NewCAJE9 Program Book (2018)

NewCAJE9 July 27th-August 1st University of Hartford West Hartford, Connecticut

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NewCAJE9 CONFERENCE July 29th-August 1st, 2018 (Shabbat July 27th-28th)

University of Hartford West Hartford, Connecticut

This conference was made possible by the kindness of:

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Margery S. Wolf Donor Advised Fund Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford ShalomLearning Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies University of Hartford 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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NewCAJE WELCOME --------------------------------------------------4

List of NewCAJE9 Participants --------------------------------------------8 A Note About the Cover Art -----------------------------------------------10 Thank You! ------------------------------------------------------------------12 Azkarot Remembrances -------------------------------------------------- 20 Contributors -----------------------------------------------------------------42

Honorary Life Members ----------------------------------------------47

CONFERENCE INFORMATION GUIDE ------------------------50

Conference Office ----------------------------------------------------------- 50 In Case of Emergency--------------------------------------------------------50 Daily Newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------- 50 Name tags ------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Workshop Evaluations ------------------------------------------------------ 51 Internet Access --------------------------------------------------------------51 Daily Prayer Service---------------------------------------------------------51 Kashrut and Meal Information -------------------------------------------51 Transportation-----------------------------------------------------------51 Housing & On-Site Facilities------------------------------------------------52 Key Info, Deposits, Raffle ------------------------------------------------- 52 Temperature Control --------------------------------------------------------53 Maintenance -----------------------------------------------------------------53 Smoking Policy --------------------------------------------------------------53 Check-Out-------------------------------------------------------------53 Points Nearby ----------------------------------------------------------------53

TRACKS, PROGRAMS, & INTENSIVES------------------------- 55 Certificate Tracks----------------------------------------------------- 55 Programs @ NewCAJE ----------------------------------------------- 65 Intensives -------------------------------------------------------------67

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CAMPUS MAP -------------------------------------------------------- 68 SHABBAT PROGRAMMING ------------------------------------- 71 SESSION DESCRIPTIONS ---------------------------------------- 80 Sunday --------------------------------------------------------------80 Monday --------------------------------------------------------------92 Tuesday --------------------------------------------------------------118 Wednesday ---------------------------------------------------------142 WHO’S WHO AT NEWCAJE ------------------------------------- 152 The Presenters ------------------------------------------------------152 The Performers -----------------------------------------------------174 NEWCAJE EXHIBITION ------------------------------------------180 Exhibitor Hours ----------------------------------------------------180 Exhibitor List -------------------------------------------------------180 ADVERTISERS ------------------------------------------------------183 CROSS REFERENCE BY SUBJECT ------------------------------186 PLANNING OUT YOUR CONFERENCE -----------------------206 SPACE FOR NOTES -------------------------------------------------208 WORKSHOP EVALUATIONS ------------------------------------217

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WELCOME TO NEWCAJE9!

B’RUCHIM HA’BA’IM My Dear Friends and Colleagues, On behalf of the board, I would like to welcome you all to NewCAJE9 at the University of Hartford. We hope you have an amazing and life-changing experience here. We have gathered this week to learn and to teach.

In your conversations with each other, and in your classes, you will share with the wisdom you have acquired working in your schools, classrooms, and organizations. That sharing will enrich your students and the field of Jewish education. We will be better, and the field will be better for our time here. What happens here is a gift we give to each other because we believe in Jewish education and in the importance of a Jewish future.

What you do matters. Whether you work in a synagogue or a day school, with preschoolers or teens, in formal or informal settings, what you do makes a difference. Together you will impact the lives of thousands and thousands of Jewish children and adults. You will introduce them to Hebrew language, to Torah, and to God. You will open doors for them to understand who they are. You will give them the tools to navigate the hardest days in their lives. You will put Jewish ideas and concepts in their hearts. You will show them how much there is to love about who they are.

What you do matters!

The reason we convene this gathering is best stated by Abraham Joshua Heschel. He said: “The soul cannot celebrate alone!” In fact the soul cannot succeed alone, it cannot advocate alone, it cannot reflect alone. We need each other, and we need the support of our communities in order to succeed in the holy tasks we have taken upon ourselves.

That is why we have given each of you a little button to remind you to ASK. First, of course, we want you to ask lots of questions in your sessions, but equally important is to ask lots of questions after the sessions and between sessions when you gather informally. I used to tell my kids when they came home from school every day to tell me what questions they asked and what they didn’t know in the morning that they learned today.

I told them I wasn’t sending them there to share what they knew, but to find out what they don’t know.

5 I would say the same thing to you all today. There is no such thing as a bad question. There are few questions that are inappropriate. Ask for clarification, probe assumptions, find out why someone holds their point of view, ask about the implications and the consequences of what you are talking about. Ask about each other’s lives and struggles with Jewish education. Ask to hear their triumphs and joys! Ask! But those little buttons hold a deeper meaning for me as well. As I hope you know, we raise money every year for scholarships. Many of you have taken advantage of these scholarships and that makes us deeply happy.

But this year, when people asked us for scholarship help, we asked them a question back. Have you asked your community, your board, your rabbi, your Federation for help to come to NewCAJE? Most people answered “no” and we sent them back to ask. A funny thing happened. In most cases, their communnities answered "yes." And the askers felt not only empowered but appreciated. If they hadn’t asked, they wouldn’t have felt either empowered or appreciated.

We must ask, not just about money for professional development. I hope you have an amazing and wonderful time here, but you did not come here for yourself. When you ask to come to NewCAJE, you are coming here for your school and for your students. You are coming here because you want to be better at what you do, for their sake! You need to get that message across. No one should pay out of their own pocket to come here.

In fact, I think you should be paid for your time.

What else should we be asking for? We need to ask first and foremost for the materials we need to teach. No one should have to buy supplies for their own classrooms.

Perhaps the second most important thing we have to ask for is TIME. We cannot teach what we are entrusted to teach if we aren’t given enough time to do so. Schools today are cutting back on time. Aaron Panken, zichrono le-veracha, the president of Hebrew Union College until his tragic death this year, talked about this very issue. He said: “Today people often focus on immediate results and short-sighted commitments, for example synagogues that shorten their education programs…to compete with other synagogues and keep their congregants happy. Did these leaders make the decision to cut instruction out of a sense of expediency or did they think ten years into the future and consider what it would mean to the quality of Jewish education?”

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I would add: did they ask parents what they wanted their children to learn? Did they ask them why they were sending their students in the first place? Did they explain the benefits that would accrue with the expenditure of time? Did they ask why it was worth the effort to get the kids to school or the school to the kids? My friend Rabbi Moshe Waldoks once came to speak to parents at my school. He described in detail the costs involved in going on a ski trip. How much the equipment cost to buy or rent. How much the lift tickets cost, how much money it cost if you stayed in a hotel or ate in a restaurant. And he asked the parents: do you want your children to grow up to be professional skiers for that investment of time and money, or do you want them to grow up to be Jews who care about their tradition and are knowledgeable about it? What were their goals and their priorities? I think you all would have been pleasantly surprised by what they said. Sometimes, you just have to ask.

I said time was the second most important thing. What is the most important thing? The most important thing is salary and benefits. Why is that? Because appropriate salaries, better benefits, and more full-time positions will bring the best and brightest into the field of Jewish education. Because we deserve the respect of our communities for what we do. Here are a few small but important strides we can take: When I go to a synagogue website and look under the "who we are" section, there is always a separate listing for clergy. That’s great. Then there is a listing of staff. Usually the office staff is listed first, maybe the executive director if there is one, but the educators and youth directors are listed here. We shouldn’t be. We should have our own listing under Educational Staff.

ASK! If the rabbi and the cantor have reserved parking spaces, certainly the educational director should too, and why shouldn’t the teachers?!

I told you what I think about professional development, but there are more important issues. Is your synagogue opting-in to social security and unemployment insurance for you? They required by law as religious organizations, but if they don't it will affect your life, and you need to ask them to opt in. ASK. If you are a full-time employee you should have disability insurance. If something happens to you, they aren’t going to continue paying your salary. You need to protect yourselves and your families. ASK. Even if you are a very part-time employee, you should have the opportunity to contribute to a retirement account. It would be nice if they contributed something too. ASK.

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Finally, you should be getting paid an appropriate salary for your job, and not subsidizing families that can afford to pay for your services. Synagogues today are afraid that people will leave if they ask for what they need. I say if they talk to their members about costs and benefits they may find more of a willingness to contribute than people think, but we won’t know until we ASK. What if you ask and you are told no? Well, the first thing I would say is be persistent and ask again. The second thing I would say is that we have to change the culture of Jewish education and how people think about it, even how we think about it. We can do that together. As I said before, the soul can’t succeed alone and its can’t advocate alone. NewCAJE can help but NewCAJE is US. We can help each other, but in helping each other we must never lose sight of the fact that we are helping the Jewish people raise another generation of Jews and Jewish leaders and Jewish parents.

I ask you to have a wonderful time in the days ahead, learn as much as you can to take back to your communities, and keep this little button as a reminder of the importance of getting what we need to do the important work that we have been entrusted to do.

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

NEWCAJE BOARD

Cherie Koller-Fox, President Jerry Benjamin, Treasurer Amy Ripps, Program Chair Eliana Light, LEEP Liaison Sherry Knazan, Jewish Educator Journal Chair Eitan Gutin Mark Young

‫ 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 NEWCAJE9

Phil Aarons * Davida Adelberg * Rachel Alemany * Leslie Alexander * Penina Alexander * Ellen Allard * Gary Alpert * Kenneth Alter * Ann Anderson * James Anderson * Rae Antonoff * Lilach Arad * Lisa Arber * Jayne Architzel * Lorraine Arcus * Chana Armon * Emily Aronoff Teck * Julia Babka-Kurzrock * Ilana Baird * Dasha Baker * Teresa Baker * Shawn Banner * Carrie Barbakoff * Judy Barclay * Kenneth Barclay * Rachel Barclay * Naomi Barell * Sherry Barsky * Lisa Baydush * Nancy Beller-Krieger * Moshe Ben-Lev * Lynn Bennett * Carrie Berman * Ellen Berman * Lisa Berman * Phyllis Berman * Barbara Biran * Barbara Birenbaum * Judith Black * Susan Bleeks * Sylvia Bloom * Stephen Bober * Tara Bognar * Karen Bograd * Sarah Bolts * Eyal Bor * Hana Bor * Stephen Brand * Diana Brewer * Lee Brice * Leslie Bright * Andree Brooks * Dara Brosler * Christine Brouillard * Karrie Brown * Shariee Calderone * Joanie Calem * Faith Cantor * Lizzy Cantor * Neshama Carlebach * Leah Carnow * Grace Celley * Rebecca Charhon * Yafa Chase * Jonathan Cobert * Cheryl Cohen * EJ Cohen * Joshua Cohen * Marilyn Cohen * Mindy Cohen * Judy Cohen-Rosenberg * Ellen Cohn * Sue Cohn * Michelle Cohn Levy * Natasha Cooper-Benisty * Alexandra Corwin * Katherine Cykman * Jan Darsa * Adina Davies * Andrew Davies * Dalia Davis * Edwin Davis * Peggy Davis * Melody Davis * Sara Debeer * Beth Deliver * Sarah Deliver * Itai Dewar * Sharon Diamondstein * Shellie Dickstein * Ethel Dotts * Hilla Drechler * Ellen Dreskin * Lily Dropkin * Darlene Drutman * Linda Duke * Helena Eilenberg * Andrea Eisen * Dee Dorit Elie * Juliet Elkind-Cruz * Danielle Eskow * Wanda Evans * David Farbman * Gina Fass * Temima Feldman * Chelsea Ferguson * Tim Fiddler * Heather Fiedler * Jacob Fine * Harold Fisher * Joan Florsheim * Nina Fondiller-Woldin * Lori Forman-Jacobi * Eden Sidney Foster * Everett Fox * Alissa Frankel * Batsheva Frankel * Richard Freund * Aaron Friedman * Marla Friedman * Carla Friend * Deborah Fripp * Margaret Frisch Klein * Elisha Frumkin * Naomi Gabai-Fisher * Tami Gabay * Susan Gaeta * Heather Gale * Ilana Garber * Nancy Garfinkel * Devorah Gartner * Ariel Gelber * Mark Getten * Lisa Gittelman-Udi * Sam Glaser * Stacey Glazer * Rachel Glickenstein * Amy Goldberg * Dov Goldberg * Shaina Goldberg * Elissa Goldbergbelle * Jennifer Goldsmith * Amy Goldstein * Deborah Goldstein * Hillary Goldstein * Michelle Goldstein * Sarahann Goldstein * Shira Goldstein * Andrew Goodman * Jeannette Gordon * Sally Gordon * Benjamin Gorelick * Nora Gorenstein * Andrea Gouze * Janie Grackin * Galya Greenberg * Guy Greene * Jarah Greenfield * Zerach Greenfield * Gay Griffith * Gloria Grischkan * Helen Gross * Stephanie Guedalia * Aviva Gutnick * Rachel Hall * Shira Hammerman * Roni Handler * Shoshana Hantman * Mollie Hantman-Weill * Beth Harbison * Edith Harris * Jodi Harris * Juli Harris * Zipporah Harris * Ziva Hassenfeld * Julieann Hazard * Aileen Heiman * Eleanor Henry * Melissa Herman * Tamar Herman * Charlie Hersh * Debi Himelfarb * Niema Hirsch * Jeff Hoffman * Joel Hoffman * Melissa Hoffman * Dara Holop * Jaclyn Hoosier * Sue Horowitz * Robert Houghton * Esther Hugenholtz * Steve Hummel * Thea Iberall * Deborah Intravaia * Anita Ip * Jen Jaffe * Edith Joseph * Daniel Judson * Judith Kahn * Hindy Kalmenson * Sara Kaminski * Steven Kane * Cathy Kaplan * Nancy Kaplan * Andrea Kasper * Michael Kasper * Helene Kates * Michael Kates * Cheryl Katz * Lawrence Katz * Lindsay Katz * Nancy Katz * Terry Kaye * Debby Kinman Ford * Benjamin Kintisch * Caren Kirchick * Larisa Klebe * Alexandra Klein * Sarah Klein * Jamie Klein-Zoref * Kevin Kleinman * Marian Kleinman * Jeff Klepper * Janis Knight

9 * Ron Koas * Ann Koffsky * Tirtza Kohan * Chaye Kohl * Bonnie Kohn * Michael G. Kohn * Cherie Koller Fox * David Kominsky * Seymour Kopelowitz * Cecile Kowalski * Keith Kowalski * Lillian Kowalski * Scott Kramer * Jacob Kraus * Leah Kresge * Wayne Krieger * Lisa Kritz * Lonnie Kritzler * Yehezkel Landau * Michelle Langmead * Leora Lazarus * Jeanette Lazer * Randee Leffler * Noreen Leibson * Shoshana Leis * Laura Lenes * Naomi Less * Janet Leuchter * Ira Levin * Julia Bordenaro Levin * Lesley Levin * Daniella Levine * Lisa Levine * Julee Levine * Dana Levitt * Adrienne Levy * Erika Levy * Heather Levy * Ruthe Levy * Karen Lewin * Stu Lewis * Beth Liberman * Bracha Lieberman * Phyllis Liebman * Eliana Light * Sandra Lilienthal * Heidi Lovitz * Pat Lukens * Cheryl Magen * Dina Maiben * Juli Margolin * Belita Marishak * Stephanie Marshall * Jeremy Master * Alicia Maxwell * Keren R. Mcginity * Deborah Mehlman * Juan Mejia * Barbara Miller * Donna Miller * Leslie Millrod * Sharon Mills * Chava Mirel * Osnat Moalam * Michal Morris Kamil * Tali Moscowitz * Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz * Rachel Mussaf * Sarah Grace Nadler * Josh Nelson * Ben Newman * Max Nissen * Alissa Okrent * Shai Ozery * Jack Paskoff * Avinoam Patt * Fran Pearlman * Allison Peiser * Abby Peklo * Michelle Penson * Joan Perlman * Ellyn Perry * Melissa Pescatore * Mazal Peterson * Cady Phillips * Colin Pier-Silver * Julie Plaut Warwick * Reut Porat * Cheryl Pouliot * Jo-Ann Price * Rachel Raz * Tamara Rebick * Rebecca Redner * Abby Reiken * Caryn Resnick * Keren Rhodes * Arielle Richman * Amy Ripps * Jeri Robins * Baruch Rock * Carina Rock * Sarah Rohr * Keren Romm * Jim Rosen * Melissa Rosen * Nancy Rosen * Howard Rosenbaum * Minerva Rosenberg * Michele Rosenfield * Jade Ross * Chana Rothman * Candace Rothstein * Suzanne Rubens * Michelle Rubin * Miriam Rubin * Alan Rudt * Deborah Salomon * Jodi Salzman * Azri Samin * Malka Sansani * Susan Schaibly * Haim Scheininger * Tiki Scheininger * Katie Schneider * Oren Schragger * Peninnah Schram * Joyce Schriebman * Vered Schuster * Barbara Schwartz * Cherie Karo Schwartz * David Schwartz * Iris Schwartz * Lisa Schwartz * Neil Schwartz * Sondra Schwartz * Jennifer Schwartzman * Julie Schwarzwald * Diane Schwindt * Heather Seltzer * Shawn Shafner * Brian Shamash * Emily Shamash * Susan Shane-Linder * Eli Shapiro * Helene Shapiro * Elizabeth Shiro * Jane Shiyah * Michal Shmuel * Marsha Shufrin * Anna Shuman * Andrea Shupack * Joyce Siegel * Joshua Silver * Sarit Silverman * Belinda Singer * Kim Singer * Alanna Sklover * Jamie L Smartt * Avis Smith * Jessann Smith * Roger Smith * David Smolar * Ilana Snapstailer * Rose Snitz * Elisa Snowise * Nancy Sohn Swartz * Paul Solyn * Sherri Sosensky * Sonja Spear * Beth Spiegel * Larry Spielman * Larry Spielman * Melany Spielman * Sharon Star * Milena Starobinskaya * Chana Stein * Emma Rachel Stein * Kaya Stern-Kaufman * Dana Stroup * Beth Styles * Elizabeth Swan * Arlene Taranow * Dore Tarr * Donna Tarutz * Samantha Taylor * Abi Taylor-Abt * Ronni Ticker * Karen Trager * Bayla Friedman Treiger * Vicki Tremper * Joshua Troderman * Nomie Turnbull * Ora Tuval * Maya Varon * Cheryl Vogel * Harry Waksberg * Lori Waldorf * Destiny Wallis * Arthur Waskow * Paul Weinberg * Judith Weiner * Tobie Weisman * Sue Westenburger * Michael Wikes * Sonia Wilk * Nikki Wilson * Tanya Wisoker Conley * Davida Wohl * Jonathan Wolf * Margo Wolfson * Rachel Wood * Suzanne Wycoff * Na'Ama Yarden * Marcia Yellin * Emil Karl Yesse * Marc Young * Mark Young * Jeff Zagoren * Janis Zaremba * Julie Zorn * Shira Zucker * Jennifer Zunikoff *

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A NOTE ABOUT THE COVER ART This year's cover art incorporates a tree with the words ‫ עץ חיים‬eitz chayim, "tree of life," in its branches. The tree bears 7 pomegranates, one of the 7 species of plants native to the Land of Israel. Pomegranates symbolize fertility and abundance in Judaism, with its seeds representing the 613 commandments in the Torah. Seven is a special number in Judaism, symbolizing 7 days of the week, the number of Matriarchs & Patriarchs, the Seven Species, and the length of many of our festivals.

Under the tree's sheltering branches sits a woman reading.

“She is a tree of life to those who hold fast to her, and all who cling to her are happy.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”

She is a tree of life. Chanted at the end of the Torah service, the tree of life in this passage traditionally refers to the Torah. The pronoun ‫( היא‬pronounced "he") is written in the feminine form, and can be translated as “she”, yet it is traditionally translated in our prayer books as “it” (“It is a tree of life…”). Translating ‫( היא‬he) as “she” opens up new meanings in the understanding of the text.

Women and trees are physically and spiritually interconnected. Like a tree with deep roots, she reaches deep into the earth for sustenance, drawing strength from nature to sustain and nurture her offspring. A woman bears fruit even in old age (like our Mother Sarah), she shelters and protects, provides food and shade from the elements, and grows stronger with age. Her arms extend out to the poor and the needy (like the Woman of Valor), comforting and loving, yet her arms are strong and able to carry the weight laid upon her over the centuries. Those who hold fast to her, those who treat her with respect and dignity, will ultimately be happy, and those who know how to love her will know peace.

- Lisa Rauchwerger

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THANK YOU!

One of the best jobs I have as president of NewCAJE is thanking all of the people who made this conference and NewCAJE possible. I hope you will learn two things by reading these pages. First: it really takes a village to create an organization and a conference like NewCAJE. And second: you can easily become an active member of this village to help us plan the next conference, or be involved in decision making about the future of our organization.

It is important to know that NewCAJE has four main components: educational, logistical, organizational, and spiritual.

EDUCATIONAL The program of the NewCAJE conference is not planned from the top down. A lot of people have significant input. This process begins with our workshop leaders suggesting the sessions they want to teach. We have 240 sessions on a wide range of topics. Once the proposals come in, a committee looks them over and decides which ones to choose. Then they call people to make sure that the title and the description accurately fit the session. The formal letters of acceptance are then sent out.

For this, we must thank Amy Ripps of Raleigh, NC. Amy works closely with a committee which this year included: Barbara Biran, Cathy Kaplan, and Julie Schwarzwald. This job takes place in the Spring and lasts a few weeks. They would love to have more members on their committee.

The next step is to see where the gaps are in the program, and to reach out to presenters to fill in those gaps. The people working on that committee this year were: Melanie Berman, Robin Eisenberg, Cherie Koller-Fox, Amy Ripps, and Fran Pearlman. This committee is on the lookout for the newest innovations, and invites great thinkers in Jewish education to the conference. This committee also welcomes new members each year.

NewCAJE thanks the above-mentioned people — they are educators who inspire us and make the conference possible. We also want to acknowledge our gratitude to all of the people who share their expertise and teaching at NewCAJE. We literally could not do this conference without you. THANK YOU, THANK YOU! A special thank you to those twelve people whose sessions were live-streamed — it’s not easy to be on camera and teach at the same time! Another thank you is due to the many, many hosts of our luncheons. Luncheons are a NewCAJE specialty — a time to meet new people and share important ideas. The facilitators for those luncheons do a wonderful job, and we thank them.

13 Opening this conference takes a special team. Thanks to Naomi Less, Eliana Light, Chava Mirel, Cherie Karo-Schwartz, and Julie Plaut Warwick! Thanks also to all the volunteer photographers who will let us share the joy of this conference long after it’s done.

The education at NewCAJE does not end when the sun goes down. Entertainment at NewCAJE is also EDUTAINMENT. Here you learn new songs to teach your kids, and meet new performers to bring to your communities. These performers are Jewish educators too. Like the teachers and principals, their job is to create Jewish culture and pass it on to a new generation. The teachers, performers, and artists are partners in this process.

NewCAJE thanks this year’s Evening Programs chair Sue Horowitz. Nothing could stop Sue, not even a broken ankle! She created an outstanding program. She had help from her co-producers: Chava Mirel co-produced Sunday night, Susan Shane-Linder co-produced Monday night, and Beth Styles co-produced Tuesday night. Michael Kates produced the two luncheon concerts. Our producers called upon some of the greatest musicians in the Jewish world today to come and donate their time and skills to NewCAJE. We are so grateful to them, and I hope that you invite them to your community this year.

Another aspect of programming at NewCAJE is Shabbat. We have a wonderful time together celebrating Shabbat, and developing deep friendships in a less harried time and space. Our Shabbat chairs are Jeri Robins and Cathy Kaplan. This year we were honored to share our Shabbat with the National Havurah Committee's Summer Institute. Thanks to Havurah conference coordinator Talia Lasker, Havurah Board Chair Tara Bognar, and the Havurah Shabbat team: Malkah Binah Klein and Susan Gulack. It was very important to me that since our conferences overlapped that our Shabbat observances did as well. I really appreciate all the time and effort that went into that collaboration, it made for an incredibly special Shabbat.

Thanks to the teachers, service leaders, artists, and musicians that made Shabbat wonderful: Ellen Allard, Barbara Birenbaum, Josh Cohen, Batsheva Frankel, Richard Freund, Everett Fox, Sue Horowitz, Cherie Koller-Fox, Eliana Light, Sandra Lilienthal, Stephanie Marshall, Andrea Shupack, and Jonathan Wolf.

One of the highlights of NewCAJE is LEEP (the Leadership for Emerging Educators Program). All of the participants are in their first years in the field, looking to be part of a cohort of Jewish educators. This program is run year-round by the wonderful Eliana Light. Eliana is an impressive leader, and she guides this program with great expertise. Thank you, Eliana, for all that you offer the LEEPers.

This year for the first time LEEpers from previous cohorts were part of the plan-

14 ning team. Thank you to Melissa Pescatore, Melissa Herman, Allison Peiser, and Danna Cohen. We are so proud that you are taking leadership roles at NewCAJE! One last thank you for the program goes to Lisa Rauchwerger. Lisa designed the beautiful cover art that graces our program book and T-shirts. Lisa did six covers for CAJE in years past and we are thrilled to have her on the team for this conference. Lisa’s studio is called “Cutting Edge Creations,” and she specializes in papercuts, paper sculpture, calligraphy, ketubot, graphics, and illustrations. Thank you Lisa for your beautiful and thoughtful design!

LOGISTICAL Since many of you are administrators, I think you understand the level of administrative difficulty that it takes to put NewCAJE together with its million moving parts. We are very fortunate to have brought an amazing, wonderful, patient, talented, and kind person onto our staff this year. Her name is Sydney Backer, and she is a recent college graduate who comes to us with tons of experience running conferences and organizations. This has been a hectic year, and Sydney has done an amazing job despite all the inherent challenges. Please join me in welcoming and thanking her for all that she does.

