sessions with youth and families across the spectrum of Jewish life and learning. This is new and different material from her prior intensives. Come! Take! Use!

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A Wizard’s Bag of Tricks for Teachers Deborah Salomon Performing Arts Building 332 Attention all teachers, Rabbis, and Cantors — Do you want to bring the love of learning to all types of students? We have tools that will improve the way you present topics. We have stories that will excite you, and techniques which will improve the way you connect with your students. We will hand out Goody Bags filled with great teaching materials which will help elevate you to become the best teacher possible.

The Hebrew Wizards team will share our proprietary Wizards formula. With our Music, Games, and Teaching Techniques, we will have you on your feet! Come with a smile, open mind, and heart. Get ready to become a Wizard! (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

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10:30-11:15AM

MIFGASHIM

10:30-11:15AM

These networking sessions will make a large conference feel more intimate.

Special refreshments will be served!

Artists/Musicians----------------------------------------------Winch Meeting Room Andrea Shupack Clergy/Rabbi/Adult Educators--------------------------------------------Vollum 116 Eve Posen Day Schools----------------------------------------------------Gray Campus Center B Rivy Poupko Kletenik Directors (3 groups)-------------------------------------------------------Student Union Abi Taylor-Abt, Julie Schwarzwald, Melissa Pescatore

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Early Childhood Educators (2 groups)-------------------------------Vollum Lounge Leah Conley, Ellen Allard Entrepreneurs/Non-Profit Staff/Exhibitors--------------Kaul Auditorium Lobby Rachel Nelson Grades 4-6 (1 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 118 Cathy Kaplan Grades 4-6 (2 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 120 Vicki Tremper Grades 7-8 (1 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 126 Batsheva Frankel Grades 7-8 (2 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 134 Deborah Fripp Grades K-3 (1 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 228 Sarah Rohr Grades K-3 (2 of 2)----------------------------------------------------------Vollum 234 Suzanne Rubens Lay Leaders--------------------------------------------Performing Arts Building 130 Cherie Koller-Fox Special Needs/Inclusion Specialists------------------------Gray Campus Center D Mel Berwin Teen Educators----------------------------------------Performing Arts Building 131 Amy Ripps Young Professionals--------------------------------------------------------Vollum 110 Sylvia Bloom Youth Programming---------------------------------Performing Arts Building 332 Julee Levine

11:30AM-1:00PM

WORKSHOP AM2

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Jewish Experiential Learning Sharona Hassan Vollum 118 Everyone learns best with experiential learning, but it is not so simple. How do we ensure that we provide our students with educational, authentic, and engaging Jewish experiences? This session explores methods and models of Jewish experiential learning for early childhood and elementary school students.

Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield Performing Arts Building 131 This session is for educators using the ShalomLearning Judaic curriculum this fall. Participants will receive hands-on training to prepare for their first class, access materials, and utilize lesson plans using our Jewish values-based curriculum.

Connect with other ShalomLearning educators, gain from the experience of long time ShalomLearning partners, and have fun! Please bring a laptop or tablet.

How to Engage Your Curriculum with the World Through the Arts Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem Eliot 123 Using a local Portland model of establishing a museum of contemporary art inside an elementary school (KSMOCA: The Martin Luther King Jr. School of Contemporary Art), we will look at how a school or classroom can be a portal to the world through art curriculum. Special focus will be given to methods and theories of Art and Social Practice for Jewish contexts. #OnwardHebrew: Join the conversation Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz Gray Campus Center D #OnwardHebrew is transforming Hebrew education in synagogues across North America. Directors report new-found energy around Hebrew, along with students who are happy, confident, and (yes!) competent. Come learn the elements of this new approach (including sound-to-print learning), share success stories and cautionary tales, present research, and offer steps to help your educational program explore #OnwardHebrew’s power for your students and teachers. Are you ready to transform Hebrew learning in your synagogue?

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Real Family Education: When Parents are THE Teachers Deborah Eisenbach-Budner Gray Campus Center B Havurah Shalom Shabbat School in Portland is a family cooperative Jewish education program with 125 students in Grades K-6, and 110 different parent-teachers who work in teams. Each of the 28 teaching teams plans and implements 4 sessions.

Come hear how this amazing model works (for 40 years, now!): overall structure, curricula, staff support, pedagogic goals, and strengths and weaknesses regarding community building and Jewish identity construction for both parents and youth.

Teachers, parents, and educational leaders can all find a pieces to take back to their Jewish educational settings.

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11:30AM-1:00PM

To Walk in His Ways: Jewish Attachment Based Education Esther Amster Vollum 110 There is a science to working with young children. Using contemporary findings on attachment and self-regulation, we will discuss Jewish and other sources related to childcare and interpersonal connections. Participants will learn practical and easily applicable suggestions on how to implement best practice in creating an environment where young children, and truly any student, can thrive.

MONDAY

Music for Thriving: An Immersive Musical Experience Naomi Less Winch Meeting Room Positive psychology points to teaching for flourishing — helping students to thrive — a more holistic perspective on what it means to feel well and happy. Music scientifically has been proven to help foster deeper social connections, releasing oxytocin which helps increase bonding and trust between people. This workshop will give concrete tools for musicians and non-musicians to use across ages in educational settings.

Re-Moving Those Stumbling Blocks Takes More Than Vision Michal Morris Kamil Vollum 134 It’s said that years of experience result in expertise — this workshop begs to differ!

Through lessons learned while working with young adults with special needs, you too can learn how to “unlearn” what you were taught about pedagogy, in and out of the classroom. Using Passover’s Four Children as a model for new approaches, we’ll discuss Jewish texts that touch on special needs. You’ll also be introduced to innovative synagogue approaches from Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, delve into the inspirational story of Eyal’s Flowers, and consider the crucial role of synagogue communities and leadership as partners for inclusion.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conversation: The WHY and the HOW Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau Vollum 228 The subject of Israeli-Palestinian relations is often the elephant in the room. In a safe, supportive, non-judgmental session, learn how to bring the conversation to your school or synagogue. This practical workshop addresses such challenges as: How do I start a conversation in my community and where do I begin? What are the goals and methods of engagement? And what skills do I need to be an effective facilitator? You’ll discover ways to ground your conversation in Jewish texts and values, and manage meaningful, pro-Israel discussions. Deep knowledge of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not needed to benefit from this workshop.

Israel Everyday Andrea Shapiro Vollum 116 The word “Israel” has different meanings to different people, including the connection to the land, the people, the modern state of Israel, and more. We'll explore ways to bring Israel everyday into the early childhood classroom through different hands-on activities. Appropriate for early childhood educators in any setting with any level of knowledge or experience with the land and Modern State of Israel.

11:30AM-1:00PM

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A Yom HaShoah Commemoration Ritual Deborah Fripp Eliot 103 Last year at NewCAJE we rolled out a Holocaust commemoration ceremony aimed at drawing strength and hope out of a dark story. We have refined the text to enhance its relevance, and to better integrate the lessons of the Holocaust throughout the ceremony. Join us for this newly revised ritual — soon to be published by Behrman House. You will experience a powerful, poignant, and uplifting ceremony filled with song and story, ritual and remembrance. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Bring Bubbe Back Heather Klein Performing Arts Building 130 Learn how Yiddish melodies can be accessible and inspiring in all forms of services, synagogue life, camp, or any Jewish organization or community. You will sing through new arrangements, newly composed songs, and learn how to bring a piece back to your own community. We will write one together or you can bring your own Yiddish song or favorite phrase and be open to creation. Brainstorm after singing on how to bring Yiddish culture into your community. Who is in your community, and how can you expose them to Yiddish in an accessible and exciting way? Bis NewCAJE! The Library as a Key to Innovative Lesson Plans and Successful Curricula Patricia Givens Vollum 234 We will explore the rich print and online resources and booklists of the Association of Jewish Libraries, a well-established international organization of professional Judaica librarians who annually award the Sydney Taylor Children’s Jewish Literature awards (similar to the ALA’s Caldecott and Newbery Awards for Children’s Literature).

Then we will provide examples of amazing collaborations between libraries and educators which will give you new ideas to take back to your classrooms. Finally, we will end with an informal book discussion featuring a selection from the Great Books Foundation’s Jewish anthology, “The Soul of the Text: an Anthology of Jewish Literature” using the Shared Inquiry method.

MONDAY

Holiday Programming to Leave Your Students Breathless and Sweaty (and Knowledgeable)!

Melissa Pescatore Eliot 126 A few years ago I attended a workshop at NewCAJE by Barb Moskow (z’’l) that revolutionized how I approach holiday programming in my school. Imagine teams of students racing to complete holiday-related tasks — perhaps team members create a human dreidel, or an eight-line rhyming song with dance movements about latkes and Maccabees, or put together a chanukkiah out of recyclables. Join me and learn how to develop a template to create fun, meaningful activities which weave together multi-sensory experiences for your students. These programs, designed for K-2 groupings and 3-6 grade groupings, create team spirit among various ages, and challenge students to take ownership of their own learning. Participants will receive complete program outlines for five holidays.

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11:30AM-1:00PM

Laughter Yoga Class!

Julie Plaut Warwick Student Union Did you know that Joy is mentioned in the Torah 88 times? Laughter and Joy are very Jewish Concepts. We all know how important it is to Laugh. However, did you ever think about laughing for no reason at all? In Laughter Yoga we do not rely on comedy or humor to make us laugh, we choose to laugh because it makes us feel better! We are laughing for the Health of it! This is a great way to De-Stress!

MONDAY

Meditation and Guided Meditation in the Classroom Guy Greene Vollum 126 Learn how to manage your classrooms with tools to quiet, calm, and release stress in your students. This will also give your students a tool to use for the rest of their lives as a way to manage pressures they may feel in school. Learn to teach Jewish meditation techniques to go within and find spiritual peace.

Sha’ul The Requested One: Choosing Israel’s First King Everett Fox Performing Arts Building 332 In I Samuel 8-10, Israel’s first king is chosen. How does the Bible set this up? Is it God’s choice or the people’s? Does the chosen one pull a sword out of a stone, or is he discovered some other way? Let’s look closely at the text to find out.

Lenses of Questioning Part 2: Lenses, Tech, and Tools Batsheva Frankel Vollum 120 Part 2 of this workshop combines The Lenses of Questioning method with more advanced activities using various technology, apps, and tools to promote deeper learning. This hands-on workshop helps teachers feel comfortable with using and teaching various technological and non-technological based approaches in tandem with engaging students’ inquiry skills. It is not necessary to have taken Lenses of Questioning Part 1 to attend this workshop. Just bring a device and be ready for fun!

Yes — My Students Have Their Cell Phones Out During Class!

Michelle Geft Eliot 216 Assessing student learning/understanding can be done in many ways — and you can add cell phones to the mix! The presenter will share her original workbook that uses 21st-century technology to assess student progress. You will learn about QR codes, Kahoot!, and Ed Puzzle, and learn how to use them in any classroom setting.

Make sure to bring your phone, tablet, or even just a pen/pencil and learn how to engage your students using the latest technology while you assess their learning.

The Birds and the Bees — Jewish Views of Sex and Consent for the #metoo Era Lillian Kowalski, Cady Phillips Vollum Lounge How are the birds and bees explained in Jewish texts? How are we addressing sex and consent with young people as Jewish educators? Do we NEED to be talking about sex with our students as Jewish educators? Join us as we learn about sex and sexuality through a Jewish lens, and explore our own role in communicating with our students about sexuality, consent, and identity.

2:45-5:45PM

WORKSHOP PM1

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2:45-5:45PM

The Persistence of Hate: Exploring Contemporary Antisemitism Staci Rosenthal Vollum 126 What can we, as educators, do to confront hatred in our schools and communities?

We’ll consider the role antisemitism played at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville as a case study in contemporary antisemitism. This workshop will draw heavily from recently published lessons by Facing History which provide strategies and resources for discussing controversial issues with students. Participants will discuss the community responses to these events and learn classroom strategies that will help students choose to participate in strengthening their communities when faced with violations based on hatred or bigotry. (3-Hour Workshop)

Stonework Play: Inspiring Creativity and Storytelling Through Nature and the Jewish Lens Paula Hoffman Vollum 110 As movable and natural objects, stones are a perfect medium to inspire creativity and self-expression for all ages. Come learn the 5-Steps Process of Stonework Play that is used for telling your personal story with stones as the art medium. Paula will also include “what’s Jewish about stones,” how they are connected to Jewish Values (ie: Kavanah — intentionality), and Jewish history/practice (ie: The 10 Commandments, placing a stone on a grave, etc). Appropriate for ages 1—100! (3-Hour Workshop) Baraysheet: Waterworld or Desertland??

Ruz Gulko Vollum 118 Perhaps one of the oddest parts of the Torah occurs right at the beginning, with two completely different, contradictory Creation stories. Interestingly, most folks are completely unaware of this, unwittingly combining the two. Ask people of any religion what the Bible says about when humans were created, and you will be told the Adam and Eve story, right after the 6 days of Creation story, all conflated into one. So which is the “real” Creation story? Wrong question. Neither is “real” in the sense of scientifically accurate, but that has nothing to do with the purpose of these texts. The question was never HOW God made the world, but WHY? By “close-reading” the texts and comparing/contrasting the two stories, we'll begin to understand the inner workings of Torah text, here and elsewhere. Learning to see these patterns will enrich learners and teachers of all levels. (3-Hour Workshop)

MONDAY

Why Parents Choose Soccer Over Sunday School: How Religious Education Lost its Way, and the Path Back Benjamin Gorelick Vollum 120 Religious education should be thriving: Our teachers and School Directors have never been better trained or had access to more ways to connect, families are more aware than ever of the need for education that centers on character and ethics, and we all understand the need for deepening the sorts of connections — to self, community, and God — provided by Religious education. So why isn’t it? And how can we fix it? This interactive program will get you started. (3-Hour Workshop)

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WORKSHOP PM1

2:45-4:15PM

2:45-4:15PM

MONDAY

Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb Performing Arts Building 131 How are you putting the technology in your classrooms to best use? Google Slides, the Google Apps solution to PowerPoint, creates vast possibilities for your classroom.

With real-time collaboration and connection to other Google Apps, students can do so much more than “make a PowerPoint.” This session will also cover ways to make Google Docs and Google Forms be more than a paper or a place to fill in the blanks. Learn innovative ways to harness Google Slides, Docs, and Forms to engage your students. Please bring a laptop or tablet to this session.

Judaism Beyond G-d: Secular Humanistic Judaism, What Are You? Heather Gale Vollum 228 Learn all about Secular Humanistic Judaism. In the last few years at NewCAJE I’ve received so many questions about SHJ, that I know a class like this will be helpful to all curious Jewish Educators. We will discuss SHJ, talk about how SHJ communities celebrate their Judaism, and the many ways they are similar and different from your own.

What Will Happen to the Center in American Jewish Life?

David Starr Performing Arts Building 130 American Judaism seemed to have a spectrum of observance and theology, with Conservative Judaism occupying the center for the 20th century. What will the spectrum look like in the future? Are we too polarized? Is there a center? Should there be?

Jewish Impressions: Printmaking Aubri Doughty Vollum 134 Come create your own printing blocks and prints. We will also be discussing the importance of incorporating art into the classroom, and how the same art project can be scaled from pre-k to 12th grade.

Games, Stories, and Song: Creating Moments of Meaning in Jewish Prayer Eliana Light Student Union T’fillah for elementary and middle schoolers can be tough — how do we balance learning the words with finding personal meaning? Short activities, framing devices, and intentional melody choices can do wonders. Come learn how to enhance your t’fillah program with whatever resources, time, and talent you have.

Guitar Master Class Larry Milder Gray Campus Center D Improve your guitar skills while you learn how to play a set of popular Jewish songs.

Songs will be taught in ascending order of difficulty, so that there is something for every skill level. Each song will focus on one guitar technique that can be broadly used in songleading and worship settings. Bring a guitar and a recording device.

2:45-4:15PM

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Environmental Mitzvot in the Torah Josh Lake Eliot 216 Judaism and the Natural World: What do these two things have to do with one another? A short, simple answer: Everything. As R’ Hillel might say: Do unto the Earth as the Earth has done unto you. We will explore a few Jewish texts that help us understand what our relationship to the natural world can and should be. From the time to say the Shema in the mornings, to a bird and her egg in a nest, we will look at some obscure and better known environmental texts in the Torah (with a peak into the Talmud!)

Ivrit Israelit Presents: Learning Hebrew Through Games Maya Varon, Mor Yelvington, Etti Segal Winch Meeting Room Come join us as we make learning and teaching Hebrew fun! Whether you’re teaching modern Hebrew or Tefilah Hebrew, we’ll give you concrete examples of games you can use right out of the box. You will get lots of tools and ideas as well as examples of games and crafts to transform Hebrew teaching into an exciting experience your elementary school students will enjoy and remember!

Creating an Education Environment that Works for LGBTQ Kids (and Everyone Else) Mel Berwin Eliot 126 We want to be inclusive of all kids in our communities, and much has changed in the last generation, even the language we use. This session will provide a framework for understanding what kids with LGBTQ identities need to feel at home in their learning spaces.

The Ever Shrinking School: How to Create Big Impact with Small Numbers Kate Cykman Vollum 234 This workshop will discuss the impact of shrinking schools, drop off culture, and the ever present “soccer tournament” on our ability to effectively educate our students.

We’ll present an effective new model that has helped increase investment and participation in a very small supplementary school. Then we will hold a discussion with suggestions for how to make a big impact with small numbers.

Finding Their Voices in Torah Batya Podos Performing Arts Building 332 Explore ways to deepen your Torah teaching, and to bring students (school age or adult) into a living, dynamic relationship with the text. Using techniques of creative dramatics, improvisation, collaboration, and guiding questioning, students come to new understandings and find their own voices in our ancient stories.

MONDAY

Holocaust Studies in the Supplementary School Setting Ilona Shechter Vollum 116 The workshop is about creating lasting lessons in Holocaust Studies, with limited time. Utilizing poetry, art, and suitable DVDs for the Middle school age, as well as suitable reading materials and primary documentation, we will discuss how to use our limited time wisely and effectively.

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2:45-4:15PM

MONDAY

Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Say it!

Ellen Allard Vollum Lounge In this lively, entertaining, dynamic, participatory workshop, you will sing and dance and laugh and cry! Ellen Allard teaches you her extensive repertoire of interactive developmentally-appropriate songs, chants, fingerplays and singing games, guaranteed to engage you and your preschool students in the magic of music! Be inspired to return to your classroom committed to making music a regular part of each and every day. P.S. Some of the songs will totally work with elementary school kids as well!

Countering BDS — What Works and What Doesn’t Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau Eliot 103 Supporters of BDS [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] are not swayed by arguments and viewpoints that seem obvious to challengers of BDS. Come learn how to respond to those who use BDS to delegitimize Israel, and prepare yourself and your students for the challenges faced in the classroom and on college campuses. You’ll come away with effective talking points and teaching strategies to use when faced with anti-Israel bias, including how to distinguish among anti-Judaism, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, and criticism of Israeli government policies.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gap Year: Stories from the Front Lines of Judaism and Social Justice Adinah Miller Eliot 123 Anyone working with Jewish teens should know about great post-graduation options like the Tivnu: Building Justice Gap Year Program. Learn how Aliza, Max, and Ari confronted the challenges of injustice in the Portland (and wider) community, got their hands dirty working in grassroots direct service and policy organizations, and found hope and inspiration in Jewish tradition. Find out how our alumni are creating meaningful Jewish lives and communities, and the unspoken secret about leadership programs. Hear how the Tivnu Gap Year can be the bridge your teens seek to independent, thoughtful, and meaningful paths forward to college and beyond.

4:45-6:15PM

WORKSHOP PM2

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4:45-6:15PM

Observation, Supervision, and Evaluation of Teachers Julie Schwarzwald Performing Arts Building 332 Come learn the best practices for observation, supervision, and evaluation of your teaching staff. Each of these objectives has a different goal and therefore requires a different approach. Learn how to distinguish among them. Receive different frameworks to use for each goal, and discuss how to adapt and personalize them to meet the needs of your institution. Create an effective and meaningful process to help teachers succeed and grow.

What’s Color Got to Do with it? Color, Cubism, and the Classroom Bari Gilbert Performing Arts Building 130 Come talk about how color and art affect our lives. We'll begin with an introduction to the color wheel, and the psychology of color from a Jewish perspective. A focus on two Jewish Cubist masters, Max Weber and Roy Lichtenstein, will showcase how color choices change the way we view art and the world around us. You will create your own color wheel, a project translatable to any classroom, then make a drawing applying the risky Cubist style and techniques of color application. In understanding how we can affect the children we teach with color and art, we can empower our children to positively affect their world. No art experience necessary!

Story Seeds: Learning How to Tell Tales & “Storying” Your Teaching (Grades 2-6) Cherie Karo Schwartz Eliot 126 We are indeed the ”People of the Story.” Learn about Jewish Story, how to tell Stories, and a world of ways to ‘Story’ your teaching. Come with an active imagination and a willingness to engage, and leave with new techniques, improvisational ideas and skills, a story which you have told (!) and many brief stories on paper to bring back to your community. Learn with Cherie Karo Schwartz, past co-founding coordinator of CAJE’s Jewish Storytelling Network, who has shared stories, performed and taught for 46 years around the country and abroad, and who lives in story.