Sydney has been lucky to have two past conference coordinators on hand to help and guide her this year. Leora Koller-Fox, last year’s conference coordinator, has been doing the financial management of NewCAJE this year, and has come onboard to staff the conference. Ezra Fox, also a past conference coordinator, will staff the conference and also put together the program book. He helped with stage two of the program, making sure that all the pieces fit together so that something you want to take every hour. Most of you are aware that Leora and Ezra are two of my children, and they do this work because they grew up at CAJE and believe in the importance of what it does; they also do it to support their mother. There are no words to thank them for what they do for me and all of you.

Our 4th staff member this year is Max Zucker. Max just finished his first year of college, spent his summer at Camp in New York State, and came straight here to help his old youth group leader Sydney. Thanks Max! We hope you have a great time at NewCAJE! Michal Morris Kamil and Ezra Fox did an incredible job helping everyone who asked for a scholarship get to the conference. This job requires long hours and a lot of patience, and there are many people here that thank them.

Thanks to our intern from the University of Hartford, Ariel Gelber. One of Ariel’s projects is to interview some of you about your careers and your thoughts about Jewish education. I hope you’ll agree to speak with her when she asks.

15 Besides our staff members, there is a whole staff at the University of Hartford that you may not see. They make all the difference in the quality of the conference and how smoothly it runs. We are back here for a second time, and that is because of the wonderful staff. We want to let Conference Center Director Heather Canny, and Events Manager Molly Corver, know how much we appreciate the care they take to make sure our event is successful. We have worked with many teams over the years, and they are hands-down the best. Ask them about Shabbat or Kashrut, these two are experts and they aren’t even Jewish. Thank you both so much!

Speaking of Kashrut and the delicious food here at the University of Hartford, we want to send our thanks to the Hartford Kashrut Commission and Rabbi Yitzchok Adler. Rabbi Adler does an amazing job kashering the kitchen to the highest standards of Kashrut. We are grateful to him and to the mashgichim that work to make sure those standards are maintained. Todah Rabba!

Some of the people who work the hardest to make this conference a success are in the kitchen and out in front serving us. Chef Ben Maiorano is amazing and does everything he can to make sure that the food is the best, as does Jeff LeBlanc!

Thanks to them and to the janitorial staff, and all the people behind the scenes at the University. Feel free to stop them at anytime and just say THANK YOU! When we came to the University of Hartford in 2015 we were delighted to meet the folks from from the Maurice Greenberg Center — Professors Richard Freund, Avinoam Patt, and Susan Gottleib. Professors Freund and Patt will be teaching for us this year, and you should take time to study with them. Richard Freund has gone out of his way to support NewCAJE within the University, and also in the greater Jewish world. He has become quite famous lately because of the incredible work he is doing in Lithuania finding graves of Holocaust victims and digging in the Great Synagogue of Vilna. His work was the focus of “Holocaust Escape Tunnel” by NOVA on PBS. Richard, thank you so much for all your help and encouragement.

There is no music without sound. Many thanks to Matt Hayes for being our sound engineer, and to the people at the Lincoln Theatre for helping us bring you the best production for Sunday and Tuesday night. Thanks to Mitch Gordon for lending us his drums for the conference.

Finally, our thanks go out to the Jewish Federation of Hartford. Howard Sovrensky is the head of the Federation, and they generously awarded a scholarship to any teacher in Hartford who wanted to attend. Special thanks to Vice President of Education and Leadership Heather Fiedler, and Coordinator of Educational Services Carrie Berman (the “head honchos” of Jewish education in Hartford) for helping us with a million questions. Much appreciated!

16 ORGANIZATIONAL Behind the scenes the NewCAJE board works diligently to create an enduring organization we can all be proud of. Thank you just scratches the surface of my gratitude to the board on which I serve as President. The NewCAJE board this year consisted of Treasurer Jerry Benjamin, Program Chair Amy Ripps, Jewish Educator Journal chair Sherry Knazen, and general members Eitan Gutin, Eliana Light, and Mark Young. Our focus remains creating a strong board structure and infrastructure for the organization going into the future. If you’d like to know more about the board or are considering joining it, please talk with me. I hope everyone knows how important the board is to NewCAJE, and how appreciative we should all be for their service.

One of the most important things NewCAJE does outside of the conference is to publish an educational journal called The Jewish Educator. You can find it on the top right of our website. We have general issues on a wide range of topics, and a series of issues on holidays that we hope will deepen the way educators approach holidays with their students. We have covered the High Holidays and Shavuot, and this year we are publishing an issue on Hanukah. We want to thank and acknowledge the editors of the journal: Dorice Horenstein of Portland, Oregon, and Sherry Knazen of Petaluma, California. We also must thank our professional editor: Judi Resnick from Teaneck, New Jersey, who turns our words into a professional looking publication. Judi stood with us from the beginning and it means a lot to me. Thank you!

We are deeply grateful to those people who believe in our mission and support it with dollars — people like each of you! We want you to know how much it means to us when you give what you can to our annual campaigns: Giving Tuesday, Scholarship, and Key deposits. No one gives an organization a grant for operating expenses, we all have to support NewCAJE with our time and money or it will disappear. That is 100% the truth!

We want to give a huge thank you to several significant donors. Harold Grinspoon has supported NewCAJE since its beginning. This year, we received a 2 to 1 matching grant of $25,000 from The Grinspoon Foundation. Most meaningfully, Harold has given us an organizational consultant, Natasha Dresner. Natasha has gone out of her way to help me and NewCAJE better understand our own organization and how best to interact with the Grinspoon Foundation. We look forward to working with Harold and with Winnie Sandler Grinspoon in the years ahead.

We hope that they are proud of us! We admire all that they are doing for Jewish education, from PJ Library to Jewish camps to their work in Western Massachusetts and in Israel — there is no one who is more dedicated to the Jewish future than the Grinspoon family.

17 We are sad to note the passing of a great supporter of both CAJE and NewCAJE, Margery Steiner Wolf z”l of Chicago. You can read the beautiful tribute written by her son Jon Wolf, who we are blessed to have with us as a teacher this year, and as a friend of CAJE from the beginning. May her memory always be blessed for all the wonderful things she did to help the Jewish community in her lifetime.

A special thank you to Josh Troderman who made an important partnership between NewCAJE and ShalomLearning. I hope this partnership continues and thrives!

Speaking of great partners, NewCAJE wants to thank The Academy for Jewish Religion who co-sponsored our tote bags this year. Thanks to Executive Vice-President and Academic Dean Ora Horn Prouser, and Rabbi-in-residence Jeff Hoffman for the bags and for organizing a luncheon for people thinking about becoming clergy. Almost every rabbinical school in the country came to talk to our attendees. Thanks!

In that same vein, we also want to thank Hebrew College, the Davidson School, Gratz College, and AJU for sponsoring the session for people who want to know more about Graduate Schools.

There are so many of you who have done something special for NewCAJE this year. I want to thank two in particular: Carol Starin and Arnie Samlan — both former CAJE leaders who helped me with something important when I asked.

Many thanks for your friendship.

Finally, a look forward to next summer when we will be in Portland, Oregon.

Many, many, many thanks to the Federation in Portland who really wanted us to come, and who raised enough money so every one of their teachers will be able to attend the conference! Kudos to our partners in Portland: Director of Educational Initiatives Rachel Nelson, and President and CEO of the Portland Jewish Federation Marc N. Blattner. I can’t wait to go to Portland to see all of you in that beautiful part of the country in 2019. Please go home and immediately ask your board, your rabbi, and your Federation to allocate funds to allow you to attend.

SPIRITUAL Remembering that we are a Jewish community, some of us feel the need to worship daily and/or to say Kaddish. We invite all of you to join in these services morning and night. Thanks to Neil Schwartz who is organizing these services as he has each year. Neil, it wouldn’t be NewCAJE without you! We also appreciate the organizers of our Monday morning women’s minyan, Gay Griffith, Edie Harris, and Sherry Barsky.

18 We are most appreciative of the Torahs and prayerbooks lent to us by Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA. Thank you Rabbi Jonathan Kraus! Thank you Dan Nesson of Temple Emanuel Newton, MA for lending us the Shabbat prayerbooks and benchers, and to Temple Beth El in Hartford for the use of the daily prayerbooks. Thanks to Rabbi Rosen and Rabbi Garber!

Not everyone wants or needs to pray every day, but we all need some time to be together as a community to TUNE IN AND TUNE UP, especially in the middle of the day. You may have noticed that there is a big tent in the middle of campus, so we thought why not use it for a few minutes to celebrate who we are and what it is that we have chosen to do with our lives. Thanks to our wonderful musicians and spiritual leaders, Naomi Less, Eliana Light, and Chava Mirel for giving us this special moment every day! You are awesomely talented women!

Another thing that makes our conference so special is how friendly and welcoming it is. This is why we call ourselves the NewCAJE family — those are not just words, folks, they really mean something. Thanks to the 88 Smile Ambassadors — people with the yellow buttons and big smiles who are out there welcoming everyone with kindness. You can do that too, even if you don’t have a button!

We had an idea as part of our ongoing belief in the importance of honoring and recognizing Jewish educators. We applied for a grant we called Hometown Heroes, though we didn’t get it. We wanted to recognize those of you who are the pillars of your synagogues, cities, and towns. This year we are doing a dry run of this concept, filming it to show funders that recognizing great and dedicated educators matters to all of us. One day we hope the grant will come with a cash reward, but our honorees, Amy Ripps of Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC and Arlene Taranow of Temple Beth David in Concord, NH are wonderful and worthy. We asked our friend Jennifer Zunikoff to do her magic and teach two of our LEEPers (Shaina Goldberg and Sarah Rohr) how to tell these heroes’ stories, which you will see in the tent on Monday night. It will be a highlight of NewCAJE9!

This year we have invited the Gift of Life Foundation back to NewCAJE. They are creating a Jewish registry of blood marrow and stem cell donors. God forbid you or your loved ones ever get sick and need it, this registry is life-saving. In the years that people at CAJE lined up and came on the registry, 11 of them were called to be donors and save a life. Professor Richard Freud is a recipient of a bone marrow donation from the Gift of Life. In his honor, we invited them here. Any of you who are not yet on the registry should go to the exhibit area and get swabbed. They have learned that the most effective donors are between the ages of 18-45, so if you are in that age group the foundation will cover the cost of your kit. If you are older and still want to participate, you may do so for $60. Richard Freud and Lindsey Katz are giving sessions on donation — attend if you are interested in learning about this important mitzvah or bringing a drive to your community.

19 I want to welcome back to NewCAJE Roger and Avis Smith. When we were in Chicago a few years ago you met Anna Turkienicz and heard her tell the moving story of why she decided to donate her kidney when she heard someone needed it from a mailing we sent out to the NewCAJE community. I am happy to say that Avis Smith received that kidney, and is here with us in good health. I want to welcome her back home and say how proud I am of this NewCAJE family!

Finally, I want to take a personal moment to thank my parents, Phyllis Rock and Kenneth Koller. They both died this Spring within a few weeks of each other.

When my mother saw that I was becoming a rabbi and going into Jewish education she asked if there was something she had done to lead me down this path — I think she meant something she’d done wrong! But in truth my parents, who were divorced for 64 years, both raised all five of their children in Jewish homes that were filled with tradition and a sense of holiness. They were proud of us and of our spouses, and of their 17 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. So yes, they did something to make me who I am today, and I am very grateful to them for that.

May their memory be for a blessing!

OUR THANKS TO YOU WHO HAVE COME TO LEARN AND CELEBRATE JEWISH EDUCATION AT NEWCAJE9!

- Cherie Koller-Fox on behalf of the NewCAJE Board

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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 built 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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AZKAROT — REMEMBRANCES

RAFAEL I. ARBISSER

Raffi Arbisser died in Houston, Texas on June 18, 2018 at the age of 92. He was born in Warsaw in 1924, and as a young child moved to Israel. Soon after, his father and older brother left to try to make a living in the United States. As a member of the Palmach he helped those who had been smuggled into Palestine in violation of British law.

In 1946 Raffi joined his father and brother in New York, and shortly after met his wife, D’vorah Binstok. They supported a family and worked their way through college as Jewish educators in Pittsburg, Youngstown, Bangor, and Kansas City, where he was the educational director at Congregation Beth Shalom for 16 years. In 1967 he moved to Houston, where he was the educational director at Congregation Beth Yeshurun for a decade.

Raffi was an innovative educator. In Kansas city he established a Jewish day camp, and oversaw the design and construction of a large school complex. In Houston he set up a scholarship fund to send children to Jewish summer camps. He encouraged families to build Sukkot by arranging for a lumber yard to make sukkah kits, enlisting the youth group to help build them, and then offering a bus tour of all the beautiful sukkot in his community.

Among his proudest achievements was the establishment of Israel trips in his community. While normally the students in his community had gone on denominational trips, he envisioned building a city-wide community with these trips so that students from all the congregations could meet, socialize, and share their experiences of visiting Israel. He hoped that his students would fall in love with Israel, and deepen both their Judaism and their ties to each other.

When he was 55, he was able to retire to Israel, but he stayed actively involved with the Emery/Weiner Jewish High School in Houston.

Despite living in two countries, the Arbisser family made it a point to gather twice a year — at Thanksgiving and Passover. Raffi is survived by his wife of 71 years, D’vorah, two sons, Amir and Alon, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Erie Arbisser Shockey.

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DAVID ARIEL

Dr. David Ariel died in Boston on June 16, 2018 at the age of 68. David was involved in the early days of the Jewish student movement at NYU, and later found his way to Jerusalem where he finished his BA at the Hebrew University. He returned to Brandeis where he studied for his MA and PhD under Professor Alexander Altman, and wrote a dissertation on Jewish mysticism called “Shem Tob ibn Shem Tob's Kabbalistic Critique of Jewish Philosophy in the ‘Commentary on the Sefirot’: Study and Text.”

David held many distinguished positions in the Jewish community. He served as president of the Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish studies at the University of Oxford in England, and as president of Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland for twenty-five years. At the time of his death he was living in Boston, where he taught in the Me’ah and Kevah programs.

He also taught for the American Joint Distribution Committee in Eastern Europe, for Kivunim (an Israel gap-year program), and for Hillel. He authored four books: “Kabbalah: The Mystic Quest in Judaism”; “What do Jews Believe: The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism”; “Spiritual Judaism: Restoring the Heart and Soul to Jewish Life”; and “Mystic Quest: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism.” These books offer a clear explanation of Judaism and its beliefs. His elucidations of Jewish mysticism are especially helpful.

David was an active volunteer in the Jewish community. He was a judge for the National Jewish Book Awards, and a senior policy advisor to the North American Commission on Jewish Education. While in Boston he had been a Jewish Big Brother to a child in need.

David was a person who kept up with his old friends with phone calls and visits.

He is survived by his mother, Lenore Feierstein, his children Judah, Micah, and Aviva, and his sisters Nita Aines and Judy Feierstein.

SHOSHANA SHOUBIN CARDIN

Shoshana Cardin died in Pikesville, Maryland on May 18, 2018 at the age of 91.

She was born in Palestine, but the family moved to Maryland in order to receive medical care for her mother when Shoshanna was just one year old.

Shoshana was a great supporter of CAJE. She was asked to keynote the conference, one of a handful of people ever asked to address the whole assembly. It happened that she was hospitalized and unable to travel to the conference, so she got a crew to film her presentation, dressed up in her typical coiffed platinum hair and a finely tailored suit, and was able to remotely address the assembled Jewish educators at CAJE.

23 It would not be difficult to make the case that she was the most important American Jewish woman in the 20th Century. She was active in Maryland State Politics where she championed women’s causes as the Chair of the Maryland Commission on the Status of Women in 1975, 1976, and 1979. There she developed coalitions and actively lobbied for women’s rights. She convened a state conference on battered women, and distributed pamphlets that spelled out women’s economic rights, including how to get credit. She took this message to NBC’s Today Show.

But it was in her work in the Jewish community that she attained the most prominence. In December of 1990 Shoshanna was the first woman elected President of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, where her job was to represent the interests of the Jewish community to the US government.

She was chair of the United Israel Appeal in 1994, and chaired the National Conference on Soviet Jewry from 1988-1992. In 1991 she held a personal meeting with Gorbachev, asking for him to grant freedom to Soviet Jews. After that meeting, Gorbachev condemned anti-Semitism and racism in a public statement. She also chaired the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, which is devoted to promoting Jewish pluralism.

Jewish education was central to Shoshanna. She was co-founder and chair of the Shoshanna S. Cardin Jewish High School in Baltimore. Shoshanna said that her commitment to Jewish peoplehood fueled the work she did. “The most important message I have wanted to give people has been the importance, the pride and the responsibility, the blessing of being Jewish. That’s what gives me the strength to challenge what I have challenged and bring about change where I could.”

Her husband Jerome’s first cousin, Ben Cardin (the current senator of Maryland) said of Shoshanna: “She clearly understood the value of community and civic involvement, and left a long record of engagement and philanthropy not only close to home, but also across the country and around the world. Shoshana was a woman of intellect, involvement, and tremendous personal dedication to significant causes who effectively spoke truth to power on their behalf.”

She is survived by her sons Sandy Cardin of Guilford, Maryland and Steven Cardin of Denver, her two daughters Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin and Ilene C. Vogelstein, both of Pikesville, thirteen grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. She was very proud of the involvement of the next generations of her family in Jewish life.

Shoshanna Cardin was an inspiration to generations, and will be dearly missed.

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REUVEN COHN

Rabbi Reuven Cohn passed away on Yom Kippur in Boston at the age of 69. For over forty years Reuven was a widely admired and beloved teacher at Maimonides, Ma'ayan, Me'ah, CJP, Hebrew College, and other institutions throughout the greater Boston Area.

Here is a tribute from Marc Gopin, one of his former students: “He was 10 years older than me, and so when he taught me the prophets and I was 13 years old, he was all of 23. His mother was my teacher in first grade when I was only 7. All I remember is her kindness, warmth, some sadness. They were a German Holocaust survivor family, enough said. I remember the sparkle in his eye as he taught. He loved teaching like nothing else. He loved uncovering the depths of each and every sacred word, each and every syllable, its poetry, its depth, its history, its impact. He made us memorize texts, which no other teacher in the 1970s was still doing. But he anticipated the gaping hole that the lack of memorization would leave in our mental capacities. Years later I would see these texts from Isaiah, and my heart would race with memory, with childhood, with the best learning years of my life. And so that is how laborious monotonous memorization of one era became the passionate heart-racing yearning for times past. For years, when I struggled with the world, I would flash back to his living room, where we had talked intimately, only once. When he looked into your eyes, he looked through you.”

“I am still in class with him, it is 1972, and my heart is still racing from the passion in his thick Boston accent, from the sparkle in his eye, and the Hebraic words of God on his lips. Some you remember, some you do not, some live within you, in an ongoing lifelong conversation, until the day you die. I looked for you, and you had gone, I turned to you, but you had vanished. But the words, the words, there are no words of Isaiah for me, that are not the voice of Reuven Cohn.”

Rabbi Cohn is survived by his wife Rochelle Cohn, and children Zehava, Beruria, Yaakov, Avivah, and Eliezer, and his six grandchildren.

AYALA DVORETZKY

Ayala Dvoretzky died in January, 2018 at the age of 72. She taught Hebrew language at Yale University for 31 years. In effect she was the founder of the program because when she came to Yale the Modern Hebrew curriculum consisted of a one-semester course in simple conversation. Under her leadership it became one of the strongest language programs at Yale, with a rich series of offerings in literature, film, print, and electronic media.

Even though she was “just” a lector (a non-tenure track teacher) she participated fully in departmental affairs, providing a voice of reason, integrity, and common sense. Today, thanks to her leadership, Yale has three lectors and a graduate student instructor in Hebrew.

25 Ayala won the Yale teaching prize in 1993. She took great joy in her students. Karen Foster praised her colleague: “Her eyes would light up as she told of this one’s intellectual curiosity, that one’s talents outside the classroom, or another one’s puns made in Hebrew and English. Beyond her profound knowledge of modern Hebrew and Israel, she knew and appreciated her students as people.” Her students loved her in return — when she retired (in 2016) forty-five of her students made a book for her collecting their fondest memories of her class.

As another of Ayala’s colleagues said: “It was impossible not to love her. There was a charisma in her as a person.” When Sarab Al Ani came to Yale to teach Arabic, it was Ayala who reached out to help her adjust to teaching there. Al Ani described her as “loving and motherly,” and every Mother’s Day from then on she sent Ayala a card.

Ayala was a pioneer in using popular music as a pedagogical tool for in-class cultural exposure, and the incorporation of media and film in language instruction.

She leaves her husband Israel and her son Shay.

NEIL GILLMAN

Rabbi Neil Gillman died in New York City on November 24, 2017 at the age of 84. He was Professor Emeritus of Jewish philosophy at JTS, and one of the premier theologians in the Conservative movement. In introducing a Festschrift in Neil Gillman’s honor, Elliot Dorff said: “Gillman’s innovative thinking about how to construe Jewish faith and how to justify it, his use of anthropology as well as philosophy in approaching questions of God and life after death, and his ability to combine complete intellectual openness and honesty with a commitment to Jewish tradition mark his work as truly important, indeed, a real gift to Jews and non-Jews alike.”

Born in Quebec City, Gillman graduated from McGill University, was ordained at JTS, and received his PhD in philosophy from Columbia University. He continued to teach at JTS for his entire career.

Rabbi Gillman often came to teach at CAJE conferences, and he was seen discussing issues of God and Jewish belief with people in the hallways, in line for meals, and late at night. Karen Medwed, one of his students, remembers him “as a mensch who was accessible, joining students over lunch, and walking with us on our journeys.”

He was Dean of the rabbinical school, and always worried about whether his students were grappling with the theological issues that came up as part of the rabbinical school education. He was very sure about the things he did not know. One of his students, Rabbi Noah Farkas of Valley Beth Shalom in the Los Angeles area wrote: “His greatest teaching is to admit that God is a construct that completes the pattern of the universe.

To be religious takes faith not in the irrational, but in the mythic-truth that connects us all. We live not only in the world of prose, but in the world of poetry. God is poetry.”

26 Rabbi Gillman wrote numerous books including: “Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew,” which won the National Jewish Book award for Jewish thought in 1991. In his 2004 book “The Way Into: Encountering God in Judaism,” he described Judaism’s notion of a personal God. “The personal God lives in a dynamic, ever-changing relationship with people; the impersonal god knows nothing of relationships. This metaphor of a personal God is concretized in the many more specific biblical metaphors for God: God is a shepherd, a parent, a teacher, a lover, a sovereign, a judge, a spouse. These are all relational qualities: a shepherd needs sheep, a sovereign needs subjects, a lover needs a beloved. They all capture the sense that God is personally and intensely involved in relationships with people.”

He is survived by his wife of 59 years Sarah Fisher Gillman, his daughters Abigail Gillman (Michael Prince) and Deborah Gillman (Daniel Kass), his grandchildren Jacob, Ellen, and Livia Prince, and Judah and Nava Kass, and his sister Betsy Friedman (Rabbi Hillel Friedman).

JAY GREENSPAN

Jay Greenspan of Teaneck passed away on September 15, 2017 at the age of 69.

Jay was a brilliant and charismatic teacher, and CAJE was lucky to count him as a teacher and friend. He was warm and caring, with a wonderful sense of humor.

Jay was involved with the Jewish student movement from its beginning. At the time, everyone in the movement was discovering their own way to put their mark on Judaism and Jewish education, and Jay found his niche. He was fascinated with Hebrew letters, and he doodled them as a child in his notebooks at the Crown Hebrew Day School in Chicago. At first Jay thought he wanted to be a rabbi, but then a voice from above told him to drop out and become a calligrapher. His unique contribution was to become a Sofer Stam, a holy calligrapher, and was trained and qualified to create copies of holy texts. Sometimes it is the ancient that breathes life into the new.

While at JTS, Jay’s roommate was David Moss, who also went on to be a great Jewish artist. “David claims he taught me everything I know — and I claim I taught him everything he knows,” Jay liked to say. He made his first ketubah at the end of his first year of rabbinical school in Israel.

Jay cobbled together an artist’s life. He wrote the article on calligraphy for the Jewish Catalogue, and a book for Schocken called “Hebrew Calligraphy: A Step by Step Guide.” He lived on the Upper West Side, was part of the New York Chavurah, and was instrumental in founding their school.

27 Jay created more than 4000 ketubot, as well as invitations, awards, plaques, diplomas, and paper-cuts. He restored hundreds of Torah scrolls, and designed a Megillah. He worked in the basement of his house, surrounded by glowingly beautiful pieces of art, gold leaf in glassine envelopes, bottles and jars and brushes, and photographs of his loved ones.

When Jay would go to a community to fix their Torah Scroll, he would make sure to spend time with the community and their children explaining exactly what he was doing and why. Jay is survived by his wife BJ, his two daughters Rachel and Sophie, and his siblings Sharon and Jeffrey.

REBECCA COHEN GUTCHER

Rebecca Gutcher died August 20, 2017 in Worthington, Ohio at the age of 58.

Rebecca was born and raised in East Islip, New York. She received her nursing degree and specialized in critical care nursing. She volunteered to serve her country as a nurse in the U.S. Navy, receiving her commission in January of 1984. While stationed at Navy Hospital Oakknoll, she met her husband Brad, a Naval Officer.

They were married for 30 years. Rebecca was always concerned about the health and welfare of others, and was a very active Jewish Community and Olentangy Local School District volunteer.

Rebecca was a long-time resident of Columbus, Ohio, and she taught in the Hebrew School at Congregation Beth Tikvah. She had recently returned to the staff, teaching 5th grade her first year, and 2nd grade the next.