Chorale II Ellen Allard Music Rehearsal Hall Ellen Allard will be the conductor for a rousing, not-to-be-missed NewCAJE Chorale experience. The Chorale has been invited to perform on the stage during the Tuesday night concluding performance. All singers are welcome, regardless of experience.

MONDAY

Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb Performing Arts Building 131 This session is for educators using one of the ShalomLearning Hebrew programs this fall. Whether you’re using JLearnHub or Torah Aura, participants will receive handson training to prepare for their first class and access materials. Connect with other ShalomLearning educators, gain from the experience of long time ShalomLearning partners, and have fun! Please bring a laptop or tablet to this session.

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4:45-6:15PM

Seeing the World Through Jewish Eyes: Connecting Holidays to a Young Child’s Life Deborah Goldstein, Cherie Koller-Fox Winch Meeting Room Long term impacts in Early Childhood education are delivered when teachers focus on the core needs of young children, connecting to how Jewish life and celebrations can offer depth, values, and richness to the child and their family. We will focus on the developmental goals you have for your students, and ask how Jewish tradition can help reinforce them. We will extend our thinking, considering how to include families in our work. This is a Torah L’shma session for Early Childhood educators, focusing on which teachings within Jewish holidays are inherently central to the work of Jewish education.

MONDAY

The Magic of the Shoresh Chana Stein Vollum 234 Hebrew is a constructed language. In a very real sense, Hebrew is built on 2-4 letter root words. Let’s explore the myriad of meanings of the roots, and the manipulations of the grammar to reach depths and heights possible only in such a magical language.

What Games Did You Play, Zaide/Bubbe, When You Were Little?

Sylvia Frankel Gray Campus Center B This Oral History session will guide teachers in encouraging their students (ages 10 and up) to interview some of their older relatives to find out more about their early lives. Such oral history, to be recorded, requires some preparation, and this preliminary work will be our focus. Depending on the age of the student, what aspect of their relative’s lives is she/he interested in learning about? Once this is determined, sample questions will be drafted, and phrased in a way that the answer cannot simply be answered by a yes or a no. A tape recorder will be available for teachers to practice their interviewing skills.

The Israel-Palestine Conversation: Debate vs Dialogue Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau Vollum 228 Stuck in contentious arguments when talking about the Middle East in your classroom, synagogue, or community? We’ll provide guidelines and methods for engaging in productive dialogue. Can we acknowledge each other’s perspectives without agreeing with them? How do we teach our students the difference between needing to be right and having a constructive conversation? Between winning an argument and forging a relationship? Learn to engage others more effectively and think more critically by understanding different attitudes and feelings about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Leave with listening and communication skills to add to your pedagogical toolkit. For anyone seeking new tools to deal with old disagreements.

Re-Imagining Mikvah: A Ritual for Every Jew Amy Ripps, Bonni Goldberg Gray Campus Center D Discover and discuss how to reclaim our Jewish water ritual as an inclusive practice, regardless of gender, age, ability, etc. and why it matters. Part of the session will be about mikveh's role in our history and in our lives today. Part of the session will be the sharing of a spiral curriculum on mikveh for grades k—7. Skeptics are welcome!

4:45-6:15PM

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Sage Advice from a Heretic: Teaching the Young and the Old Rivy Poupko Kletenik Eliot 216 In this text study we will consider the teaching from Pirke Avot offered by the famed heretic Elisha Ben Avuyah. We will discuss his life, his good counsel, and the intersection of the two.

Be the Trend: Food Values in Action Melissa Hoffman, Ilana Braverman Eliot 103 It’s easy to eat in line with our values at home, but what about in our schools? We’ll explore the personal and communal Jewish values that influence our food choices, and learn engaging ways to start a conversation about food values in our institutions. JIFA will share the innovative projects many communities have already set into motion demonstrating their Jewish food values. There will be an opportunity to share your own experiences, ask questions, and brainstorm together to find the best ways to approach your school to support healthier, sustainable food systems.

Using Technology to Connect with Israel and the Hebrew Language Michelle Geft Vollum 134 Explore a new workbook that incorporates classic and online platforms to integrate an introduction to Hebrew conversation with the Modern State of Israel. Thinking outside the box and taking students outside the four walls of the classroom, “Shalom Israel” allows students to explore ways to connect to Israel through many different avenues. Technology is integrated into the workbook to explore Israel online, and integrate language and culture on a whole new level. Workbooks will be available for use in the session. Smartphones recommended, but not required. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Teaching Parshat HaShavua Goldie Milgram Vollum 116 How do you choose what to teach within a Parsha? What happens if there’s something there that is difficult to understand? As an example we will discuss the story of the death of the sons of Aaron. Discover methods that move learning from head to heart and into a heightened appreciation of the power and importance of the Torah.

MONDAY

Leveling the Playing Field: A New Take on an Old Tradition Sonia Marie Leikam Eliot 123 A Giving Circle is a fun, engaging educational tool that has a unique ability to change the conversation about philanthropy, and facilitate values-driven reflection. A cross between a book club and a community foundation, the giving circle model deepens your teaching around tzedakah, and act as laboratory to discuss issues that activate your students, congregants, or community members of all ages. Come experience the power of giving together, make a real grant, and come away with the resources on how to host a giving circle of your own. Open to all educators interested in creating learning opportunities grounded in tzedakah, community, Jewish values, and action. (Note: participants will be invited to contribute a minimum of $18 that will go towards the collective donation. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.)

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DINNER

6:30-8:15PM

Commons

6:30-7:30PM

MONDAY

MINCHA/MA'ARIV Gray Campus Center D

7:30PM

COMMUNITY GATHERING 7:30-8:00PM Kaul Auditorium Tune-In & Tune-Up: Day Into Night

Eliana Light, Naomi Less

Before evening programs we will all gather as one community in the auditorium to reflect on the day and set an intentional, spiritual transition from day into evening.

JTS ALUMNI RECEPTION 7:30-8:15PM Winch Meeting Room Are you a current student or Alum of a JTS program? You’re invited to stop by after dinner for a cocktail reception. Beverages and dessert provided!

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VELVEL PASTERNAK

A letter from Shira Pasternak Be'eri, Velvel's daughter: The CAJE conference was part of the rhythm of my family’s life. Each summer, my parents, Velvel and Goldie, would ship books, cassettes, and CDs that would be displayed in the exhibit area. They would schmooze with participants between sessions, sharing stories, playing Jewish geography, and introducing them to Jewish music resources for their schools and synagogues. Once my parents returned home, it took a full week to process the orders in their basement in Long Island, working quickly at the headquarters of Tara Publications so everyone would have their materials by the start of the school year.

My siblings and I all remember helping at CAJE — whether at Hofstra University, not far from our childhood home, in an exhibition tent in Santa Barbara, or in the halls of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. In fact, my wedding in Israel was scheduled around the CAJE conference in Jerusalem in 1988, taking place right after the conference ended, enabling my father, of blessed memory, to legitimately write the trip off as a business expense.

What CAJE introduced to the children of our Orthodox family from New York was the idea of “alternatives,” not just in Jewish education but in Jewish life. It was at this annual “Woodstock” of Jewish educators, rabbis, writers, academicians, performing artists, students and lay-leaders, that we were first introduced to a wide range of Jews of other denominations, who were passionately committed to Jewish life, culture, and continuity. My father loved them all and delighted in being able to share the musical heritage of the Jewish people with them, whether at workshops, lectures, or behind a table in the exhibit center. And as we have discovered in the weeks since his death, they loved him back.

My mother Goldie, my brothers Mayer and Gedalia, and my sisters Naava and Atara all join me in thanking NewCAJE for choosing to dedicate one of this year’s evening concerts to my father’s memory. It is a great comfort for us to know how many lives he touched, and that he has left a legacy of Jewish music for our people. We are sure that many of the members of the NewCAJE community will help preserve that musical heritage and pass it on to future generations.

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Produced by Chava Mirel & Andrea Shupack

8:15-8:30

Kaul Auditorium

Dedication to Velvel Pasternak

8:30-10:30

Kaul Auditorium

Performances By:

Eliana Light Flip Frisch Joshua Cohen YedidYah Family Band Carla Friend Ilan Speizer

THREE WEEK ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING

8:30-10:30 Performing Arts Building 131 Bringing Your Stories to Life Through Art & Audio with It’s a Big Tribe

Telling our stories can help bridge the gaps between groups of people, and see beyond labels — political, denominational, etc. — so that we become real, relatable individuals. As we get to know each other through our stories, we become a family, a big tribe. Participate in a groundbreaking project from It’s a Big Tribe by recording and/or graphically depicting your personal Jewish stories — humorous, spiritual, inspirational, or life-changing. Join graphic artist and educator Hillel Smith, and master educator Batsheva Frankel (producer and host of the podcast Good to Meet Jews) for a fun evening of creating and sharing our stories.

10:45

KUMSITZ

LATE NIGHT

Student Union

After evening programs there will be an open Kumsitz: a musical party of melodies and mayhem. Bring your voices and spirits and join the other non-sleepers! There will also be a cash bar and refreshments.

ARTS & SNACKS

Winch Meeting Room (Old Dorm Block)

Make art out of your snacks! Graham sukkahs, pretzel Torahs, etc. Bring your imagination, and a friend. Hosted by LEEP & the Young Professionals Program!

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TUESDAY

“We all have a common goal — to firm the link that ties one generation of Jews to the other.

We all have a common love — our people, our heritage, and our tradition of learning. And we all have a common hope — that we can somehow touch those most important to us — our students. Each of us here has an important part to play, but together we can change the face of Jewish life in America.

Together, we can assure the future of our people.”

- Jerry Benjamin z"l

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

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TUESDAY, JULY 30th 2019

7:30AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-8:45AM------------------------------------Breakfast 8:45-10:15AM----------------------------------AM Workshops 1 10:15-10:45AM--------------------------------------Break 10:15AM-1:30PM------------------------------Exhibitor Area 1 10:45AM-12:15PM----------------------------AM Workshops 2 12:00-1:30PM----------------------------------------Lunch 1:30-2:00PM-----------------------------Community Gathering 2:15-6:00PM------------------------------------Exhibitor Area 2 2:15-3:45PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 1 3:45-4:15PM-----------------------------------------Break 4:15-5:45PM-----------------------------------PM Workshops 2 6:00-7:30PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM------------------------------------------Mincha/Ma’ariv 7:30-8:15PM------------------------------------Exhibitor Area 3 8:30-10:30PM--------------------------------Evening Programs 10:45PM-----------------------------------Late Night Programs

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7:30AM

7:30AM MINYAN Morning Minyan

Gray Conference Center D

Neil Schwartz

Please join us this morning for a Traditional/Egalitarian Shacharit service!

TUESDAY

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WORKSHOP AM1

8:45-10:15AM

8:45-10:15AM

Congratulations, You’re in Charge — Now What? A Workshop for New Ed Directors Amy Ripps Eliot 126 What’s your stance? What are the core values of your school? Is there a plumber on call for when the bathroom stops working on Sunday morning? These, and more, are all questions you should be able to answer! Join me for a tachlis session about running a successful school/program, including some philosophy and some “nuts and bolts.” There will be plenty of take-away materials and ideas to add to your “toolbox.” Appropriate for all size schools/programs, in all sorts of locations, at all sorts of budget levels.

TUESDAY

Good Ideas Grow on Trees Rafi Glazer Vollum 228 JNF has planted trees in Israel for over 100 years. This workshop will share a new lineup of JNF programs to connect your classroom to this ageless act of support for Israel. In addition, JNF can help you teach about ecology, water resources, and the groundbreaking technological innovation that Israel is doing to improve on these issues. Participants will learn about free programs to incorporate, as well as learn how to access, additional resources to link Judaism, Israel, and the environment in their classrooms.

How We Talk Matters: Leading Through Listening Sue Bojdak Vollum 116 An introduction to the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) model, a strategy for understanding and changing how we talk with one another. We’ll identify culturally prevalent communication stumbling blocks and areas of particular challenge that arise in the role of the Jewish educator. We’ll hone in on attuned listening as a starting point for changing how we talk with colleagues, parents, and kids. Participants will be exposed to the underlying principals of the model, plus have a chance for hands-on practice. This session introduces one of the practices taught at the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute, where we develop educational leaders.

Aseret: The Big Ten Nina Woldin Eliot 103 Tradition tells us that at Sinai all of the Jewish people collectively heard the 10 Commandments directly from God. What do you think that would look like today? Crack open the foundational values of the 10 Commandments to reveal their meaning in today’s world through relevant text-based conversation. Chai Mitzvah, along with our partner Project Aseret, has developed exciting new curricula: The Big Ten for adults and for teens. We will use these materials as the basis for our discussion and activities. All participants will receive a free copy of one of the The Big Ten sourcebooks. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

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How to Create a Classroom Environment so that No Child Fails at Being Jewish Marilyn Arsham Vollum 110 Learn how to create an environment most conducive to Jewish learning. Children will then feel comfortable enough to learn and experience the beauty of Judaism.

Our schools should be about comfort, respect, spiritual growth, responsibility, and socialization. A religious education should be about making all learner types feel good about learning and being Jewish. Join us and learn how to create an environment in which your students feel respected, accepted, and supported. Then, and only then, will your students not only pass being Jewish, but will be proud to become a member of the Jewish community.

Radically Amazed by the Natural World: A Nature Walk Josh Lake Gray Campus Center B On this walk we will explore nature with a Jewish lens. Jewish traditions come alive as we journey with kavannah and a bit of mazel to learn about how our ancestors might have understood their relationship to nature, G-d’s Creation. Through hitbodedut, listening (shema’ing), and appreciation, we explore our own relationship with nature, and how our students may be able to build their relationship with G-d’s Creation.

This is a moderate hike on an unpaved trail. Please wear appropriate footwear for a hike. There are some stairs and a bit of uneven trail on our walk.

Healing Circle for People Who Have Experienced a Failed Pregnancy and/or the Loss of a Child Charki Dunn, Julie Plaut Warwick Performing Arts Building 130 This workshop is for anyone who has had a miscarriage, stillbirth, failed pregnancy, or the loss of a child. We will share our stories and move towards greater self-healing.

When we meet others with similar experiences, it helps us to heal.

Intrinsic Motivation: The Prize is Learning Sharon Diamondstein Vollum 118 This session will deal with enabling teachers to build relationships with students and remove the idea of prizes from the classroom. Explore ways to make the brief amount of time that we share with our supplemental students as meaningful and engaging as possible. We will discuss strategies for routines and relationship building, as well as crafting lessons that will motivate the students to want to learn.

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Social Justice/Jewish Values — Examples of Israel at its Best Mina Rush Vollum 126 What inspires today’s youth? Diversity, global justice, equality, humanitarian aid...

As Jews we set the bar very high as to how we should engage in these issues. When we hit the mark, nobody does it better. When we fall short, we remind ourselves of the need to do better next time. Using the Humanitarian Aid at Home and Abroad unit of the StandWithUs LINK curriculum as a jumping off point, engage and inspire your students with real stories that may challenge their perception of some important issues that not only affect Israel, but that we are grappling with here as well.

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Creating a Sacred Space Chana Stein Eliot 123 Using storytelling, visual arts, and text study, we will explore the concept of creating a sacred space in one’s own home, and what that could mean. What is a Mezuzah, and what is in the mezuzah, to analyze and connect to the text? Each participant will create their own mezuzah cover.

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The Magic of Tot Shabbat Ellen Allard Performing Arts Building 332 Join Ellen Allard and learn how to spin Tot Shabbat magic through experiences that speak to the hearts, minds, spirits, and bodies of young children and their grownups.

Explore best practices as we focus on choosing songs and prayers, developing a successful setlist, sprinkling Torah and God talk into your service, effectively using your worship space, and involving clergy and Early Childhood staff. And let’s not forget learning how to punt when what you planned isn’t working! Come with an open heart, a singing voice, dancing feet, and a desire to rock your Tot Shabbat! If you have a tallis, please bring it with you.

Use and Make MALACHIM Messages of Blessing (Angel Cards) Deborah Eisenbach-Budner Vollum 234 Malachim is the Hebrew word for messengers or angels. The new folk tradition of MALACHIM Messages of Blessing started 30 years ago. Now, people all over the world use this set of forty 1x3 inch artistic collage cards for Holidays, Shabbat, Rosh Hodesh, Personal Reflection, Hebrew, and Judaic concept learning and teaching.

Come hear about examples of using the MALACHIM as an educational tool for various ages as a part of ritual moments, and as a prompt for Jewish creativity.

Together we will make a set (with supplies provided) that you can take home.

From Mercha to Siluk: How to Make Sense of Chanting a Haftarah Scott Kramer Vollum 134 Discover an all-inclusive method for teaching not only Haftarah Trop but Torah, Eichah, Esther, Shalosh Regalim, and High Holidays in a comprehensive and fun way. You will leave with the tools to learn on your own, or with a chevruta or teacher, and develop your skills at your own pace. No prior knowledge of chanting Torah or Haftarah is needed. This method is ideal for teaching Bar/Bat Mitzvah students or adults.

The G!D Gap: How to (Not) Talk About G!D Eliana Light Winch Meeting Room God is the central character of the Torah and the subject of our prayers, yet we don’t often talk about what God is or how we relate to the Divine. Where to start? Together we’ll explore songs, texts, stories, and strategies for engaging with the idea of God in a healthy way with students of all ages, and ourselves. We’ll put the “!” in G!D, expanding a limiting word to make room for our beliefs, struggles, and questions.

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Classroom Management Clinic Goldie Milgram, Batya Podos Gray Campus Center D Each generation of students and parents brings new challenges. Come share a classroom management issue that you have with a student or group, and this session’s master teachers will draw you out on details and convene those present in safe and supportive consideration of the matter. Confidentiality applies to this session.

Hebrew Alive! Talk, Move, and Play the Ulpan Way Terry Kaye Performing Arts Building 131 Create a fun and exuberant conversational Hebrew course for 3rd-6th graders with active, movement-based activities — all in Hebrew. We’ll play out authentic, functional Hebrew activities using real-life situations: ordering food in a restaurant, going shopping, inviting friends to a birthday party. We’ll work through the five steps in a unit: Warm Up, Review, Learning New Material, Practice, and Enrichment.

Familiar games will lead us to produce Hebrew language; for example, the yarn web game to introduce ourselves, “Brown Bear” to learn colors, and the “Hokey Pokey” to practice parts of the body. This session is in English. Only the most rudimentary Hebrew knowledge is necessary to participate. Activities are drawn from the new teacher curriculum guide Hebrew Alive! Bonus: You will receive a complete sample unit and 285 Hebrew mini-word cards to copy for your classroom. (PLEASE NOTE: The presenter is sharing information about a product that is for sale.)

Class is Starting, DON’T Put Your Phones Away!

Michelle Geft Eliot 216 Rather than fight with your students to stay off their phones, come learn how to incorporate cell phones (and more) into your lessons. The presenter has produced a workbook which uses technology in the classroom, and she will share these techniques so that you can use/adapt them for your own classrooms. Bring your phone, tablet, computer, or just a pen/pencil and learn how we can engage our students in today’s technology age. As John Dewey suggests, “meet them where they are.”

This session will focus on how to present/teach information — Introduction to QR Codes, Ed Puzzle, Kahoot!, and YouTube/Vimeo. No Experience necessary.

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Listen, Laugh, & Learn: A Unique Way to Study the Rich Heritage of Jewish Music Kenny Ellis Vollum 120 Come on a journey through Jewish music and humor. Using Kenny Ellis’ vast collection of digitized LP’s, 45’s, 78’s, and cassettes, you’ll hear songs and comedy in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English which reflect the sound of our Jewish culture. Listen to some of the greatest cantors, comedians, shows, dance music, and even Jewish songs recorded by non-Jewish artists like My Yiddishe Mama by Tom Jones and Billy Holiday. Don’t miss his recordings of Fiddler on the Roof in several languages!

Kenny’s knowledge and stories about a life in music and comedy are the “glue” that holds the program together.

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WORKSHOP AM2 10:45AM-12:15PM Bringing Passover to the 21st Century in Early Childhood Education Paula Hoffman Eliot 216 It’s time to retire the old paper plate frogs and the teacher-designed Haggadot and Seder plates! What do we want young children to know about Passover in the 21st Century? What provocations can be offered and how do the learning experiences encourage children to engage in the BIG IDEAS of Passover? How do we set up the environment both indoors and outdoors for Passover discoveries? Come prepared to re-think the holiday, and to collaborate and re-imagine developmentally appropriate opportunities to support children’s learning about Passover.

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Be the Egg Seth Goldstein Eliot 103 Pity the poor egg. It sits silently on the Seder plate without a special mention, blessing, or role in the Seder. But the egg carries a deep symbolism that connects us to the Jewish past and the holiness of the Passover season. We will study texts and share stories (with perhaps a recipe and craft thrown in for good measure) to draw out the meaning of the egg, both as a means to deepen our individual spirituality and add meaning to our Passover celebrations.