According to her dear friend, Linda VanHorne, “She was a natural with children.

Her affection toward her students and dedication to passing on our rich Jewish heritage was evident in everything that she did. She was always looking to increase her skills as a teacher, and did a lot of research and preparation for each and every class she taught.”

This is undoubtedly why Rebecca had registered to come learn at NewCAJE8 last year, but she went in for surgery before that could happen and sadly died of complications.

Linda told us that Rebecca was “an incredibly loyal friend, and an intensely devoted wife and mother, and that she is sorely missed by all who knew her.”

She is survived by her husband Brad Gutcher, and by her three sons Aaron, Isaac, and Nathan.

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EMIL JACOBY

Dr. Emil Jacoby died February 15, 2018 in Los Angeles. From 1976-2008 he worked at the BJE of Los Angeles, where he served as Executive Director.

Everyone in Jewish education has a story of why they are in the field, but few as dramatic as Emil’s. In March of 1945 he was a young Czech hiding in Budapest when he organized a Passover service for escapees from the Holocaust and those working to rescue them. When a young Czech organizer appeared, Emil honored him with the Haftorah from Ezekiel, which told the story of the valley of dry bones. As Emil listened to this Haftorah, he became convinced that the words were being spoken directly to him, and that it was his calling to make the dry bones live again, ensuring the continuation and the renewal of the Jewish people.

He promised himself that if he survived he would work as a Jewish educator, and to inspire others to serve Klal Yisrael.

As a leader of the Bnei Akiva religious Zionist Youth he adopted a Hebrew name, Menachem Uziel, and from then on was known as Uzi. During the war he helped to rescue European Jews and bring them to Israel. After the war he moved to Paris, where he worked with Yosef Burg in the European office of the Mizrahi political movement.

Settling in New York with his wife Erika, an Auschwitz survivor, Emil taught at Yeshiva University High School for girls while working on his doctorate from JTS and a master’s in mathematics from Columbia’s Teachers College.

From 1953-1976 he was the Educational Director at Adat Ari El in Los Angeles.

His school earned a well-deserved reputation for excellence. At the heart of this success was his effectiveness in nurturing other educators and developing an espirit de corps among his staff. He implemented a vast array of family and intergenerational programs before this idea became standard in Jewish education. He grew the school from 200 students to 1,500 during his tenure.

During these years he was also director of education at Camp Ramah in California, where he built a program that nurtured a generation of rabbinic and lay leadership. At the same time he was appointed to the faculty at the University of Judaism, where he taught a cadre of educators. In 1976 he went to work for the BJE as associate director, and then in 1982 as director. During that time he was a great friend to CAJE. Perhaps more than any other quality, respect for pluralism and diversity characterized Emil’s tenure as leader at the BJE. At the end of his career he developed an accreditation process for schools so that they would improve and reimagine curriculum and instruction to more effectively meet the needs of learners.

Emil “Uzi” Jacoby is survived by his wife Erika, his three sons Ben, Jonathan, and Michael, his ten grandchildren, and his sixteen great-grandchildren.

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TZIPORA JOCHSBERGER

Dr. Tzipora Jochsberger died on October 29, 2017 in Jerusalem at the age of 96.

Tzipora (born Hilda) grew up in a small Bavarian village, and got her first piano when she was 5 years old. She was surrounded by music as a child, but also by anti-Semitism. As one of the only Jewish children in her town, she recalled being struck with stones by other children.

At 16 she went to Berlin to audition for the Palestine Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem, and though she was not very technically advanced, they recognized her deep musicality and accepted her into the school. She left for Jerusalem in 1939, but unfortunately her parents did not want to accompany her, and were both killed in Auschwitz. After her graduation from the Conservatory, Tzipora taught music at the Women’s Teacher’s Seminary for Arab Girls, and designed a music curriculum for many Arab schools.

Tzipora continued to teach music in Israel until 1950, but she had a heartfelt belief that Israeli music could inspire the spirit of Judaism among postwar American Jews, who she felt did not have a strong relationship to their religion, and who did not know what being Jewish meant. It seemed important to her to find a way of creating an emotional attachment between these Jews and their Jewish heritage, and she believed that music was the perfect vehicle. That motivated her to move to New York and open a school she called the Hebrew Arts Center, which met on Sundays and after school. She also received her doctorate in music at JTS. During her 33 years as its founding director, the Hebrew Arts School grew into an influential educational and cultural institution. She knew that many of the students would not become professional musicians, but that they would bring a love of music to their own children, and would have a greater understanding of what their Judaism was all about.

Dr. Jochsberger had a particular passion for Israeli folk songs, many of which she felt were powerful enough to stir one’s heart. She played them on the recorder, which she’d taught herself. In an oral history for the American Jewish Committee in 1984 she said, “I wanted to use music as a means to strengthen the identity, to get the feeling that it’s wonderful to be a Jew, to see the beauty in Judaism through the arts.”

When Tzipora retired in 1985 the school had 400 students. Today there are 2,800 students, including a full-time program for musically gifted children. The school has a much less Jewish presence today, known as the Lucy Moses School (after a wealthy benefactor), and is part of the Kaufman Center.

In retirement Tzipora returned to Israel, where she founded the Israel Music Heritage Project. She never married.

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ROSLYN “ROZ” KORNBLUTH

Roz Kornbluth died in Pittsburg on June 4th, 2018 at the age of 84.

Roz grew up in Montreal and attended McGill University, earning a BA in education and sociology, and an MA in Social Work. After her children were born, she embarked on a career in Jewish education. First she was assistant principal at B’nai Israel school, then principal at the Early Learning Center of Beth Shalom. Her son David said that her life centered around preparing the next generation in the Jewish faith. She had a really big impact on so many young people.

Rabbi Stephen Steindel remarked: “She was as good a face of what Jewish education could and should be in the 20th century as any synagogue would be proud to have. She was a creative, engaging educator.”

In 1984, she parlayed her people skills into a job as executive director of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Industries Foundation (the company’s non-profit arm). She was in charge of giving more than 10 million dollars a year to hundreds of community organizations across 29 countries. Their main focuses were on education and community sustainability. For 15 years she helped communities meet pressing needs, as well as revitalize buildings and community spaces. The foundation helps young people develop an interest and skills in science, technology, and engineering to equip them for success in the future.

Sue Sloan, her successor at PPG, said: “She was always forward-thinking, bringing fresh ideas, initiatives, and a culture of progressiveness to the foundation. She not only partnered with schools for a tutoring and mentoring program, she also made sure there was a scholarship program for the students, forming real relationships with them, and not just popping into their lives.”

Roz is survived by her sons David and Alan, her daughters Donna Beth Horowitz and Susan Rosenblatt, and her eleven grandchildren.

GERTRUDE KRICK

Gertrude Krick died June 3, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland at the age of 102.

For 28 years she was a force for Jewish education, and was intimately involved with life at the Hebrew Academy in Atlanta. One of the parents in her school, Scott Kaplan, wrote: “Gertrude was instrumental in the primary education of all four of our children. She was a blessing to all of us who were honored and privileged to be her students, and to know and love her.” Ilene Zier, another parent, said: “Though small in size, she was the consummate professional. She always had our child’s best interest at heart, and she will be remembered.”

31 Jerry Blumenthal recalled what an amazing woman she was. When his oldest son spent many hours in her office after being asked to leave class, Jerry asked him how he felt about the experience. “Not bad at all,” he said. “She’s pretty nice!”

Gertrude was a Young Judea leader. She was a mentor and friend to those she worked with. She began as a Kindergarten teacher, then rose to assistant principal at the Hebrew Academy. People remembered her, even 50 years after she taught them, as loving and stern at the same time, but always fair.

She is survived by her daughter Rosalyn Kram, her son Elliott, her two grandchildren, her three step-grandsons, and her thirteen great-grandchildren.

RACHEL BETH LEON

Rachel Beth Leon died suddenly on Yom Kippur, September 29, 2017 in El Paso, Texas at the age of 45.

Rachel was a beautiful soul who touched the lives of many. Thomas Kripin wrote: “She was a magical person. Rachel was the most giving person I have ever met. I knew to always count on her. She always gave the greatest gifts without any expectation of receiving anything in return.”

Rachel was an outstanding nanny to Ryan and Sophie, who loved her deeply. She loved animals especially her dogs Phoebe and Mitzi.

Rachel was also an advisor to the USY youth groups at Congregation B'nai Zion for years, and was totally devoted to each and every child under her guidance, calling them "my kids." She was named outstanding regional advisor of the year.

Rachel worked as a substitute teacher in El Paso for many years, and was an inspiration to the students who were privileged to be in her classes. She was an officer of Hadassah and the Congregation B'nai Zion Sisterhood, where her dedication was admired by all. She was also an outstanding Torah reader, and had spent time on a kibbutz in Israel.

Rachel graduated from Coronado High School, and had a Master's Degree in Education from UNLV. Throughout her life Rachel had many friends, and was respected and loved by all who had the privilege to encounter her. She will never be forgotten.

Rachel Leon was survived by her parents Sharon and Rabbi Stephen Leon, and her sisters Shoshanna and Rebekah. She was the devoted aunt of three.

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KURT MESSERSCHMIDT

Cantor Kurt Messerschmidt died on September 12, 2017 in Portland, Maine at the age of 102.

For 34 years he was the Cantor of Temple Beth El in Portland, where he was a beloved teacher, mentor, and spiritual leader. He led the congregation in prayer with his beautiful tenor voice, and trained decades of bar and bat mitzvah students. He developed award-winning choirs, and staged musical cantatas. He was also known for the interfaith work that he did.

Cantor Kurt was born during World War I near Berlin. He wasn’t accepted to Berlin University because he was Jewish. He once had a chance to flee to China, but decided to stay and teach Jewish children.

He met his wife Sonja while teaching at a Jewish school in Berlin. They were both deported to Terezin concentration camp, and were married there in the spring of 1944. Separated by the Nazis shortly after, each was sent to a succession of camps, including Auschwitz. Kurt miraculously escaped a death march in the spring of 1945 by walking away over snow-covered terrain. Months later he found a handwritten note Sonja had left weeks earlier on a bulletin board at a refuges center in Munich, a city neither had ever visited before the war. With the assistance of the American army they were reunited.

Kurt was an accomplished musician and singer. He had a successful career performing opera, lieder, and religious pieces with a professional choir on Radio Munich. However, in 1950 he still felt the Nazi influence in Germany and decided to emigrate to the United States with his family. Kurt and Sonja wrote a book about their love story entitled “Death and Love in the Holocaust,” published by the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Maine. Sonja died in 2010.

Cantor Kurt was survived by his son Michael, his daughter Eva Polishner, his six grandchildren, and his four great-grandchildren.

ROBERT MILLER

Rabbi Robert Miller died in Boston on March 16, 2018 at the age of 87.

Rabbi Miller was born in Brooklyn. He attended the Chaim Berlin Day School, and graduated with a degree in History and Philosophy from Brooklyn College in 1953. He was then ordained at HUC-JIR. As a young chaplain, he served in the Armed Forces before becoming the spiritual leader of congregations in Cincinnati, OH, West Nyack, NY, Hazleton, PA, and Brooklyn, NY.

33 He found his home at Temple Beth Avodah in Newton, MA where he was the Rabbi for over 25 years. Among his many accomplishments, he prided himself on founding yearly congregational trips to Israel, leading Confirmation Class trips to historic Jewish New York City sites, and organizing the first HIV/AIDS Seder.

Along with his devotion to his congregants and Temple, he served as President of the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, and was the Chaplain to the Massachusetts Correctional Facility.

Julie Silver grew up at Beth Avodah with Rabbi Miller, and when she learned of his death she wrote: “‘Asei l’cha rav u’knei lecha chaver’ — ‘Make for yourself a teacher and you’ll find a friend’ (Pirke Avot). I woke up this morning with these words on my lips, and Rabbi Miller on my mind. I’ll miss him more than my words, or these words of Torah, can say. Everything I am — my spirit, my heart, my music — his fingerprints are everywhere.”

Jeri Robins remembers: "As a teen in the congregation, I remember being enraptured by his sermons contextualizing life through a Jewish lens and making it relevant. When my husband and I got married in 1988, he did not quite know what to make of our desire to include traditional rituals within our Reform wedding, including a formal engagement (T'na-im) and circling, but he supported us and explained it all beautifully. For a wedding gift, he and Margaret, z"l, gave us a Havdalah set because he said that he knew we would use it (and we do)."

Tzedakah was a guiding principle in his life, a lesson he instilled in his children and grandchildren. He was instrumental in the founding of the JCC of Greater Boston and the Rashi School, two pillars of the Greater Boston Jewish community.

He received numerous awards and commendations from local and national Jewish organizations for service to their communities.

Even in retirement he continued to bring joy, peace, and healing to his retirement community by regularly visiting the ill, and organizing dinner tables for engaging conversation on the latest political, social, spiritual, and religious issues.

He taught all who knew him the principles of persistence, patience, perseverance, adaptation, and adjustment. He will be remembered for his passion for knowledge, debate, arts, family, and a life lived with love.

He is survived by his children Rina, Yael, and Dr. Philip Miller, and his seven grandchildren.

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BARB MOSKOW

Rabbi Barb Moskow died suddenly on January 30, 2018 at the age of 62. Barb was a good friend to NewCAJE, and taught at many conferences, including last summer.

Her journey as a Jewish educator began in St. Louis at Shaare Zedek synagogue, where she first discovered the power of Experiential Education by participating in retreats under the leadership of religious school principal Don Makovsky. Barb served as an educator at Congregation Beth Shalom in Kansas City, The Conservative Synagogue of Westport, Temple Beth El in Stamford, and Congregation Beth El in Phoenix. Barb was the founding rabbi of Congregation Merkaz Ha-Iyr in Phoenix. At the time of her death she was the rabbi at Beth Shalom in DeKalb.

Barb got a BA in Religion and Sociology from Webster University, an MAEd from the University of Judaism. She attended the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York, and was ordained in 2002. She was also an alumna of the Melton Senior Educators Program at Hebrew University.

She wrote articles, led a variety of workshops on formal, informal, and family education, and served on the Board of the Conservative movement’s Jewish Educators Assembly. Barb also founded the Kallah project. She believed strongly in the importance of intensive Jewish experiences, especially around Shabbat. Every year the Kallah project handed out grants to five congregations, and she worked very closely with each congregation to plan and execute a great Shabbat retreat.

Barb was a special kind of rabbi who cared about every one of her congregants.

Karen Bayless Feldman remembers how Barb helped her through the conversion process. Barb visited her son in the hospital, always bringing him a wind-up Star Wars toy as a gift. She later tutored him for his Bar Mitzvah, and even after she left that congregation came back for the B’nai Mitzvot of Karen’s daughters.

Seymour Rossel, who was a close friend, noted that she suffered from illnesses throughout her life, and overcame every suffering to inspire one person after another to dig deeper into their Judaism.

One of her congregants wrote: “She had deep convictions, superb background, and most of all a deep love for Judaism and the people she worked with. She was able to influence people without them even realizing how much they were changing!

Teachers, parents, and other staff loved her as much as the students did. She was flexible — like the time she was on a Shabbaton with one of our grades, up at good ol' Camp Sloane in Lakeview, CT, and lo and behold, they had forgotten to bring up the food that had been prepared for dinner. With Shabbat about to begin and no kosher facility within 75 miles, Barb improvised and within a few minutes the problem was solved. The pizza delivery guy came just in time for Shabbat dinner!”

Barb had a quiet, wonderful way about her, and a great sense of humor. She made real contributions to Jewish education, and she will be very much missed.

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AARON D. PANKEN

Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, PhD, the 12th President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, died tragically in a plane crash on May 5, 2018 at the age of 53.

He grew up in New York, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in the electrical engineering program. He earned a doctorate in Judaic Studies from NYU, and joined the faculty of HUC in 1995. He served as Dean of the New York campus and Dean of Students before being appointed President in 2014.

His research interests were in the historical development of legal concepts, narrative development, and development of holiday observances. He wrote “The Rhetoric of Innovation” which explored legal change in Rabbinic texts, and co-edited “Engaging Torah; Modern Perspectives on the Hebrew Bible.” He was a certified pilot and sailor.

In his inauguration address, Rabbi Panken said: “For me, Reform Judaism has always symbolized what I consider to be the best of Judaism — firmly rooted in our tradition, yet egalitarian, inclusive of patrilineal Jews and intermarried families, welcoming to the LGBT community, politically active, and respectful of other faiths and ideologies.”

There were many tributes written about him. They spoke about his erudition, his scholarship, his wonderful ability to teach, touch, and lead. Above all else people spoke about his unfailing menschlichkeit, his humanity. No conversation with Aaron, on the gravest and weightiest matters, progressed very far before he would interject: “How is your family? How are your kids?” And unlike many others, Aaron remembered their names.

Aaron was a champion of Jewish education. He pointed out that today people often focus on immediate results and short-sighted commitments — for example, synagogues that shortened their education programs to one day a week. Synagogue leaders believe that they must compete with other synagogues to keep their congregants happy, and Aaron posed the question: “Did those leaders make the decision to cut time for instruction out of a sense of expediency, or did they think 10 years into the future, and what it would mean to lower the quality of Jewish education? Expediency and popular decisions might feel good in the short run, but in the long run will yield very little.”

His wisdom and leadership will be missed.

Aaron Panken is survived by his parents Beverly and Peter Panken, his sister Rabbi Melinka Panken, his wife Lisa Messinger, and his children Eli and Sam.

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EILEEN MEYER RENCO

Eileen Meyer Renco died July 3, 2018 in Brownsboro, Kentucky at the age of 50.

Eileen was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and graduated with a BA in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Arizona. Later she attended the Mid-America College of Mortuary Science.

She was the fourth-generation owner of Herman Meyer and Son, Inc., a family-owned funeral home. She worked there for over 23 years, helping people in the hardest times of their lives. She was a board member of the Jewish Funeral Directors of America, and took an active role in other professional organizations.

She was a member of The Temple where she served on the board of Trustees, the religious school committee, and the preschool committee. She was also a teacher at the High School of Jewish studies, and established a fund at the synagogue to benefit youth and cultural activities.

Eileen is survived by her parents Sonny and Janet Meyer, her husband Harry, and her daughter Emily.

RICHARD SIEGEL

Richard Siegel died on July 12, 2018 in Los Angeles at the age of 71.

Richard Siegel was Director Emeritus of the HUC-JIR Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management. He was a transformative force in the Jewish world through his commitment to strengthening professional education, enhancing Jewish culture, and advancing contemporary Jewish identity formation. His expertise in nonprofit management, entrepreneurial spirit, and creativity were vital resources for the Zelikow School. He was dedicated for over four decades to strengthening Jewish American life as an educator, an author, an advocate of Jewish culture and arts, and as a leader.

“Richard Siegel always exhibited the highest qualities of character, vision, and menschlichkeit,” stated Rabbi David Ellenson, HUC-JIR Interim President. “His contributions to American Jewish life and culture are legendary. The College-Institute was blessed by his leadership. He will be sorely missed.”

Richard was responsible for the transformation of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, enabling it to broaden its impact, both geographically and across the range of Jewish professional fields, to prepare nonprofit professionals for leadership careers in the Jewish community. Furthermore, as a teacher and a mentor for countless students, Richard played a pivotal role in ensuring the Jewish future by helping to foster the next generation of Jewish leaders.

37 Siegel had a distinguished career as a Jewish communal professional, editor, and cultural entrepreneur. He was Executive Director of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture (renamed the Foundation for Jewish Culture) for 16 years, serving 28 years at the organization (1978-2006). His work at the Foundation was credited with putting Jewish culture and the arts into the conversation of contemporary Jewish identity. He created the Jewish Endowment for the Arts and Humanities to provide funding support for artists, scholars, and cultural institutions, and he initiated such programs as the Fund for Jewish Documentary Filmmaking, the Fund for New Play Commissions in Jewish Theater, and the 6-Points Fellowships in the Arts.

He also organized major national and international conferences and festivals in theater, dance, music, literature, and visual arts, and produced several award-winning National Public Radio programs. Previously he was the first Hillel Director at the SUNY at Stony Brook (1974-1978), where he founded the Long Island Jewish Arts Festival, which became the model for similar festivals around the country.

Siegel received an M.A. in Contemporary Jewish Studies (now the Hornstein Program) at Brandeis University in 1972, and an M.A. in Jewish History from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1974. His master's thesis at Brandeis on "A Theoretical Construct for a Jewish Whole Earth Catalog" was subsequently developed into “The Jewish Catalog,” the bestselling guide to the Jewish counter-culture of the 1960s. His other books included “The Jewish Almanac” and “The Writer in the Jewish Community: An Israel-North America Dialogue.”

In 2015, Richard gave the graduation address at HUC, where he looked back on his years in Boston where he was a member of Havurat Shalom, a co-author of “The Jewish Catalogue,” and (as he said) “a proud, charter member of the Jewish counter-culture of the 60’s and 70’s.” Here is an excerpt from that speech: “The objective (of the Jewish counterculture) was to ‘move away from prefabricated, spoon-fed, nearsighted Judaism into the stream of possibilities for personal responsibility and physical participation.’ This entails returning the control of the Jewish environment to the hands of the individual — through accessible knowledge of the what, where, who, and how of contemporary Judaism. Although we were certainly accused of it, this was not just Baby Boomer narcissism and self-entitlement; this was Baby Boomer optimism and self-empowerment. We saw how all around us the larger American society was undergoing radical change, almost overnight… civil rights, feminism, the anti-Vietnam war movement, the sexual revolution, identity politics, ethnic pride… we asked, why not the Jewish community as well? Surprisingly, both to ourselves and to our elders, we had a modicum of success; we had an impact… and, I would argue, a positive impact… on the character and direction of American Jewish life.”

38 Richard Siegel was a friend of CAJE and NewCAJE. He understood the importance of institutions that sit outside the centers of the Jewish establishment to push the established organizations to be their best selves. In his speech he wrote: “The counterculture has been replaced by social entrepreneurs… and the establishment has been replaced by legacy organizations. But these are not adversaries… however, they do tend to occupy different spaces and operate in different orbits. The legacy organizations have their national conferences (the JFNA General Assembly, the URJ Biennial, the JCPA Plenum…) …and the start-ups have theirs (Slingshot Day, the ROI Summit, the newCAJE conference… Both legacy organizations and new social enterprises are looking for innovative ways to keep the Jewish brand alive… looking for ways to apply Jewish values, wisdom and world-view to the challenges facing today’s Jewish community. They are not adversaries; they are allies. And they will only succeed if they work together to build alliances of innovation and change based on their common objective… an American Jewish community that can help Jews… whether affiliated or unaffiliated, whether in-married or inter-married, whether for a two-state solution or against a two-state solution… an American Jewish community that can help Jews spiritually, intellectually, and culturally navigate and negotiate the challenges of the contemporary world, both internally and externally.”

Richard Siegel is survived by his wife Rabbi Laura Geller, and their children Andy, Ruth, Josh, and Elana.

MOSHE WEISS

Rabbi Moshe Weiss died on August 28th, 2017 from heart complications at the age of 41.

Rabbi Weiss gained some fame when he appeared on “Shark Tank” in 2013, but his lasting impact was on Jewish Education in the Twin Cities.

Weiss invented the SOUNDBENDER, a mechanical sound amplifier that clipped over the rear-mounted speaker of an iPad to direct the sound toward users.

When he got a chance to be on “Shark Tank,” his enthusiastic presentation caught the eye of Daymond John, who gave him $54,000 for 40 percent of his company.

According to John, Rabbi Moshe “was a man that would bring energy and joy to any room he entered. He would make you smile no matter what was going on in your life. He will truly be missed.” He inspired a lot of other entrepreneurs because he was so energetic and outspoken about the importance of following your dreams and passions. He had such a contagious personality and people were drawn to him.

39 Weiss earned a BA in elementary Education and teaching from Yeshive Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary. He earned his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical College of Montreal. In 2002 he earned a Master's in special education from the University of St. Thomas.

Rabbi Moshe used his educational skills to co-found Yeshiva High School of the Twin Cities, an orthodox boarding school for boys. The school was aimed at students who may have been lost in the educational shuffle at other schools, and the school drew students from around the United States.

The school opened in 2006 and grew from 18 students to 40. There were more applications to the school than there were available spots, but despite all that and fundraising efforts, the school closed in 2011.

Rabbi Moshe taught at various Jewish schools in the Twin Cities, the last several years at the Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School. The principal there, Helen Siegel, called him a consummate educator. “He was so passionate about making a difference in the lives of kids,” she said, “He specialized in working with those kids who didn’t learn in conventional ways.”

Rabbi Moshe Weiss is survived by his mother, his three children, his ten brothers, and his four sisters.

MARGERY ANN STEINER WOLF

Margery Ann Steiner Wolf died on April 6, 2016 in Skokie, Illinois at the age of 90.

Margery’s son Jonathan has written this remembrance of her: Margery Ann Steiner Wolf lived a long and rich life. She was a dedicated and gifted teacher. She was also a community activist, rebbetzin, generous philanthropist, professionally-trained soprano, gourmet cook, world traveler, accomplished photographer, enthusiastic hostess, lover of theater and opera and musicals, and successful shadhanit.

Well into adulthood she earned graduate degrees in teaching reading, and in learning disabilities and perceptual handicaps. She was a beloved teacher at a middle school in Evanston, but she didn't last too long there because as a perpetual “trouble maker” she advocated a bit too energetically for the kids and irritated the administration. She then, for decades, privately tutored children with learning problems. A fine swimmer, she held a Water Safety Instructor classification from the Red Cross, and regularly taught poor kids at area pools how to swim.