Family Programming for Pesach: Long-Term Planning for Holidays Cherie Koller-Fox Performing Arts Building 332 Join us in thinking about Passover from the perspective of families. What do they want to know to be able to celebrate Passover at home? How can synagogue celebrations add to their repertoire? What are your goals for a family during the years they and their children are in your school? How do models and long-term planning help you achieve these educational goals? Many great examples of Passover programs will be shared.

How to Be or Not to Be, That is the Question!

Bracha Lieberman Vollum 126 What do we learn from questions that are raised by studying the Haggadah? We will look at key points raised in the Haggadah, and see what questions come up and how understanding the story can help us live better, more connected lives. Bring a new question that you have!

PBL and Pesach Batsheva Frankel Vollum 134 Want your students to get the most out of Pesach? Using authentic Project-Based Learning (not just using projects in learning), 3rd grade through high school age students can find deeper ways to connect to this important holiday. Because PBL is all about using questions to drive learning, it is the perfect method to pair with Pesach. In this workshop you will learn about some Pesach PBL units you can use as is, or for inspiration in creating your own.

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Freedom of Creative Expression: Using Art to Explore a Passover Theme Esther Amster Vollum 116 This workshop will explore one of Passover’s foundational themes: freedom.

Participants will engage with Jewish texts and philosophy and through use of art exercises and discussion will gain personal understanding. We will then step back, look at the group process, and build a theoretical and experiential toolkit using elements of art therapy, group therapy, and creative processes in learning.

Pesach: Haggadah is “The Telling!”

Cherie Karo Schwartz Vollum 120 Storyteller and author Cherie Karo Schwartz co-wrote with Barbara Rush the JPS book The Kids’ Catalog of Passover many years ago. The award-winning book is filled with stories, crafts, poetry, songs, and traditions from almost 30 countries, and new celebrations. Learn about how the Yemenite floor-table became the seder plate, and the tradition of the Caucasus embroidered seder plate tablecloth. Cherie will share some worldwide Pesach stories, and we will discuss their uses. We will have a roundtable on new celebrations. Come learn many esoteric, engaging ideas to enhance your teaching of Passover and your own celebrations.

Whose Matzoh Is It Anyway?: Improv Games for a Fun and Memorable Seder Brianna Sayres Vollum Lounge Do you want to plan a fun and engaging Passover seder? Come learn a variety of improv games inspired by the television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway”. These games can inspire fun and active seder participation in attendees ranging from ages 8 to 80. For anyone who leads a Seder and/or educators who would like to use Passover improv to liven up their classrooms. Come prepared to laugh, play games, and have a matzoh-load of fun!

Edible Judaism: Explore Pesach (and More!) Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan Vollum 118 Experience Pesach and more through the “Edible Judaism” educational model.

Flora and nature imagery permeate the Torah, with over 100 plants mentioned by name. We will explore Pesach and other holidays through the commentaries of our sages who, from Talmudic times to modern day, investigated the inclusion and the meaning of each plant in order to understand the purpose of the text. The flora of Jewish tradition provide rich metaphors, allegories, symbols, and parables which can prompt Jewish learning for a wide range of audiences and settings — the garden, camp, classroom, and synagogue.

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Tween-and Teen- Worthy Pesach Games Heidi Aycock Winch Meeting Room Turn the games of summer camp and youth group into Pesach-themed games to inject fun and creativity into your classroom, your community seder, your family seder, and so on. From contained and highly structured games based on card games to role-playing games, there are so many ways to make Pesach more fun and fun more Pesadik.

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Tableside Storytelling: A New Structure for the Passover Haggadah David Feder Vollum 234 Every year we are challenged to remember that we ourselves were brought out of Egypt. So we should tell that story, every year. And somehow we get… sidetracked.

By four children. By Rabbi Tarfon. By… is that an egg? This workshop takes a fresh look at the structure of the Seder itself, and introduces a new, engaging model of table-side storytelling that brings us back to our roots for some new inspiration.

We’ll integrate each traditional step and every prescribed ritual in a new approach perfect for a first- or second-night family gathering, or to use in an older-grades classroom. There’s even a hard-boiled egg, after all.

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Haggadah, Humash, and History: “Tell Your Child on that Day” Jonathan Wolf Vollum 110 Why is this Biblical verse [Ex. 13:8] the only one repeated several times in the text of Haggadah? Why does it underpin the entire Seder [“v’higadta...”]? And why do we always so fundamentally mistranslate it? We will delve into the accounts in Exodus and into portions of the Haggadah, and will examine the astonishing understanding of this pasuk by the S’fat Emet. Also: Why are the Israelites exhorted over and over to remember, retell, and relive the Passover, the Going-out, and the Crossing throughout chapters 12 & 13 of Exodus, BEFORE any of these miracles had yet taken place?

Passover in the Torah Paul Solyn Gray Campus Center D The story of Passover we read in the Haggadah is strikingly different from the one we find in the Torah. Come explore key passages from the Torah, and look for ways they’re expressed in the Haggadah and our own Passover practices. You'll emerge with a better understanding of the connections between these two very different narratives of Passover, and ideas for making the connections more meaningful.

Sephardi and Mizrachi Seder Customs and Music Neil Schwartz, David Schwartz Eliot 123 The Jewish world is increasingly diverse, yet many of us still teach Passover from an Ashkenazi-centric perspective. Come broaden your knowledge and teaching by learning Sephardi and Mizrachi customs and music for Passover.

Passover’s Ecological Roots Ellen Bernstein Eliot 126 Most people don’t associate Passover with the environment, but Pesach can be understood in ecological terms. We will explore the earthy roots of Passover through text study, learn how we lost touch with this ecological wisdom, and discuss how to incorporate this wisdom back into the Passover seder. Texts will be available from Rabbi Ellen Bernstein’s forthcoming Passover haggadah, The Promise of the Land.

You will leave this session with tools for integrating Passover’s ecological aspects into your seder. Geared towards educators working with ages 13 and up.

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Liberate Your Plate: Passover as a Launchpad for Ethical Food Choices Melissa Hoffman Gray Campus Center B As we contemplate ancient forms of oppression at our seder, we have the opportunity to reflect on the sources and ethics of our food. Have you ever thought about factory farming as a human rights issue? How can Jewish concepts of liberation help us make responsible food choices in an age where over 95% of farm animals are raised in confinement? Participants in this session will receive a haggadah supplement that helps facilitate this conversation at home and at school, and we’ll explore how we can work towards a food system that is more just for all living beings during our season of liberation.

Singin’ Your Way to Freedom — Pesach Susan Shane-Linder Student Union I will share customs, traditions, and songs all about Pesach that the entire family will enjoy. Sure, we’ll sing “Dayeinu” and “Let My People Go”, but did you know there are so many more? We will share catchy, interactive stories and songs. If we don’t teach and sing these songs, who will? Come hear some “oldies but goodies,” and learn a few new ones to teach your students and share with your family at home.

We will sing our way to freedom. Bring a recording device to capture all the tunes!

Protest Signs at the Seder: Empowering Teens to Bring their Social Justice Agendas to the (Seder) Table Adinah Miller Performing Arts Building 131 When they’re too old (or woke) for the 10 plague puppets, how do you create a meaningful seder experience for your teens and college-aged guests? Empower young people to create a social justice seder with symbols, rituals, and readings on issues that matter to them! This workshop offers you hands-on ideas and varied resources for engaging teens in planning and running a (home or community) seder that incorporates their concerns about climate change, LGBTQ rights, or racial justice. In every generation we must see ourselves as if we had gone out of Mitzrayim. What can that mean to this generation?

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How is this Haggadah the Same as All Other Haggadot…and Why? Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki Vollum 228 It’s “tradition”: Whether or not they know why they’re supposed to read Mah Nishtanah, and even if they can’t decode Hebrew fluently, Jewish children are expected to ask The Four Questions. Try using “Barbara’s Easy Way to Teach Mah Nishtanah” with your 3-7 grade students, and then navigate through various Haggadot to discover other activities and prayers that are part of every Seder. Help children learn how our Avot v’Imahot, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam are all connected to the Passover story, and to us. Explore ways to actively involve pupils in learning Hebrew and English Passover songs, and introduce prayers they’ll be able to use, not just during Pesach, but at meals and Jewish holiday celebrations year-round. Bring your “Kosher for Passover” memories, craft ideas, and recipes to share: I will.

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COMMUNITY GATHERING 1:30-2:00PM Student Union Tune-In & Tune-Up: A Spiritual Resetting of Your Soul

Eliana Light, Naomi Less, Chava Mirel After lunch and before class, we will gather as one community to spend contemplative moments together — sitting, singing, pausing, digesting what we’ve learned and readying ourselves for the learning to come. Using music to rejuvenate our souls, we will find the holy. There will also be an opportunity to say Kaddish.

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Immersive Education: How Experiential Learning Creates Long Lasting Impact Kate Cykman, Aubri Doughty Vollum 110 We will focus on the impact of immersive learning in the classroom and the synagogue. Come discuss 3 different immersion projects — a trip to Israel, an immigration experience, and a multicultural day. Participants will also have the opportunity to experience some of the programming themselves. We will then create our own immersive learning experiences. Curriculum and lesson plans for 3 experiences will be handed out to all participants. (3-Hour Workshop) #OnwardHebrew: “I’m On-The-Way!” Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz Performing Arts Building 131 Change isn’t easy, especially when tackling the challenge of transforming Hebrew and Jewish learning in synagogues! This workshop is for those adopting elements of #OnwardHebrew’s sound-to-print approach in a way that honors their setting and culture. We will explore each of #OnwardHebrew’s elements in depth, focusing on the benefits and challenges of waiting to teach decoding AND the change process. Whether on-the-way or all-in, come network with colleagues with the option of continuing afterwards via a community of practice. Prerequisite: Attend “#OnwardHebrew: Join the conversation” OR attendance at a past #OnwardHebrew introductory workshop. (3-Hour Workshop) Ji Tap Gameathon Michelle Geft, Carina Rock Vollum Lounge At the Ji Tap Gameathon, you will create a Ji Tap game to fit your curriculum. The winning game creator will get a one-year Ji Tap subscription free for their school.

Learn the basics of game creation, and jump right into game design. You can choose to come prepared with your lesson to gamify, or choose at the Gameathon. Coaches will help you in the game design process, and at the end there will be a judging protocol where you will present your game to the judges and your peers. You will leave this workshop with your very own game to can use in your class this year. You will also leave with game design skills, fully able to teach game design to your students.

Attendees should bring an iPad or tablet to this session! (3-Hour Workshop)

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The Only One Who Really Likes Change is the Consultant… How Do Jewish Educational Leaders Lead Change?

Sam Joseph Gray Campus Center B Do various theories of change actually help planning for and implementing change?

Is resistance to change an obstacle, or is it a friend? We will look at theories and “test” out how they really do work with planning and implementation. Participants will come away with ways to use the workshop’s ideas back home.

Compassion in Action — Hebrew School Style Sarah Rohr Winch Meeting Room As educators, we want to reach every student, and we can only do this when we build an authentic relationship with each child and see them for who they are.

In this workshop we will engage in practices that stimulate a generosity of spirit, including using blessing as a tool for emotional and intellectual coherence, using singing/talking as a method for connecting with students, and relieving the burden of having to “fix” students by owning your individual piece. We will discuss the keys to compassionate listening, and participants will leave with strategies for building empathy in their students and themselves.

Use Your Words: Identifying Emotional Growth in the ECE Classroom Deborah Goldstein Vollum 228 Young children are overflowing with feelings. One of the primary tasks of childhood is learning to identify and regulate those feelings. As adults we know our job is to facilitate that growth. But how? Let’s look at both the research and our own experiences as we seek to develop best practices around this most important goal.

The Living Classroom: Creating a Teachable Green Space Ramona Brand Eliot 103 Our first Jewish home was a garden! Our ancestors lived closely with nature, as many of our sacred texts reflect. Learn how one school created a nature center from scratch and developed a curriculum that motivated teachers to use it as an extension of their classroom. We will explore ways that you can transform your green space (large or small) into a classroom that connects students of all ages to texts, Torah stories, values, history, and prayer in tangible, exciting ways. No green space? Bring nature inside! Using texts and multiple resources you will come away with at least one “spirit in nature” activity you can bring back to your school.

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Hiddur Mitzvah and the B’nei Mitzvah Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem Performing Arts Building 130 How do we bring meaning back into the single most celebrated Jewish rite of passage? Ceremony, ritual objects, song, wilderness, and craft are all avenues to making more meaning. We’ll take a closer look at ways to construct a year or two or more of engaged and embodied Jewish practice for b’nei mitzvah and their families. By taking a closer look at the principles of Hiddur Mitzah and the ways in which this mitzvah can be embraced and understood as an ongoing practice of embodied living Judaism, we will vision together ways we can bring Judaism alive for b’nei mitzvah.

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Jewish Rhythm - the Holiday Cycle Amy Ripps Vollum 116 Our students are way more likely to know that Halloween is approaching than Purim. While we all may “teach” the holidays, how do we help our students, and their families, live the holidays, live a Jewish rhythm? The presenter will share one approach of helping Jews live Jewish lives - and together we’ll brainstorm and share others. This session is designed to help you think about priorities, and also will provide you with lessons/programs to consider for your school/classroom.

Confronting Bias and Blindspots in the Classroom Staci Rosenthal Eliot 216 In today’s global community, our students encounter diversity either as newcomers or as those receiving newcomers. Helping students identify the bias they carry shapes how they engage with others, and makes them more responsible and compassionate citizens. Explore the role biases might play in our communities, schools, and classrooms. Using the Facing History approach, explore strategies that help build reflective and engaging learning spaces for your students, and consider how our individual identities influence our understanding of those around us.

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New Directions in Teaching Israeli Culture and History Nina Spiegel Vollum 120 Israeli history is often taught without attention to culture, and Israeli culture is frequently taught without historical context. This workshop will demonstrate how to bridge the two arenas, providing innovative lenses for approaching the study and teaching of Israeli culture and history. We’ll focus on the use of a range of texts — both visual and written — including items such as archival films that are now available online, photographs, songs, and documents, drawn both from my archival research in Israel, and teaching of Israel Studies at Portland State University.

Turn It On, Beam It Out Justin Jude Carroll Performing Arts Building 332 It’s not what we teach, it’s how we teach it. How do we “turn on the juice” to engage our youngest students through music? How do we do that when we’re feeling low-ebb? We’ll explore how to create conditions in ourselves that produce joy and wonder in our students. We’ll look at the arc of a successful music class, including structured greetings and goodbyes, movement, props, and Jewish content. Everyday song repertoire will be explored. Participants may be invited to present a song to the group (not a requirement). For all early childhood educators who use music.

Spirituality in the Classroom Batya Podos Eliot 123 How do we create sacred space in the classroom? How do we make the study of prayer more meaningful? How do we talk about G*d without limiting students’ spiritual experiences? How can we encourage Judaism not by rote but by soul? Come practice and model techniques to help students reframe their Jewish learning in a context of spirituality. Learn how to have students enter classrooms mindfully, and unpack prayers by using the shorashim to access deeper meaning, then rewrite them to make them personal. Discover techniques to transition effectively in a prayerful way, and explore ways to help students to create a personal Jewish practice.

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How to Enhance Your Confirmation Year Guy Greene Gray Campus Center D Confirmation programs can be fun and exciting for your Jewish teens. Discover new ways to help build a Jewish teen community in your class and your synagogue by enhancing your Confirmation program through creative experiences. Engage your confirmation class in Jewish Afanim, yoga, and guided mediation during each session. Explore kinesthetic muscle memory of the many emotional states that young adolescents are experiencing. Explore exciting trips to Jewish cities in North America that you can possibly take your students on at the end of the year!

Uppity Women of the Torah: The True Story of Our Mothers Ruz Gulko Vollum 134 Whom to blame? Shockingly bad translations? Patriarchal traditions? So, how did I get all the way through Jewish Day Schools & NOT know this stuff??! Are you ready for a paradigm shift? And do you want to teach this to your students? We will close-read the biblical text to discover how VITAL these women were, and how the Midrash recognized and acknowledged this.

Songs About G!D: Music to Start the Conversation Eliana Light Vollum 126 Music helps us learn, find meaning, and experience spirit, making it the perfect tool to start deep conversations about G!D with older kids and adults in prayer and learning settings. We’ll explore songs that tap into different aspects of the human-Divine relationship, including examining how G!D was taught to us, G!D language, mindfulness, and finding our own names for G!D.

Song Writing Yakira Yedidia, Aaron Yedidia Student Union Songwriting is a craft. Learn about different rhythm beats and styles from around the world, choose your rhythm, learn the skills of song writing, and implement your melody and rhythm using Psalms poetry.

In the Potter’s Studio: A Pot and a Poem Rivy Poupko Kletenik Eliot 126 We will consider a passage from the Book of Jeremiah and how it came to inspire a piece of the Yom Kippur liturgy. Then we will wrestle with the dynamics between Creator and the created.

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History as an Open Book: The American Jewish Experience through Museum Objects and Havruta Study Ronit Lusky Vollum 118 How can we make history relevant to students? How can learning through relationship-building and inquiry enhance critical thinking? Explore NMAJH’s innovative curriculum, Open Book, which blends museum practices of object-based learning with havruta study to inspire unexpected approaches to studying history. Learn strategies of “reading” objects and constructing meaning built around an approach of close observations, thoughtful interpretations, adventurous questioning, relationship-building, and rich conversations. We'll discuss ways to use this model in your classroom for academic and personal growth, and you'll leave with concrete tools.

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Troubleshooting Your Biggest Issues as Directors Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Cherie Koller-Fox Performing Arts Building 332 Join two seasoned heads of school and colleagues for a lively problem solving session. Bring your challenges of working with your board, your staff, your clergy, your support staff, your students, and your curriculum. We will put it out there in a safe environment that will give all of us new and fresh insight into these issues, and inspiration to carry on to the new year ahead!

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Creating a More Inclusive School: How to Work with Families, Para-Educators, and Your Board to Ensure Success Mel Berwin Eliot 216 Do you have the right intentions but struggle to create a more inclusive education program? Are you concerned about funding, parents’ attitudes, Board support, or teachers’ skills? We’ll cover both the practical and the philosophical considerations necessary to create a successful, inclusive program.

Case Study: Modalities for Creating Jewish Community in a Weekly Supplementary Program Beth Liberman Eliot 126 Come learn how one school created a framework of experiential project-based learning, year-long overarching themes, and integrated natural Hebrew. We will discuss the challenges of canned curricula for both Hebrew and Jewish life in a once-a-week setting, developing a 4-year cycle of year-long themes that is multi-age and continuous. We’ll also explore how to design relevant, significant communal Jewish art projects. This case comes from a rural setting, but can easily be adapted/ implemented in other settings.

Tackling Tefillah: Goals, Models, and Inspiring Ideas Batsheva Frankel Vollum 228 If you ask Jewish educators to name the most challenging topic to teach, many say tefillah. Learn how to solidify your/your organization’s tefillah goals, and find inspiring, new, and engaging ways to help our students connect to this life-long spiritual practice.

This Too is Torah: Exploring Modern Jewish Poetry Danny Kraft Performing Arts Building 130 Poetry is a powerful and often subversive way of connecting to God, Torah, prayer, and the Jewish people. We will read and discuss poems by great modern Jewish writers, both well-known and under the radar, in order to explore the ways that poetry can deepen our understanding of our Jewish practices and beliefs. Gain an overview of the rich and diverse world of Jewish poetry, from experimental Yiddish writers to contemporary Americans and Israelis, while learning how and why to incorporate Jewish poetry into your own teaching.

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Better Together: Engaging Teens in Tikkun Olam Through Intergenerational Relationships Bess Adler Eliot 123 Come learn how to apply for, implement, and maintain this multi-year grant to implement a life-changing intergenerational program in your community! The Better Together™ program provides schools with the funding (50K+), guidance, and curriculum to give students (6th-12th grade) the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with local community seniors.

Best Practices for Tot Shabbat and Young Family Services Goldie Milgram Eliot 103 Young families are the future! Come experience and discuss the elements of this highly-successful-to-date, brief, Young Family Shabbat service that is readily adaptable across the spectrum of Jewish life.

Parasha Power — Making Torah Learning the Highlight of the Week Sharona Hassan Vollum 126 Each week my students beg for more parasha learning, more Torah stories. How can learning ancient stories become the most exciting element of a modern classroom?

This presentation will discuss methods for making weekly Torah learning deeply engaging for students from Pre-K through lower elementary school.

Living Through Our Historical Timeline Mina Rush Vollum 118 After the Roman conquest, our educational focus pivots to diaspora Jewish history.

That makes sense. For all our students, that is their history. This leaves a black hole in their historic timeline. Utilizing an activity from the Jewish Continuity in the Land of Israel unit from the LINK curriculum, an educational initiative of StandWithUs, your students will discover for themselves that a Jewish presence persisted in Israel despite thousands of years of foreign conquest and occupation. Come play Kesher with us, a fun and competitive game from the LINK program that your students will enjoy so much, they won’t even realize how much they've learned!

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Teaching About Anti-Semitism in the Diaspora in the 21st Century Bonni Goldberg Vollum 234 In order to teach about antisemitism responsively and responsibly, we must first take the time to examine our own relationship to our status as Jews today, individually and as part of the Jewish community. We will reflect on and discuss our experiences, and take on antisemitism both now and prior to recent events. I will share some strategies and techniques for teaching antisemitism and developing lessons. There will be time for others to share as well. Please note: while our relationship to other oppressed groups and the overall climate of violence worldwide are important discussions, it is critical to have Jewish space to work through our own relationship to antisemitism free from the impulse or necessity to address the needs of others first. For this reason our conversation will be centered on Jews, and focus only on our personal experience of antisemitism.