40 Margery was a crusader and campaigner all her life. Her most amazing achievement was rescuing hundreds of former Soviet Jews who were stranded and near starvation in Italy in the 1970s after a deal between the Israeli and U.S. governments had the effect of their finding themselves stuck, barred from being accepted as refugees. For years she traveled, lobbied, and worked with the International Rescue Committee and the Reform movement’s RAC, and even the relief arm of the Satmar Hasidim to successfully get them admitted, resettled, and sponsored by families in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

She also led her synagogue’s project of ‘adopting’ a Cambodian refugee family, and kept in close contact with that family for many years. She met Sargent Shriver at her graduation and told him about her idea for a U.S. government agency which became Foster Grandparents. Foster Grandparents volunteer their time to enhance the quality of life of children and youth in preschools, homeless shelters, and other community settings. Foster Grandparents became Nancy Reagan’s favorite program.

The home in which she raised my brother and me was the most open and welcoming in town. Our friends, and especially the most marginal and left-out kids in our grades, knew that they could come for dinner any night, pile with us into her convertible to attend musical comedy double features at a nearby movie house, and (in high school) sleep over for days at a time when having issues with their parents.

She was proud of having introduced at least twenty-five couples who went on to enjoy long, happy marriages. She grew up a third-generation Cincinnatian, but switched loyalties from the Reds to the White Sox when she married our father and moved to Chicago, and took us to dozens of their ballgames. She was a major supporter of NewCAJE, NACOEJ, and SSSJ, and a key early donor to AJWS, Drisha, and West Side Campaign Against Hunger, among many other causes.

My brother Ben, his wife Donna, and their daughters Leah and Miriam, as well as my son Mengistab and I, are inspired every day by her example, and try in our lives to carry on her values. Just as she wheeled us in our stroller to hand out literature for Abner Mikva’s first political campaign, and later often drove voters to the polls, we are all deeply involved in activism and social change. All of us learned from her indomitable spirit, her dedication to family and community, her refusal to accept injustice, and her love of life and music and joy and Jewishness. We love and miss her, and do our best to continue her legacy.

Margery is survived by her sons Jonathan Wolf and Benjamin (Donna) Wolf, and was the proud grandmother of Mengistab, Leah, and Miriam.

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RINA SKY WOLFGANG

Rina Sky Wolfgang died on February 8, 2018 in High Point, North Carolina at the age of 65.

Rina was the daughter of Rabbi Harry and Ruth Sky, and she grew up in Portland, Maine. She received a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, and spent her junior year at the Hebrew University. She earned Master’s degrees from Columbia Teachers College and JTS. She raised her children in Rhode Island, and then in 2006 moved to Greensboro where she taught Hebrew at B’nai Shalom Synagogue, Elon University, and most recently Grimsley High School where she taught the only public school Hebrew class in North Carolina.

After college, Rina was the assistant Hillel Director at UNC-Chapel Hill. There she was the leader of the campus interfaith group in 1982, which counted legendary basketball player Michael Jordan as one of its members. In 1987 she became the Hillel director at the University of Rhode Island. To earn some extra money in the summer time she was the Jewish chaplain at the Yawgoog Boy Scout Reservation, the second largest boy scout camp in America. There she stood up for a camper who admitted to being gay, and didn’t return until that camper was reinstated.

Rina’s first love was the classroom. She had a natural ability to make everything interesting and engage people of all backgrounds. She taught at the Alperin Schechter Day School in Providence for many years, and then (once their kids were grown) the Wolfgangs moved back to North Carolina.

Rina was a life-long Boston Red Sox fan, and even after her move to North Carolina the family met up in Boston for one game a year at Fenway Park — a tradition that will continue in her memory.

For more than five years Rina taught Hebrew at Grimsley High. Students who took her class say that they left with a better understanding of the Middle East, History, and of Judaism and the Hebrew language. Elina Shapiro wrote after Rina died, “I had Ms. Rina for Hebrew for two years in High School and kept in touch ever since.

Ms. Rina was an amazing teacher and person. She helped me so much in High School, and always made me feel loved and supported. She was such an inspiration, and one of the strongest people I know. Her warm, bright, wide smile is something I will always remember.”

At the end of her life, Rina’s community helped send her back to Israel with her family, which was an important item on her bucket list. Rina is survived by her father Rabbi Sky, her two brothers Uri and Ari, her husband Robert Wolfgang, and her son Jacob and daughter Tahlia.

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NEWCAJE ACKNOWLEDGES YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS NewCAJE is sincerely grateful to all those who contributed from August 2017 to July 2018

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

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

SPECIAL GIFTS

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Margery S. Wolf Donor Advised Fund

PILLARS

Everett Fox & Cherie Koller-Fox Cindi & Jared Gellert Debi Swedelson Mishael The Jerry Stein Fund

BUILDERS Congregation Anshe Chesed, New York, NY Bruce Arbeit Roselyn Bell Robert Bankirer Congregation Beth Shalom of Naperville, IL Andrée Brooks David & Mindy Fishman & Seidlin Marvin Israelow & Dorian Goldman Sue Resnick Peninnah Schram Cherie Karo Schwartz Joshua Troderman

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LEADERS

Ellen Allard Matia Angelou Sherry Barsky Ellen Berman Hana & Eyal Bor Dara Brosler Joanie Calem Beth Davidson Elihu & Sheira Davison Howard & Debby Charki Dunn Marge Eiseman Norman Fassler-Katz Karen Fox Ilana Garber Joanne Glosser Gay Griffith Ruz Gulko Shoshana Hantman Helene & Michael Kates Sherry Knazan Cecile & Keith Kowalski

SUPPORTERS Davida Adelberg Carla Adivi Ann & Jim Anderson Lisa Arber Lorraine Arcus Fran Avni Heidi Aycock Julia Babka-Kurzrock William Berkson Laura Berman Barbara Biran Barbara Birenbaum Sylvia Bloom Lee Brice Joe Buchanan Gail Buchbinder

Roberta, Larry, Beth, Glenn, & Peri Kozinn & Barest Susan Leff Maxwell Lewis Barb Moskow Barbara Orville Julie Plaut Warwick Elizabeth Portnoy JoHanna Potts Daniel Price Barbara Rheingold-Gerlicki Amy Ripps Jeri Robins Sunny Schnitzer Nancy Sheftel-Gomes BeLinda Singer Paul Solyn Elliot & Barbara Spack Chana Stein Ahouva Steinhaus Joel Weissglass Diana Yacobi

Judy Caplan Ginsburgh Allison Checkoway Marilyn Cohen Cheryl Cohen Treasure Cohen Mina Cohen Susan Colin Columbia Jewish Congregation Coriphery Holistic Consulting Solutions Orli Cotel Lisa Doob Robin Eisenberg Susan Elkodsi Karma Fordis Lindner Melinda Freed Marla Friedman

44 Heather Gale Sam Glaser David Greenstein Judye Groner Susan Gulack Abigail Halpern B'nai Harim Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Edith Harris Tamar Herman Josn Hersch Sue Horowitz Anita Ip Suri Jacknis Ruth Jaffe Cathy Kaplan Nancy Kaplan Larry Karol Lawrence Karol Larry & Marilyn Katz Bonnie Kohn Am Kolel Marcia Lane Laura Lenes Ron Lesser Ira & Julia Levin Stan Levy Stu Lewis Sandra Lilienthal Janet Lipkin Fish Carolyn Lippman Stephanie Marshall Charles Miller Leslie Millrod Sharon Mills Lynnie Mirvis Reuben Modek

Jessica Morris Michal Morris Kamil Leslie & Mike Newman Beth Novik Stephen H. & Laura Z. Olson Philanthropic Fund Allison Peiser Melissa Pescatore Colin Pier-Silver Harvey Raben Rachel Raz Judi Resnick Linda Ripps Nancy Rosen Minerva Rosenberg Suzanne Rubens Sandy Samuel Deborah Sarna Beth Schlossberg Joyce Schriebman Neil Schwartz Lori Shaller Ilona Shechter Robbi Sherwin Andrea Shupack David Silver Alanna Sklover Rachel Sternheim Cheryl & Marc Stober Beth Styles Abi Taylor-Abt Miriam Van Raalte Tobie Weisman Alison Westermann Tanya Wisoker Conley Debbie Wizig Mark Young

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FRIENDS

Joshua Ackman Diane Adler Laurie Akers Anonymous Susan Aronow Sondra Asch Dasha Baker Judith Barclay Ilene Beckman Nancy Beller-Krieger Iris Bendahan Esther BenDavid Lynn Bennett Melanie Berman Lisa Bialkin Julie Blair Shalom Bochner Sue Brown Sheri Brown Vanina Bunton Erica Capello Neshama Carlebach Ila Cherney Judi Cloutier Danna Cohen EJ Cohen Joshua Cohen Sharon Cohen Burton Cohen Sheryn Cohen Babette Cohn Becky Combest David Cooper Benjamin Crowne Zoe Cyrluk Charles Dietz Elisheva Edelson Helena Eilenberg Jill Eisen Ellen Eisenstat Shirie Eshel

Barbara Fabricant Sarit Ferreira Rena Feuerstein Jordana Fink Batsheva Frankel Leeor Frankel Yossie Frankel Susan Frankel Morissa Freiberg Naomi Gabai-Fisher Melinda Gallagher Nina Gelman-Gans Renee Golan Bonni Goldberg Deborah Goldstein Jane Golub Rebecca Goodman Julie Gordon Janie Grackin Michelle Greenfield Nicki Greninger David Griffith Leslie Grossman Elizabeth H. Hoover Sarah Harlan Beatriz Haymer Marilyn Heiss Melissa Herman Joan Hersch Sarah Higgins Paula Hoffman Dorice Horenstein Robert Houghton Katy Izygon Rena Jaffe Michelle Jenkins Taylor Sarah Jew Heidi Kahn Sara Kaminski Peggy Karlin Kroll R. Karpov

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Danielle Kassin Amy Kassiola Nur Katz Linda Kaufman Lori Kipnes Ellen Kipnis Alyshia Klein Ben Zion Kogen Tirtza Kohan Michaela Korakin Helene Kornsgold Scott Kramer Dawn Kreisberg Bradlee Kurland Michele Lainof Leslee Lauritzen Leora Lazarus Orna Lenchner Elana Levitz Sheri Levson Benjamin Levy Beth Liberman Eliana Light Eric Lindberg Meredith Liron Susan Mandelbaum Lita Marishak Natalya Martyushova Ellie Matsuoka Rae Jeanne McDonald Larry Milder Goldie Milgram Miriam Miller Hal & Sandy Miller-Jacobs Yocheved Mintz Dorie Mishael Baruch Morris Kathryn Morton Sharon Morton Nancy Parkes Jack Paskoff Frances Pearlman Batya Podos

Janice Pollack Mehring Elana Ponet Lisa Rauchwerger Rebecca Redner Stefanie Retin Melanie Ribich Louise Riddell-Kaufman Vanessa Ripps Candace Rothstein Rebecca Rubin Sara Rubinow Simon Cassandra Sagan Cindy & Mark Saper Henry Schaffer David Schwartz Talya Schwarzer Julie Schwarzwald Diane Schwindt Susan Shane-Linder Mindy Shapiro Alisa Shapiro-Rosenberg Lori Shulman Joyce Siegel Raizel Small Jamie Smartt Ilana Snapstailer Nancy Sohn Swartz Ardyth Sokoler Ellen Statman Naomi Steinberg Rachel Stern Kaya Stern-Kaufman Sara-Jean Tamen Lipmen Ronni Ticker Bari Tolliver Courtney Underwood Savercool Barbara Weisman Heather White Mor Yelvington Doni Zasloff Rain Zohav Synagogue House of Miriam Cantor's Discretionary Fund

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 that you will continue to help us with our vision for the 21st century—NewCAJE. 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

48 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

49 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 Jewis Education, and hope that you will continue to help us with our vision for the 21st century as NewCAJE.

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NEWCAJE9 INFORMATION GUIDE

We hope that the following pages will help you organize your stay, and enable you to make the most out of NewCAJE9. These pages will have many answers to questions that you may have; however, if you cannot find the answer to your question, please call us at 857-288-8765.

CONFERENCE OFFICE: Gray Center Balcony

The NewCAJE Conference Office is located on the balcony of the upper floor of the Gray Center (building 15 on the map). NewCAJE conference staff members will be on-hand to answer your questions and handle any conference-related issues you might have. Please do not hesitate to stop by the office to share any questions, concerns, or to just say hello!

Also located in the conference office is Lost and Found, presenter materials pickup for requested items, and minor first aid supplies. You can always call the office at 857-288-8765 to get in touch with us!

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

In case of emergency call 860-768-7777 before calling 911. University Public Safety will respond quicker to emergencies. For non-emergency situations you can reach Public Safety at 860-768-7985. The Public Safety building is number 23 on the map. The closest Hospital is Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (114 Woodland St, Hartford, CT 06105), located just 2 miles from campus.

DAILY NEWSLETTER: NEWCAJE NEWSPAGE

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 would like it emailed to you, please check your email inbox for an electronic copy!

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.

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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 for your mobile devices. A link will be sent to you before the conference, and a QR code will be available as well.

INTERNET ACCESS

The username is: sc-newcaje9 The password is: App3tit3% If you are using a laptop, select the username Hawknet-Guest, and follow instructions. This access is only good for 24 hours and then you must repeat the login process. If you are having trouble accessing the wifi, please go to the NewCAJE office and someone will be happy to help you or find someone who can!

DAILY PRAYER SERVICES

Services (unless otherwise noted) will be in Hawk Hall, room 115: Shacharit: Monday: 7:15am; Tuesday & Wednesday: 7:30am Women’s shacharit minyan: Monday at 7:15am in Hawk Hall, room 106.

For information on the women's minyan speak to Gay Griffith and Edie Harris.

Mincha/Ma’ariv: Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday: 7:30pm For information on general minyans speak to Neil Schwartz.

KASHRUT AND MEAL INFORMATION

The highest standard of kashrut will be maintained at NewCAJE9 under the supervision of Rabbi Yitzchok Adler. Meals for both resident and commuters at the conference will begin with Sunday dinner and end with lunch on Wednesday. Sunday boxed lunches are available for pre-order, or are included with Shabbat and intensives. Commuters are entitled to all meals served during the main conference.

Meals are served in the Commons (Building 7 on the map). Boxed lunches will be available for participants attending luncheon sessions. Please note that the boxed lunches are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If the boxed lunches run out, go to the Commons to get a hot lunch. See the daily conference schedule for meal times.

TRANSPORTATION

On-Campus Assistance: If you need a ride at any point during the conference in the golf cart, please call (857) 285-2553. These should be used only for those with a genuine need of any kind, not recreationally.

Off-Campus: If you going to Bradley International Airport or Hartford’s Union Station for bus or Amtrak after the conference, and have not purchased a shuttle, you can still do so by coming to the NewCAJE office. The cost is $30.

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HOUSING AND ON-SITE FACILITIES

Please ensure that your doors are locked at all times. The University of Hartford 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. Complimentary laundry machines are located in Hawk Hall.

KEY DEPOSITS AND THE NEWCAJE RAFFLE

Registration will take place in Hawk Hall on Friday from 11:00am-5:00pm and Sunday from 10:00am-5:00pm. If you are arriving outside of these hours, go get your dorm key at the Summer Housing office located in the Konover Building (building 12 on the map). When you come to campus follow signs for F Lot. After getting your key you should check in at the NewCAJE office (Building 15 on the map) during regular conference hours to receive your name tag and registration materials.

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 these prizes:

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 $114, so please be 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 receive your deposit or raffle tickets. No key deposits will be returned after the conference.

TEMPERATURE CONTROL

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The hallways have centralized air conditioning, and most room have digital panels that allow residents to control their own temperature for their room. If you have a roommate, try to discuss and agree on a setting!

MAINTENANCE

There are garbage bags/cans located in every dorm room and floor bathroom. The bathroom is cleaned by staff and they will dispose of trash. If you use the garbage bag located in your dorm room, you are expected to throw that trash out in the dumpsters located close to the dorms. For maintenance issues, please call the Summer Housing Office at 860-768-7859.

SMOKING POLICY

Smoking is not allowed in the dorm rooms or in any of the other University buildings. Due to health and safety concerns, campus community members must stay at least 25 feet from the entrance to any building when smoking. Proper disposal of cigarette butts and other trash is required. NewCAJE asks you to respect other participants by smoking away from building entrances, exits, and windows.

CHECK OUT

Those checking out on Wednesday, August 1st, should put all their bed linens and towels in the laundry carts in the hallways. Anyone checking out at any other time should strip the sheets off their beds and leave their linens and towels on their bed.

POINTS NEARBY

Hospital Francis Hospital & Medical Center, 114 Woodland St. (860) 714-4000.

Museums & Exhibits The Museum of Jewish Civilization is located on the University of Hartford Main Campus, inside the Mortensen Library in the Gray Center.

A traveling exhibit from the National Museum of American Jewish History, Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews, will document one of the most successful human rights campaigns of the late 20th Century. The exhibit will be on display June 26-August 29 at the Chase Family Gallery at the Mandel Jewish Community Center located at 335 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT. General Stores & ATMs There is a convenience store on campus called Village Market, located in the Konover Building. There is also a Whole Foods, Big Y Grocery store, and a Walgreens Pharmacy located at Bishops Corner, about 2.5 miles from campus. There are ATMs located at Gengras Student Union (building 18), Commons Dining Hall (building 7), and Konover Campus Center (building 12).

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CERTIFICATE TRACKS BIBLE & TEXT CERTIFICATE To qualify for this certificate, you need to do the following: Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

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 8 workshops from the following list. (Note: “From Sacred Text...” is a 3-hour workshop and counts for 2 sessions.) In addition, choose 4 workshops either from the list below or from the full list of conference sessions.

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Monday, 4:45-6:15 Creating Moments of Insight and Support: Turning Bar/Bat Mitzvah Prep into a Team Sport (David Small) 5.

Tuesday, 9:00-10:30 How To Read a Chapter of Torah (Everett Fox) 6.

Tuesday, 9:00-10:30 Teaching Text Through Movement (Michael Kasper, Jeff Hoffman) 7.

Tuesday 11:00-12:30 Do you believe in Miracles? (Sandra Lilienthal) 8.

Tuesday, 2:45-4:15 Diving into Text (Nancy Rosen) 9.

Tuesday, 2:45-4:15 Reading a Psalm (Everett Fox) 10. Tuesday, 4:45-6:15 Best Practices for Teaching Bible (Galya Greenberg) 11. Wednesday, 11:00-12:30 Isaiah of the Exile (Everett Fox) 12. Wednesday, 11:00-12:30 Teaching the Book of Jonah (Galya Greenberg) 1.

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Full Name:____________________________________ Email:______________________________Phone #:_____________________________ 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__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ 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______________________________________________________ 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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To qualify for this certificate, you need to do the following: Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

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.

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Full Name:____________________________________ Email:________________________________________ Phone #:______________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: REQUIRED: Session #___1__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ ECE Luncheon Instructor Signature__________________________________________

ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Take a picture of your signed form with your phone, then rip this page from the book.

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To qualify for this certificate, you need to do the following: Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

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 total of 10 workshops from the following lists, as well as the Principal's Luncheon. Please note that a 3-hour session counts as 2 sessions. In addition, choose 2 workshops either from the list below or from the full list of conference sessions.

Session REQUIRED: 1.

Sunday, 2:30-4:00 Putting Your Toe in the Water & Then Up to Your Knee (Fran Pearlman) 2.

Monday, 9:00-10:30 The Why is at the Center - Part 1 (Andrea Kasper, Ilana Garber) 3.

Monday, 11:00-12:30 Round Table for Principals (Fran Pearlman, Karen Trager) 4.

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Monday, 2:45-6:15 Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking to Maximize Learning and Impact (Tamara Rebick) 9.

Tuesday, 11:00-12:30: Any Hanukah Session of Your Choice C. You & The Community 10. Sunday,4:30-6:00 Understanding Politics, Power, & Influence in our Schools (Seymour Kopelowitz) 11. Monday, 2:45-4:15 Soccer Or Hebrew School? Virtual Classrooms (Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield) 12. Monday, 2:45-4:15 With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility (Natasha Dresner) 13. Tuesday, 9:00-10:30 U Pick: Innovative Models for Your Synagogue (Jennifer Goldsmith) PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Choose 2 sessions from the list above or any from the full list of conference workshops.

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NEW ADMINISTRATORS CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE PAGE

Full Name:____________________________________ Email:_______________________________________ Phone #:_____________________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: REQUIRED: Session #___1__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #___2__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #___3__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Principal's Luncheon Instructor Signature______________________________________ ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: 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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If you see a session that you want to take instead of one on this list, you must confirm the change with Amy Ripps in advance. To qualify for this certificate, you need to do the following: Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

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 9 sessions from the following lists, as well as the Principal's Luncheon. Please note that 3-hour sessions count as 2 sessions. In addition, choose 3 workshops either from the list below or from the full list of conference sessions.

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Full Name:____________________________________ Email:________________________________Phone #:___________________________ Fill out the following with Session #’s from the previous page, and the instructor’s signature: REQUIRED: Session #___1__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #___2__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #___3__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Principal's Luncheon

Instructor Signature_____________________________________

Session #___5__ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ ELECTIVE WORKSHOPS: Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ Instructor Signature__________________________________________ Session #_____ 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.

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This certificate will introduce you to the newest models and best practices in Jewish education today.

If you see a session that you want to take instead of one on this list, you must confirm the change with Amy Ripps in advance. To qualify for this certificate, you need to do the following: Before the Conference: 1. Send an email to info@newcaje.org to let us know that you would like to participate.

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 9 workshops from the following lists, as well as attendance at the Principal's Luncheon. Please note that 3-hour sessions count as 2 sessions. In addition, choose 3 workshops either from the list below or from the rest of the conference sessions.

Session REQUIRED: 1.

Monday, 9:00-10:30 The Why is at the Center - Part 1 (Andrea Kasper, Ilana Garber) 2.

Monday, 11:00-12:30 The Why is at the Center - Part 2 (Andrea Kasper) 3.

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Monday, 2:45-4:15 Innovation: What to Do When You Hit Bumps in the Road (Lori Forman-Jacobi)

Monday, 2:45-6:15 Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking to Maximize Learning and Impact (Tamara Rebick) Monday, 4:45-6:15 The Pros and Cons of Online Learning (Lori Forman-Jacobi) Monday, 4:45-6:15 Outside of Our Comfort Zones – Mixing Up Our Use of Space to Bring Intentionality to Our Work (Mark Young)

Tuesday, 9:00-10:30 U Pick: Adapting Innovative Models for Your Synagogue (Jennifer Goldsmith) Tuesday, 11:00-12:30 Hanukah Session of Your Choice (you may be interested in "Be the Light")

Tuesday, 2:45-4:15 Adjusting to Shrinking Numbers and How to Fix Them (Eyal & Hana Bor) Tuesday, 2:45-4:15 Project Based Learning – What is it, Really? (Andrea Kasper) Tuesday, 4:45-6:15 Experiential Education via Augmented & Virtual Reality(Yifat Mukades) Tuesday, 4:45-6:15 Processing for Educators & Their Students: Creative, Tachlis Ideas for the Glue that Holds Learning Together (Tamara Rebick) Wednesday, 9:00-10:30 Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About: Innovation & Evolution at SULAM Beth El (Ilana Garber) Wednesday, 11:00-12:30 Inside 4 Walls: Experiential Education Methodology (Tamara Rebick) PARTICIPANT CHOICE WORKSHOPS: Choose 3 sessions from the list above or any from the full list of conference workshops.

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ShalomLearning is a non-profit organization modernizing congregational schools. Our curriculum is infused with educational technology helping religious school educators teach students the way they learn. ShalomLearning offers outstanding training and support to our partner schools. The ShalomLearning sessions at NewCAJE feature different aspects of using technology in supplemental educational settings. While using some of our materials as examples, the sessions will provide opportunities for educators to explore using new tools and ideas that can be used in any Jewish educational setting. Our program is designed for students in grades 2-7; therefore, our materials are targeted to students at those levels, but concepts can be applied to various ages. For more information contact us at info@shalomlearning.org.

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 27 5:15-5:30 PM Welcome & Kavanah (Tent) 8:00-9:30 PM Shabbat Dinner (Gray Center: 1877 Club) 9:30 PM Cohort Time (Gray Center: 1877 Club) SATURDAY, JULY 28 2:00-3:00 PM Afternoon Learning (Gray Center: Classroom B) 6:30-7:30 PM Dinner (Gray Center: 1877 Club) 9:00 PM Social Outing SUNDAY, JULY 29 9:30-10:15 AM T’Fillah/Mindfulness (Gray Center: Library, Woods Room) 10:15-11:00 AM Goal Setting/Programming/Feedback (Gray Center: Library, Woods Room) 1:00-2:30 PM Lunch (Gray Center: 1877 Club) 6:30-7:30 PM Dinner and Reflection (Commons) 10:00 PM Social Shmooze: Game Night (Hawk Hall Lounge) MONDAY, JULY 30 6:45-7:45 PM Dinner and Reflection (Commons) 11:00 PM Social Schmooze: Cookie Decorating (Hawk Hall Lounge) TUESDAY, JULY 31 6:45-7:45 PM Dinner and Reflection (Commons) 10:00 PM Social Shmooze: Art Night (Hawk Hall Lounge) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 1:00-1:45 PM Lunch (Commons) 2:00-4:30 PM Post-Conference Program (Hawk Hall Lounge)

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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM

All educators under the age of 42 are eligible for the Young Professionals program at NewCAJE. We provide opportunities for young educators to meet, network, and discuss issues they may face in the field (and a conference discount!). Even if you didn’t register as a YP, we hope you will join us for these gatherings!

SUNDAY, JULY 29 10:00 PM Social Shmooze: Game Night (Hawk Hall Lounge) MONDAY, JULY 30 12:30-2:30 PM YP Luncheon (Commons: PDR) Are you an educator under the age of 42? Join us for lunch! We’ll do some socializing, discuss issues particular to our shared experiences, and enjoy one another’s company.