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4:15-5:45PM

Chorale III Ellen Allard Music Rehearsal Hall Ellen Allard will be the conductor for a rousing, not-to-be-missed NewCAJE Chorale experience. The Chorale has been invited to perform on the stage during the Tuesday night concluding performance. All singers are welcome, regardless of experience.

A fabulous time is guaranteed for all!

Matbeah vs Meaning-Making: Not an Either/Or for Praying Naomi Less Vollum 120 Friends — how many of us hear: “...but if you take time for meaning-making, they won’t learn all of the prayers...” This musical workshop on meaning and matbeah explores how to balance tefilah literacy goals and meaning making/spiritual development. Spoiler alert — it’s not a binary dichotomy. We will explore music, meditation, and the natural world.

Speaking Truth to Power: Naboth’s Vinyard Everett Fox Vollum 134 Unlike the other Elijah stories, I Kings 21 contains no miraculous acts. It recounts an incident of flagrant abuse of power, with the king (Ahab), the queen (Jezebel), and the prophet as the main actors. How does the Bible’s language here help us to focus on the overriding issue? And how does it parallel a story set a century earlier?

TUESDAY

Joy Infusion!

Julie Plaut Warwick Student Union Are you in need of a Joy Cocktail? Do you have a student or co-worker that tries to make you get upset? I have just the workshop for you. Come learn skills to lean into the Joy in our lives and spread it throughout our community. No experience necessary!! We will be Singing, Dancing, Playing, and Laughing!!!

Kol HaKavod! — Positive Behavior Management in Hebrew and English Benjamin Kintisch Vollum 116 Learners of all ages respond best to positive motivation. We will observe several demos, and discuss what worked and what can be improved. Many techniques will be covered including targeted specific praise, group and individual motivation, crafting a positive classroom culture, and creating a school-wide culture of positive behavior and achievement. All techniques will be presented in English, with instructions for how to use Hebrew language as appropriate for learners.

Women in Trouble Alicia Jo Rabins Gray Campus Center D Explore narratives of Biblical women through the prism of art, song, and text study with Alicia Jo Rabins’ Girls in Trouble Curriculum, a companion to her indie-folk song-cycle about women in Torah. These units are geared toward teens and adults; many can be adjusted for younger learners. Each unit explores how a different Biblical woman’s story can nourish us through the changes and challenges in our lives, and how artistic forms can help illuminate Jewish wisdom. (Appropriate for all teens and adults, from first-time learners curious about stories of women in Torah, to experienced educators looking to expand their toolbox.)

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6:00-7:30PM

DINNER

Commons

6:00-7:30PM

MINCHA/MA'ARIV Gray Campus Center D

7:30PM

TUESDAY

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NEWCAJE IN CONCERT Produced by Chava Mirel & Andrea Shupack

8:30-10:30

Kaul Auditorium

Performances By:

THREE WEEK ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING

8:30-9:30

Performing Arts Building 332

Sacred or Profane? What Every Jew Needs to Know About the Making of Parchment

Ever wonder how the parchment for your Torah scroll was made? Ever ask yourself from where the skins were sourced? Are you prepared for the complex answer that may encourage you to consider only sustainably sourced parchment for your next Torah scroll, mezuzah, or tefillin? To learn about the contemporary parchment making industry and some emerging alternatives, join scribe and artist creator of Or Hadash | ‫עור חדש‬, Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem, for an enlightening (and possibly uncomfortable) conversation.

9:30-10:30

Performing Arts Building 131

Let’s Schmooze About Shtisel

Join Rivy Poupko Kletenik for this interactive session, and unpack some of the basic themes of this very popular Israeli TV show — now on Netflix. There will also be opportunity to demystify some of the practices you might be wondering about, and suggest how they connect to core Jewish ideas.

10:45

KUMSITZ

LATE NIGHT

Student Union

After evening programs there will be an open Kumsitz: a musical party of melodies and mayhem. Bring your voices and spirits and join the other non-sleepers! There will also be a cash bar and refreshments.

GAMES & SNACKS Winch Meeting Room (Old Dorm Block)

Come play our games and bring your own. Hosted by LEEP & the YP Program!

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WEDNESDAY July 31st

- Jerry Benjamin z"l

WEDNESDAY

"The NewCAJE conference is now well established as being important for Jewish teachers. What we really need are funders to make a 3-5 year investment that would cover the full cost of teachers to participate.

The principals and Rabbis might be able to pay their own way with professional development funds. Once NewCAJE no longer needs to scramble to raise money for teacher conference participation, we can present a wealth of sustainable projects to funders who share our interest in a Jewish Future.

We need a different conceptual framework. "

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

WEDNESDAY, July 31st 2019

WEDNESDAY

7:30AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-9:00AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 9:00AM-12:30PM-------------------------Final Exhibitor Area 9:00-10:30AM---------------------------------AM Workshops 1 10:30-11:00AM--------------------------------------Break 11:00AM-12:30PM---------------------------AM Workshops 2 12:30-1:00PM------------------------------Closing Ceremonies 1:00-2:30PM----------------------------------------Lunch 1:30-4:00PM-------------------------------------LEEP Program

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7:30AM

7:30AM MINYAN Morning Minyan

Gray Conference Center D

Neil Schwartz

Please join us this morning for a Traditional/Egalitarian Shacharit service!

WEDNESDAY

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9:00AM-12:00PM & 9:00-10:30AM

WORKSHOP AM1 9:00AM-12:00PM Immigration and Integration: The Bintel Brief and Immigration Today Staci Rosenthal Vollum 120 Immigration and integration are timely topics in today’s classrooms, and history offers us a glimpse of how these issues impacted newcomers in the 1920s. We’ll look at the Bintel Brief (the advice column of a newspaper founded by Jewish immigrants just after the turn of the 20th century) which explored the lives and dilemmas of newcomers making their way in a new land, offering a community to those seeking connection to a new one. Participants will explore resources and pedagogical strategies relating to this topic, and will leave with lesson ideas and a deeper appreciation for the connection between what it meant, and continues to mean, to be a newcomer. (3-Hour Workshop) The Problem of Israel Education David Starr Vollum 134 How should we teach American Jews about Zionism and Israel? This takes into account the considerable gaps between the two communities that reflect history and purposes, as well as in differing views of policies. This workshop describes and models an approach that reflects difference, and deepens knowledge and connection nevertheless. (3-Hour Workshop)

WORKSHOP AM1

9:00-10:30AM

WEDNESDAY

High Holiday Family Services: Music, Methods, and More!

Eliana Light Performing Arts Building 131 Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur offer beautiful opportunities for families to share sacred time together. Through repertoire, techniques, and asking the big “why,” we’ll explore how to craft services for all ages of children and their grown-ups that look backwards, forwards, and inwards.

Vocal Aerobics Charki Dunn Gray Campus Center D Are you a singer? Do you give many sermons? Do you talk all day? Then this session is for you! Come learn some great exercises to keep your voice healthy and strong.

Healing from the Mistakes We Have Made as Principals and Teachers Goldie Milgram Eliot 126 The mistakes we teachers and principals make can leave us with consequences and strong feelings such as sorrow, fear, loss, and more. This session, first successfully offered for psychiatrists at an American Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, and then at rabbinic meetings, is a ritual approach drawn from an existing ritual in the Torah which allows us to enter into an honest, deeply supportive, and potentially transformational experience.

9:00-10:30AM

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Beyond LDs: Invisible Disabilities in Hebrew School Rae Antonoff Eliot 103 While educators are often familiar with “common” Learning Disabilities (LDs) that can impact life in Hebrew school, every once in a while we encounter a student or teacher with a non-learning-related disability that can have a dramatic effect on their ability to participate in school activities. Conditions such as Crohn’s Disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, gastroparesis, epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, etc., can be entirely invisible on the outside, but can have significant implications for attendance, manual dexterity, attention span, physical limitations, and more. We will learn how invisible disabilities surface in the classroom, ways schools can signal that it’s safe to “come out” as having one, the ADA legal requirements, and simple accommodations schools can make for both students and teachers to go beyond the legally mandated minimum. We’ll finish with a round-table discussion on how our schools can be more welcoming and accommodating for students and teachers living with invisible disabilities and their families.

JNF Helps Build Israel Connections Rafi Glazer Vollum 116 Finding meaningful programs that can engage older students about Israel is a challenge. Come learn about some free programs that JNF has to share. The programs are designed to help you engage your middle school/high school students in meaningful and difficult conversations about values, leadership, and the ideas that turned Israel from an idea into a reality. These activities can be used as stand-alone leadership development, or within the overall Israel curriculum of a school. Also included will be ways to access more innovative programming created by JNF. We’re not just about planting trees — we’re about Israel!

What If? Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem Vollum 118 What happens when an educator centers the question “what if ” when creating curriculum? What if an entire curriculum were built from questions? How do we keep creativity alive in our work as educators and administrators? What if our work and the things we love to do were the same? How can idealism live on in our educator selves? Bring your imagination and your questions, and we’ll exercise those muscles while considering “what if?”

WEDNESDAY

Sing! Sing! Sing!: Supporting Cognitive, Language, Social, Physical, and Spiritual Development in the Early Childhood Classroom Ellen Allard Performing Arts Building 332 Join Ellen Allard for an interactive, high-energy participatory staff music workshop that addresses the influence music has on the development of young children’s cognitive, language, social, physical, and spiritual development. Learn the how, what, where, when, and why music is so important in the lives of young children.

By recognizing that music is a remarkably powerful, successful, and effective tool to shape the early childhood curriculum, teachers return to their classrooms ready to make music a regular part of each day.

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9:00-10:30AM

Social Justice in Prayer David Schwartz Winch Meeting Room We know our students are passionate about Social Justice issues. Come explore how to tap into that energy as a way for them to connect with prayers, parasha, and holidays.

FrankenGames: Adapting Games to Your Curriculum Heidi Aycock Eliot 123 When you understand the mechanics of games, you can use those mechanics in other ways. Get an introduction to good mechanics for many of the topics we teach in our classrooms. You’ll see some examples of games in their original form, and see how their mechanics support Hebrew learning and other Jewish content.

Midrash 101 Rivy Poupko Kletenik Vollum 126 What is Midrash? Where did it come from? How are some of these tales to be understood? Where can I find them? After a basic overview, we will do a deep dive into two selections — offering examples of how to approach Midrash on your own.

WEDNESDAY

Lesson Planning is Like Songwriting Yakira Yedidia, Aaron Yedidia Student Union As a songwriter and a Jewish educator, we go through a similar process when writing a good song and when planning a good lesson. Setting goals, objectives, and outcomes are the main ingredients to creating an exceptional lesson. A good song has an introduction, verse, chorus, and conclusion. The goals of the lesson and song are to trigger a connection. A good lesson has an objective, to convey a message you want your student to remember, and just like the chorus of a song, it’s repetitive. A lesson and a song have vibes as they trigger feelings. What is the “feeling” (happy, sad, etc.) of your lesson? Does it match your subject? (Purim versus Yom Kippur).

How will you end your “song” or conclude your lesson? So let’s write a good lesson...

Ji Genesis: Re-Creating Your Congregational School’s Approach and Rhythm Carina Rock Vollum 110 Based on feedback from congregational schools world wide, Jewish Interactive has developed Ji Genesis. Because of limited hours, high turnover rate of teachers, and time of day, congregational schools have challenges with providing high quality Hebrew, building Jewish Identity, and creating Jewish Relevance. Ji Genesis addresses each one of these needs, and helps schools restructure their congregational model to outsource skill-based learning, and focus on core values when face to face. This session is geared towards heads of congregational schools and lay leadership. We will talk about what it would take to implement a program like Ji Genesis at your school, and explore examples of schools that have reached out to Ji to create a program for them, what they need, and how they have modified their organizational structure to satisfy the needs of their population. You will leave this session with new inspiration and applicable solutions.

11:00AM-12:30PM

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WORKSHOP AM2 11:00AM-12:30PM Fakes, Phonies, & Fabulous Educators — Working Through Impostor Syndrome Julee Levine, Cheryl Katz Vollum 116 Do you wonder when everyone will notice that you don’t know what you’re doing?

Do you feel surrounded by experts who know more than you? There’s a name for this: Impostor Syndrome. You’re in great company. Many professionals feel that their expertise doesn’t measure up, but the truth is that everyone continues to learn and grow in their field. We’ll explore the wisdom that Jewish texts can provide to guide us. We will also share stories, strategies, and common themes as we learn how to assess ourselves realistically, treat ourselves with kindness, and let go of negative narratives that hinder our success. Because you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you!

How to Build a Fun, Engaging, and Successful Junior Congregation Program Brianna Sayres Vollum 126 Do your students love Junior Congregation? Your Shabbat-morning Junior Congregation program presents a tremendous opportunity to educate and engage with your young congregants. We will learn ways to structure your Junior Congregation program to keep your students engaged and coming back. This is geared toward Junior Congregation educators and school administrators, or synagogue personnel who care about creating a successful Junior Congregation program.

You will go home with fun and practical ideas for structuring your Shabbat morning program, as well as a wide variety of engaging lessons and motivating theme days.

Level Up Your Education Program with Jewish Dungeons & Dragons David Feder Vollum 110 Jewish education doesn’t happen by magic. Unless you’re running Jewish Dungeons & Dragons, with supernatural spells and enchanted swords — then it pretty much does. Come learn a bit about how to use the beloved fantasy roleplaying game as a platform for Jewish education, and what you can teach with D&D that you couldn’t teach any other way. This no-experience-necessary workshop is ideal for anyone working in an informal setting with older elementary-aged through high school aged kids: summer camps, after-school programs, or just private fun around a table. There are Jewish texts, history, concepts, and values, plus problem-solving, cooperation, and personal development. Because not all treasure is gold and jewels.

WEDNESDAY

How to Teach Adults About the Gee-Oh-Dee Word Brian Mayer Eliot 216 Do you ever feel like a bull in a china shop when it comes to talking to adults about God? Wouldn’t you rather it feel like time on a play structure? How can we help move adults from treating theology with trepidation, to enjoying their relationship with God in whatever form it takes? You will leave this session with seven techniques to engage adults, and twenty-three modules to elicit reflection about the divine.

(That’s 30 things in an hour an a half!). This workshop is designed for educators of full, no, and mixed God beliefs.

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11:00AM-12:30PM

Jewish Prayer Movement and Dance Guy Greene Performing Arts Building 332 Learn to incorporate movement and dance into your prayer services, classrooms, and in the sanctuary. Jewish Afanim, Jewish Yoga, will also be taught. This teaches the breathing and body posture for each Hebrew letter, designed to build kinesthetic awareness of the meaning of the prayers for the child.

Songs, Stories, & Props — Tools for Engaging Families w/ Young Children Carla Friend Gray Campus Center D Explore some tools that will make your experiences for families with young children more engaging, welcoming, and inspiring. Whether or not you are a musician, you’ll return home with ideas you can implement right away. You’ll learn some tricks for keeping everyone in the room engaged, from the tiniest of babies to the chattiest adults! You’ll also get a peek into why the Tkiya approach is taking the family engagement world by storm with music, movement, stories, puppets, parachutes, and more.

Working with Kids with Autism and Anxiety Mel Berwin Performing Arts Building 131 More kids show up each year in our schools with symptoms of anxiety, sensory challenges, and emotional regulation issues. As a professional who champions inclusion in schools, and a parent of children with autism and anxiety, Mel speaks from a personal and professional perspective, sharing signs of anxiety that might be misunderstood, case studies, and best practices for working with kids of any age with these challenges.

WEDNESDAY

Sacred Chants for Sacred Times Neil Schwartz Eliot 126 Why does Jewish tradition assign different chant modes for various times? Come learn how Sacred Chants of Liturgy and Scripture identify and amplify Sacred Times.

You will hear how chanted music shows the time of year, month, week, and day, and the moods for each of these. The changing musical modes also show what part of the Liturgy we are doing. Bring a thumb-drive if you'd like to receive the handouts.

Arami Oved Avi: Migrants & Refugees, Jewish History & Values Jonathan Wolf Eliot 123 In the shadow of current crises and controversies over immigrants and asylum-seekers in the US, Israel, and Europe, we will examine together how Jews should understand and respond. What should we learn from our long and painful experience of exile, escape, arrival, and rebuilding? What do Torah sources teach us about Strangers, flight, identity, security, and human rights? How are we to apply today the instruction from Exodus 23:9 to “Know the soul of the Alien”?

Isaac Finds a Wife Everett Fox Eliot 103 The leisurely story of Avraham sending his servant back to the old country to find a wife for his son Yitzhak tells us a lot about the Bible’s take on diplomacy, loyalty, and women’s voices. How does the Bible introduce Rivka and her brother Lavan? What can we learn from paying close attention to how the servant explains his mission?

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12:30-2:30PM & 1:30-4:00PM

CLOSING CEREMONIES 12:30-1:00PM Student Union

Come and share your experiences of this conference. Time to say goodbye to old friends and new, and send each other off with songs and blessings for the New Year! Come and join everyone for a meaningful moment.

LUNCH

Commons

1:00-2:30PM

LEEP PROGRAM 1:30-4:00PM Winch Meeting Room

WEDNESDAY

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WHO’S WHO AT NEWCAJE? THE PRESENTERS THE NEWCAJE CONFERENCE IS FULL OF AWESOME EDUCATORS WHO DONATED THEIR TIME TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE: Bess Adler is Director of the Better Together Program of Legacy Heritage Fund and the New York Teen Initiatives at the Jewish Education Project. Previously, she was the Director and Principal of the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies, and the Ivry Prozdor of JTS. She served on the board of the National Hebrew High School Organization, and was its president for two years. She earned a Master’s and completed coursework towards her Doctorate at the Davidson School of JTS. (Tues 4:15pm) Ellen Allard is a multi-award winning recording artist, performer, and educator. She writes and performs music for kids and parents, charming audiences with upbeat songs sung in schools, temples, and summer camps all over the world. Ellen has a BA in Music, and a Master's degree in Education. She is certified to teach Yoga Yeladim as well as Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach, a high energy music program for children. (Sun 4pm, Mon 2:45pm & 4:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 4:15pm,Wed 9am) Esther Amster is the Director of Family Programming at the Portland Kollel, and is an art therapist and visual artist. She has a masters degree in Art Therapy, and studied Child Parent Psychotherapy as well as Jewish texts and education in Jerusalem. Esther combines her interests in psychology and visual and experiential learning with Torah study and teaching. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 10:45am) Rae Antonoff, MAJE, is a Los Angeles based Jewish educator, artist, and educational resource designer with a passion for Hebrew language and texts. Her creative, research-based educational resources are designed especially for supplementary schools, from art project plans and visual aides, to self-paced Hebrew materials, “Prayer Karaoke” videos, and more. (Sun 4pm, Wed 9am) Marilyn Arsham is a graduate of Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University. She has over 20 years of experience as a Hebrew School teacher and tutor, preparing numerous children for their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. (Mon 8:45am, Tues 8:45am) Heidi Aycock has been working in Jewish Education since the middle of the 1990s.