Sponsored by: Hebrew College Davidson School of Jewish Education of the Jewish Theological Seminary The Graduate Center for Jewish Education of the American Jewish University Gratz College and Gratz Advance (online learning for Jewish educators & teens) 2:45-4:15 PM YP Workshop with Jennifer Zunikoff (Gray Center: Classroom D) Positive Teachers, Positive Students: Creating A Culture of Appreciation Imagine leaving your classroom feeling appreciated after every class. Imagine feeling appreciated every day whether you are a teacher or student. Would school be more fun? Would you take more risks with your teaching? Would your students take more risks with their learning? In this workshop, you will learn the simple steps to positive feedback you can use with your students, they can use with their peers, and they can use to appreciate you, their appreciative teacher!

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Social Schmooze: Cookie Decorating (Hawk Hall Lounge)

TUESDAY, JULY 31 10:00 PM Social Shmooze: Art Night (Hawk Lounge)

LUNCHEONS

Luncheons are a way to make a large conference feel more intimate. On Monday and Tuesday we will be holding a series of luncheons highlighting a variety of interactive options. These luncheons will be 1.5 hours long, allowing participants to share ideas and engage with others of similar interest and experience.

Boxed lunches will be available in the Gray Center: 1877 Club for participants attending luncheon sessions. Please note that the boxed lunches are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If they run out, go to the Commons to get a hot lunch.

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INTENSIVES: SUNDAY, JULY 29TH, 9:00AM-1:45PM Before the conference, some participants and local community members will spend five hours exploring a myriad of subjects with great scholars.

Democracy at Risk: The Holocaust and Human Behavior Jan Darsa Gray Center: Room A Grounded in the study of Jewish ethics and values, we will explore the range of choices that led to the failure of democracy in Germany, and ultimately to the persecution of millions of Jews and other targeted groups. Participants will investigate the connection between Jewish history and identity, the moral questions inherent in everyday life, and how we as individuals and members of groups can make a difference in the world today. You will discover literacy-based teaching strategies, classroom activities, and multimedia resources that support the reading of challenging texts, encourage critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, and promote ethical reflection. After this workshop you will: Become part of the Facing History Educator Network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including downloadable unit and lesson plans, study guides, and online tools; Be able to borrow books and DVDs through our online lending library at no cost; Receive coaching and support as you implement this unit in your classroom.

“Goldeneh Medineh?" American Ideals, Jewish Values, & Our Current Predicament Jonathan Wolf Gray Center: Room B Whose lives matter? Having recently celebrated July 4th, we will examine how to maintain traditional American and Jewish principles and purposes in our cramped, toxic era. We will study texts from both of our traditions, from Biblical commentaries and Midrashim to founding documents of the USA and the stirring Second Inagurals of Lincoln, George W. Bush, and Obama. How do we reclaim “shining city on a hill” and “I lift my lamp beside the golden door”?

The Jewish Roots of Christianity Richard Freund Gray Center: Room C This is an intensive introduction to the rise of the sectarian Judaisms of the early Roman period that led to the rise of Christianity. We will begin with the biblical ideas of the Messiah, the transitions which began with the Greek conquest, including language and Maccabean leadership transitions. We will look at how the Dead Sea Scrolls, the sites in Galilee such as Nazareth, Bethsaida, Magdala where the Apostles and the historical "Jesus the Jew" lived and worked, and the many versions of his life in the canonical and non-canonical New Testament, as well as how he became the Jesus of Christianity by the 2nd century CE. Modern Ethical Dilemmas Sandra Lilienthal Gray Center: Room D In this intensive, we will first examine the Jewish responsa decision process - how do the rabbis decide on ethical issues that were not contemplated in our traditional sources? We will then examine different topics and see how different rabbis, in different times, dealt with these issues: Medical Issues (Abortion, Assisted Suicide, Organ Donation); Modern Israel Issues (Exchanging Land for Peace, Redeeming POWs, Military Service, Torah Study); Women's Issues (Tallit and Tefillin, Reciting Kaddish, Ordination); Social Issues (Selling Weapons, Reporting Criminals).

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SHABBAT July 27th-28th

As Heschel wrote: "The soul cannot celebrate alone." May each soul here find others without boundaries and together may we bring peace to our world.

FRIDAY, JULY 27th 10:00am-5:00pm Registration--------------------Hawk Hall Lounge 3:00-5:00pm Pre-Shabbat Crafts---------Hawk Hall Lounge: Level 2

KABBALAT SHABBAT 5:30pm Shabbat Welcome-----------------------------------------Tent 6:00pm Mincha----------------------------------------------------Tent 6:15pm Candle Lighting---------------------------Gray Center Lawn 6:15pm Friday Night Services Kabbalat Shabbat -----------------------------Gray Center: Rotunda Eliana Light & Cantor Jeri Robins Women's Minyan------------------------Gray Center: Classroom C Batsheva Frankel

8:00pm Shabbat Dinner & Z’mirot (songs)--------Gray Center: 1877 Club 9:30pm Evening Schmoozing ----------------Gray Center: 1877 Club

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SHABBAT, JULY 28th 8:00–9:30am Breakfast----------------------------------------------Commons

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES & STUDY OPTIONS 8:15-9:00am

Shabbat Nachamu Qi Gong & Chant Experience---------------------Tent An embodied practice to awaken, align, and open the heart to receive the gifts of Shabbat. With Malkah Binah Klein.

9:15-10:30am

Camp-Style Egalitarian Shacharit-------------------Gray Center: Rotunda

Start your day with a rousing prayer experience to wake up your soul and celebrate Shabbat. (There will be musical instruments).

With Cantor Jeri Robins, Joshua Cohen, and Andrea Shupack.

Havurat Shalom’s Siddur Birkat Shalom-------------------Hawk Hall 115

Join us for shabbat shacharit to experience a gender-balanced liturgy.

With Aliza Arzt, Josh Schreiber Shalem, & Joanna Brown.

Torah Study with Arthur Waskow----------------------------------Konover

9:15am-12:15pm

Traditional Egalitarian Shabbat Service-------------------------------Tent With Joelle Novey, Charley Beller, & Miriam-Simma Walfish.

9:45-10:45am

Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach Family Shabbat Jam--------Gray Center: Classroom C

Join Ellen Allard for a joy-filled Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach Family Shabbat Jam. Ellen will bring the big djembe drums, lollipop stick drums, tambourines, egg shakers, bracelet bells and rhythm sticks. You and your kids bring the rhythm! Together we will drum and dance and sing and celebrate Shabbat in a whole new way. Parents, please plan to have your tallit with you.

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SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES & STUDY OPTIONS 10:30am-12:15pm

Contemplative Chant Service----------------------------------------Konover This will include a Torah service. With Phyllis Berman and Arthur Waskow.

10:45-11:15am

Kids’ Kiddush------------------------------------Gray Center: Classroom C

10:45am-12:15pm

Torah Study with Batsheva Frankel------------Gray Center: Classroom A

Fate, Free Will, Miracles, & Murder — All in 18 Verses! Explore the big questions and ideas in a small (but jam-packed) section of this week's parsha.

This interactive session includes chavruta text study (in English), group discussion and fortune tellers!

11:15am-12:15pm

Family Service------------------------------------Gray Center: Classroom C

(Suggested for families with children 6-12 years old). Join song-leader and educator Eliana Light for a musical, meaningful, memorable Shabbat morning service for kids and their families! Instruments will be used, prayers will be talked, sung, and danced, and Torah will be read and explored. Let's celebrate!

SHABBAT LUNCH 12:30-2:00pm--------------------------------------------Commons

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2:00-3:00pm

Shabbat Guided Meditation-------------Gray Center: Rotunda/Courtyard Join Stephanie Marshall for a refreshing hour of guided imagery to enhance your Shabbat. Relax your body and let your mind rest. Take a trip without leaving campus. While listening to a script that guides you to think about an idea, concept, or time in history your mind is free to wander. You will be amazed at how relaxed you will feel!

3:00-4:00pm

The Rabbi & The Scholar------------------------Gray Center: Classroom D "Holding Your God in Awe": The Shema in its context. In this week's parasha, we have the only reference to the Shema in the Torah. While the Shema is central to Judaism, its meaning is not entirely clear. We will look at the Shema in its context in the book of Deuteronomy. Come and experience how a scholar (Everett Fox) and a rabbi (Cherie Koller-Fox) approach this topic from different perspectives.

Foundering Fathers: What Our Political Leaders Need To Learn From Pirkei Avot---------------------------------Gray Center: Classroom C

We seem to be at an all-time low in public civility and in ethical behavior, common vision, and taking of responsibility by our leaders. How can our classical Jewish textbook of morality and values speak to these rudderless officials? Come join Jonathan Wolf in studying mishnayot from Pirkei Avot [a tradition on long summer Shabbat afternoons], along with classical and modern commentaries, to seek wisdom about loyalty, integrity, honesty, faith, humility, empathy, knowledge, and brother/sisterhood.

Impromptu Workshop----------------------------------------------GSU 333 Hollander Social Justice Fellow Workshop----Hawk Hall Lounge: Level 2

Building Bridges Storytelling and Intersectionality: When Does Partnering Work or Not. Each of us has stories of social justice work we've done or are doing. This workshop will provide a moderated opportunity to tell the stories of programs in our own communities that have worked, or what happens when sometimes they haven't. Participants will receive a copy of the “rules of engagement” that enables us to do this work in good and tough times.

With NHC 2018 Hollander Social Justice Fellow rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein.

Puzzle Mania -------------------------------------------------------Commons

Come test your puzzle-solving abilities! Challenge yourself with wooden and metal puzzles, riddles, math problems, and more! With Miriam Glasgow.

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From Rabbinic Sources to a Theology of Environmental Torah--Hawk Hall 115

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Our earliest rabbinic ancestors laid the groundwork for a theology of radical responsibility and mindful action that has much to teach us for confronting the ecological crisis we now face. We will explore this legacy and the spiritual environment in which a Jewish concept of humankind’s being answerable for the state of our world took shape. With Jonah C. Steinberg.

I’m Singing in the Round-------------------------------------------------Tent

An afternoon of new songs and instant harmonies in gender inclusive Hebrew and English. The music is gratifying and accesible to experienced and beginning singers alike. With NHC 2018 Liturgist in Residence Cantor Linda Hirschhorn.

Jewish American Poets and Resistance-----------------------Hawk Hall 106

Over the years, many Jewish poets in the U.S. have addressed, in their writing, political issues. More broadly, the creative impulse is often subversive because it can be playful and disorderly; resisting limitation, reining in, or marching in a straight line. We’ll explore the work of several poets who have challenged dominant paradigms including Adrienne Rich, Alicia Ostriker, Bob Dylan, and Marge Piercy. If there is time and interest, we’ll resist by writing some poetry of our own. With Joanna Brown.

4:15-5:15pm

Did the Exodus & Sinai Event Really Happen?-----Gray Center: Classroom B The historicity of the ancient Egyptian experience of the Israelites, the Exodus, and the Revelation at Mount Sinai have recently been brought into question.

Dr. Richard Freund, author of "Digging Through the Bible: Modern Archeology & the Ancient Bible" will share the results of the last 20 years of research and hold a discussion about the accuracy of biblical accounts.

Stories Your Parents Never Told You------------Gray Center: Classroom A Most people think the Talmud is a law-oriented, dry, difficult text. While this is often true, the Talmud is also an incredible collection of stories the Rabbis told. These stories are easy to understand and filled with insight on what the Rabbis were dealing with, issues many times exactly like the ones we deal with today. In this session we will examine a few Talmudic stories and discuss what the Rabbis were trying to convey through them. What values are we to glean from the stories? And how do these teachings inform our Jewish lives today?

With Sandra Lilienthal.

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5:45-6:30pm Shabbat Mincha-----------------------------------Hawk Hall Lounge 6:00-7:30pm Dinner-----------------------------------------Gray Center: 1877 Club

ISRAEL-THEMED PROGRAMS 7:30-8:30pm Instant Chorus-----------------------------Gray Center: Classroom C Join Ellen Allard to celebrate Israel through songs!

(Note: we will be using a guitar.)

Moth-Style storytelling---------------------Gray Center: 1877 Club Join Batsheva Frankel and share a short, personal story of an experience you had in Israel. Each person will get 3-5 minutes to talk.

Israeli Dancing---------------------Gray Center: Wilde Auditorium Get moving with Barbara Birenbaum for Israeli dancing, including Israeli Sheli, which was written and choreographed just for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel. Includes playing a recording of instrumental music.

MOTZEI SHABBAT 8:30-9:00pm Havdalah---------------------------------------------Hawk Hall Plaza 9:00pm Evening Concert-----------------------------Gray Center: 1877 Club

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"The most important message I have wanted to give people has been the importance, the pride and the responsibility, the blessing of being Jewish. That’s what gives me the strength to challenge what I have challenged and bring about change where I could.�

- Shoshanna Cardin z"l

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SUNDAY, JULY 29th 2018

8:00-9:30AM (Gray Center: 1877 Club)---------Breakfast 9:00AM-1:45PM---------------Pre-conference Intensives 10:00AM-5:00PM-----------------------------Registration 10:15-11AM -------------------------------LEEP Program 12:00-1:00PM & 1:00-2:00PM----------------Orientation 12:00-5:30PM-----------------------------Exhibitor Area 1 1:00-2:00PM (Gray Center: 1877 Club)------------Lunch 2:00-3:30PM-----------------------------PM Workshops 1 3:30-4:00PM------------------------------------------Break 4:00-5:30PM-----------------------------PM Workshops 2 5:45-6:30PM------------------------Opening Ceremonies 6:30-7:45PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM------------------------------------Mincha/ Ma’ariv 7:30-8:30PM------------------------------Exhibitor Area 2 8:00-10:00PM--------------------------Evening Programs 10:00PM-----------------------------Late Night Programs

12:00-1:45PM & 2:00-3:30PM

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ORIENTATION FOR FIRST TIME PARTICIPANTS: MENTORING MOMENTS

Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 300

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2:00-3:30PM

Putting Your Toe in the Water and Then Up to Your Knee Hillyer 132 Fran Pearlman Prioritizing tasks and goals to yield the maximum results as the year begins is often overwhelming. We will examine both the process and the tasks in preparing for the opening of the school year, whether it is the first, third, or fifth year. Some of the tasks can be new or sometimes it can be a matter of tweaking and revising.

This workshop will include meeting the needs of teachers, engaging with parents and children, sharing resources, designing and implementing curricula, and more.

Project-Based Jewish Learning: Making Learning Authentic, Relevant, Engaging, and Fun! Hillyer 111 Ronni Ticker To reimagine congregational learning, a number of congregational schools around the country use Project-Based Jewish Learning (PBJL) with much success. What is PBJL? Why is PBJL different from other models of learning? What does authentic and relevant PBJL mean? How is that different from PBJL in a secular or day school? How can we engage the parents in the process? The workshop facilitator has created two successful PBJL modules and is piloting new ones this year. Are you already doing PBJL in your school? Come to share your successes and challenges as we explore this best practice in congregation learning.

The Golem Girl GSU 335 Marc Young This workshop uses the legend of the Golem, a shapeless creature of clay, to tell the story of a young woman’s struggle with her distorted body image. Her descent into eating disorders (ED) eventually threatens her life. Along the way we will examine the social causes and potential Jewish responses to our silent epidemic of disordered body awareness, and toxic attitudes toward food. The storytelling performance will be followed by a Q&A on resources and intervention strategies for educators who encounter youngsters at risk of ED in their classrooms.

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Come either at noon or 1pm 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 we’ll answer whatever questions you might have.

Learn from NewCAJE veterans, and connect with other first-timers!

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2:00-3:30PM

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Rock, Scissors, Paper GSU 333 Diane Schwindt Participants will learn the art form of paper cutting, also known as schnerenschnitte. Paper cuts have been used throughout time in folk art and in Judaic art.

Learn how to artistically represent Jewish symbols and teachings using this beautiful art form. The techniques presented in this session can be shared with children as young as five with age-appropriate modifications. Materials and a resource list will be provided.

Dancing With the Stars...In Your Classroom Gray Center: Classroom D Lorraine Arcus Celebrate Israel’s 70th birthday with your students by including Israeli Dance in your Early Childhood classroom. Participants will learn approximately 10 age-appropriate folk dances that may be easily taught in the classroom space. Children will love the opportunity to move around to the Israeli beat! Previous folk dance experience is not necessary. Instructions and music will be made available.

Bringing the People of the Book Off the Page GSU 331 Aileen Heiman Who said text study has to be about sitting in one place? Interactive text-study combines drama, movement, and discussion in a format that is accessible for all ages and levels. Participants Will experience this technique first-hand, learn about the process, and hear about the successes of using this technique with a family-education Shabbat program. Time permitting, participants will have an opportunity to begin to create their own lesson.

Changing the Way We Think About Holocaust Education: K-12 Hillyer 229 Deborah Fripp This workshop will present Holocaust education from a remarkable new angle, focusing on the voices of the Jewish victims and survivors, rather than those of the perpetrators. When we listen to the voices of the Jews, the story of the Holocaust becomes a story of courage and strength, not just of fear and loss. With this new narrative, which the presenter first encountered at a Yad Vashem summer seminar, we can utilize age-appropriate curricula to teach the Holocaust in a spiral fashion starting in early elementary school. This workshop will demonstrate that curriculum, and discuss how to teach a traumatic story in a non-traumatic way.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Interfaith Romance, Gender, and Popular Culture Hillyer 258 Keren McGinity From “Abie’s Irish Rose” to “Orange is the New Black,” interfaith romances between Jewish men and Christian women have been ubiquitous on the stage and screen. Popular culture suggests that intermarriage is a way for Jews to “melt” into America. Which depictions imitate life, and which portrayals reinforce stereotypes? How does the underrepresentation of Jewish women influence perceptions about their appeal as romantic partners in comparison to the so-called “other” woman? What takeaways can we use to better understand and engage interfaith families in Judaism, Jewish learning, and the Jewish community? Educators will learn how to read between the lines.

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L’Chadeysh - Making the Old New Gray Center: Classroom C Jacob Kraus What makes music Jewish? And what makes Jewish music feel real to us? In this program (premiered at the 2017 URJ Biennial) Jacob goes in-depth on his technique for writing contemporary Jewish music. A favorite of musicians and non-musicians alike, it’s both a modern text study and a dialogue comparing our favorite Jewish songs of the past, present, and future. Original compositions welcome and encouraged!

How to Model and Cultivate Joy When You Have a Headache Hillyer 401 Julie Plaut Warwick This workshop will focus on tools for cultivating joy in your life so you can get out of bed in the morning and face the day, even if life might be difficult in the moment. We will focus on gratefulness and positive psychology.

Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 217 Heidi Lovitz 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 and have fun!

Prayer Beyond Words (The Nigun) Gray Center: Classroom B Helene Kates A Chasidic saying: “Words are the pen of the heart, but melody is the pen of the soul.” Join Helene Kates (of the Baal Shem Tones) and experience a deeper level of prayer beyond words with nigunim (Chasidic wordless melodies). Nigunim help us to prepare for prayer by increasing focus and concentration, transcending the limits of words and connecting us to the deepest part of ourselves, our Essence. We will sing together and learn the stories behind these classic nigunim. Come delve deeper into the transcendent world of wordless melodies and tap into the power of nigunim to open your heart and soul to receiving and hearing your personal story within.

Relevant Judaism 101 Hillyer 130 Ellen Dreskin Sharing a variety of program templates and exercises to use (with Temple Boards, Ritual Committees, Family Retreats, Teacher Training, Education Committees, or Congregational Town Halls) designed to trigger discussion and excitement around Prayer, Torah, God, and the integration of one’s spirituality into one’s everyday life.

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Songleading 101 Gray Center: Classroom A Ben Kintisch Do you teach music and want to lead songs more effectively? Do you love to sing and want to share that with your students? Let’s dive in together for a fun and participatory musical adventure. Participants will enjoy modeled techniques and tips, and then have a chance to use these to teach a song to their colleagues. No instrument skills or previous experience required!

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2:00-3:30PM & 4:00-5:30PM

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Don’t Just Sit There!

How to Get (You) & Your Students Moving, Learning, & Laughing Hillyer 134 Colin Pier-Silver Whatever your teaching situation, if you sometimes feel that your students are bumps on a log and you are a talking head, then this workshop is for you. We will be practicing six techniques to get your students out of their seats and comfort zones, interacting with the curriculum and one another, and reenergized. You will have time after experiencing each technique to brainstorm ways to apply them to your own specific situations and content areas/classrooms.

Mishna, Gemarah & Rashi... Oh My! A Beginner’s Intro to Talmud and Demystifying the Layout of its Pages Hillyer 138 Alanna Sklover Looking at a page of Talmud can seem daunting or even frightening with all of its columns of Hebrew in different (and tiny!) fonts. Together, we will decode and dissect a page of Talmud focusing on each section’s layout, form, and function, and explore what the page itself has to teach us about the development of Jewish thought. This session is geared towards text study beginners!

God Talk GSU 339 Karen Trager How comfortable (or not) are you when responding to your students’ questions or comments about God? What about sharing your personal beliefs or doubts with your students and/or other adults? We will explore ways to raise educators’ and learners’ comfort level in speaking about their own God beliefs and Jewish God concepts.

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4:00-5:30PM

Ever Dread Having a Tough Conversation with a Colleague, Parent, or Family Member?

Hillyer 229 Cheryl Magen It’s all about relationships, and inevitably there are bumps in the road. Not every conversation is critical, so when opinions differ, emotions run high, and the issue is important, learning a protocol for planning these tough conversations can help you think through a strategy, prepare, and manage a critical conversation.

Advanced My.ShalomLearning.Org (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 217 Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield This session is for educators using the ShalomLearning program this fall who are ready to explore some advanced features in My.ShalomLearning.org. Participants will learn how to modify their class materials, add badges, use attendance, and make better usage of course analytics to monitor student progress. Connect with other ShalomLearning educators and have fun!

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Make it a Mitzvah They’ll Remember: B’nai Mitzvah Projects that Make a Lasting Impact Hillyer 221 Lindsay Katz Too often adolescents choose B’nai Mitzvah projects that they can “get over with” in a few hours, immediately forgetting about the organization and cause by the time their big day comes around. By empowering young adults to become part of a team and continue growing their mitzvot after the party, they will have a sustainable and memorable project they can truly bring into adulthood. Come learn about service learning projects that students can begin at age 12 and develop throughout middle school, high school, and college.

Listen to Our Mentors: Young Adults Tell the Stories of Experienced Educators GSU 341 Jennifer Zunikoff *By Invitation Only* In this workshop, Jennifer will share her passion for Jewish storytelling as she models effective performing and coaching techniques. Two young adults will interview two experienced Jewish educators to discover the highlights of their lives as Jews and Jewish educators. Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff will coach the young adults as a group and individually as they use their own intuition and creativity to prepare stories about their new mentors. On Monday night, the young adults will perform their stories for NewCAJE participants.

NewCAJE Chorale (Part 1) Gray Center: Classroom D Beth Styles Get ready for an exciting chorale experience with Beth Styles. Whether you’re a veteran NewCAJE chorale singer or a first timer, you’re in for a real treat! Beth was the winner of the 2017 NewCAJE Emerging Artist Award and is the founder, composer, and music director of the 30-voice interfaith choir — the “New World Chorus” in Stamford, CT. Beth is known for her ability to fuse the heart of Jewish tradition and contemporary sounds together. We will have 3 dynamic and fun rehearsals that will lead to a our fabulous performance on Tuesday night at the Finale Show.

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Understanding Politics, Power, and Influence in our Schools Hillyer 258 Seymour Kopelowitz School organizations are interdependent complex social systems that are exceedingly difficult to negotiate. Interpersonal challenges and conflicts are common at all levels (synagogue/school administration, staff, students, parents) and need to be managed by leadership through a high level of emotional intelligence to ensure success. This session will unpack the theoretical aspects of politics, power, and influence, referring to the work of David Hargreaves. The interdependence of players (rabbi, board chair, head of school, staff, parents) will be analyzed. The first 45 minutes will provide a theoretical framework of these concepts, followed by participants being invited to reflect on and share a personal case experiencing challenges. Participants will leave the session with an understanding of how politics, power, and influence can be positive factors in creating healthy and thriving educational organizations.

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Harry Potter vs. Torah — Which Story is More “True”?

Hillyer 256 Galya Greenberg This workshop aims to help teachers clarify their own beliefs about the origin and authority of Torah in order to help them more skillfully handle similar questions from their students. Teachers of all grades and Jewish educational venues will benefit from this session.

Multiage Classroom Hillyer 132 Andrea Kasper Come to learn and discuss the benefits of a multiage classroom environment, its history, and its resurgence in recent years. Additionally, we will discuss the process of making this type of change in your school, including the challenges and opportunities it presents.

Yoga Yeladim & Mindfulness in the Classroom GSU 335 Sherri Sosensky This program will consist of a 30 minute demo of my Yoga Yeladim class, and a 60 minute workshop on ‘Mindfulness in the Classroom’ — secular or Hebrew. This workshop is geared towards Early Child Educators and Hebrew School Teachers of children ages 2-12 years. We can give our students a bag of tricks and tools they can use anywhere to help manage their active, emotional lives. Integrating tools such as yoga, breath work, mindfulness, and meditation throughout one’s lesson plans can help control the ‘bull-dog’ brain, which releases our fight/flight response and aggressive reactions, while enhancing the development of the ‘wise-owl’ brain, giving one the space to reflect and make a wise decision, thus creating a more mindful and emotionally balanced student.

Elijah’s Covenant Between the Generations Hillyer 246 Arthur Waskow The very last passage of Malachi, last of the ancient Hebrew Prophets, a passage we read on Shabbat Hagadol every year just before Pesach: “I will send you Elijah the Prophet to turn the hearts of the parents to the children and the hearts of the children to the parents, lest I come and utterly destroy the world.” In our generation we are facing deep damage to human civilization and the web of life on Planet Earth, arising from the process of global scorching already under way. At Bar/Bat Mitzvah time, the hearts of parents and children are deeply attuned toward each other.

We will present a Jewish 4-session curriculum for parents and children as Bat/ Bar Mitzvah time approaches, through which they can learn the science, policy choices, and Torah teachings of how we might Jewishly address the climate crisis.

Songs That Will Rock Your Religious School Curriculum GSU 331 Ellen Allard Want to know the songs that every kid in your religious school will ask for again and again? Learn the songs that are sure to make your K-6 classroom buzz with excitement! Online resources including song lyrics and chords will be provided.

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Let’s Make History: Harnessing the Power of Untold Stories Hillyer 111 Larisa Klebe Who does history belong to? Who gets to write history? Who should be included in historical narratives? At the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA), we believe that the answer to these questions is “You!” By empowering individuals to collect stories from family and community members, we democratize history, and do our part to ensure that our collective story is an inclusive one. Participants will learn the skills necessary to conduct oral history interviews, lead their students in an oral history project, and explore their own stories as Jewish educators.

Music as a Medium: Strategies to Teach Judaism Through Song GSU 333 Emily Teck This workshop requires no musical talent or skill (though if you think you don’t have that, you might be misinformed, and we’ll discover why)! Participants will experience ways to engage in joyful Jewish learning through musical play and emerge to utilize those same strategies in their own teaching environment. Methods modeled incorporate art, writing, movement, technology, and more with music. Participants will learn how music can be used throughout the curriculum; increase song repertoire and knowledge of learning theories that support the effectiveness of musical play as a learning platform. The strategies presented will support different learning styles and personal preferences so that educators can invite students to engage in many ways.

Kodem Kol Kavod: Disability Awareness and True Inclusion Gray Center: Classroom B Joanie Calem Using Jewish texts, stories, songs, and current research on Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and Autism, this workshop explores the complexity of creating inclusive communities that can work for everyone. This session is for educators, family members, and community members who may have individuals with SPD and Autism in their own home, classroom, or the broader community. The session includes charts about SPD, consideration of strategies and “best” practices, and time for philosophical reflection, discussion, and support. As evidenced by our folk stories, our ancestors also tried to encompass all the members of the shtetl!

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The Israel-Palestine Conversation: Can You Hear Me Now? Dialogue vs. Debate Hillyer 138 Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman This workshop (designed for teachers, rabbis, and lay leaders) provides guidelines and methods for promoting productive dialogue on the Middle East, rather than contentious debate. How can we acknowledge other perspectives without agreeing with them? Let’s teach students the difference between needing to be right and having a constructive conversation; between winning an argument and forging a relationship. Help your students engage others more effectively and think more critically by understanding their attitudes and feelings about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Leave this workshop with listening and communication skills to add to your pedagogical toolkit.

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Creating a Loving Environment in the Classroom Hillyer 130 Phyllis Berman This workshop provides an interactive introduction to the principles and practice of Counseling-Learning, a humanistic approach to teaching, created by Father Charles Curran, a Jesuit priest who earned a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology under Carl Rogers at Ohio State University in the 1940s. In addition to expertise in their subject matter, teachers can create a secure environment in which students are free to learn through teachers’ skill in the human art of understanding in both verbal and nonverbal ways. This approach has been used successfully by teachers of religion, teachers of language, and teachers of secular subjects with students of all ages. Love is at the center of this practice.

The Digital Life of Jewish Students: Challenges and Opportunities Hillyer 134 Temima Feldman, Eli Shapiro Technology is ubiquitous. Children are accessing digital technology at an unprecedented rate, and personal device ownership is occurring in children as young as pre-school. In this session, participants will learn how digital technology is impacting the social, psychological, and behavioral functioning of their students and community families. Discover how to better assess problematic technology behaviors and guide both students and parents to toward a digitally balanced lifestyle that ultimately prepares children to become future-ready Jewish digital citizens.

OPENING CEREMONIES Tent

5:45-6:30PM

We come together in the tent to officially open NewCAJE9 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, and bless our gathering!

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NEWCAJE IN CONCERT

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Produced by Chava Mirel and Sue Horowitz

Judith Black, EJ Cohen, Ellen Dreskin, Sue Horowitz, Spike Kraus, Lisa Levine, Chava Mirel, Chana Rothman ACT 2: L’DOR VADOR With Performances By:

Ellen Allard, Josh Cohen, Eliana Light, Susan Shane Linder, Cherie Karo Schwartz, Emily Teck

10:00PM

LATE NIGHT @ NEWCAJE KUMSITZ @ HAWK'S NEST 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.

SOCIAL SCHMOOZE: GAME NIGHT @ HAWK'S HALL LOUNGE Hosted by LEEP & the Young Professionals Program!

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ACT 1: TZEDEK V’SHALOM With Performances By:

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JULY 30th

“Today people often focus on immediate results and short-sighted commitments — for example, synagogues that shortened their education programs to one-day-a-week.

Synagogue leaders believe that they must compete with other synagogues and must keep their congregants happy. Did those leaders make the decision to cut time for instruction out of a sense of expediency, or did they think 10 years into the future and what it would mean to lower the quality of Jewish education? Expediency and popular decisions might feel good in the short run, but in the long run will yield very little.”

- Rabbi Aaron Panken z"l

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

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MONDAY, JULY 30th 2018

7:15AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-9:00AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 9:00AM-12:30PM----------------------AM Workshops 1 10:30-11:00AM--------------------------------------Break 10:30AM-6:00PM-----------------------Exhibitor Area 1 11:00AM-12:30PM---------------------AM Workshops 2 12:30-1:55PM--------------------------Lunch/Luncheons 2:00-2:30PM----------------------Community Gathering 2:45-6:15PM----------------------------PM Workshops 1 4:14-4:45PM-----------------------------------------Break 4:45-6:15PM----------------------------PM Workshops 2 6:15-7:45PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM-----------------------------------Mincha/ Ma’ariv 7:45-8:45PM-----------------------------Exhibitor Area 2 8:15-11:00PM--------------------------Evening Programs 11:00PM-----------------------------Late Night Programs

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MINYANS & MORNING ALTERNATIVES 7:15AM Women's Minyan Hawk Hall 106

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 Hawk Hall 115

Neil Schwartz

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

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WORKSHOP AM1

9:00AM-12:00PM

From Sacred Text to Big Ideas: How to Bring Torah Study Into the Supplementary School Hillyer 257 Everett Fox, Cherie Koller-Fox Together we will learn how to teach children 9 and up how to read and appreciate the Biblical text. You will gain pedagogical tools to study the text and lead discussions with your students. Even young children can grapple with the important ideas found in the Torah, ideas that will sustain them through their whole lives as Jews. You will learn how to be a teacher who can approach even the most difficult story — the only pre-requisites are that you have the ability read the text fluently in English, and an openness to live with some ambiguity.

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The Why is at the Center — Part 1 Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 300 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper Join principals from across the country to delve into the center of your work.

During this workshop participants will explore and define the WHY. This WHY is the foundation for every decision you make and will serve to strengthen your school as well as your mission and vision. (Although anyone is welcome to attend this course, it is a required session for all principal certificate track candidates.)

Preparing Students of All Abilities for B’nai Mitzvah Hillyer 221 Rebecca Redner How can you make the process of preparing for Bar/Bat-Mitzvah positive and meaningful for children with special educational needs? This presentation will provide you with plenty of innovative tips and techniques for creating an accessible classroom environment, teaching Hebrew and prayers, and managing behavior and anxiety. In addition to picking up new ideas for teaching students with a wide variety of disabilities, you will learn strategies for creating customized services, collaborating with families and synagogues, and using technology. Whether you’re working with an individual student, integrating a few children with disabilities into a typical Hebrew school class, or working in a program only for students with disabilities, you will come home full of strategies you'll be eager to implement!

Mezuzah: The Doorway to Transformation GSU 333 Chana Stein The mezuzot on the doorways of our homes are Jewish consciousness-shifting tools. The text within includes, Shema (listen), Ve-ahavta (and you shall love), and V-hayah im Shamoa (when you really hear). These words carry a message that can transform your home into a sacred space for listening, understanding, and loving.

Through study, story, art, and Interplay we will connect these words to our heart and our homes. Chana will guide you in the creation of your own glass mezuzah covers decorated with wire, beads, etching solvent, and glass paint. (Adaptable to all age groups with material modifications). LIMIT 20 People.

Jewish Intermarriage Opportunity: Gender Roles and Change Over Time Hillyer 132 Keren McGinity What is the relationship between intermarriage and gender roles in America?

What does intermarriage mean to Jews who fall in love with and marry people of other faiths and/or cultural backgrounds? This workshop will highlight research findings that demonstrate how Jewish intermarriage can be an opportunity to strengthen the Jewish people and Judaism. It will explain the similarities and differences between intermarried Jewish women’s and intermarried Jewish men’s experiences shedding light on the issue of Jewish descent, identity, and communal involvement. Participants will gain theoretical knowledge and practical tools to positively shape the future of Jewry and Judaism through education.

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Crafting Stories that Serve Your Curricula Hillyer 138 Shawn Shafner Stories are how human beings understand the world. But how can we be sure that the narratives we share teach the right lessons, and how might we use them to better engage students and families? In this experiential workshop we’ll break a story down to its most basic components, and learn how to construct one purposefully from the ground up. We’ll also cover some simple tools you can implement to creatively deepen engagement and make midrash in motion.

Hebrew Fun and Games: Kids LOVE Hebrew School GSU 335 Tamar Herman Using a combination of games, songs, chants, and crafts, educators will learn ways to make learning Hebrew fun and purposeful. Educators will get a list of “free Hebrew” phrases to use during Hebrew school. Educators will also get lots of game ideas to teach Hebrew to grades 1-4.

Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Hillyer 207 Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman Find out how ShalomLearning has helped Jewish communities with religious school programming. There are currently over 80 synagogues using ShalomLearning — each in their own way. The program is flexible to allow for in-person, virtual, or self-paced learning, depending on your community’s needs. 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.

Israel-US Relations in the Classroom Hillyer 111 Hilla Drechler Join Hilla Drechler of the WZO to encounter an Israeli perspective on the current relations between the State of Israel and the Jewish community in the Diaspora, specifically as it is expressed in classrooms just like yours.

New/Old Tunes for Birkat Hamazon GSU 331 Jeff Klepper Have you ever wondered if there are good musical alternatives to the “traditional” melody we always sing? There are! We will learn several little known versions (including one in English by Debbie Friedman) plus three melodies for the “Brich Rachamanah” Blessing.

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The Archaeology of the Holocaust: Rhodes, Poland, and Lithuania Hillyer 229 Richard Freund I will be showing the results of our work in Rhodes, Greece, Sobibor, Poland, and multiple sites in Lithuania. Parts of two documentary clips will be shown from NOVA based upon our work: “Holocaust Escape Tunnel” and “The Good Nazi” with a powerpoint on the main issues for understanding what has been discovered.

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Does the Jewish Journey Continue Once You Have Arrived?

Hillyer 256 Ellen Cohn While Jewish adult education has enjoyed various “hey days,” the predominant focus of the organized Jewish community tends to be centered on children, young adults, the “newly initiated,” or non-affiliates. Do we as committed adults and educators occasionally feel a need to ask the hard questions and reinvigorate? Do we feel that our Judaism has grown along with us? This workshop will utilize texts and the psychology of faith development towards composing your own narrative in middle age and beyond. Participants will gain a perspective of “aged-based learning” centered around faith development and personal growth, accompanied by Jewish texts that deal with life cycle, aging, and re-asking the questions.

The Jewish Community is Complex and Diverse — Now What?

Hillyer 134 Rachel Raz The Jewish world in the United States has changed demographically, culturally, and socially, and continues to evolve. A few of these changes include: interfaith marriage at approximately 60%; Israeli-American population estimated at 10% of the community; a rising number of Jews of color; and a more diverse variety of family structure styles. While the Jewish world is changing, the surrounding world has also changed in terms of a general decline in religious affiliation and practice, and the impact of rapid technological and social media changes that are impacting our lives in so many ways. In this session we will delve into the changes and their impact on students, and explore how we as educators and organizations can adapt to address our complex and overly-busy community to help our families and children flourish through Jewish experiences and choices.

Good Questions Are the Answer: Lenses of Questioning Gray Center: Library - Woods Room Batsheva Frankel 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 crucial to every lesson or experience. The Lenses of Batsheva’s questioning method (loosely based on the business model Six Thinking Hats) give solid tools and include activities to both train and model for students to ask and analyze strong questions, leading to deeper learning and imaginative observations. Participants will learn-by-doing how to engage students of all ages in higher-order thinking with meaningful, fun activities.

Teaching Tzedakah in the Classroom Hillyer 130 Joan Florsheim Why do we pass around that tzedakah box each week, and what happens to the money in it? How can we make this experience meaningful and a lesson about the mitzvah of tzedakah? Come learn how to have your students participate in this practice so that they will want to continue giving and sharing as they grow into adulthood.

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Comparing Jewish, Muslim, & Hindu Chants Hillyer 403 Neil Schwartz Many modes of Jewish “Nusach HaTefillah” prayer chanting are shared with the Arabic Maqamat of Islam and the Hindustani Ragas of Northern India. Come learn how these chanted musical modes show the times of year, month, week, and day, and how they portray the moods and words of prayer-texts for these three religious cultures. We will begin with Jewish sacred chant, and then hear recorded examples of shared musical modes. Please bring a thumb-drive if you want the PDFs that will help us to understand the basic musical structures which underlie Nusach, Maqamat, and Ragas. Join our “enchanting” journey!

Rockin’ with Teens Hillyer 401 Joshua Cohen Have you ever found yourself in a service or song session with kids and/or teenagers and can’t seem to keep their attention or get them to participate? Then this session is for you! We will go over how to plan and lead a service for teenagers and/ or youth that will make them want to engage in Jewish music forever more!

Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 217 Heidi Lovitz 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 and have fun!

Bread & Butter Nusach: The Joys of Davening Shaharit for Weekdays or Shabbat Hillyer 246 Michael Kasper Take this opportunity to learn, practice, and engage with the basic nusha’ot of Birkhot HaShahar, Pesukei D’Zimrah, and Shaharit services for weekdays and/or Shabbat. This course is designed to offer a good foundation for anyone wanting to learn how to proficiently lead a minyan or congregation.

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Tiny Humans with Enormous Questions: Exploring God & Spirituality with Kids Hillyer 258 Emily Teck This workshop is designed for adults who spend time with kids from the period of their birth until they become Bar/Bat Mitzvah who might have the opportunity to discuss their faith, spirituality, or God concept. This session will not provide a script to help you answer children’s existential questions, but it will prepare participants to increase their intentionality and facilitate developmentally appropriate discussions in response to those queries. An explanation of developmental theories that can inform your ability to understand and appreciate how children’s social, emotional, verbal, and cognitive abilities inform their expressions and questions will be presented. Practical implementations of these theories will be suggested.

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WORKSHOP AM2 11:00AM-12:30PM

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Management is Not Leadership Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 309 Stephen Brand In this workshop, we will learn how we can understand what the people in our communities want and need. Then we will talk about how to move them to the next level with a bold vision which will be both compelling and relevant. How should a leader design an organization that meets the demands of a changing market place? How should a leader work towards increasing the demand for the services they offer by providing users with compelling experiences? Come find out.

NewCAJE Round Table for Principals Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Fran Pearlman, Karen Trager New Following the opening session with Andrea Kasper, those in the program will gather together with veterans in the field of Jewish educations. Each roundtable participants will share insight and advice based on experience (and hind-sight).

Participants of the certificate program will have the opportunity to not only ask questions but also be connected with a coach/mentor for continued relationship after NewCAJE.Round Table The Why is at the Center — Part 2 Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 300 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper Join principals from across the country to delve into the center of your work.

During this workshop participants will explore and define the WHY. This WHY is the foundation for every decision you make and will serve to strengthen your school as well as your mission and vision.

Utilizing a Kinesthetic Approach to Teach Trope and Hebrew Skills to Children and Adults Hillyer 401 Brian Shamash, Emily Shamash In this interactive workshop, participants will be taught how to use a kinesthetic approach to teach trope and hebrew learners of all ages. Utilizing a hands on approach aided by the use of video and audio visuals, participants will leave with specific strategies they can use immediately to both learn and teach trope and hebrew in an engaging and motivating way. Come create your own video using this approach, which will be forwarded to you post-workshop.

Art as a Mirror to the Soul: Creativity & Identity Hillyer 246 Nancy Katz Sometimes just a little direction, simple materials, and a hefty dose of permission are the key ingredients to powerful learning and self awareness. Using paper, oil pastels, magazines, glue sticks, and other inexpensive supplies, we will engage in a variety of highly adaptable projects that can take us (and our students) to new heights and depths. Art phobics are not only welcome, but encouraged to attend!

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New Trends in Early Childhood Education Gray Center: 1877 Club Shariee Calderone, Shellie Dickstein In this session, we well explore and discuss trends in the field of Early Childhood and their integration with Jewish values. These trends include positive psychology to enhance social emotional learning, constructivist models, nature-inspired learning, STEAM, and more. You will also have an opportunity to network with other directors and classroom teachers.

Who is He & He is She? OR “Hu” is He and “He” is She! Understanding and Supporting Gender Diversity in the Classroom Hillyer 403 Alanna Sklover What is gender identity? How is it different from biological sex? How does this play out for children and teens? How do we create gender-safe-spaces when we teach a gendered language? We will study the answers to these questions and explore *Jewish* ways to support gender diversity in our classrooms, schools, and communities. We’ll also engage with traditional Jewish texts on gender, as well as contemporary sources on Trans* diversity and inclusion from both within and outside of the Jewish community.

Democracy at Risk: The Holocaust and Human Behavior Hillyer 130 Jan Darsa Grounded in the study of Jewish ethics and values, this workshop will explore the range of choices that led to the failure of democracy in Germany and ultimately to the persecution of millions of Jews and other targeted groups. Through rich content and innovative pedagogy, participants will investigate the connection between Jewish history and identity, the moral questions inherent in everyday life, and how we as individuals and members of groups can make a difference in the world today.

Games, Stories, and Song: Creating Moments of Meaning in Prayer for K-6 GSU 331 Eliana Light T’fillah (prayer) 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.

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Luis Moses Gomez: A New documentary About a Lesser-Known Jewish Hero Hillyer 221 Andree Brooks This workshop will present a brand-new 20-minute documentary, written by the presenter, on the life and accomplishments of Luis Moses Gomez, an exceptional Jewish merchant and leader in 18th century New York. It will offer discussions about the period and the man. It will also provide details about public visits to the house Gomez built in Marlboro, N.Y. — the oldest standing Jewish-built dwelling in America, now the Gomez Mill House Museum.

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American Jews and Israel in the Age of Trump Hillyer 258 Avinoam Patt Well before the election of Donald Trump as 45th President of the United States, American Jews have been forced to ask difficult questions about the nature of their relationship with Israel, about the role of the US government in the peace process, about the nuclear deal with Iran, about Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, and more fundamentally about what is “good for Israel.” Beyond politics and diplomacy, American Jews have also questioned the nature of religious pluralism in Israel, the status of American Jewish conversions, and the role of Israel in both strengthening Jewish identity and confronting rising anti-Semitism around the world. With these questions in mind, Prof. Avinoam Patt will examine the nature of the “special relationship” between the United States and Israel, as well as the role of American Jews in this relationship, and more fundamentally, the history of the American Jewish relationship with Zionism.

Song Swap with Sue Gray Center: Classroom D Sue Horowitz Do you write your own Jewish music? This is an opportunity to share your music with other musicians, music leaders, and music appreciators. Bring along 10 copies of lead sheets or chord and lyrics sheets, as well as your open heart and ears!

Shanah Tovah, Shanah M’tukah: Music for the Whole Jewish Year Gray Center: Classroom B Joanie Calem Come sing and dance! We will learn new ways to use traditional, familiar folk songs, as well as learn original interactive songs and dances in Hebrew and English for each of the holidays in the Jewish year. These activities are all child tested for kids from ages 0-12, with age applicable adaptations.

Torah Time Improv!

Hillyer 138 David Smolar Come learn how to use improvisation in your setting. Experiential learning not only holds students’ interest in a topic, but gives them a chance to relive the stories and themes for use in future discussions. This session is geared towards educators (classroom, junior congregation, synagogue youth groups) for kids in grades 5+/ ages 10+. Using a Torah/holiday story, and with participant volunteers, I’ll demonstrate how I use various improv games to achieve specific goals with students.

Participants will experience how games help introduce story details, investigate the themes, and ultimately assess comprehension and development.

Creating a Culture of Appreciation Hillyer 256 Nora Gorenstein How does your classroom, school, and community create a culture of appreciation for staff, students, parents, and community members? What impact can we have as educators to make this change? What would a culture of appreciation look like in your community? In this workshop we will work together to model a culture of appreciation, review and define general terms, and share our knowledge on this topic to walk away with a game plan for creating change in our communities.

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A Holy Mixture: How the Rational and Mystical Communicate and Strengthen Each Other in Jewish Life Hillyer 111 Jim Rosen Many people naturally view Jewish tradition through the lenses of its rational or mystical elements. In fact, the blend of the two makes for a far richer learning experience, opening us up to a greater and deeper pluralism. We will explore a taste of this dynamic through familiar Jewish practices and rich texts.

Advanced My.ShalomLearning.Org (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 207 Michele Rosenfield This session is for educators using the ShalomLearning program this fall who are ready to explore some advanced features in My.ShalomLearning.org. Participants will learn how to modify their class materials, add badges, use attendance, and make better usage of course analytics to monitor student progress. Connect with other ShalomLearning educators and have fun!

Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 217 Debi Himelfarb, Heidi Lovitz 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 hands-on training to prepare for their first class and access materials. Connect with other ShalomLearning educators and have fun!

Hebrew Wizards — Bringing Camp into the Classroom GSU 335 Jon Cobert, Elizabeth Peress-Swan, Deborah Salomon Teens, Teachers, Rabbis, Cantors & musicians, brace yourselves for exciting new ways to teach through games, camp activities, songs & cheers. Our magical Wizards Boards are great tools which create an interactive experience. We will show you how YOU can transform your classroom into an exciting and fun camp room that will forever change the way that you think as a teacher. We will gift you a goody bag filled with clever tools to bring FUN into your classroom each and every time. You will LOVE becoming a WIZARD. Parents, Kids, Educators: The Perfect Tikkun Olam Trio Hillyer 229 Kevin Kleinman, Chana Rothman How do we begin to talk about privilege? How does racism impact our communities? What is intersectionality, and how can we work together to create healing?

We will take hard looks at the places where we get stuck and the places where we are able to push through in our Jewish journey towards justice. There will be singing, dancing, reflecting, celebrating, challenge, possibly some tears, and definitely a lot of LIVING.

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Tools and Techniques for Facilitating Family and Religious School Worship GSU 333 Ellen Dreskin Together we’ll explore innovative ways of exploring prayer itself within the context of worship — how to use repertoire, stories, Torah reading, movement, iyyunim, and interactive prayer to enliven worship for any age.

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LUNCHEONS

12:30-1:55PM

12:30-1:55PM

WHAT IS A LUNCHEON? Luncheons are a way to make a large conference feel smaller and more intimate.

Each luncheon will be a gathering of people who have something in common, from the same job to interest in a particular topic. This is not a workshop, but rather a facilitated conversation. You will also have an opportunity at lunch to sign up for an ongoing community of practice.

Boxed lunches will be available in the Gray Center: 1877 Club for participants attending luncheon sessions. Please note that the boxed lunches are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If they run out, go to the Commons to get a hot lunch.

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Adult Educators Gray Center: Library - KF Room Sandra Lilienthal, Joyce Siegel Do you work with adults? Do you work in a synagogue either as an adult educator or clergy? Come to this luncheon and meet your hevra!

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutors Gray Center: Classroom D Jeff Klepper If you are one of the educators performing the amazing mitzvah of preparing 12 and 13 year olds, come consult with others about what you do and share best practices.

Early Childhood Educators Gray Center: 1877 Club Shellie Dickstein If you are part of the Early Childhood Certificate program you are required to attend this luncheon. If you aren’t, you are still welcome to join if you work in Early Childhood. Shellie Dickstein will moderate immediately following her keynote session.

Luncheon Concert Tent Michael Kates There will be live music and an open mike in the Tent, so bring your instrument.

Michael Kates of The Baal Shem Tones will be master of ceremonies, and some of your favorite musicians will also drop by.

Goals of Supplementary Education Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 309 Ilana Garber Come have lunch with thoughtful people who want to talk with colleagues about why we do what we do.

Hatikvah the Musical Gray Center: Wilde Auditorium Sam Glaser Join Sam Glaser for a rehearsal of his new musical. You will be the cast of this production that will be produced as part of Monday night’s program.

12:30-1:55PM

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How to Honor Teachers and Principals Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Nora Gorenstein Nora Gorenstein of the Grinspoon Foundation want to share her thinking with you about the importance of honoring Jewish educators. She also wants to hear what you do in your communities to honor your staff.

Experienced Educators of Excellence Gray Center: Classroom C Lee Brice, Stephanie Marshall This is a luncheon for educators who are retired or nearing retirement. What are the issues involved in leaving your communities? How will you be honored?

What’s next for you?

Principal’s Luncheon Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 300 Melissa Pescatore, Amy Ripps This year we have three principal’s certificates: one for novices, one focused on business, and one investigating innovation and change. If you have signed up for one of these certificates you must also attend this luncheon. Only those completing NewCAJE certificates are invited to this luncheon.

Teens Gray Center: Starbucks Matt Bar, Moshe Ben-Lev Do you work with teenagers in a formal or informal setting? Come to this luncheon and meet your hevra!