Her focus is on middle school to high school students, as well as tutoring B'Mitzvah students. In 2016 she was honored with the Grinspoon Award, the first in her area. She earned a BA in Religious Studies, and an MA in Journalism. (Tues 10:45am, Wed 9am) Rabbi Ellen Bernstein, dubbed the “birthmother of the Jewish environmental movement,” founded Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the Earth, the first national Jewish environmental organization (1988). Author of numerous books on Judaism and ecology, her Passover haggadah, The Promise of the Land, and her essay, The Ecotheology of the Song of Songs, will be published in 2020. (Sun 4pm, Mon 8:45am, Tues 10:45am)

147 Mel Berwin is the Director of Congregational Learning at Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland, OR, where she champions Hebrew language learning, a fully inclusive education program, and a strong teen leadership track. Her other full-time work is parenting three teenagers. (Sun 4pm, Mon 2:45pm, Tues 4:45pm, Wed 11am) Sue Bojdak is the Recruitment Coordinator for the Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI). She has been working in Jewish education since 1998, and has been a congregational educator since 2001. Sue is currently the Director of Education at Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. Sue has been a student of NVC (Nonviolent Communication) for the past 10 years. (Tues 8:45am) Ramona Brand, M.Ed., is the Director of Youth Learning at Temple Beth-El in Richmond, VA. An educator since 1983 with degrees in theater arts and education, she uses her dual background to intertwine creativity with educational content, and is committed to a whole child/experiential approach to learning. She was awarded the Natalia Twersky Award in 2015. This is her double Chai year: 36 years in education, with 18 served as a Supplemental School Director! (Tues 2:15pm) Ilana Braverman serves as Program Associate for the Jewish Initiative for Animals (JIFA), and Program Manager with Farm Forward. At JIFA, she helps Jewish institutions source higher welfare animal products, and align their food choices with their Jewish values. She holds a Master's degree in Animals and Public Policy from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and served as Program Associate for the Shamayim V'Aretz Institute. (Mon 4:45pm) Justin Jude Carroll is an early childhood music educator, songleader, and award winning recording artist. He teaches or has taught at Portland Jewish Academy, Music Together of Portland, and congregations in Portland and St. Louis. He co-produced the album OyBaby: We Sang that at Camp, and has released three original albums. In 2007 he was named Oregon’s Best Singer-Songwriter. (Tues 2:15pm) Barry Cohen, originally from Memphis, graduated from the University of Michigan and then HUC-JIR. He led congregations in Arizona, Oklahoma, and Illinois. To add to his relational skills and his ability to foster meaningful connections, he took part in a Chaplaincy Residency Program. He is using these skills as the first Jewish Communal Chaplain of the Greater Portland Area. (Mon 8:45am) Kate Cykman is the Youth and Curriculum Coordinator of the Congregation Beth El Religious School in Bangor, Maine, where she lives with her wife and son. She specializes in utilizing immersive experiences, Art, and STEM, to teach Jewish values and create Jewish identity for the children she works with. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 2:15pm) Adina Davies has spent the last twelve years building community and implementing innovative programs with Jewish organizations in Boston, Rhode Island, New York, and Philadelphia. She is the Administrator and Engagement Coordinator at BJEP: Boston-area Jewish Education program. She has also planned programs for families with young children for the JCC of Greater Boston, worked at InterfaithFamily.com, and for the URJ. (Sun 4pm)

148 Sharon Diamondstein has worked in the world of Jewish education for thirteen years, both in full and part-time roles. She currently serves as the Director of Congregational Learning at the Jewish Center in Princeton, NJ. Sharon has always been passionate about helping those around her discover their Jewish identities, and enjoys guiding her students through their own Jewish journeys. (Tues 8:45am) Aubri Doughty is the Arts and STEM enrichment program specialist at Congregation Beth El in Bangor, Maine. Her unique approach to Jewish learning utilizes hands-on experiences and alternative modalities to create long-lasting connections to Jewish culture for her students. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 2:15pm) Charki Dunn is the Director of Music at Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School in Chicago. She has directed Jewish choirs and taught classroom music since the 1970’s.

Charki has also given private voice lessons for over 40 years. In 1984, her 3rd child (Hilary Esther) was stillborn. Since then, she's become involved in many support groups, and has helped counsel families with similar experiences. (Tues 8:45am, Wed 9am) Deborah Eisenbach-Budner is the Education Director of Havurah Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue, Portland. Previously, she was the Education Director of Temple Israel, Boston, and Shir Tikva, Wayland, MA. She holds an M.A. in Jewish Studies and Jewish Education, a B.A. in Religion, and has studdied at the Pardes Institute and with the Wexner Fellowship in Leadership Development. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 8:45am) Kenny Ellis was the very first MC at CAJE. He was honored to be named as one of the “CAJE Legends.” Known as the “Man Behind the MatzohBall,” his big band cd Hanukkah Swings! has broken new ground in Jewish music. He was recently seen appearing on Curb Your Enthusiasm and will be on NCIS Los Angeles in the fall. (Tues 8:45am) David A. Feder is an author and educator in Portland, Oregon. He has been a historian, a Dean of Jewish life, and an apprentice shepherd. Last seen at NewCAJE teaching about Jewish pluralism, he has become the go-to-guy at the intersection of Portland’s food carts and Jewish history. (Tues 10:45am, Wed 11am) Rabbi Tzvi Fischer has been teaching about dyslexia and related topics for more than a decade. He has guided teachers, therapists, and special education experts in their work with dyslexic children and Hebrew instruction. He runs MultiSensory Course with Mrs. Rivky Katz. Their work was recently featured in the IDA – OR newsletter. (Sun 9am) Everett Fox is Allen M. Glick Professor of Judaic and Biblical Studies at Clark University, and the translator of The Five Book of Moses and The Early Prophets. He is a veteran of nearly every CAJE conference since 1976, and is currently working on a translation and commentary of the Haftarot. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 4:15pm, Wed 11am) Batsheva Frankel teaches English and Judaic studies. In 2011, Batsheva's project, LaunchBox, won The Next Big Jewish Idea contest. She has given workshops for American Jewish University, Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education, teachers' conferences (including NewCAJE), day schools, and synagogues in the US and the UK. Batsheva's book, The Jewish Educator's Companion, is now available. (Mon 8:45am & 11:30am, Tues 10:45am & 4:15pm)

149 Sylvia Frankel is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for Judaic Studies, Adjunct Professor in the Religious Studies department at Lewis & Clark College, and Chair of the Oral History Committee at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. (Mon 4:45pm) Diane Fredgant is a Jewish artist, educator, and member of a Portland Jewish Art Guild (along with Eddy Shuldman, Laura Joy Fendel, and Wendelin Russell). Her individual and collaborative efforts center on the study of Jewish text with both kevah and kavannah (the inward and outward journey of the soul) with the intention of exposing others to Judaism through an artistic lens. (Sun 2pm) Carla Friend is Founder/Executive Director of Tkiya, an organization using participatory music to reinvigorate diverse Jewish communities. Tkiya engages thousands of families through partnerships with 40+ organizations by thinking outside the walls, meeting families where they are, and engaging the unengaged. Carla received the Young Pioneers Award from Jewish Education Project, is in UpStart Venture Accelerator’s Cohort11, and was named one of the 36 Under 36 by the Jewish Week. (Sun 4pm, Wed 11am) Dr. Deborah Fripp is President of the Teach the Shoah Foundation. The foundation's mission is to bring a new way of teaching, commemorating, and thinking about the Holocaust to communities across the country. She is the author of Light from the Darkness: a Ritual for Yom HaShoah. She writes a biweekly blog on Holocaust education for the Times of Israel. (Mon 11:30am) Dr. Michael Fripp has taught 6th and 7th grade at Congregation Kol Ami for 13 years.

He is a Schultz Israel Teaching Fellow, known for his innovative teaching style. He brings his engineer's mind to creating a engaging way to define our relationship to the divine. (Sun 4pm) Heather Gale is Director of Education at Machar, the Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism. She's been an educator for over 10 years, working full-time at a law firm as an office manager, and moonlighting in Jewish Education. (Mon 2:45pm) Michelle Geft is the Director of the Religious School at Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue, and a professor at Pepperdine University. She received her Master’s in Education from AJU, and has written three books on learning Hebrew basics with a website companion. (Mon 11:3am & 4:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 2:15pm) Bari Gilbert is a passionate Jewish art educator for Congregation Neveh Shalom's Aliyah program in Portland, OR. She started in the deaf community and the public school arena over 15 years ago, and in the Jewish world now for 5 years. Her curriculum uses experiential education techniques to help kids of all abilities understand their value in this world. (Mon 4:45pm) Duncan Gilman has taught hundreds of social media marketing classes, and has consulted for businesses and organizations such as Rotary International and the American Heart Association. In his current role as Digital Media Associate for PJ Library, Duncan focuses on social media customer service, content development, and training community professionals to use online marketing tools. (Sun 2pm)

150 Patricia Spiegel Givens is Synagogue Librarian at the Jewish Community of Central Oregon, and was PJ Library Local Administrator for five years. A member of the Association of Jewish Libraries, she is employed by Central Oregon Community College’s Barber Library and Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon, with a JD from Cardozo Law School, and a BS in Communications from Boston University. (Mon 11:30am) Rafi Glazer is the DC-region Israel Programs Admissions Director for JNF. Rafi works with schools, synagogues, and college campuses to craft programs that enhance local educational resources, working with organizations small and large to craft meaningful Israel content that's not focused on the conflict or politics. (Tues 8:45am, Wed 9am) Bonni Goldberg, M.A., is an author and Jewish Educator. She served as the Oregon director of The Florence Melton School of Adult Learning, and taught at Jewish Day Schools in Portland and Baltimore. The Jewish topics she writes and teaches about are re-imagining rituals and identity. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 4:15pm) Deborah Goldstein has taught at every level from preschool through adult education in her 27 years at Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, North Carolina. Two years ago she retired after 25 years as a preschool teacher. Her passion remains helping Jews of all ages see the world through Jewish eyes. (Mon 8:45am & 4:45pm, Tues 2:15pm) Seth Goldstein is committed both to creating vibrant Jewish community and to using a spiritual voice to speak to issues of social justice and common concern. He has served as the rabbi of Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, WA since 2003, and is currently President of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. He blogs regularly at Rabbi 360 and produces a weekly podcast, Torah tl;dr. (Tues 10:45am) Seth Golob is the Director of Education and Congregational Engagement at TCS in Westport, CT. After years developing innovative educational programming for USY, Seth took the reigns of a thriving Hebrew School. He infuses Jewish tradition with pop culture, culinary arts, advanced technology, and more! He is the youngest member of a Senior Staff of a synagogue in Fairfield County, CT. (Sun 2pm) Rabbi Benjamin Gorelick has spent his life exploring how we might deepen our connection to self, community, and God. He is the spiritual leader for a small community in Maine, the former director of a four-year college, and consults with religious education programs across the country. (Sun 2pm, Mon 2:45pm) Guy Greene has taught at Stephen S. Wise Day School, and in Supplementary schools for over 25 years. He's worked as a credentialed teacher in grades Pre-K, K, First, Second, and Fourth as a general ed. and Hebrew teacher. For 14 years he has been the rabbi for Congregation Beth Shalom, Sioux City, Iowa. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 2:15pm, Wed 11am) Ruz Gulko accidentally became a Hebrew teacher in 1984 upon moving from Canada, and then a lay cantor/rabbi. She has worked with most of the Jewish educational & religious institutions in the greater Seattle area, teaching Hebrew & Judaic Studies, training teachers, writing curriculum, and lecturing. In 2007 Ruz started her free-lance career, and was ordained as a Rabbi in 2015. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 2:15pm)

151 Sharona Hassan oversees Jewish Studies in the Early Childhood program of Seattle Hebrew Academy. Previously, she was the Director of Early Childhood at Torah Day School of Seattle. Sharona has been a celebrated Jewish educator for nearly two decades, with classrooms in Australia, Israel, and on the East Coast. She currently is the Youth Director of Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, where her husband serves as the rabbi. (Sun 2pm, Mon 11:30am, Tues 4:15pm) Melissa Herman is the education director of Kol Ha'Emek, the Upper Valley Jewish Community in rural Hanover, NH. She teaches developmental psychology at Dartmouth College, and pedagogy to the Dartmouth students who serve as the faculty at Kol Ha'Emek. Since the college students keep graduating, she spends a lot of time teaching pedagogy. (Sun 2pm) Debi Himelfarb is a PMP certified business professional with experience identifying, creating, and building client relations. Prior to joining ShalomLearning in 2012, she was a proven leader for eight years at Blackboard, pioneering eLearning software platforms.

A graduate of Rutgers College, Debi also studied for a year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Sun 2pm & 4pm, Mon 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Melissa Hoffman directs the Jewish Initiative for Animals (JIFA), a leading Jewish sustainable food and animal welfare initiative. She consults with Jewish institutions across the country to develop ethical food practices, as well as programs and curriculum that foster compassion for all living beings through the lens of Jewish values. She holds an M.S. in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts. (Sun 4pm, Mon 4:45pm, Tues 10:45am) Paula Hoffman has worked as a kindergarten teacher and ECC Director in the LA area for over 25 years. She is currently the ECC Director at Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills, CA, and an EC Consultant focused on the Outdoor Classroom, incorporating Jewish life experiences into the outdoor environment. She is also completing her Master’s Degree in Jewish Education with a certificate in Early Childhood Jewish Education from Hebrew College in Boston. (Sun 9am, Mon 2:45pm, Tues 10:45am) Dorice Horenstein is a master-teacher turned author and speaker. After 16 years as Education Director at a Conservative synagogue in Portland, Dorice decided that the world was her classroom! She left and wrote the book Moments of the Heart, about the four relationships a person should experience to live wholeheartedly, infusing Jewish knowledge, spirituality, and the Hebrew language. (Sun 4pm) Sam Joseph is a professor at HUC in the rabbinical and education schools. He coaches, consults, and supports educators, rabbis, synagogues, and schools worldwide, helping them achieve the excellence to which they aspire. (Tues 2:15pm) Michal Morris Kamil has been a transcontinental Jewish educator for many years in both formal and informal education, and is now a rabbinic student at AJR-CA. Working with ETTA-ISRAEL, Ramah, and Los Angeles Jewish Community Federation initiatives on Special Needs Projects, she has witnessed the power of communities working together to support communal diversity and serve those sectors whose voices are less heard. (Mon 11:30am)

152 Rabbi Bill Kaplan uses the flora of the Torah to teach Judaism in a model he calls “Edible Judaism”. Bill has a BA from Wesleyan University, an MBA in Non-Profit Management and Jewish Communal Service from American Jewish University, and his rabbinical ordination from the Academy for Jewish Religion in Los Angeles. (Tues 10:45am) Cheryl Katz is Director of Education and Youth Programs at Ohr Shalom Synagogue in San Diego, CA. She is a candidate for a Masters Degree in Jewish Education at the Davidson School of Jewish Education at JTS, and an intern of the Cantors' Assembly.

She is driven in all pursuits by a limitless belief in children's potential. (Wed 11am) Terry S. Kaye is Director of Educational Services at Behrman House Publishers. Terry is a leading authority on Jewish educational programs and practices. In her 28 years at Behrman House she has consulted on, and built, professional learning programs for thousands of Jewish educators, and has edited many published Jewish educational materials. (Mon 8:45am, Tues 8:45am) Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem is a social practice artist, Torah scribe, curator, and educator. Her work investigates Jewish ritual practice and object through a feminist gaze.

Shoshana reinvents traditional rituals (primarily Jewish ones) and reinserts them with new forms into familiar contexts. Shoshana is the newly appointed Chief Curator and Artistic Director of The Gugenheim Portland. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Eric A. Kimmel is the celebrated author of books such as Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. He has been writing for Jewish children for 40 years, and has won the National Jewish Book Award five times. (Mon 8:45am) Cantor Ben Kintisch works in Columbia, MD, as Cantor of Columbia Jewish Congregation. He has taught music in Jewish and secular settings for over 15 years. He holds teaching certification from New York State in music and Special Education. Ben loves teaching students of all ages using humor, music, and positive energy. (Tues 4:15pm) Heather Klein has released two Yiddish albums. Most recently, Klein has written (and is touring) Shanghai Angel, a show about her grandmother’s detainment at Angel Island in 1940. Klein also works as an artist in residence, teaching about bringing Yiddishkayt to communities, and runs the festival "Yiddish Las Vegas," where she lives and works as a Cantorial soloist. (Mon 11:30am) Sarah Klein is a LEEP fellow currently working as the Program Manager of Congregation Shaarey Zedek of Southfield, MI. She is also pursuing her Masters in Jewish Education through the William Davidson Graduate School distance learners’ program, and plans to attend rabbinical school in the next few years. (Mon 8:45am) Rivy Poupko Kletenik, a 2002 Covenant Award Winner, is starting her 14th year as Head of School of Seattle Hebrew Academy. Rivy also teaches weekly classes, including a Women’s Talmud Class now in its 25th year. Her column What’s Your JQ has appeared in the JT News, and now runs at Jewish in Seattle Magazine. Rivy has published in the JOFA Journal, Lilith, New York Jewish Week, and Tablet. She travels as a scholar-in-residence, a Limmud presenter, and a teacher in the Mussar Institute’s Kallahs. (Sun 4pm, Mon 8:45am & 4:45pm, Tues 2:15pm & 4:15pm, Wed 9am)

153 Cherie Koller-Fox is a founder of CAJE and NewCAJE. She is rabbi emerita at Congregation Eitz Chayim in Cambridge, MA, where she honed the principles of family education, and was also the Interim President of the AJR-NY. Currently she serves as the NewCAJE Board President. (Sun 12pm, Mon 4:45pm, Tues 10:45am & 4:15pm) Lily Kowalski was recently ordained as a rabbi from HUC in LA. She holds an MA in Jewish Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education, and a BA in Judaic Studies, Music (Cultural Studies), and Women and Gender Studies from Brandeis. She currently serves as the Rabbi-Educator at Temple Israel in Tulsa, OK. (Mon 11:30am) Danny Kraft is a writer and educator who lives in Memphis. He works as Director of Education at Beth Sholom Synagogue, and holds a master's degree in Jewish Studies from Harvard Divinity School. His poems and essays have appeared in a number of nationally distributed magazines. (Tues 4:15pm) Rabbi Scott Kramer has served Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem Synagogue of Montgomery, AL since 2007. Prior to his ordaination from the Zeigler School of Rabbinic Studies in Bel Air, CA, he was a Software Engineer in the fields of aerospace, material handling, and telecommunications. Rabbi Kramer has degrees in Chemistry and Physics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and a Masters in Physics from the University of Utah. (Tues 8:45am) Josh Lake creates fun, memorable, and educative experiences that enable learners to grow spiritually and develop their Jewish roots. Josh specializes in integrating Jewish skills, knowledge, and content into activities that promote Jewish identity, pride, and knowledge. Josh received his Master’s degree in Jewish Education from JTS. (Sun 9am, Mon 2:45pm, Tues 8:45am) Yehezkel Landau is a dual Israeli-American citizen, interfaith educator, and consultant in Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding. He was Executive Director of the Oz veShalom-Netivot Shalom religious Zionist peace movement, and co-founder of the Open House peace center. Yehezkel was a professor at Hartford Seminary, and holder of the Abrahamic Partnerships Chair. With Joyce Schriebman he co-authored How to Talk to Just about Anyone about Israel-Palestine. (Mon 11:30am & 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Leora Lazarus is a preschool teacher with thirty-four years of experience. She has a degree in early childhood education, and completed specialized training in the Israeli Matal program, as well as other kindergarten school readiness programs. Leora also authors secular and Judaic children's books. She founded a non-profit free preschool program for underserved communities, and is currently teaching at the San Diego Jewish Academy. (Sun 2pm) Sonia Marie Leikam is the Collaborative Giving Program Coordinator at the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, directing the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation and philanthropic programs for young professionals. A licensed teacher, she works throughout the Pacific Northwest to educate and empower communities looking to respond to human tragedies. She and her husband own Leikam Brewing, a small Kosher craft brewery. (Mon 4:45pm)

154 Naomi Less is a singer, composer, musician, educator, and Founding Ritual Leader of Lab/Shul. Naomi’s initiatives include the Jewish Women Rock show on Jewish Rock Radio, and TRYmester, a touring performance piece about fertility challenges. She trained at Northwestern University, JTS Davidson School, Institute for Informal Jewish Education, Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and ChangeCraft. (Sun 4pm, Mon 11:30am, Tues 4:15pm) Julee Levine, M. Ed., is the Director of Supplemental Education at Adat Ari El in Valley Village, CA. She worked primarily in Jewish Youth & Engagement for over 20 years after leaving the public school setting as a special education teacher. (Wed 11am) Stu Lewis has been a regular participant and presenter at CAJE and NewCAJE conferences since the early 1990's. He has also performed many of his songs at late-night kumsitzim, and writes guidebooks for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. (Mon 8:45am) Beth Liberman is the director of youth and family education at the Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, serving Northern Vermont communities. She has been building community through the arts for over 25 years as a museum administrator and ELL educator, and brings her experience in the arts to Jewish education to create experiential environments and programs for sparking wonder and curiosity. (Tues 4:15pm) Bracha Lieberman is the Vocational Coordinator at Jewish Board, and sits on the board of Peoples' Voice Cafe. She has organized events with UWSJ, Upper West Side Jews, and United We Stand for Justice. Bracha has also led the Homelessness Committee at Lincoln Square Synagogue, was part of the Chesed Committee at Carlebach Shul, sings with Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, and acts periodically. (Tues 10:45am) Eliana Light is the author of Hebrew in Harmony, a curriculum that teaches prayer and Hebrew through music. Eliana is also the founder and director of the G!D Project, an educational initiative focused on having accessible, meaningful conversations about G!D and spirituality through ritual, text, and creative expression. Eliana received her Masters in Jewish Experiential Education from the Davidson School at JTS. (Sun 2pm, Mon 8:45am & 2:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Heidi Lovitz has served as Family Educator at Congregation Beth Elohim in Acton, MA for over 15 years, the Director of Jewish Life and Learning at Camp Tevya, and Director of Education and Programming at Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua, NH. Heidi was a founding leader of the Havayah program connecting teens from Boston, Haifa, and Dnepropetrovsk. She holds a BA in communication studies, and has completed coursework toward an MJed degree. (Sun 4pm, Mon 8:45am & 11:30am & 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Ronit Lusky is the Senior Manager of Education and Interpretation at the National Museum of American Jewish History. Ronit specializes in inquiry and object-based learning, and over the years has developed a variety of educational programs for different age groups. She is responsible for developing the Museum’s national curriculum, and serves as co-director of NMAJH’s National Educators Institute. (Tues 2:15pm) Rabbi Brian Mayer is the founder of Religion-Outside-The-Box, providing spiritual fitness to thousands of people a year through its online presence. His passion is to help adults find and be with (the) God of their understanding. (Wed 11am)

155 Natan M. Meir is the Lorry I. Lokey Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Portland State University, and Academic Director of PSU's Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies. His research interest is focused on the social and cultural history of East European Jewry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Sun 9am, Mon 8:45am) Rabbi Larry Milder is known for his excellent musicianship as a guitarist, his clever and original songwriting, and his funny, folky style of performance. Not only does Larry play great flatpicking and fingerpicking guitar, he has contributed some of the best-loved songs to the American Jewish repertoire, such as Wherever You Go and Stars in the Sky. (Mon 2:45pm) Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram, MSW, MHL, is a life-long Jewish educator, innovator, author, and storyteller specializing in the fields of Jewish experiential and spiritual education.

Decks of her Mitzvah Cards are now available in several languages, and copies of her newest book, Wisdom from Reb Zalman, are available now at the conference. (Sun 2pm, Mon 8:45am & 4:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 4:15pm, Wed 9am) Adinah Miller is the Program Director of Tivnu: Building Justice, the Jewish social justice gap year program in Portland, Oregon. Adinah loves working closely with Jewish emerging adults, grappling with troubling realities and exciting solutions to things that truly matter. Before joining Tivnu, Adinah was a dean, teacher, and house parent at the American Hebrew Academy. (Sun 9am, Mon 2:45pm, Tues 10:45am) Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz, Director of Curriculum Resources at the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, has been a camp educator, congregational director, day school head, and author. Nachama’s current work focuses on changing the culture of Hebrew learning in part-time and congregational settings (#OnwardHebrew, Hebrew Through Movement), as well as learning models for the upper-elementary and middle school grades. (Sun 4pm, Mon 11:30am, Tues 2:15pm) Sandy Nemer teaches 5th grade, and is an OG reading specialist at Park Academy in Portland. She has extensive training in dyslexia and language processing challenges that affect learning styles. Sandy has a passion for connecting Judaism to teaching, and is looking forward to helping shed light upon how to connect teaching to the many different ways children can learn. (Sun 2pm) Melissa Pescatore is the Director of Religious Education at Temple Shaari Emeth in Manalapan, NJ, where she has also served as the Family Program Coordinator, Religious School Administrator, and Hebrew School teacher. Serving as principal in the congregation where she grew up, she is passionate about instilling a love of learning, and building a strong, positive Jewish identity in her students. She is also a proud graduate of the LEEP Fellowship at NewCAJE! (Mon 11:30am) Cady Phillips grew up in the Sacramento area, and received a bachelor's degree in History and Global Studies from the University of Minnesota where she is currently pursuing a Master’s in Maternal and Child Health. She serves as Regional Director of Evergreen BBYO, supervising 15 chapters in three different states. Her favorite part is connecting with teens, empowering them to be strong, independent, compassionate leaders. (Mon 11:30am)

156 Batya Podos has been a Maggid, storyteller, dramatist, and educator for over 35 years.

She has been on the faculty of JSE Maggid-Educator program, teaches and designs programming for religious schools, and is the co-founder of Abraham’s Tent, an interfaith summer camp. A published author, she is currently working on her second novel with Jewish themes for young people. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 2:15pm) Eve Posen is the Assistant Rabbi at Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland, Or. She is passionate about Jewish Education and making learning accessible to all. She was ordained by the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies, and holds a Masters in Experiential Education. She regularly uses videos and memes to engage her community. (Sun 2pm) Beth Rabinowitz's career spans over 25 years in the field of early childhood education. She has been a Jewish preschool director for 15 years, and is currently the young family engagement director as well. Beth was a long-time board member of the Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism. As a certified yoga instructor and children's yoga instructor, she enjoys bringing all her favorite passions into her career. (Sun 4pm) Alicia Jo Rabins is a writer, musician, and Torah teacher. She is the creator of Girls in Trouble (an indie-folk songs and adult/teen curricula about Biblical women), writer and performer of the stage show and film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, and author of poetry books Divinity School and Fruit Geode, a Jewish Book Award finalist. (Tues 4:15pm) Dr. Moshe Shai Rachmuth teaches Hebrew at Portland State University. He has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon where he wrote his dissertation on the ethics of comedy, and an MA from Tel-Aviv University on the books of Samuel. (Mon 8:45am) Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki has taught students of all ages about Jewish holidays, prayerbook Hebrew, Torah, and music for over 45 years. Students enjoy the mnemonic devices and “corny jokes” she uses to help them learn to read Hebrew and remember chant melodies. She teaches at Temple Beth El of San Pedro, CA, and at Temple Beth El of South Orange County. (Sun 2pm, Mon 10:45am) Amy Ripps is the Director of Lifelong Learning at Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC. Prior to relocating to North Carolina 27 years ago, Amy was based in the Washington, D.C. area where she held a number of education and youth-related positions at both the Reform and Conservative congregations. She chaired CAJE 31 at Duke University, and has presented at numerous conferences. She currently chairs the program committee for NewCAJE. (Sun 11am, Mon 4:45pm, Tues 8:45am & 2:15pm) Carina Rock is the West Coast Director of Jewish Interactive. Carina is also the founder of the Jewish Women’s Mosaic, a program that highlights local leadership, facilitates Jewish learning, and inspires the creation of art. Carina has a masters in Jewish Education, and a BFA. (Mon 8:45am, Tues 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Sarah Rohr is a Judaic Studies Major at Portland State University. She is a kindergarten Morah at Congregation Neveh Shalom & Beit Haverim. For a decade she has owned a private healing practice. She is also a mom/partner, visual artist, yoga teacher, and songwriter. (Tues 2:15pm)

157 Michele Rosenfield is a Jewish educator who develops and teaches online courses. Before a mid-life career change, Michele was a Systems Consultant for Ernst and Young, and an Account Manager for Automatic Data Processing. Michele has a BA in Computer Science, an MBA in Accounting from Fordham, and an MA in Jewish Education from The Davidson School at JTS. (Sun 4pm, Mon 8:45am & 11:30am & 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Staci Rosenthal is a Program Associate on the Jewish Education Team at Facing History and Ourselves. She works with Jewish educators from across the country on a range of topics, from the Holocaust and other parts of Jewish History to discussions about Jewish identity in today's climate. Staci has been working at Facing History for three years.

Prior to that she taught the Holocaust in Boston. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Mina Rush is Director of Middle School Education and Programming for StandWithUs. Passionate about Jewish continuity and Israel, she believes a strong foundation and connection to Israel must be student-centered, and presented through the lens of the core values of today’s youth. With a team of educators, she developed LINK, an experiential curriculum currently in over 130 schools nation-wide. (Tues 8:45am & 4:15pm) Rabbi Deborah Salomon is Founder and Director of Hebrew Wizards, a camp-style after school program. Her proprietary curriculum and original songs have been used in 50 schools. Rabbi Deb created Congregation Kehilat Shalom to bring spirituality and the joy of Jewish traditions to interfaith and unaffiliated families. You can find her online with The Hebrew Wizards Family Band, and Wanna Be a Wizards Apps. (Mon 8:45am) Brianna Caplan Sayres is an experienced educator who was honored to receive the 2016 Seattle Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. Brianna graduated from Bank Street College of Education, where she became an adjunct faculty member.

Brianna is also a children's book author, and the founder of Intergalactic Afikoman, a new publisher of Jewish children's books. (Tues 10:45am, Wed 11am) Joyce Schriebman is a writer, educator, and interfaith advocate active in Jewish-Muslim relationship building. She is founder of My Brother from Another Mother, dedicated to interfaith understanding, and (with Yehezkel Landau) co-authored, How to Talk to Just about Anyone about Israel-Palestine. (Mon 11:30am & 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Cherie Karo Schwartz — Storyteller, Author, Educator for 45 years — performs and teaches throughout the country and abroad, sharing engaging, spirit-filled stories for all ages. She has taught at CAJE and NewCAJE for 36 years, was co-founding coordinator of CAJE’s Jewish Storytelling Network, and has written 3 Jewish books, co-created CAJE’s Omanim b’Yachad, and teaches Torah Study and Story. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 10:45am) David Schwartz is the Principal and Youth Director at Temple Har Zion in Chicago. He's also a B’nai Mitzvah tutor, and a Jewish storyteller. His most important role is husband to Miriam, and Abba to 3-year-old Shira. (Tues 10:45am, Wed 9am) Neil Schwartz has been Hazzan for congregations in NJ, PA, and TN, and Kol Bo Spiritual Leader in Saskatchewan and Louisiana. He graduated from JTS in 1980, and has an MA in Religion and Culture. Neil teaches online for Hebrew College, is on the staff of Kinnor Software, and is involved with interfaith activities. (Tues 10:45am, Wed 11am)

158 Rabbi Julie Schwarzwald is Director of Congregational Learning at Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, NJ. Dual-certified (Nursery-8th grade & Social Studies K-12), Julie received her MA from Teachers College in Computers and Education. She has taught in public and private schools, including 12 years as a general studies teacher in a day school. Julie has been a congregational education director for 5 years. (Mon 4:45pm) Etti Segal earned an LLB specializing in Torts and Labor Law from the College of Management Academic Studies. Etti has years of experience teaching language, from her teaching role in the IDF to numerous organizations where she's worked with children of all ages, and her current role teaching Hebrew. Etti resides in Portland with her husband and two children. (Mon 2:45pm) Susan Shane-Linder is a singer, songwriter, performer, composer, and recording artist.

She has presented and performed at national conferences including CAJE, NewCAJE, NAEYC, SLBC, WCN, and PJLibrary. Teacher of the Year and a Parent Choice award winner, Susan has taught and performed for the Jewish community for almost 40 years, has 5 CDs, and travels the country as an Artist in Residence. (Mon 8:45am, Tues 10:45am) Andrea Shapiro is a Jewish educator with over a decade in early childhood education and a passion for Israel education. She has a master’s degree in Jewish Education with a specialization in early childhood, is an iCenter Fellow, and Boston-Haifa Early Childhood Connection participant. Andrea currently works as the Dor Chadash Coordinator at Temple Emanuel in Newton, MA. (Mon 11:30am) Ilona Shechter is a joyously retired teacher who works part-time. She is a recipient of the Grinspoon/Steinhardt Award, and is an alum of Yad Vashem's International School of Holocaust studies. Ilona is also a Museum teacher fellow of the USHMM in Washington DC, and is passionate about teaching Holocaust Studies to the very best of her abilities. (Sun 2pm, Mon 2:45pm) Eddy Shuldman is both a Jewish and secular educator with experience teaching pre-K through graduate school. She is involved in multi-generational Jewish education and Bar/Bat Mitzvah instruction. Eddy is a glass artist, co-founder of Ora: Northwest Jewish Artists, a lay leader in the Jewish community, and a life long student of Torah. (Sun 2pm) Maggid-Educator Paul Solyn is the Executive Director of the Jewish Center & Federation of the Twin Tiers in Elmira, NY. He has an M.J. Ed degree, and family-educator certificate from Hebrew College. (Sun 2pm, Tues 10:45am) Ilan Speizer is a Seattle-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose style combines bluesy, folk-rock grooves with a wry sense of humor. Raised in a home steeped in Jewish rituals, values, and stories, Ilan is drawn toward exploring and questioning his relationship with Jewish texts, practice, and belief through song. (Mon 8:45am) Nina S. Spiegel is the Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Associate Professor of Israel Studies at Portland State University. Her book, Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine, was a finalist for both the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, and a National Jewish Book Award. (Tues 2:15pm)

159 David Starr, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Tzion, a Program for Israel Literacy, and a Research Associate of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis University. He was the Scholar in Residence for Israel Education & Programs at Gann Academy in Boston, the founding Dean of Me'ah, the Vice President at Hebrew College, and he teaches at the Wexner Heritage Program. David is currently writing a biography of Solomon Schechter, and a study of Me'ah's impact on adults and community. He holds Ph.D. in history and Jewish studies from Columbia, and ordination from JTS. (Mon 2:45pm, Wed 9am) Morah Chana Stein's teaching, storytelling, and art are created through a Jewish perspective. The title of Morah (teacher) is very precious to her, and her vocation stems from a place of Chinuch — guidance through education. She graduated from the University of Connecticut, and was Ordained Maggida-Omanit from the JSE Jewish Renewal program. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 8:45am) Abi Taylor-Abt has worked in Jewish Educational Curriculum Development for over twenty years. She is a recipient of the Klein-Grinspoon award for Excellence in Jewish Education, and is co-author of the Sinai School Hagaddah, author of both the TLC and Jewish Journeys Curricula, and of the book Lessons in Jewish Learning. Abi is the Director of Yachad School, a joint educational venture between the conservative Congregation Beth Shalom and the reform Temple Emanu-El. (Sun 12pm & 4pm, Mon 8:45am) Josh Troderman has been an innovator and teacher of Jewish education for the past 16 years. Before arriving at ShalomLearning, Josh held teaching and administrative positions at The Rashi School, The Rodeph Sholom Day School, The Kesher Community Hebrew School, Congregation Kehillath Israel, The Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School, Camp Ramah, Camp Edward Issacs, and Storahtelling.

Josh co-founded JChoice.org (a mitzvah project donor advised fund), which he has run since 2009. (Sun 2pm & 4pm) Maya Varon earned a B.A. with high honors in Land of Israel Studies from Haifa University, and a diploma cum laude in Jewish Studies from Paideia — The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden. Maya has decades of experience teaching, developing learning materials, and management in education institutions. She lives in Portland with her husband and three daughters. (Mon 2:45pm) Julie Plaut Warwick is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate. She is the owner and founder of Connecting the Peaces, LLC, in Bellevue, Washington. Julie has an intense passion for connecting people to themselves and to others, creating opportunities for inner peace and global peace. She travels around the globe working with ages 2-102, infusing Joy into every age. (Mon 11:30am, Tues 8:45am & 4:15pm) Nina Woldin, Director of Special Projects for Teen & Family Education at Chai Mitzvah, has worked in Jewish education for over four decades creating student materials and programs. Her work has been published by the major Jewish publishers. Nina worked in the Education Department of Jewish National Fund, and her online Jewish education resource center became part of JNF’s website in 2003. (Tues 8:45am)

160 Jonathan Wolf is executive director of YASHAR: the Institute for Jewish Activism. He has taught at CAJE, NewCAJE, Limmud, and at hundreds of synagogues, campuses, schools, and forums. He served as Jewish liaison to Cesar Chavez, and the United Farmworkers, as Social Policy Director of the Synagogue Council, and as national chair of Orthodox Jews for Obama. He has published widely, and is a founder or leader of Network, CAJE, Agenda, Jewish Vegetarians, West Side Center for Jewish Life, NACOEJ, SSSJ, Meimad North America, Beyond Shelter Coalition, L’OLAM, feminist Orthodox Partnership minyanim, and One Jewish Evanston. (Sun 2pm, Tues 10:45am, Wed 11am) Aaron Yedidia is multi-Instrumentalist with a dynamic career as a composer/music producer for music libraries, his music is featured on many TV shows, with roots in Funk, Jazz, and Rock. He has toured throughout the US and Middle East as a drummer, and has been a music and Hebrew teacher for over 25 years. (Tues 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Yakira Yedidia, Singer/Songwriter of 250 songs, has over 20 years of teaching experience in Hebrew and Music, and is the creator and lead singer of YedidYah Family Band, composing YedidYah’s melodies to traditional prayers. Co-Producer of YedidYah’s debut CD with Aaron Yedidia and their 3 girls, they put down roots in Jewish communities with their new, original melodies to traditional Jewish prayers. (Tues 2:15pm, Wed 9am) Mor Yelvington grew up in Israel, where she was involved in the local youth movement and rose to the position of leader and director of the program. Mor honed her teaching skills as a commander in the IDF, and has been teaching Hebrew to children for the past 6 years. She lives in Hillsboro with her husband and three young children. (Mon 2:45pm)

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WHO’S WHO AT NEWCAJE? THE PERFORMERS Ellen Allard is a multi-award winning Recording Artist, Performer, and Educator. She writes and performs music for kids and parents, charming audiences with upbeat songs sung in schools, temples, and summer camps all over the world. Ellen has a BA in Music, and a Master's degree in Education. She is certified to teach Yoga Yeladim as well as Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach, a high energy music program for children.

Eva Beim is a singer, writer, and Meditation/yoga teacher. She brings a profound sensitivity to her teaching and music. Eva credits her experiences as a Broadcast journalist, artist, and upbringing by Holocaust survivors who taught her gratitude and acceptance. She believes the younger one begins learning the powerful practice of meditation, the better the chance for success in all areas of life.

Singer/songwriter Laura Berman has performed alongside authors Neale Donald Walsch and Marianne Williamson as part of the cantorial team for two Reb Zalman Shabbatot in Ashland, OR, and also has a song in the children's film and soundtrack Clifford's Really Big Movie. Her fifth studio album, Home, is a collection of folk-pop songs with hints of alt., country, and Laura’s uniquely soulful vocal.

Barbara Birenbaum is an experienced educator with an MA in Jewish Education. Re-wired from public school teaching into a mom, congregational Jewish studies teacher, volunteer and lay leader, middle school sub, and academic tutor, she is an Israeli Folk Dance specialist, encouraging balance, brain health, and joy. She loves sharing her passion and energy for dance, bringing fun and fitness to folks of all ages and abilities.

Joshua C. Cohen has been involved in the Jewish music world ever since he learned to pick up a guitar and sing at Jewish summer camp. He is the full time Music Educator at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, MA, and has spent the better part of a decade song leading for youth groups and performing his original music. His full-length album of Jewish music, Romemu, exemplifies his passion for Jewish music and Ruach that he can’t wait to share with others.

Kenny Ellis was the very first MC at CAJE. He was honored to be named as one of the “CAJE Legends.” Known as the “Man Behind the MatzohBall,” his big band cd Hanukkah Swings! has broken new ground in Jewish music. He was recently seen appearing on Curb Your Enthusiasm and will be on NCIS Los Angeles in the fall.

163 Batsheva Frankel teaches English and Judaic studies. In 2011, Batsheva's project, LaunchBox, won The Next Big Jewish Idea contest.

She has given workshops for American Jewish University, Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education, teachers' conferences (including NewCAJE), day schools, and synagogues in the US and the UK. Batsheva's book, The Jewish Educator's Companion is now available.

Carla Friend is Founder/Executive Director of Tkiya, an organization using participatory music to reinvigorate diverse Jewish communities. Tkiya engages thousands of families through partnerships with 40+ organizations by thinking outside the walls, meeting families where they are, and engaging the unengaged. Carla received the Young Pioneers Award from Jewish Education Project, is in UpStart Venture Accelerator’s Cohort11, and was named one of the 36 Under 36 by the Jewish Week.

Flip Frisch is a singer-songwriter and visual artist in Portland, OR. She has spent half a lifetime as a camp counselor, art director, outdoor adventure program director, and songleader at Herzl Camp and URJ Camp Kalsman, and she serves as Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Kol Ami. Flip is happiest when reading with her daughter, block printing at the kitchen table, and singing with people every chance she gets.

Beth Hamon is a creative autodidact whose songs straddle the fuzzy line between Jewish and secular themes of justice, hope, renewal, and love. Based in Portland, OR, she tours as an artist and educator-in-residence at coffeehouses, community centers, and synagogues. Beth also shares her gifts at Portland-area open mics and jam sessions, inspiring and being inspired by other songwriters.

Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem is a social practice artist, Torah scribe, curator, and educator. Her work investigates Jewish ritual practice and object through a feminist gaze. Shoshana reinvents traditional rituals (primarily Jewish ones) and reinserts them with new forms into familiar contexts. She addresses issues of power and privilege in education and pedagogy, and engages institutional critique as a practice of imagining new possibilities. Shoshana is the newly appointed Chief Curator and Artistic Director of The Gugenheim Portland.

Ben Kintisch currently works in Columbia, MD, as Cantor of Columbia Jewish Congregation. He has taught music in Jewish and secular settings for over 15 years. He holds teaching certification from New York State in music and Special Education.

Ben loves teaching students of all ages using humor, music, and positive energy.

164 “Yiddish Chanteuse” Heather Klein has performed across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has released two Yiddish albums. Most recently Klein has written (and is touring) Shanghai Angel, a show about her grandmother’s detainment at Angel Island in 1940. Klein also works as an artist in residence, teaching about bringing Yiddishkayt to communities, and runs the festival Yiddish Las Vegas, where she lives and works as a Cantorial soloist.

Rivy Poupko Kletenik, a Covenant Award Winner, is starting her 14th year as Head of School of Seattle Hebrew Academy. Rivy also teaches weekly classes, including a Women’s Talmud Class now in its 25th year. Her column What’s Your JQ appeared in the JT News, and now runs at Jewish in Seattle Magazine. Rivy has published in the JOFA Journal, Lilith, New York Jewish Week, and Tablet. She travels as a scholar-in-residence, a Limmud presenter, and a teacher in the Mussar Institute’s Kallahs.

Naomi Less is an international singer, composer, musician, educator, and Founding Ritual Leader of Lab/Shul. Naomi’s signature initiatives include the Jewish Women Rock show on Jewish Rock Radio, and TRYmester, a touring performance piece about fertility challenges. She trained at Northwestern University, JTS Davidson School, Institute for Informal Jewish Education, Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and ChangeCraft.