Visual Artists and Those Interested in the Arts Gray Center: Classroom B Nancy Katz Visual Artists and those Interested in the Arts: Artist Nancy Katz is inviting you to meet and talk about the issues of working in the arts in the Jewish world. How can we strive to make things better for us all? Let’s talk!

Young Professionals (YP) Luncheon Commons: PDR Eliana Light For those under the age of 42. Come meet other young educators. This luncheon is sponsored by the graduate schools (Hebrew College, the Davidson School of Jewish Education of JTS, the Graduate Center for Jewish Education of AJU, and Gratz College & Gratz Advance) and will feature short presentations on how to get advanced training in Jewish education.

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Rabbi Educators Gray Center: Library - Woods Room Cherie Koller-Fox So you are both Rabbi and Educator! Which hat are you wearing when? What do you see when you look into the future of Jewish education? How can NewCAJE better meet your needs? Come talk with thoughtful colleagues about these and other questions.

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2:00-2:30PM & 2:45-5:45PM

COMMUNITY GATHERING Tent

2:00-2:30PM

Tune-In & Tune-Up: A Spiritual Resetting of Your Soul Naomi Less, Eliana Light, Chava Mirel

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Something new this year. After lunch and before class, we will all gather as one community in the Tent and spend contemplative moments together — sitting, singing, pausing, digesting what we’ve learned and readying and opening ourselves to what learning is around the corner. Using music to rejuvenate our souls, we will find the holy. Though not a formal service by any means, there will be an opportunity during our time together to say Kaddish.

WORKSHOP PM1

2:45-5:45PM

Duct Tape Tallit!

Hillyer 132 Lorraine Arcus, Janie Grackin Inspirational and artistic, bold and creative, the Tallit as an art form and ritual garment enters a New Age. YOU can make a Tallit for yourself or a loved one in just one session. Yes, you can! Stories, ideas, instructions, assistance, and the opportunity to make a memory that will touch your heart forever! All materials and instruction book included. Class size strictly limited to 24 participants. This workshop is made possible by the Covenant Foundation and Torah Aura.

Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking to Maximize Learning and Impact Hillyer 134 Tamara Rebick Design Thinking is a paradigm and methodology that has proven extremely effective in product creation. Come learn how it has become equally compelling and relevant in reimagining Jewish community design and impactful learning. Participants will learn the fundamental principles of Design Thinking while practicing its application to existing curricular goals. This hands-on, interactive workshop will give participants concrete tools to use as soon as they return home.

2:45-4:15PM

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A New Way to Teach Torah Trope Hillyer 138 Jeff Klepper Do you tutor B’nei Mitzvah students? I created a fun way to learn Torah trope using simple English phrases, making it possible to teach the entire Torah trope system in less than half the time it used to take. The melody I use is Rosovsky/Binder, as taught at HUC. If you have an iPad or iPhone with the Flashcards Deluxe app you can download my flashcards to make the learning even easier. (Note: These English phrases only work for Torah, not Haftarah.)

A Clergy Member and a Story Meet...

Sharing Stories: For Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, & Rabbinic/Cantorial Students GSU 339 Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz Have you ever searched for the right story that can impart wisdom, comfort, affirmation, celebration, or remembrance? Have you wanted to use stories more from the Pulpit? In Counseling? For Education? At Lifecycle Events? Since stories transcend sermons and lectures, they remain in heart and memory longer. Come experience and be inspired by the power of story: Torah, Talmudic, midrashic, folktale, Hassidic, personal, and contemporary tales. Peninnah Schram and Cherie Karo Schwartz will teach through demonstration, dialogue, non-threatening participatory activities, and techniques that will enhance your work. Learn and experience how Storytelling can be integrated into your clergy and pastoral work, bringing uplifting hope, healing, and humor into our lives.

Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach: Using Music & Rhythm to Instill a Love of Judaism in Kids & Their Grownups GSU 331 Ellen Allard Open the magical door to the world of Rhythm’n’ Ruach. Drumming, singing, playing rhythm instruments, dancing, waving scarves and ribbons, learning Hebrew words and concepts, yoga, stories, and meditation all combine to take Jewish learning for young children, parents, and grandparents to a whole new level.

Come and see what the excitement is all about!

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Positive Teachers, Positive Students: Creating A Culture of Appreciation Gray Center: Classroom D Eliana Light, Jennifer Zunikoff *This session is for Young Professionals only* Imagine leaving your classroom feeling appreciated after every class. Imagine feeling appreciated every day whether you are a teacher or student. Would school be more fun? Would you take more risks with your teaching? Would your students take more risks with their learning?

In this workshop, you will learn the simple steps to positive feedback you can use with your students, they can use with their peers, and they can use to appreciate you, their appreciative teacher! Handouts included.

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2:45-4:15PM

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility Hillyer 111 Natasha Dresner For a Jewish educational institution to be successful, its Board needs to play an active role and its top professional(s) needs to help the board understand its roles and fulfill its responsibilities. Yet many professionals themselves don’t have the role clarity, and lack strategies and time to educate themselves and their board members on the subject. Whether you are a paid professional or a lay leader, this session is designed to help you bridge that gap, become stronger partners, and address some of your most challenging board realities. Join us for this interactive workshop, and take your next step towards becoming a better leader and partner with a stronger institution.

The Rewards of Adventurous Play in Jewish Early Childhood Hillyer 256 Shariee Calderone Research shows that preschoolers who experience appropriate levels of adventurous play or “risky play” reap physical and social-emotional benefits, and learn greater resiliency and independence. Yet children today are spending less time outdoors, and if they do it’s often connected to a set of rules aimed at keeping them safe. But what is healthy “risky play” and how can Jewish early childhood educators learn to embrace it? In this workshop you’ll learn six types of risk behaviors universal to children, look at emerging research about children’s play, see examples of inspiring environments, and discuss your own comfort level supporting children’s adventurous play.

Play Your Way Through the Year: Teaching with Original Games Hillyer 221 Leslie Millrod It’s time to play a game! In this session we’ll explore the power of play and how it can enhance your lessons. Discover how games can be used to introduce ideas, review concepts, and quietly evaluate students. See how easy it is to repurpose old games or make new ones using supplies you already have at your fingertips.

Participants will explore a display of games that can be easily and inexpensively replicated. Attendees will receive samples and handouts that provide all the inspiration and ideas to get started! Focus will be on games used in supplemental school programs for grades 1-5. New and experienced teachers welcome.

Introduction to Open Tunings and Partial Capos for Guitar Players Hillyer 403 Michael Kates Guitar players, this is the easy way to sound far more advanced than you really are. Open tunings are so easy to use, it’s ridiculous. Partial capos work in a similar way, and are even easier to use. But none of that is the point. This is about THE SOUND. We will cover enough to get you started, but be forewarned: with just a few adjustments, your instrument will unlock hidden harmonic gateways that beckon you, nay, COMPEL you to enter and explore unimaginable new musical dimensions with a minimal learning curve. If you have a guitar, bring it! Some capos may be available for sale.

2:45-4:15PM

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Hebrew Through Movement: Intermediate Level Hillyer 130 Nachama Moskowitz This is an opportunity for those who have taught Hebrew Through Movement for at least a year AND who have taken the JECC’s online HTM seminar. As a Community of Practice, we’ll explore together 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.

Innovation: How to Start & What to Do When You Hit Bumps in the Road Hillyer 229 Lori Forman-Jacobi We are are looking for ways to incorporate innovation into our schools and programs. Innovation takes vision, planning, buy-in, and implementation skills.

Join this workshop to learn how Jewish Journey Project (JJP) was started; how we launched, the bumps we hit, and how we reset our course. Lessons from this 6-year old “start-up” Jewish educational model will be helpful to apply to a wide range of other settings.

Countering BDS — What Works and What Doesn’t Hillyer 257 Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman Supporters of BDS [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] are not swayed by arguments and viewpoints that seem obvious to Jews. In this workshop you will learn how to respond to those who use BDS to delegitimize Israel, and prepare your students for the challenges they’ll face on college campuses. You’ll come away with effective talking points and teaching strategies to use when faced with anti-Israel bias.

Learn how to distinguish among anti-Judaism, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, and criticism of Israeli government policies.

All Voice: Raising Earth Up to Heaven Gray Center: Classroom C Helene Kates Is it really possible for a group of Jews to speak as one voice? Sure! Whenever we get a Torah at Mt. Sinai or whenever we sing together. Learn what the Zohar says about the intrinsic connection between song, prayer, and the power of melody. We will study text, share songs, and (if time permits) co-create new melodies inspired by our learning together.

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Soccer Practice Or Hebrew School? Help!!

Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Hillyer 217 Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield What? Students aren’t actually in the synagogue every class? How can this be?

A virtual classroom is a real-time class where everyone participates simultaneously while being in 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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2:45-4:15PM & 4:45-6:15PM

How to Grow Kind Kids: Teaching Kindness as a Jewish Value Hillyer 258 Aviva Lucas Gutnick It seems the world needs more kindness — now more than ever. What is kindness, and how can we develop it in ourselves and others? Join Aviva Lucas Gutnick, education editor at Behrman House, for a discussion about how to help young children explore kindness and the character traits that contribute to kindness (such as gratitude, empathy, and respect) through a Jewish lens. The session draws from the new series of classroom materials for early elementary students — Let’s Discover Kindness. Complimentary materials will be distributed.

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Improv-Ing the Classroom GSU 333 Andrew Davies, Aaron Friedman Let’s get out of our seats and learn on our feet! The Bible Players will share lots of activities that will help you teach Jewish values through improvisation and theater.

Jewish classrooms should be joyous places that students can’t wait to attend. Come to this hands-on workshop and go home with new tools and techniques to bring out your creativity and your students’ joy of learning.

Shevet Achim/Achayot Gam Yachad: Can Jewish Pluralism Prevail?

Hillyer 207 Jonathan Wolf NewCAJE is a shining model of Jewish pluralism. So is One Jewish Evanston in Illinois. How do we create and sustain pluralism? Why is it crucial that we pursue it? What are the limits? We will explore together, including studying the writings of the Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Kuk, and examples of pluralistic social activist partnerships for change.

WORKSHOP PM2

4:45-6:15PM

Music that Rocks the Preschool Classroom Hillyer 401 Lisa Baydush Come sing the songs that ROCK with preschoolers! Early childhood music specialist Lisa Baydush will share the songs that delight and engage her students throughout the year. Learn how to make these songs POP! and take home dozens of ideas to energize your preschool classroom.

The Pros and Cons of Online Learning Hillyer 256 Lori Forman-Jacobi This workshop will look at the new phenomenon of online learning for Hebrew and Jewish learning based on the experience gained at The Jewish Journey Project.

We will share our platform called Hebrew Homepage through which we teach 3 courses in Hebrew (with tutors through Zoom) and through which we will teach 4 online courses using edtech tools developed in partnership with JETSIsrael.

4:45-6:15PM

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It’s Not Just About the Program: Thinking About Goals, Outcomes, & Assessment Hillyer 257 Cheryl Magen Everyone needs an easy-to-learn rubric for organizing learning units, balancing budgets, and knowing what success looks like. Come learn about GOPA and how you can incorporate it into your organization to support the work you do. You will learn how to define your goals, and hold yourself and others accountable in clearly articulated and measurable ways. Participants will leave having learned a rubric that can frame the work they do and be easily shared with their staff. Participants are asked to come with a program in mind to use as an example during this highly interactive session. It can be a one-time special program, a curriculum, or an entire school.

Incorporating Calligraphy & Micrography into the Hebrew Classroom Hillyer 111 Rae Antonoff With the high esteem Judaism places in its texts, it’s no surprise that two of the Jewish people’s earliest art forms developed to beautify those texts. Hebrew calligraphy and micrography (or micro-calligraphy) offer a variety of educative opportunities, from hooking students into Jewish history lessons to creating weeks-long micrography projects that can improve handwriting and increase decoding fluency with a more engaging activity than worksheets or drills. We will learn the basic principles of both calligraphy and micrography, have an opportunity to practice both styles, and discuss practical tools for introducing calligraphy and micrography in the classroom, including how to teach them even without being a master calligrapher/micrographer yourself.

NewCAJE Chorale (Part 2) Gray Center: Classroom D Beth Styles Get ready for an exciting chorale experience with Beth Styles. Whether you’re a veteran NewCAJE chorale singer or a first timer, you’re in for a real treat! Beth was the winner of the 2017 NewCAJE Emerging Artist Award and is the founder, composer, and music director of the 30-voice interfaith choir — the “New World Chorus” in Stamford, CT. Beth is known for her ability to fuse the heart of Jewish tradition and contemporary sounds together. We will have 3 dynamic and fun rehearsals that will lead to a our fabulous performance on Tuesday night at the Finale Show.

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Rockin’ Your Jewish Values — Hey Jude, Who Are You? GSU 331 Debby Kinman-Ford What do your school’s Jewish values say about you? This session is designed for program coordinators or administrators looking to expand or revision their program. This interactive workshop will hyper-focus on your school’s Jewish identity, honing in on your most important school values so that everything you do can be done through a Jewish lens. Participants will take away questions to ask themselves, and share examples of successful programs they can use as program design templates for their school.

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4:45-6:15PM

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Hebrew in Harmony in Action Hillyer 221 Terry Kaye, Eliana Light Are you teaching (or just curious about) Hebrew in Harmony, an innovative new curriculum that uses music and other creative modalities (movement, the arts, mindfulness practices, digital activities) to meaningfully engage 4-6th graders in Hebrew and prayer? All 22 prayer modules are now available. Join creative director and author Eliana Light and project manager Terry Kaye to experience a Hebrew in Harmony lesson in action, including how to kick off a lesson and how creative arts and the music of 60+ top Jewish musicians help young people connect to prayer like never before. We’ll play with the fully updated digital application. Bring your devices! Complimentary materials will be distributed. No music skills required!

Creating Moments of Insight and Support: Turning Bar/Bat Mitzvah Prep into a Team Sport Hillyer 246 David Small In this workshop we will consider the challenges of writing Divrei Torah with 12 and 13 year olds. As clergy, teachers, and tutors, we can create an experience that will prepare our students for life beyond the ceremony by giving them life-long skills: listening, public speaking, writing, and supporting peers. At Temple Emanuel in Hartford we show our students how to approach a parashah to discover both textual and personal meanings in the Torah. Come learn this practical and meaningful method.

“Oh, You ONLY Have One Child?”

Supporting Parents Struggling with Secondary Infertility Hillyer 207 Dalia Davis For some parents, dropping off their child at school can be emotionally jarring, not because of separation anxiety, but because while doing so they encounter a barrage of pregnant bellies and occupied strollers. Secondary infertility is when a couple/individual struggles to have a second or third (etc.) child. These parents are often in the midst of other growing families as they attend school functions or social events for their child, and their pain is often minimized and misunderstood since they are already parents. Join this discussion and learn how to support such families by creating environments that are sensitive and inclusive.

Welcoming the Widow, the Orphan and the Stranger: Teaching Jewish Texts in a Politically Diverse World Hillyer 258 Margaret Frisch Klein How can you teach topics like welcoming the widow, the orphan, and the stranger in a world with differing views of whether that is good or even a Jewish value? This session will help participants design project based learning like a community garden that will help all members of a school or community, from the most liberal to the most conservative, from the very young to the very old, to understand Jewish values. We will study Leviticus 19 and part of the Book of Ruth, and then provide samples of projects that have worked in classrooms and in congregations.

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Colliding Dreams: Looking at Israel Through the Eyes of its Inhabitants Hillyer 229 Jan Darsa How do teachers of middle and high school students (and adults) deal with the complexities of Israel? How do we explore difficult and charged conversations raised by students? How can we be honest and balanced while promoting an understanding and appreciation of Israel? We will watch excerpts from a film entitled “Colliding Dreams,” and discuss the role modern Israel has played for the Jewish people as well as the changes that have occurred in the political landscape from 1948 to the present.

Outside of Our Comfort Zones – Mixing Up Our Use of Space to Bring Intentionality to Our Work GSU 333 Mark Young Classes meet in the classroom, and tefillah is taught in the sanctuary or chapel.

Maybe for Sukkot we head outside for a short program in the Sukkah. Going to the same spaces for the same reasons is easy and seems to make sense — but does it make us less intentional as educators? Isn’t it time we mix it up? Join us for an interactive, challenging, and really fun (I promise!) experiential Jewish education workshop that asks us, literally, to get out of our comfort zones, experiment with planning dynamic learning in the not-so-usual spaces, requires us to be more intentional about our educator goals, and honors both the opportunities and challenges of the space around us.

Interactive Instruction: Engaging All Learners Through Differentiation Hillyer 130 Melissa Pescatore How can you reach all of the students in your classroom so that they can learn effectively, regardless of differences in ability? The key is to use differentiated instruction to provide different students with varied avenues to learning. This workshop will explore how to differentiate the content, process, product, and learning environment in the classroom while exposing all students to a range of learning opportunities and experiences. Participants will join in hands-on, interactive activities that are modeled for the classroom, and will leave with a toolkit for incorporating differentiation strategies into their lessons.

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The First Torah in Space, What Lessons Can We Learn From It? Hillyer 138 Rachel Raz One of the first American Jewish astronauts, Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, chose to bring Jewish ritual objects with him into space. Why did he make the choices he did, and why do we make the choices we do? This workshop will begin with compelling footage of Dr. Hoffman that models the priorities and choices each of us must make as Jewish educators. What is critical to teach if we have a limited time? What is most significant to teach the next generation? This workshop covers big ideas In Jewish education and is designed for all educators, no matter the age group or subject matter.

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4:45-6:15PM

Mussar Mixtape: A Hip-Hop Curriculum for the Hip and Not-So-Hip Hillyer 403 Matt Bar, Nina Woldin Have some serious fun with Matt Bar, hip-hop Jewish educator. Experience Chai Mitzvah’s new teen curriculum that is cool and engaging without losing the seriousness of text study, the satisfaction of social action, and the importance of spirituality. Make your own text-based music video. Find out about Chai Mitzvah’s different teen tracks: standard topics and Mussar, and bring back varied, creative activities that are enjoyable and easy to implement.

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Storytime: The Power of Picture Books GSU 335 Ann Koffsky Why is our Torah, Talmud, and tradition so chock-full of stories? What are the ingredients that makes a story so critical to transmitting our values to the next generation? Join author and illustrator Ann Koffsky for a discussion on how and why stories, and picture books, are such a powerful tool for helping our students make meaning. She’ll lead a discussion on what makes a great story, what stories mean to us, and why they have a timeless ability to foster connection between our students and our tradition.

Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Hillyer 217 Debi Himelfarb 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 hands-on training to prepare for their first class and access materials. Connect with other ShalomLearning educators and have fun!

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NEWCAJE ARTSFEST

8:15-10:00PM

Produced by Susan Shane-Linder & Sue Horowitz

Main Stage @ The Tent

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Performances By:

Josh Nelson NewCAJE Hometown Heroes Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff

Artsfest Act 1___

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Trymester Show- Jewish Fertility Journeys Out Loud Dalia Davis, Naomi Less, Shawn Shafner, JessAnn Smith, Beth Styles, and guest keyboardist Sam Glaser

Tent

Have you ever asked yourself: “Where am I in the story?" You don’t know if you are just starting a journey somewhere in the middle or near the end? So it is for many on the path to become a parent. “Where am I in the story” is a song that is part of a multidisciplinary devised theater performance piece, a collaboration project between Uprooted: A Jewish Response to Fertility Journeys and the In[heir]-itance, co-created

by Naomi Less, Dalia Davis, Jon Adam Ross and Chantal Pavageaux and funded by the UJA Federation of New York. Join us for a tapestry of song, dance and narrative.

Bible Raps Matt Bar

Gray Center: 1877 Club

Matt Bar of Bible Raps will be going through the book of Genesis in Rap. Quickly (its rap afterall). Then he'll bring on Poppa Left for some raps written on behalf of Chai Mitzvah's new hip hop fueled Mussar curriculum.

Israeli Dancing Barbara Birenbaum

Konover

Bring shoes to dance in our circle and line up with partners and laugh. When you come dancing with Barbara, you'll find a multi-leveled program with creative options like ribbons and timbrels. You will enjoy a super fun workout with a delightful mix of classic and modern music.

Micrography Rae Antonoff

Hawk Hall 115

Find your calm through the meditative process of micrography! Learn how to create your own works of micro-calligraphy through the process of making our own Meditative Micrography Amulets. No artistic background required: if you can write (in any language, no matter how messy your handwriting), then you can learn micrography!

Pick-Up Choir Ellen Allard

Hawk Hall Lounge

“We’re gonna sing when the spirit says sing!” Join Ellen for an energetic & lively one-time choir rehearsal. And yes, we will perform in the Monday evening show!

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Artsfest Act 2___ Hatikvah: The Musical Sam Glaser

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NewCAJE is proud to present the grand debut of Sam Glaser’s new Israel education-themed musical theater production! Music and Lyrics by Sam Glaser, Book by Emmy Award-winning writer David Sacks.

Singers and Storytellers in the Round Joanie Calem, Jon Colbert, Sara deBeer, Thea Iberall, Lizzie Swann

Gray Center: 1877 Club

Join a group of dynamic group of singer-songwriters and storytellers for an inspirational evening program. Jon, Lizzie, Joanie, Sarah, and Thea will share stories and songs that are filled with depth, humor and joy.

Bible Players: Jewish Comedy and Improv Games Andrew Davies, Aaron Friedman

Hawk's Nest

Micrography Diane Schwindt

Hawk Hall 115

Go back in time. It's 1970 summer camp. The days are hot and the evenings are cool. You'll receive an 8x10 piece of wood, finishing nails, and protective envelope.

There will be an assortment of Judaic patterns and colored string. Camp story telling and singing songs from way back when will be encouraged! Limited to 25.

Laughter Yoga Julie Plaut Warwick

Hawk Hall Lounge

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

11:00PM LATE NIGHT @ NEWCAJE KUMSITZ @ HAWK'S NEST 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.

SOCIAL SCHMOOZE: COOKIE DECORATING @ HAWK'S HALL LOUNGE Hosted by LEEP & the Young Professionals Program!

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Laugh your tuchus off with the Co-Founders of The Bible Players, Andrew Davies and Aaron Friedman. They will share award winning stand up comedy, sketches, and improv games that you won't want to miss.

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TUESDAY JULY 31st

- Dr. Tziporah Jochsberger z"l

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“I wanted to use music as a means to strengthen the identity, to get the feeling that it’s wonderful to be a Jew, to see the beauty in Judaism through the arts.”

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

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TUESDAY, JULY 31st 2018

7:30AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-9:00AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 9:00AM-12:30PM----------------------AM Workshops 1 10:30-11:00AM--------------------------------------Break 10:30AM-6:00PM-----------------------Exhibitor Area 1 11:00AM-12:30PM---------------------AM Workshops 2 12:30-1:55PM--------------------------Lunch/Luncheons 2:00-2:30PM----------------------Community Gathering 2:45-6:15PM----------------------------PM Workshops 1 4:14-4:45PM-----------------------------------------Break 4:45-6:15PM----------------------------PM Workshops 2 6:15-7:45PM----------------------------------------Dinner 7:30PM-----------------------------------Mincha/ Ma’ariv 7:45-8:45PM-----------------------------Exhibitor Area 2 8:15-10:00PM--------------------------Evening Programs 10:00PM-----------------------------Late Night Programs

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7:30AM & 9:00AM-12:00PM

7:30AM MINYAN Morning Minyan Hawk Hall 115

Neil Schwartz

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

WORKSHOP AM1

9:00AM-12:00PM

Seeing Curriculum as Only a Starting Point: A Lesson From the Maccabees Hillyer 401 Shira Hammerman Using the Etgar Yesodi Hanukah unit as a starting point, this session will guide teachers and directors to ask good questions and make educated decisions when implementing existing curricula. It will explore the importance of curriculum in shaping both big picture goals and day-to-day activities while providing tools to modify existing curriculum for individualized contexts. Etgar Yesodi is a 3rd-5th grade integrated Judaics curriculum supplemented by ongoing professional development for teachers. Created under the auspices of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at JTS, it is currently administered by the Jewish Educators Assembly.

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Reggio Emilia 101 Hillyer 256 Ellen Allard, Ronit Ben-Shir Are you new to the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education? If so, please join Ronit Ben-Shir and Ellen Allard as they explore Hanukah through a Reggio lens. Focusing on the image of a child who is curious, intelligent, and engaging will provide you with an opportunity to take a close look at fundamental Reggio values and principles. Learn how the Reggio approach will help deepen and extend learning for children of all ages. This workshop will include a variety of large and small group activities, developmentally appropriate music, discussions, short readings, and videos. We will have an opportunity to view the work of children and teachers, as well as have time for self-reflection on our own practice.

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WORKSHOP AM1

9:00-10:30AM

9:00-10:30AM

Got a Mission? Aligning your Organization’s Values and Structure Hillyer 138 Cheryl Magen Do you ever wonder if your organization is aligned with its mission? Which areas are in sync and which aren’t? What to do once you identify the weaker links?

This workshop is for individuals or staff members from the same organization that want to work together looking at the questions of alignment. Imagine that your Education director, two teachers and/or volunteers could take the bird’s-eye view of how your organization functions as you apply the 7-S model to your operation.

Participants will leave with a sense of whether the staff, systems, structure, or other facets are strong and supporting the mission, and if not, what to focus on for better alignment.

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Inspiring Your Staff by Letting Them Lead – Enhancing Success and Motivating Your Faculty Hillyer 246 Mark Young Geared towards Education Directors, Clergy, and Lay Leadership, and welcome to all, this session challenges us to consider how we can best inspire our staff (i.e. religious school teachers) by putting them in the driver’s seat. Through examining network and social change theory, we will discuss and play with how allowing staff to take the lead in developing and implementing a strong educational vision and programs for the school can enhance their motivation, leading to higher quality learning, and thus happier and more engaged learners and families. We will also draw from best practices in human resource and leadership theory during this interactive and engaging session.