Eliana Light works with Jewish communities to unlock the wonders of our sacred heritage. She is the author of Hebrew in Harmony, a curriculum that teaches prayer and Hebrew through music, and is the founder and director of the G!D Project, an educational initiative focused on accessible, meaningful conversations about G!D and spirituality through ritual, text, and creative expression. Eliana received her Masters in Jewish Experiential Education from the Davidson School at JTS. Rabbi Larry Milder is known everywhere for his excellent musicianship as a guitarist, his clever and original songwriting, and his funny, folky style of performance. Not only does Larry play great flatpicking and fingerpicking guitar, he has contributed some of the best-loved songs to the American Jewish repertoire, such as Wherever You Go and Stars in the Sky. Chava Mirel is a nationally touring singer, guitarist, composer, prayer leader, and recording artist. Performing in a multitude of genres, she bridges communities with her universal approach to spirituality through song — from electrifying concerts to engaging educational sessions to transcendent prayer experiences.

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Nefesh Mountain are the pioneers of a new sound where Jewish Spirit and Soul meet with Bluegrass and Old-time musical traditions. Founders, husband and wife Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff, blend their love of these rich traditions, marrying these two seemingly disparate worlds. Check out their latest album, Beneath the Open Sky. Batya Podos has been a Maggid, storyteller, dramatist, and educator for over 35 years. She has been on the faculty of JSE Maggid-Educator program, teaches and designs programming for religious schools, and is the co-founder of Abraham’s Tent, an interfaith summer camp. A published author, she is currently working on her second novel with Jewish themes for young people.

Alicia Jo Rabins is a writer, musician, and Torah teacher. She is the creator of Girls in Trouble (an indie-folk song and adult/ teen curricula on Biblical women); writer and performer of the play and film A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff; and author of poetry books Divinity School and Fruit Geode, a finalist for the Jewish Book Award.

Cassandra Sagan devotes herself to helping others access their creativity through poetry, storytelling, and Torah. She performs original and traditional stories and songs; Cassandra is an ordained Maggid-Educator, poet, visual artist, InterPlay leader, and creator of InterPlay Torah study, a playful approach to personal midrash, insight, and embodied Torah.

Cherie Karo Schwartz — Storyteller, Author, Educator for 45 years — performs and teaches throughout the country and abroad, sharing engaging, spirit-filled stories for all ages. She has taught at CAJE and NewCAJE for 36 years, was co-founding coordinator of CAJE’s Jewish Storytelling Network, and has written 3 Jewish books, co-created CAJE’s Omanim b’Yachad, and teaches Torah Study and Story.

Susan Shane-Linder is an award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, composer, and recording artist. She has presented and performed at national conferences including CAJE, NewCAJE, NAEYC, SLBC, WCN, and PJLibrary. Teacher of the Year and a Parent Choice award winner, Susan has taught and performed for the Jewish community for almost 40 years, has 5 CDs, and travels the country as an Artist in Residence.

Andrea Shupack studied in Rabbi David and Devorah Zaslow's Maggid program, and through the JSE Maggid-Educator program.

She is a Cantorial Soloist at Congregation Beth Israel in Bellingham, WA, and studies at the Kol-Bo Cantor & Rabbi program at the AJR in New York.

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Hillel Smith is an artist and educator focused on re-imagining the potential of Judaica by utilizing contemporary media — such as spray paint and digital graphics — to create new manifestations of traditional forms. He has painted dynamic Jewish murals around the world, and revitalized ancient rituals with online projects like Parsha Posters.

Ilan Speizer is a Seattle-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose style combines bluesy, folk-rock grooves with a wry sense of humor. Raised in a home steeped in Jewish rituals, values, and stories, Ilan is drawn toward exploring and questioning his relationship with Jewish texts, practice, and belief through song.

Julie Plaut Warwick is a Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate. She is the owner and founder of Connecting the Peaces, LLC, in Bellevue, WA. Julie has an intense passion for connecting people to themselves and to others, creating opportunities for inner peace and global peace. She travels around the globe working with ages 2-102, infusing Joy into every age.

YedidYah, husband and wife team Aaron & Yakira Yedidia, were born and raised in Israel. With their 3 girls (Ella, Olivia, & Lenny), they connect to prayers through world-ethnic original melodies with Reggae and Pop-Rock influences. Based in LA, YedidYah leads Kabbalat Shabbat, Havdalah, Tot Shabbat, and Concerts, creating engaging musical prayer spaces. Rav Ahud Sela, YedidYah's debut album, is a soulful blend of ancient words and modern melodies.

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Sunday: 12:00-5:30pm Monday: 11:15am-7:00pm Tuesday: 10:15am-1:30pm, 2:15-6:00pm, & 7:30-8:15pm Wednesday: 9:00am-12:30pm

BEHRMAN HOUSE The trusted leader in Jewish educational publishing, inspiring and supporting creative, meaningful learning with our unequaled collection of innovative Hebrew materials, apps, and values-based courses. www.behrmanhouse.com Terry Kaye terry@behrmanhouse.com

HEBREWSCHOOLFUN.COM The Hebrew School Fun approach is a combination of short, frequent student assessments, followed by playing Go Fish, Crazy 8s, Bingo, and 8 other fun games to learn letters, vowels, decoding, prayers, and more. www.HebrewSchoolFun.com Linda Silbert Linda@StrongLearning.com

CHAI MITZVAH A program to enhance Jewish engagement. Flexible, inexpensive, and easy to implement, with programs for adults, teens, and families. Combining text-based discussions on relevant topics, social action, and opportunities for personal study. Over 6,000 people in 450 synagogues and institutions have increased their engagement! www.chaimitzvah.org Nina Woldin Nina@chaimitzvah.org

HEBREW WIZARDS Proprietary Curriculum for All Hebrew Schools with large colorful poster Boards, musical CDs, Curriculum guides, apps and Learning videos. We will be selling our HOT Wizards Tool Kits. www.hebrewizards.com Deborah Salomon rabbiwizard@gmail.com

THE HAROLD SCHNITZER FAMILY PROGRAM AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Offering both an undergraduate major and minor degree in Judaic Studies. https://www.pdx.edu/judaic/ Natan Meir, Academic Director meir@pdx.edu

HILLEL SMITH DESIGN Explore the potential of contemporary Judaica and Hebrew design, from Jewish graffiti murals to cutting edge Torah posters and activities, plus guides to bring new ways of expressing Jewish creativity to your community. www.hillelsmith.info Hillel Smith hillel@hillelsmith.info

169 JEWISH INITIATIVE FOR ANIMALS JIFA is a Farm Forward project generating a lasting impact on the Jewish community’s attention to animal welfare as an education and policy issue.

We collaborate with Jewish nonprofits to produce resources on how Jewish values should interact with the way we treat animals. jewishinitiativeforanimals.org Melissa Hoffman melissah@farmforward.com

JLEARNHUB The new Jewish educational marketplace: buy & sell Jewish learning materials with JLearnHub! Featured Curricula (coordinated materials created on the principles of Accessible Design) also available: Hebrew Stepby-Step and the Beit Midrash Prayer Guides (now also available in the ShalomLearning LMS!) www.jlearnhub.com Rae Antonoff rae@jlearnhub.com

JEWISH INTERACTIVE Connecting the world of Jewish learning through interactive individualized games and lessons. https://www.jewishinteractive.org/ Carina Rock carina@jewishinteractive.org

MANDEL TEACHER EDUCATOR INSTITUTE We believe in vitalizing the Jewish community by improving the quality of teaching and learning in Jewish schools and other educating institutions. Our primary goal is to develop leaders — “teachers of teachers” — who can produce significant change in teaching and learning through planning and implementing improved and creative professional development for teachers in their institutions, in their communities, and at the national level. http://www.mtei-learning.org/ Carol Lindley mtei@mandelfoundation.org

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND Programs to bring to schools, as well as opportunities for communities to connect with Israel. www.jnf.org Rafi Glazer rglazer@jnf.org JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Training thoughtful, innovative rabbis, cantors, educators, lay leaders, and scholars. The William Davidson School offers master’s and doctoral degrees tailored to students' specific interests, deepening their training and developing the skills to contribute significantly to the field. www. jtsa.edu/admissions Sarahann Goldstein sargoldstein@jtsa.edu

ORA: NORTHWEST JEWISH ARTISTS In Hebrew, ORA means “light”: luminosity, warmth, perspective, liveliness, brightness. ORA is a group of artists in the Portland area who have come together to support, share, inspire, enjoy and showcase our art. https://northwestjewishartists.org Diane Fredgant silksbydiane@gmail.com

170 OUTDOOR JEWISH ADVENTURES Your gateway to discovering Judaism in the wilderness. Our programs take you to wild, beautiful places in order to experience the spirituality and wonder of nature in a Jewish context. We let nature teach us about our Jewish roots (shoreshim) and learn from Judaism how we can better care for Creation. www.outdoorjewish.com Josh Lake joshlake1@mac.com SHALOMLEARNING Providing K-7th grade religious school with curriculum, professional development, teacher training, and support. www.shalomlearning.org Heidi Lovitz heidi@shalomlearning.org

STANDWITHUS LINK — Empowering students to discover their Israel Connection, an experiential, immersive Israel education program. www.israellink.org Mina Rush minar@israellink.org TIVNU: BUILDING JUSTICE Building Justice offers an immersive encounter with grassroots social justice, Tikkun Olam, and community-building. Tivnu's flagship gap year program for high school grads, and partnership programs with visiting teen groups, make an impact in the Portland community, the Jewish world, and the lives of young people. www.tivnu.org Steve Eisenbach-Budner Steve@tivnu.org

171 IN MEMORY OF RABBI A. J. WOLF Arnold Jacob Wolf was born on Purim in 1924 and passed away on Hanukkah in 2008.

He was a dedicated pluralist, involved in most of the important interdenominational Jewish groups: a founder of Sh’ma Magazine, a Hillel Director (at Yale), an early supporter of CAJE, and a founder of the group of rabbis which later became CLAL. Dad was active in a Zionist youth movement before Israel was a State. He took my brother and me to visit Israel in 1962. We saw the barbed wire dividing Jerusalem, toured the Galilee, and met Martin Buber. His synagogue, Congregation Solel, mortgaged their building to donate the proceeds to the UJA’s Emergency Fund in the weeks before the Six Day War. Dad said that the shul and those students supported Israel not despite but because he brought in different viewpoints, from Palestinian poets to Israeli pacifists to Menachem Begin when the Labor Party was marginalizing him.

The National Council of Christians and Jews bestowed on him a Brotherhood Award for his work for Civil Rights, which he “returned” at a rally at Lincoln Center when they gave a Humantarian award to President Reagan. He led his congregation to the march in Selma and the March on Washington, and lobbied against the Vietnam war.

He was the chairperson of Breira, the heavily attacked attempt to advocate for the reform of Jewish institutions and for negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Solel, under his guidance, wrote its own siddurim and Haggadah which look a lot like those of the Reform and Reconstructionist movements now. He brought Elie Wiesel to speak at Solel in the 1950s, and devoted sermons to the history by Raul Hilberg. Solel also inaugurated, in the early 1960s, an annual weekend of commemoration, reading names of martyrs for 72 uninterrupted hours. I am unaware of anyone doing this 60 years ago. Donations from his discretionary fund are listed among the very earliest contributions to Havurat Shalom, the West Side Minyan, Jewish Student Network, CAJE, NIF, and almost every activist Jewish effort of the 1960s and 70s. He endorsed Barack Obama for state senator in the 1990s, and wrote an op-ed defending Obama as a true friend of the Jews, which was widely reprinted during the 2008 campaign.

Steven Schwarzschild, Eugene Borowitz, and my father kept their own counsel at HUC, secretly reading Buber and Rosenzweig while the faculty offered outdated approaches to Humash, theology, and oratory. Many Reform rabbis now preach and practice the return to tradition he propounded from his earliest days. He and Gene created the first American Jewish summer camp session in the 1940s. At Solel, he'd teach one book of the Tanach each year. He first taught at CAJE at Rutgers in 1979, and we first taught together at a Chicago mini-CAJE (the session: “Dances with Wolfs”).

We loved him as our father. He was much the same at home as in the classroom or on the pulpit or at rallies: authentic, generous, democratic, committed, adamant. May his memory be a blessing, and may NewCAJE, which he loved over the decades, help eternalize his vision and his values.

- Jon Wolf

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Susan Penn University Synagogue, Irvine, CA

Rabbi Aaron Bergman Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills, MI

Tracie Glazer Hillel Community Day School, Brighton, NY

Beri Kaplan Schwitzer Congregation Beth Torah, Richardson, TX

Dr. Martha Bockian Chicago Land Simcha Schools, Chicago, IL

Abra Greenspan Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, CA

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Rebecca Tullman Temple Kol Emeth, Marietta, GA

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Jenifer Lev Netivot HaTorah Day School, Thornhill, ON, Canada

Barbara Garber Goldberg Montessori, Bellaire, TX

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CROSS-REFERENCE BY SUBJECT

ADMINISTRATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – In the Name of Heaven: the Spirituality of Disagreement Paul Solyn 4:00pm – Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations Adina Davies 4:00pm – Neurodiversity in the Torah Abi Taylor-Abt MONDAY 8:45am – Lenses of Questioning Part 1: Good Questions Are the Answer Batsheva Frankel 11:30am – Lenses of Questioning Part 2: Lenses, Tech, and Tools Batsheva Frankel 2:45pm – The Ever Shrinking School Kate Cykman 2:45pm – Why Parents Choose Soccer Over Sunday School — How Religious Education Lost its Way, and the Path Back Benjamin Gorelick 4:45pm – Observation, Supervision, and Evaluation of Teachers Julie Schwarzwald TUESDAY 8:45am – Congratulations, You’re in Charge — Now What? Amy Ripps 8:45am – How We Talk Matters: Leading Through Listening Sue Bojdak 10:45am – Family Programming for Pesach Cherie Koller-Fox 10:45am – PBL and Pesach Batsheva Frankel 2:15pm – The Only One Who Really Likes Change is the Consultant Sam Joseph 4:15pm – Troubleshooting Your Biggest Issues as Directors Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Cherie Koller-Fox 4:15pm – Creating a More Inclusive School Mel Berwin WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Beyond LDs: Invisible Disabilities in Hebrew School Rae Antonoff 9:00am – Healing from the Mistakes We Have Made Goldie Milgram 9:00am – What If? Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem 9:00am – The Problem of Israel Education David Starr 11:00am – Fakes, Phonies, and Fabulous Educators — Working Through Impostor Syndrome Julee Levine, Cheryl Katz

ADULT EDUCATION

MONDAY 8:45am – Making Services Spiritual: Crafting Prayer for Adults Eliana Light TUESDAY 8:45am – From Mercha to Siluk: How to Make Sense of Chanting a Haftarah Scott Kramer 10:45am – How to Be or Not to Be, That is the Question! Bracha Lieberman WEDNESDAY 11:00am – How to Teach Adults About the Gee-Oh-Dee Word Brian Mayer

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ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF JEWISH EDUCATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 4:00pm – ShalomLearning’s Virtual Escape Room: How an Online Game Changed Hebrew School Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman MONDAY 8:45am – Soccer Practice or Hebrew School? Help!! Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 8:45am – A Wizard’s Bag of Tricks for Teachers Deborah Salomon 11:30am – Jewish Experiential Learning Sharona Hassan 11:30am – Real Family Education: When Parents are THE Teachers Deborah Eisenbach-Budner 11:30am – Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 2:45pm – Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb 2:45pm – Why Parents Choose Soccer Over Sunday School — How Religious Education Lost its Way, and the Path Back Benjamin Gorelick 4:45pm – Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb TUESDAY 10:45am – PBL and Pesach Batsheva Frankel 2:15pm – Compassion in Action — Hebrew School Style Sarah Rohr 2:15pm – How to Enhance Your Confirmation Year Guy Greene 2:15pm – Immersive Education: How Experiential Learning Creates Long Lasting Impact Kate Cykman, Aubri Doughty

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Kol Netivoteha: Why We Need Jewish Pluralism More Than Ever Jonathan Wolf MONDAY 2:45pm – Judaism Beyond G-d: Secular Humanistic Judaism, What Are You? Heather Gale 2:45pm – What Will Happen to the Center in American Jewish Life? David Starr TUESDAY 10:45am – Sephardi and Mizrachi Seder Customs and Music Neil Schwartz, David Schwartz

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ANTI-SEMITISM

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Talking to Kids About Why People Hate Us Rivy Poupko Kletenik MONDAY 8:45am – Teaching During the “New Normal” of Fear Barry Cohen 2:45pm – The Persistence of Hate: Exploring Contemporary Antisemitism Staci Rosenthal TUESDAY 4:15pm – Teaching About Anti-Semitism in the Diaspora in the 21st Century Bonni Goldberg

B’NEI MITZVAH

SUNDAY 4:00pm – The Ark Project: A New B’nai Mitzvah Curriculum Melissa Hoffman MONDAY 8:45am – Even More Approaches to B-Mitzvah Goldie Milgram TUESDAY 8:45am – From Mercha to Siluk: How to Make Sense of Chanting a Haftarah Scott Kramer 2:15pm – Hiddur Mitzvah and the B’nei Mitzvah Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

MONDAY 8:45am – Using Mussar in Your Classroom Rivy Poupko Kletenik TUESDAY 8:45am – Classroom Management Clinic Goldie Milgram, Batya Podos

COMMUNICATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – In the Name of Heaven: the Spirituality of Disagreement Paul Solyn 4:00pm – Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations Adina Davies TUESDAY 8:45am – How We Talk Matters: Leading Through Listening Sue Bojdak 2:15pm – Compassion in Action — Hebrew School Style Sarah Rohr

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CREATING COMMUNITY

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Relational Engagement: More Meaningful Conversations Adina Davies MONDAY 2:45pm – The Ever Shrinking School Kate Cykman 2:45pm – Why Parents Choose Soccer Over Sunday School — How Religious Education Lost its Way, and the Path Back Benjamin Gorelick TUESDAY 8:45am – How to Create an Environment so No Child Fails at Being Jewish Marilyn Arsham 4:15pm – Case Study: Modalities for Creating Jewish Community in a Weekly Supplementary Program Beth Liberman 4:15pm – Better Together: Engaging Teens in Tikkun Olam Through Intergenerational Relationships Bess Adler

CREATIVE & CULTURAL ARTS

SUNDAY 2:00pm – A Word of Torah, a Piece of Art Diane Fredgant, Eddy Shuldman MONDAY 8:45am – A Chat with Author Eric A. Kimmel Eric Kimmel 11:30am – How to Engage Your Curriculum with the World Through the Arts Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem 2:45pm – Jewish Impressions: Printmaking Aubri Doughty 4:45pm – What’s Color Got to Do with it? Color, Cubism, and the Classroom Bari Gilbert 4:45pm – Story Seeds: Learning How to Tell Tales Cherie Karo Schwartz TUESDAY 8:45am – Listen, Laugh, & Learn: Studying the Rich Heritage of Jewish Music Kenny Ellis 8:45am – Creating a Sacred Space Chana Stein 10:45am – Freedom of Creative Expression: Art to Explore a Passover Theme Esther Amster 10:45am – Pesach: Haggadah is “The Telling!” Cherie Karo Schwartz 10:45am – Tableside Storytelling: A New Structure for the Passover Haggadah David Feder 10:45am – Whose Matzoh Is It Anyway?: Improv Games for a Memorable Seder Brianna Sayres 2:15pm – Hiddur Mitzvah and the B’nei Mitzvah Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem 4:15pm – This Too is Torah: Exploring Modern Jewish Poetry Danny Kraft WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Vocal Aerobics Charki Dunn 11:00am – Songs, Stories, & Props — Engaging Families w/ Young Children Carla Friend 11:00am – Jewish Prayer Movement and Dance Guy Greene

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Embracing a Jewish Curriculum in a Reggio Emilia Environment Sharona Hassan 2:00pm – Storytelling in the ECE classroom Leora Lazarus 4:00pm – Let’s Kid Around About Yoga: Not Your Mommy’s Yoga Class Beth Rabinowitz 4:00pm – Love in Action: Family Volunteering Experiences w/ Toddlers Carla Friend MONDAY 8:45am – Play is the Work of Childhood Deborah Goldstein 11:30am – To Walk in His Ways: Jewish Attachment Based Education Esther Amster 11:30am – Israel Everyday Andrea Shapiro 2:45pm – Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Say it! Ellen Allard 2:45pm – Stonework Play: Inspiring Creativity and Storytelling Through Nature Paula Hoffman 4:45pm – Seeing the World Through Jewish Eyes: Connecting Holidays to a Young Child’s Life Deborah Goldstein, Cherie Koller-Fox TUESDAY 8:45am – The Magic of Tot Shabbat Ellen Allard 10:45am – Bringing Passover to the 21st Century in ECE Paula Hoffman 2:15pm – Use Your Words: Identifying Emotional Growth Deborah Goldstein 2:15pm – Turn It On, Beam It Out Justin Jude Carroll 4:15pm – Best Practices for Tot Shabbat and Young Family Services Goldie Milgram 4:15pm – Parasha Power — Making Torah Learning the Highlight of the Week Sharona Hassan WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Sing! Sing! Sing!: Supporting Cognitive, Language, Social, Physical, and Spiritual Development in the Early Childhood Classroom Ellen Allard 11:00am – Songs, Stories, & Props — Engaging Families w/ Young Children Carla Friend

ECOLOGY

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Back to the Garden: The Ecological Language of Genesis 1 Ellen Bernstein MONDAY 8:45am – Back to the Garden: The Ecological Language of the Song of Songs Ellen Bernstein 2:45pm – Environmental Mitzvot in the Torah Josh Lake TUESDAY 8:45am – Radically Amazed by the Natural World: A Nature Walk Josh Lake 8:45am – Good Ideas Grow on Trees Rafi Glazer 10:45am – Edible Judaism: Explore Pesach Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan 10:45am – Passover’s Ecological Roots Ellen Bernstein 2:15pm – The Living Classroom: Creating a Teachable Green Space Ramona Brand

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HEBREW

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Techniques that Work for Me & My Hebrew Students Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki 4:00pm – Hebrew Through Movement: Next Level Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz 4:00pm – “Guess What, Mom? I’m Teaching Myself Hebrew!” Rae Antonoff MONDAY 8:45am – A Fun Way to Teach Decoding Skills and the Acquisition of Words Marilyn Arsham 11:30am – #OnwardHebrew: Join the conversation Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz 2:45pm – Ivrit Israelit: Hebrew Through Games Maya Varon, Mor Yelvington, Etti Segal 4:45pm – The Magic of the Shoresh Chana Stein 4:45pm – Using Technology to Connect with Israel & Hebrew Language Michelle Geft TUESDAY 8:45am – Hebrew Alive! Talk, Move, and Play the Ulpan Way Terry Kaye 10:45am – How is this Haggadah the Same as All Other Haggadot Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki 2:15pm – #OnwardHebrew: “I’m On-The-Way!” Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz

HISTORY

MONDAY 8:45am – The Cholera Wedding: European Jews’ Magical Ritual to End Epidemic Natan Meir 8:45am – Jews in Musicals Stu Lewis 4:45pm – What Games Did You Play, Zaide/Bubbe, When You Were Little? Sylvia Frankel TUESDAY 2:15pm – History as an Open Book: Museum Objects and Havruta Study Ronit Lusky 2:15pm – New Directions in Teaching Israeli Culture and History Nina Spiegel 4:15pm – Living Through Our Historical Timeline Mina Rush WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Immigration & Integration: The Bintel Brief & Immigration Today Staci Rosenthal

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HOLIDAYS/RITUALS

MONDAY 11:30am – Holiday Programming to Leave Your Students Breathless & Sweaty Melissa Pescatore 4:45pm – Re-Imagining Mikvah: A Ritual for Every Jew Amy Ripps, Bonni Goldberg TUESDAY 10:45am – Bringing Passover to the 21st Century in Early Childhood Education Paula Hoffman 10:45am – Be the Egg Seth Goldstein 10:45am – Family Programming for Pesach Cherie Koller-Fox 10:45am – How to Be or Not to Be, That is the Question! Bracha Lieberman 10:45am – PBL and Pesach Batsheva Frankel 10:45am – Freedom of Creative Expression: Art to Explore a Passover Theme Esther Amster 10:45am – Pesach: Haggadah is “The Telling!” Cherie Karo Schwartz 10:45am – Tableside Storytelling: A New Structure for the Haggadah David Feder 10:45am – Whose Matzoh Is It Anyway?: Improv Games for a Memorable Seder Brianna Sayres 10:45am – Edible Judaism: Explore Pesach Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan 10:45am – Passover’s Ecological Roots Ellen Bernstein 10:45am – How is this Haggadah the Same as All Other Haggadot? Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki 10:45am – Singin’ Your Way to Freedom — Pesach Susan Shane-Linder 10:45am – Sephardi & Mizrachi Seder Customs and Music Neil Schwartz, David Schwartz 10:45am – Liberate Your Plate: Passover as a Launchpad for Ethical Food Choices Melissa Hoffman 10:45am – Tween-and Teen- Worthy Pesach Games Heidi Aycock 10:45am – Protest Signs at the Seder: Empowering Teens to Bring their Social Justice Agendas to the (Seder) Table Adinah Miller 10:45am – Haggadah, Humash, & History: “Tell Your Child on that Day” Jonathan Wolf 10:45am – Passover in the Torah Paul Solyn 2:15pm – Jewish Rhythm - the Holiday Cycle Amy Ripps WEDNESDAY 9:00am – High Holiday Family Services: Music, Methods, and More! Eliana Light

HOLOCAUST

MONDAY 11:30am – A Yom HaShoah Commemoration Ritual Deborah Fripp 2:45pm – Holocaust Studies in the Supplementary School Setting Ilona Shechter

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INCLUSION/SPECIAL NEEDS

SUNDAY 2:00pm – 1 in 4: Inspire/Teach Students with Language Processing Challenges Sandra Nemer 4:00pm – Neurodiversity in the Torah Abi Taylor-Abt MONDAY 11:30am – Re-Moving Those Stumbling Blocks Takes More Than Vision Michal Morris Kamil 2:45pm – Creating an Education Environment that Works for LGBTQ Kids Mel Berwin TUESDAY 2:15pm – Confronting Bias and Blindspots in the Classroom Staci Rosenthal 4:15pm – Creating a More Inclusive School Mel Berwin WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Beyond LDs: Invisible Disabilities in Hebrew School Rae Antonoff 11:00am – Working with Kids with Autism and Anxiety Mel Berwin

ISRAEL

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Israel — So Much to Learn and So Little Time Ilona Shechter MONDAY 8:45am – Confronting Israel’s Complexity in the Jewish Classroom Terry Kaye 11:30am – The Israeli-Palestinian Conversation Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau 11:30am – Israel Everyday Andrea Shapiro 2:45pm – Countering BDS — What Works & What Doesn’t Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau 4:45pm – The Israel-Palestine Conversation Joyce Schriebman, Yehezkel Landau 4:45pm – Using Tech to Connect with Israel & the Hebrew Language Michelle Geft TUESDAY 8:45am – Good Ideas Grow on Trees Rafi Glazer 8:45am – Social Justice/Jewish Values — Examples of Israel at its Best Mina Rush 2:15pm – New Directions in Teaching Israeli Culture and History Nina Spiegel 4:15pm – Living Through Our Historical Timeline Mina Rush WEDNESDAY 9:00am – JNF Helps Build Israel Connections Rafi Glazer 9:00am – The Problem of Israel Education David Starr

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MUSIC

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Let’s Sing (About Jewish Things!) Songs About Ritual Objects Eliana Light 4:00pm – Chorale I Ellen Allard 4:00pm – Re-Envisioning the Torah Service Frame Through Music Naomi Less MONDAY 8:45am – Shir Chadash — A New Song Susan Shane-Linder 8:45am – Jews in Musicals Stu Lewis 8:45am – Turn It & Turn It: A Musical Conversation with Biblical Personalities Ilan Speizer 11:30am – Bring Bubbe Back Heather Klein 11:30am – Music for Thriving: An Immersive Musical Experience Naomi Less 2:45pm – Guitar Master Class Larry Milder 4:45pm – Chorale II Ellen Allard TUESDAY 8:45am – Listen, Laugh, & Learn: Study the Rich Heritage of Jewish Music Kenny Ellis 10:45am – Singin’ Your Way to Freedom — Pesach Susan Shane-Linder 10:45am – Sephardi and Mizrachi Seder Customs & Music Neil Schwartz, David Schwartz 2:15pm – Song Writing Yakira Yedidia, Aaron Yedidia 2:15pm – Turn It On, Beam It Out Justin Jude Carroll 2:15pm – Songs About G!D: Music to Start the Conversation Eliana Light 4:15pm – Chorale III Ellen Allard 4:15pm – Women in Trouble Alicia Jo Rabins WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Vocal Aerobics Charki Dunn 9:00am – Sing! Sing! Sing!: Supporting Cognitive, Language, Social, Physical, and Spiritual Development in the Early Childhood Classroom Ellen Allard 9:00am – High Holiday Family Services: Music, Methods, and More! Eliana Light 11:00am – Sacred Chants for Sacred Times Neil Schwartz

PRAYER/TEFILLAH

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Re-Envisioning the Torah Service Frame Through Music Naomi Less MONDAY 8:45am – Making Services Spiritual: Crafting Prayer for Adults Eliana Light 2:45pm – Games, Stories, & Song: Moments of Meaning in Jewish Prayer Eliana Light TUESDAY 8:45am – The Magic of Tot Shabbat Ellen Allard 2:15pm – Spirituality in the Classroom Batya Podos 4:15pm – Matbeah vs Meaning-Making: Not an Either/Or for Praying Naomi Less 4:15pm – Tackling Tefillah: Goals, Models, and Inspiring Ideas Batsheva Frankel WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Social Justice in Prayer David Schwartz 11:00am – Sacred Chants for Sacred Times Neil Schwartz 11:00am – How to Build a Fun & Successful Junior Congregation Program Brianna Sayres 11:00am – Jewish Prayer Movement and Dance Guy Greene

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REJEWVINATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Kol Netivoteha: Why We Need Jewish Pluralism More Than Ever Jonathan Wolf 2:00pm – Why Eve? Benjamin Gorelick 4:00pm – Do Jews Believe in Miracles? Mel Berwin MONDAY 8:45am – Using Mussar in Your Classroom Rivy Poupko Kletenik 11:30am – Sha’ul The Requested One: Choosing Israel’s First King Everett Fox 2:45pm – Baraysheet: Waterworld or Desertland?? Ruz Gulko 4:45pm – Seeing the World Through Jewish Eyes: Connecting Holidays to a Young Child’s Life Deborah Goldstein, Cherie Koller-Fox 4:45pm – Sage Advice from a Heretic: Teaching the Young & Old Rivy Poupko Kletenik TUESDAY 2:15pm – In the Potter’s Studio: A Pot and a Poem Rivy Poupko Kletenik 4:15pm – Speaking Truth to Power: Naboth’s Vinyard Everett Fox WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Midrash 101 Rivy Poupko Kletenik 11:00am – Isaac Finds a Wife Everett Fox

SELF-CARE

MONDAY 11:30am – Laughter Yoga Class! Julie Plaut Warwick TUESDAY 8:45am – Healing Circle for People Who Have Experienced a Failed Pregnancy and/or the Loss of a Child Charki Dunn, Julie Plaut Warwick 4:15pm – Joy Infusion! Julie Plaut Warwick WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Vocal Aerobics Charki Dunn 9:00am – Healing from the Mistakes We Have Made Goldie Milgram 11:00am – Fakes, Phonies, and Fabulous Educators — Working Through Impostor Syndrome Julee Levine, Cheryl Katz

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SHALOMLEARNING

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning? Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 4:00pm – ShalomLearning’s Virtual Escape Room: How an Online Game Changed Hebrew School Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman MONDAY 8:45am – Soccer Practice or Hebrew School? Help!! Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 11:30am – Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 2:45pm – Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb 4:45pm – Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb

SOCIAL JUSTICE/TZEDAKAH

MONDAY 2:45pm – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gap Year Adinah Miller 4:45pm – Be the Trend: Food Values in Action Melissa Hoffman, Ilana Braverman 4:45pm – Leveling the Playing Field: A New Take on an Old Tradition Sonia Marie Leikam TUESDAY 8:45am – Social Justice/Jewish Values — Examples of Israel at its Best Mina Rush 10:45am – Liberate Your Plate: Passover as a Launchpad for Ethical Food Choices Melissa Hoffman 10:45am – Protest Signs at the Seder: Empowering Teens to Bring their Social Justice Agendas to the (Seder) Table Adinah Miller 4:15pm – Better Together: Engaging Teens in Tikkun Olam Through Intergenerational Relationships Bess Adler WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Social Justice in Prayer David Schwartz 11:00am – Arami Oved Avi: Migrants & Refugees, Jewish History & Values Jonathan Wolf

SPIRITUALITY

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Wisdom from Reb Zalman Goldie Milgram 4:00pm – Want Your Teen Students Interested, Engaged, and Growing their Jewish Knowledge? 4 Instant Lessons to do Just That! Dorice Horenstein MONDAY 11:30am – Meditation and Guided Meditation in the Classroom Guy Greene TUESDAY 8:45am – Radically Amazed by the Natural World: A Nature Walk Josh Lake 8:45am – Use & Make MALACHIM Messages of Blessing Deborah Eisenbach-Budner 8:45am – Creating a Sacred Space Chana Stein 2:15pm – Spirituality in the Classroom Batya Podos 4:15pm – Matbeah vs Meaning-Making: Not an Either/Or for Praying Naomi Less

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STORYTELLING

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Storytelling in the ECE classroom Leora Lazarus MONDAY 4:45pm – Story Seeds: Learning How to Tell Tales Cherie Karo Schwartz

TEACHING TECHNIQUES

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Lesson Planning for Classrooms and Assemblies Melissa Herman 2:00pm – Techniques that Work for My Hebrew Students Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki 2:00pm – Meme that Parshah Eve Posen, Duncan Gilman MONDAY 8:45am – A Fun Way to Teach Decoding Skills and the Acquisition of Words Marilyn Arsham 8:45am – Being the Alpha Abi Taylor-Abt 8:45am – Tips and Tricks for Young Jewish Educators Sarah Klein 8:45am – Lenses of Questioning Part 1: Good Questions Are the Answer Batsheva Frankel 8:45am – A Wizard’s Bag of Tricks for Teachers Deborah Salomon 11:30am – The Library as a Key to Innovative Lesson Plans & Curricula Patricia Givens 11:30am – Lenses of Questioning Part 2: Lenses, Tech, and Tools Batsheva Frankel 2:45pm – Ivrit Israelit: Hebrew Through Games Maya Varon, Mor Yelvington, Etti Segal 2:45pm – Games, Stories, & Song: Moments of Meaning in Jewish Prayer Eliana Light 2:45pm – Finding Their Voices in Torah Batya Podos 4:45pm – Story Seeds: Learning How to Tell Tales Cherie Karo Schwartz 4:45pm – What Games Did You Play, Zaide/Bubbe, When You Were Little? Sylvia Frankel 4:45pm – Re-Imagining Mikvah: A Ritual for Every Jew Amy Ripps, Bonni Goldberg 4:45pm – Teaching Parshat HaShavua Goldie Milgram TUESDAY 8:45am – Intrinsic Motivation: The Prize is Learning Sharon Diamondstein 4:15pm – Kol HaKavod! — Positive Behavior Management Hebrew & English Benjamin Kintisch WEDNESDAY 9:00am – FrankenGames: Adapting Games to Your Curriculum Heidi Aycock 9:00am – Lesson Planning is Like Songwriting Yakira Yedidia, Aaron Yedidia 9:00am – What If? Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem 11:00am – Level Up Your Program with Jewish Dungeons & Dragons David Feder

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TECHNOLOGY

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 2:00pm – Meme that Parshah Eve Posen, Duncan Gilman 4:00pm – ShalomLearning’s Virtual Escape Room: How an Online Game Changed Hebrew School Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 4:00pm – “Guess What, Mom? I’m Teaching Myself Hebrew!” Rae Antonoff MONDAY 8:45am – Soccer Practice or Hebrew School? Help!! Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 8:45am – JSTEAM Pedagogy: Bringing the Culture of Tech to our Teaching Carina Rock 11:30am – Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 11:30am – Yes — My Students Have Cell Phones Out During Class! Michelle Geft 2:45pm – Google Tools in the Jewish Classroom: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb 4:45pm – Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield, Debi Himelfarb 4:45pm – Using Tech to Connect with Israel & the Hebrew Language Michelle Geft TUESDAY 8:45am – Class is Starting, DON’T Put Your Phones Away! Michelle Geft 2:15pm – Ji Tap Gameathon Michelle Geft, Carina Rock WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Ji Genesis: Re-Creating Your Cong. School’s Approach & Rhythm Carina Rock

TEENS

SUNDAY 2:00pm – God’s Plan: Finding the Judaism in the Billboard Top 40 Seth Golob 4:00pm – The Ark Project: A New B’nai Mitzvah Curriculum Melissa Hoffman MONDAY 8:45am – Even More Approaches to B-Mitzvah Goldie Milgram 8:45am – Using Psychoanalysis to Discuss Jacob with Young Adults Moshe Rachmuth 11:30am – The Birds & the Bees: Jewish Views of Sex & Consent Lily Kowalski, Cady Phillips 2:45pm – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gap Year Adinah Miller TUESDAY 8:45am – Aseret: The Big Ten Nina Woldin 10:45am – Tween-and Teen- Worthy Pesach Games Heidi Aycock 10:45am – Protest Signs at the Seder: Empowering Teens to Bring their Social Justice Agendas to the (Seder) Table Adinah Miller 2:15pm – Hiddur Mitzvah and the B’nei Mitzvah Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem 2:15pm – How to Enhance Your Confirmation Year Guy Greene 4:15pm – Better Together: Tikkun Olam Through Intergenerational Relationships Bess Adler 4:15pm – Women in Trouble Alicia Jo Rabins WEDNESDAY 11:00am – Level Up Your Program with Jewish Dungeons & Dragons David Feder

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SUNDAY 2:00pm – A Word of Torah, a Piece of Art Diane Fredgant, Eddy Shuldman 2:00pm – Meme that Parshah Eve Posen, Duncan Gilman 4:00pm – Back to the Garden: The Ecological Language of Genesis 1 Ellen Bernstein 4:00pm – Neurodiversity in the Torah Abi Taylor-Abt MONDAY 8:45am – Back to the Garden: Ecological Language of the Song of Songs Ellen Bernstein 8:45am – Turn It & Turn It: A Musical Conversation with Biblical Personalities Ilan Speizer 8:45am – Using Psychoanalysis to Discuss Jacob with Young Adults Moshe Rachmuth 2:45pm – Environmental Mitzvot in the Torah Josh Lake 2:45pm – Finding Their Voices in Torah Batya Podos 2:45pm – Baraysheet: Waterworld or Desertland?? Ruz Gulko 4:45pm – Sage Advice from a Heretic: Teaching the Young & Old Rivy Poupko Kletenik 4:45pm – Teaching Parshat HaShavua Goldie Milgram TUESDAY 8:45am – Aseret: The Big Ten Nina Woldin 10:45am – Haggadah, Humash, & History: “Tell Your Child on that Day” Jonathan Wolf 10:45am – Passover in the Torah Paul Solyn 2:15pm – Uppity Women of the Torah: The True Story of Our Mothers Ruz Gulko 4:15pm – Parasha Power — Making Torah Learning the Highlight of the Week Sharona Hassan 4:15pm – Speaking Truth to Power: Naboth’s Vinyard Everett Fox 4:15pm – Women in Trouble Alicia Jo Rabins WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Midrash 101 Rivy Poupko Kletenik 11:00am – Isaac Finds a Wife Everett Fox

THEOLOGY

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Why Eve? Benjamin Gorelick 4:00pm – Do Jews Believe in Miracles? Mel Berwin 4:00pm – Getting Beyond the Hollywood Definition of God Michael Fripp TUESDAY 8:45am – The G!D Gap: How to (Not) Talk About G!D Eliana Light 2:15pm – Songs About G!D: Music to Start the Conversation Eliana Light 4:15pm – Tackling Tefillah: Goals, Models, and Inspiring Ideas Batsheva Frankel WEDNESDAY 11:00am – How to Teach Adults About the Gee-Oh-Dee Word Brian Mayer

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The Harold Grinspoon Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the

2019 Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education Recognizing LOCAL TEACHERS who make a LASTING IMPACT on the lives of Jewish children and contribute to excellence in JEWISH EDUCATION

BALTIMORE, MD Sally Grobani

HAMILTON, ON Zehava Chaimovitz

BROWARD COUNTY, FL Limor Bendayan

LOS ANGELES, CA Yehudis Greenberg

CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS Linda Duke

METROPOLITAN DETROIT, MI Pam Spitzer

CLEVELAND, OH Rick Leibovich

MILWAUKEE, WI Debbie Silberman

DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL, NC Hinda Lind

MONTREAL, QC Jordana Levy

GREATER HOUSTON, TX Fraydee Wender Diane Adler

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY Aliza Strassman

GREATER INDIANAPOLIS, IN Rabbi Tzuriel Gluck

OTTAWA, ON Ranit Braun

GREATER KANSAS CITY, KS Morgan Fasbinder

SAN FRANCISCO, THE PENINSULA, MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTIES Devora Simon

GREATER NEW HAVEN, CT Jodi Harris

SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL Marjorie Tinio

GREATER NEW ORLEANS, LA Toby David

TALLAHASSEE, FL Brian Pelc

GREATER PITTSBURGH, PA Sara London

WEST PALM BEACH, FL Shikma Araky-Cohen

GREATER RHODE ISLAND Marsha Gibber

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS Emily Brocks

GREATER ROCHESTER, NY Deborah Rothman

Read about the Harold Grinspoon Foundation at hgf.org.

WINNIPEG, MB Nancy Margolis

NORTH AMERICAN GRINSPOON AWARDS for Excellence in Jewish Education celebrating two decades of partnership with local communities to honor more than 800 excellent Jewish educators across North America

The 2018-2019 school year marks the culmination of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's Jewish educator recognition program, the North American Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education.

Annual awards have celebrated educators in communities across North America in partnership with local Jewish central agencies and community partners. e look to our local communities and their dedicated staff to continue the important work of honoring and celebrating our Jewish educators.

Mazel Tov to all awardees and their communities!