How To Read a Chapter of Torah Hillyer 258 Everett Fox Jewish tradition has provided us with many ways to interpret a biblical text — literal, midrashic, and mystical, to name a few. We will unpack the Torah’s first chapter, focusing on the language, rhythm, repetitions, allusions, and context of the text, as the necessary first steps in understanding what the text might be trying to tell us. Only after establishing what’s on the page can the teacher and student move forward to find their personal meaning in the text.

U Pick: Adapting Innovative Models of Education for Your Synagogue Hillyer 229 Jennifer Goldsmith Are you looking to change the educational model for your learners but you don’t know how to begin? Are you interested in implementing new and exciting learning opportunities but aren’t sure of the possibilities? This workshop will introduce you to three innovative proven models of learning (Shabbat Family, Chavurah-style and Camp-like) that can be adapted to fit the needs of your community.

Hear success stories from congregations across North America, explore model descriptions, and begin to unpack a framework that can lead to new and impactful education at your synagogue.

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Celebrating the Beauty & Delight of the Alef Bet Hillyer 207 Nancy Katz Hebrew is a beautiful and poetic language, but have you ever taken the time to take a close look at and/or to play with the letters themselves? We will view a wide sampling of artful Hebrew lettering and use simple art materials to explore and celebrate the letters themselves, OURSELVES. You will leave the workshop with a variety of new ways to engage students of all ages with the ancient language of our people.

(K)no(w) Guitar? No Problem!

GSU 333 Sylvia Bloom Want to make beautiful Jewish music with your students but feel reluctant because you don’t play guitar/piano/uke? Do you play an instrument but you’d like to find some new ways to make music with kids? This workshop offers hands-on experience in how to work musically with groups, both with and without inexpensive props like shaker eggs, rhythm sticks, etc. We’ll talk about group dynamics, how to lead songs, developmental stages and differences, how to use madrichim, and more. Open to all educators and musicians, from novice to experienced.

Healing Music: Connection and Inclusion GSU 331 Chava Mirel Whether in a classroom or a boardroom, music can bring us into closer connection, allowing us to explore deeper forms of communication, and breaking down the walls that separate us. Learn how to create a safe space for vulnerability with beautiful singing and a focus on inclusive practices.

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And You Shall Tell Your Children: Examining “Second Generation” Holocaust Testimony Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Avinoam Patt Over the past thirty years, a growing body of literature has documented the lasting effects of the Holocaust on the children and grandchildren of survivors. Various studies have pointed to the intergenerational transmission of both trauma and resilience in the families of survivors, while indicating the central impact of the Holocaust in identity development among the next generations. With the passing of the survivor generation, amidst rising anxiety about how to continue to tell the stories of survivors, self-identified “second and third generation” descendants of survivors have created organizations around the world determined to keep the stories of their loved ones alive. Yet, many of these groups have struggled to tell the stories of their parents and grandparents. While some children have made telling and retelling the stories of parents and grandparents a focal point of family lore, creating elaborate familial ceremonies to guarantee memorialization, other children within the same family have done exactly the opposite, creating an emotional distance from the subject matter. This workshop will examine some of the reasons for this growing impulse to re-tell, and will also evaluate the discrepancies between families in sharing the initial findings from the In Our Own Words oral history project at the University of Hartford.

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No Mixing of Fibers Here!

Hillyer 221 Diane Schwindt Learn a craft, create a ritual object, AND learn about Jewish law — all with the same project. Participants in this hands-on workshop will create or design a hand-felted kipah/yarmulke. While we learn about about felting, we’ll also learn about shatnes — the issue of mixing fibers. This course will allow educators to connect with their own inner creativity to inspire their students to create something unique for themselves that connects with their own Jewish journey. The technique of felting can be done with middle and high school students. Materials and a resource list will be provided.

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The NEXT Big Thing in Professional Development for Jewish Teachers Hillyer 111 Dina Maiben Do you dream of offering in-depth professional development for your faculty but lack the time and resources to make it happen? NEXT (New EXcellent Teacher Training) is the answer to your prayers! A program of Gratz College that provides short courses designed especially for teachers in supplementary Jewish schools, each course runs between 3 and 6 weeks and is taught by a master teacher who has worked extensively in this unique setting. NEXT classes are online and asynchronous making them ideal for busy teachers who can have the opportunity to learn any time — day or night!

More Good Questions: Next Level Lenses of Questioning Hillyer 134 Batsheva Frankel Perhaps you took the first Lenses of Questioning workshop already and tried it in your classroom — ready to take the next step? Or need a refresher or reinforcement on this proven methodology? In this interactive workshop, we will explore even more creative and engaging activities, including integrating Lenses of Questioning with technology to promote deeper learning. Bring a device and be ready for fun.

No perquisite required. (See Good Questions Are the Answer for description).

Stamp Your Way Through Israel Hillyer 130 Rachel Raz The stamps of Israel are works of art that document the history of the country and its culture in a special way. They portray a rich collection of memories of the past and hope for the future. Each stamp is a small window into the heritage, culture, and vision characterizing the tapestry of the Israeli experience. We will explore some of these beautiful stamps to uncover what they represent and learn how to share them with our students and their families. For all educators.

Teaching Text Through Movement GSU 339 Jeff Hoffman, Michael Kasper There are many roads to the royal kingdom. Using movement creatively offers participants an opportunity to develop sensibilities otherwise missed when studying text in the classical style. New doorways to understanding open when we experience old text in a new way. Everyone is welcome. Absolutely no prior movement or dance training is required.

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Jewish Disability Awareness Programs Hillyer 132 Gary Alpert, Ilana Garber Experience what students in grades 3-8 in Jewish congregational and Jewish day schools are learning using Gateway’s Ambassadors For Inclusion programs. You will be lead through a condensed version of the Deafness unit (1 of 10 units), which includes an introductory presentation, Jewish Text study, simulation activities, as well as a speaker to share his story. Exploring the benefits of this disability awareness curriculum, you will learn how you can bring it back to your school as part of the overall inclusion initiative. #OnwardHebrew: Join the Conversation Hillyer 257 Nachama Moskowitz Five years ago, Hebrew Through Movement burst onto the national scene, touching thousands of students and energizing hundreds of part-time/congregational programs across North America. This shift in the culture of Hebrew learning led a handful of education directors to experiment with other changes to their programs that are making a huge difference in children’s confidence, competence, and attitudes to Hebrew learning. This workshop will share the experiences of those who founded the #OnwardHebrew movement, explain the pillars of this approach (including soundto-print learning) and provide steps that can help your educational program explore its power for your students and teachers.

To Save a Life or Not? The Ethics of Organ Donation in Jewish Law Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 309 Richard Freund, Lindsay Katz We will examine and discuss a variety of Jewish texts relating to organ and marrow donation. On the one hand, we learn that our body must be fully “intact” when we are buried. On the other, we are taught that human life is invaluable, and we can do anything to save another person. We will pick apart the texts, Talmudic learnings, and wives tales relating to organ donation. Come hear from a bone marrow transplant recipient and author of multiple books on Jewish ethics as we discuss the multi facets to organ donation.

Veshinantam: Shema as an Interactive Framework for Teaching and Learning GSU 335 Aileen Heiman Shema is not just something that we are commanded to teach our children, but a roadmap for how we teach and engage with text and tradition. Through hevruta (paired) learning, discussion, games, and movement, we will delve into a deeper understanding of what we are being commanded to do in the Shema. We will explore what it means to listen and to teach, and how the themes of Shema and her blessings provide a foundation for teaching the broader concepts of Jewish thought and practice.

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Connection to Prayer: Incorporating Spirituality into Your Prayer Curriculum Hillyer 217 Ronni Ticker In addition to teaching skills, it is imperative that we connect our students (and their parents) to prayer if we want to nurture spirituality and cultivate mindfulness. How do we balance Keva (fixed prayer) and Kavanah (intention) in our schools? Do you think this is important but unsure how to find time when there are so many prayers to teach? Come to this session to explore alternatives for bringing spirituality to our children in their increasingly stressful lives. Lesson plans on various prayer themes will be shared.

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The Real Message of Hanukah, and How it Applies Today Hillyer 134 Jonathan Wolf The events which we commemorate on the holiday of Hanukah involved not only a victorious guerrilla campaign against a ruling empire, but also dramatic, even violent clashes between groups of fellow Jews. Who are the analogous camps of Hellenizers and Hasmoneans in our time? Would we reformers, modernizers, and pluralists arouse the wrath of Mattathias & sons? We will study excerpts from the Book of Maccabees, rabbinic texts, and writings of modern scholars to consider how the historical rifts of Hanukah resonate for us.

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Edible Judaism: Discovering Hanukah Through the Flora of the Torah Hillyer 130 Bill Kaplan Come experience Hanukah 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 Hanukah 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.

EnLIGHTening Hanukah Tales & Techniques: Bringing the Light into Today’s World Hillyer 229 Judith Black, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz This participatory workshop will present and apply themes of Hanukah to your life, your students, congregations, and communities. Hear three well-known storytellers as they introduce and share repertoire for Hanukah from folktales, sacred, and personal narratives; explore world-wide and new minhagim and rituals; and tell Hanukah tales. Handouts will be provided.

Do You Believe in Miracles?

Hillyer 217 Sandra Lilienthal We frequently speak about the Jewish miracles: the Exodus from Egypt, the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, the saving of the Jews from Haman, the oil that lasted 8 days, the sun that did'nt set, and many more! But what about today? What about us? Have we witnessed miracles? What IS a miracle according to our tradition? We'll examine different sources from past and present to better understand the Jewish view of miracles.

Be the Light (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Hillyer 138 Jennifer Schwartzman Hanukah themes are our guide through a sample lesson about self-identity. This hands-on approach to embracing and exploring Jewish values through STEM/ STEAM activities makes learning fun, and encourages students and their families to see the world through Jewish eyes.

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The Other Hanukah Story: A New, Old Flame GSU 333 Shawn Shafner This year let’s light a new Hanukah fire by reviving an old flame! The story of the Maccabees rededication of the temple is not the only Hanukah story; there’s another Hanukah miracle about buried holy fire and spontaneous combustion in the return from the Babylonian exile. In this experiential workshop, we’ll learn the story and explore a multitude of arts-based tools through which to unpack the tale. Plus, we’ll explore other ways to innovate on the same old Hanukah curriculum with traditional texts, contemporary narratives, and creative curricula.

Teaching with Art in Your Jewish Classroom Hillyer 207 Ann Koffsky Come doodle and draw with artist and editor Ann Koffsky. Join Ann for a taste of the newest 4-6th grade Jewish holiday curriculum, “Make, Create, Celebrate!”

(Behrman House, 2018). Using a lesson on Hanukah directly from the course, you’ll make your own artwork and discover new ways to use art appreciation and creation in your Jewish classroom. We’ll discuss the unique ability that the arts have to spark creative imagination and deep reflection, and you’ll have the opportunity to try a hands-on project and become an artist yourself. Participants will be entered to win copies of “Make, Create, Celebrate.” No art experience required!

Singin’ Hanukah Songs in July!

GSU 331 Lisa Baydush, Susan Shane-Linder We will share customs, traditions, and Hanukah songs that the entire family will enjoy. We’ll sing “Oh Hanukah” and “Dreidel,” but did you know there are so many more? Come hear some “oldies but goodies” and learn a few new ones to teach your students and share with your family at home. If we don’t teach and sing these songs, who will? We’ll set the AC to 40 so it’ll feel like winter. Someone bring hot cocoa and marshmallows! We highly recommend a recording device to capture all the tunes.

Spiritual Secrets of Chanukah for All Ages Hillyer 403 Sam Glaser Chanukah isn’t just for kids! What is the connection of Chanukah and the High Holidays? Why do we light by the front door or window? What is unique about the Chanukah candles? Why do we need a Shamash? What is the connection between Chanukah and finding a soul mate? How about insights into Chanukah vs. Christmas? All these questions and more will be discussed, and we’ll sing Chanukah songs too!

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Family Programming for Hanukah: Learning Long-Term Planning for Holidays Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 309 Cherie Koller-Fox In this workshop we will think about Hanukah from the perspective of families.

What do they want to know to be able to celebrate Hanukah 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 Hanukah programs will be shared.

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Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish: Hanukah and Jewish Identity Hillyer 246 Nina Woldin How far would you go in publicly displaying your Jewish identity? Assimilation has many faces historically and personally for the Jewish people. The Hanukah story reveals these internal tensions that are very much alive today. Discover ways to help your teens explore times when Jews were forced to reveal their Judaism, and times when Jews freely identified publicly. We will share use of historical visuals, role play, and experiential techniques to encourage a lively and personal discussion.

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The Hanukah Files: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?

Hillyer 132 Paul Solyn Hanukah isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Torah, nor is it anywhere in the Tanakh, so how do we know about it and where do we learn how to celebrate it? Where do we begin when we can’t start in Scripture? We’ll learn a selection of the non-canonical literature that does include it, plus rabbinic sources that deal with it. We’ll also collaborate in devising approaches to incorporate them into teaching adults and children.

From the December Dilemma to the December Delights: Historical Insights and Practical Ideas Hillyer 111 Keren McGinity This workshop will provide a brief historical overview of what is commonly referred to as the December Dilemma, and explain how it has been represented in American culture and interfaith life. It will trace how the meaning has changed over time, from the first Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center to the invention of the faux “Chrismukkah” holiday. Most importantly, for Jewish educators who have interfaith families in their schools and congregations, this workshop will offer vital suggestions by considering whether syncretism, or blending, is a solution or a concern. How can communities and interfaith families turn the dilemma into delights?

Yoga Shalom: The Embodiment of Prayer GSU 335 Lisa Levine Yoga Shalom is a unique worship experience that combines kavannot, yoga asana, and chant together in a restorative mind, body, and spirit practice. Yoga Shalom is for everyone and can be done sitting in a chair, with those of limited abilities as well as with those with advanced Yoga experience. Linking the sefirot to the imagery of the body, balance and insight toward inner peace are primary in Yoga Shalom, while the practice of sacred chant is fully integrated. Open your heart, quiet your mind, and restore your spirit with Yoga Shalom! Bring a mat or towel, and dress comfortably!

The Mitzvah Menorah and the Rabbi Who Plays Santa Claus Hillyer 258 Kevin Kleinman Hanukah is not just about receiving, it’s an opportunity to teach the Jewish value of giving. We will learn how to include mitzvah moments in the celebration of Jewish holidays, in your home, in your synagogue, and in your community. We will share best practices for bringing to life the values we teach about Tikkun Olam, making the world a better place. This workshop is geared towards educators who work with elementary and middle school aged children, but all who attend will find it meaningful and have tangible skills to bring back to wherever they work and live.

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WHAT IS A LUNCHEON? Luncheons are a way to make a large conference feel smaller and more intimate.

Each luncheon will be a gathering of people who have something in common, from the same job to interest in a particular topic. This is not a workshop, but rather a facilitated conversation. You will also have an opportunity at lunch to sign up for an ongoing community of practice.

Boxed lunches will be available in the Gray Center: 1877 Club for participants attending luncheon sessions. Please note that the boxed lunches are on a first-come, first-serve basis. If they run out, go to the Commons to get a hot lunch.

Cantor Educators Gray Center: Classroom D Jeri Robins For those of you who hold the title Cantor or cantorial soloist and educator. Come and meet your hevra and discuss common issues and best practices.

Day School Teachers & Administrators Gray Center: Classroom C Come meet your hevra and discuss common issues and the latest innovations with other Day School educators from across the country.

Hebrew College Alumni and Students Commons: PDR Rachel Raz This luncheon, sponsored by Hebrew college, is a get together for alumni and students of all Hebrew College programs, past and current. Rachel Raz will be present to welcome you.

Informal Educators Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 309 Are you a youth group leader, camp person, after school educator etc.? There are so many opportunities for informal education. Join others who are out there doing what you do to discuss best practices.

Luncheon Concert Tent Michael Kates There will be live music and an open mike in the Tent, so bring your instrument.

Michael Kates of The Baal Shem Tones will be master of ceremonies, and some of your favorite musicians will also drop by.

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Discussion on Gender Gray Center: Library - Woods Room Chana Rothman Gender is a wide ranging topic in Jewish education today. Everything from how we read ancient texts that offend modern sensibilities to how do we welcome LGBTQ+ students into our classrooms. Come talk with other thoughtful people about this important subject.

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Maggid Educators Gray Center: Classroom B Judith Black During this luncheon, faculty and past students of the Jewish Spiritual Education/ Maggid Educator Program will share stories and teachings. This luncheon is for people considering learning how to be a maggid — a person trained as a sacred storyteller who educates and guides. The Institute for Jewish Spiritual Education program teaches more than fifty Jewish spiritual practices, spiritual guidance, mussar practices, meditation and the arts, and curriculum development. Faculty members of the program will share some of these practices with you, as well as briefly describe their program.

Next Year in Portland Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Sydney Backer, Cherie Koller-Fox You are invited to this luncheon if you want to be part of the planning of next year’s conference in Portland. If you are from Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, or San Francisco we’d especially love to see you at this luncheon. We will describe the opportunities that are available for you to get involved, and want you to share your ideas for how to make the conference better than ever. Cherie Koller-Fox will be moderating.

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Principal’s Luncheon Gray Center: 1877 Club Amy Ripps, Ronni Ticker All principals are invited to join their colleagues in a discussion of questions facing us today as heads of Jewish schools. For example: how do we deal with the demand to shorten school hours? Find others who can advise and support you.

Small Schools Gray Center: Classroom A Melissa Herman, Erika Levy This luncheon is for those of you who work in small schools. Come meet your hevra and discuss the common challenges and triumphs of working in your unique communities.

So You Want to Be a Rabbi!

Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 300 Jeff Hoffman This luncheon is for those who are considering going to rabbinical school. (Those considering cantorial school may also wish to attend.) There will be representatives there from nearly every rabbinical school in the country, so you will be able to ask questions and join in discussions about the choice of becoming clergy and which school might be right for you. Jeff Hoffman of AJR New York will be moderating.

The Changing Demands of Parents & How to Cope With Them Gray Center: Starbucks Julie Schwarzwald, Abi Taylor-Abt This luncheon is for a thoughtful group of educators and teachers who want to discuss how parents are altering schools, and the best practices for addressing these challenges.

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Tune-In & Tune-Up: A Spiritual Resetting of Your Soul Naomi Less, Eliana Light, Chava Mirel Something new this year. After lunch and before class, we will all gather as one community in the Tent and spend contemplative moments together — sitting, singing, pausing, digesting what we’ve learned and readying and opening ourselves to what learning is around the corner. Using music to rejuvenate our souls, we will find the holy. Though not a formal service by any means, there will be an opportunity during our time together to say Kaddish.

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Using Video Production to Teach Jewish Concepts and Content Hillyer 403 Mike Dorfman, Alan Rudt In the Fall of 2017, students at Zeman Religious School in South Orange, New Jersey began producing a web show called “The Weekly Bagel.” This intensely funny web series served not only to update parents on happenings within the school, but served as an amazing way to engage ALL students in the curricular topics and Jewish content covered by each episode. Join Religious School Director Mike Dorfman and educator Alan Rudt for this hands-on workshop. You will learn everything needed to bring this exciting program to your school: how to write show run-downs, create production teams, shoot great video on cheap equipment, edit video, and more. Everything will be taught through the lens of teaching “Hebrew School” with all its requirements and constraints.

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Building an Inclusive Classroom Hillyer 401 David Farbman Intended for directors and classroom teachers alike, this is a survey course of inclusive education. We will unpack how teachers can structure their lesson plans to ensure that all students are learning. Participants will explore how each of the main components of the lesson plan (objectives, activators, activities/methodology, differentiation, assessment, and summarizer) can be developed in ways that take into account different learning needs and, importantly, help to build a classroom culture that values each learner. The workshop will be highly interactive, including activities to develop the participants’ thinking around how to optimize inclusion.

Participants can expect to add new “tools” to their toolbox of teaching strategies and learn a framework for developing individual lessons and whole courses.

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Jewish Learning to Help Us Thrive Hillyer 217 Jennifer Goldsmith As Jewish educators we all want to help our learners thrive, but how? What does science have to offer us on this topic? What can we learn from educators testing this in the field? You will be introduced to the basics of Positive Psychology, and how it can help you and your staff create a culture where learners can draw on their Jewishness to live more meaningful, fulfilling, and responsible lives. This practical session will not only help you support your constituents, but will also give you strategies to help you and your team thrive.

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Adjusting to Shrinking Numbers in Our Schools and How to Fix Them Hillyer 221 Eyal Bor, Hana Bor In recent years enrollment has declined, schools are downsizing, and some closed altogether. Our school has confronted the same challenges as other schools, but with positive results. Lay leaders and the professional team joined together to rethink strategies to reach out to new families beyond the radius of the school. We began neighborhood schools and created a special program for parents while the children attended class. Come and learn how our school has successfully implemented creative plans which brought new students, families, and members into the Synagogue.

Project Based Learning — What is it, Really?

Hillyer 229 Andrea Kasper Project Based Learning, it’s all the buzz but do we really know what it is? In an hour and a half participants will learn about the essential elements of PBL and think through the fundamental aspects of a PBL Unit.

Pennies for Heaven: Lessons from the History of Financing Jewish Education Hillyer 258 Daniel Judson Looking at synagogue board minutes, school committee records, and other historical artifacts, we will examine how Jewish education has been financed in American Jewish history. Through this exploration we can learn about how the American Jewish community has historically valued Jewish education, and some lessons about contemporary financing.

Simcha Spa! Hillyer 138 Ira & Julia Levin Re”joy”venate your spirit, your practice, and your students’ love of Judaism as we honor one of its great values, Joy. Join The Levins for this refreshing interactive presentation of songs, stories, humor, and tools for Jewish educators of all levels conveying the beauty of Judaism. Teaching with joy offers the opportunity for understanding and appreciation to take root, grow with love, and blossom into a lifelong connection. Come sing and participate in educational elation! “What we learn with joy, we never forget.”

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Tot Shabbat: It’s NOT ‘Just’ for Tots Hillyer 134 Emily Teck We will explore the crucial but sometimes neglected adult education element of services for families with young children. Participants will learn how and why they should integrate parent education and engagement into programs designed for young children. We will review literature and research that will help us understand the developmental stages of adults who are at the beginning of their journey navigating parenthood, as well as typical preferences and concerns of parents who attend “Tot Shabbat” programs. Examples of successful and not-so-successful attempts to engage and educate adults will be shared to provide invaluable insights.

Altnuelang: Hebrew – The Next Generation Hillyer 207 Hilla Drechler What is the meaning of Hebrew today? How can we teach the language in a fun way? We will discuss the contemporary meaning of the Hebrew language and its relevance to diaspora youth. Then we’ll experience practical and experiential tools for learning the language, while demonstrating the possibilities of using authentic materials and technological aids.

Edible Shtetl: Using Picture Books in Holocaust Curriculum Hillyer 246 Rachel Alemany, Jeanette Lazer Picture books can be used to enhance any curriculum, even a subject as difficult as the Holocaust, by providing a unique opportunity to engage students verbally and visually. In a picture book unit on life in the Shtetl, we can examine the communities destroyed in the Holocaust to gain understanding of fundamental Jewish values. We can honor the victims of the Holocaust by remembering how they lived. In this session, participants will experience the process that culminates in the building of a Shtetl model. A bibliography of suggested readings will be provided.

Reading a Psalm Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Everett Fox The Psalms are difficult but beloved texts. Studying them closely is rewarding, intellectually and spiritually. We will look closely at a Psalm, chapter 39, which does not appear in the Siddur but is well worth our attention in its portrayal of the human condition. By the way, Brahms loved it too.

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The Magic of the Shoresh Hillyer 333 Chana Stein Hebrew is a magical language based on root words. All too often in the Hebrew school classroom the emphasis is placed upon the demonstration of skills rather than the understanding of the depth of what we are reading. We will search through Torah and Tfillah texts to look for simple and deeper meanings to form the connections we, as participants, crave. We will closely examine 2-3 prayers and texts, focusing on the shorashim to enable students to connect to other prayers and reach for sprituality found within the multiple meanings. Participants will gain the skills to build the concepts found within those words and apply them in their own classrooms.

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Preschool Piggy-Backs: Easy Songs to Sing Hillyer 111 Lisa Baydush Are you a non-music teacher searching for ways to bring music into your preschool classroom? Are you daunted by the idea of singing with your students, in need of songs that you can remember? Come learn adaptations to classic songs with early childhood music specialist Lisa Baydush, who will share easy songs that will delight and engage your students, but don’t require musical skills! Bring your inner child and be prepared to have fun!

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Imagining Tefillah in Technicolor: Amidah for Friday Night GSU 339 Jeff Hoffman This is an opportunity to study Jewish prayer text through drawing with oil pastel crayons, though it should be emphasized that no previous artistic experience is necessary. The goal is not to create great art, but rather to produce a commentary on a prayer using drawing instead of the more conventional and linear approach using words. This invites new modalities to the study of text for all students, and also makes students who are artistically inclined feel more welcome than the usual left-brain dominant approaches. We will study the Shabbat Amidah for Friday night through historical and literary inquiry, and then participants will be challenged to sum up their interpretation through drawing.

Bringing Prayer to Children without Making it Childish Hillyer 257 Joel Hoffman How do we convey the richness of our prayer tradition in a way that’s accessible to children? How do we make the prayers simple enough to understand without dumbing them down? How do we take material that is often taught in graduate school and repackage it for supplemental school? And how do we teach liturgy in a way that encourages students to learn more? Come learn some secrets for mastering this tricky balancing act. You’ll take home new tricks, and even a new appreciation for some of our most common prayers.

Diving into Text Hillyer 256 Nancy Rosen Teachers will have the opportunity to engage in text study and create a toolbox of approaches, strategies, and activities to help students discover the joy of text study as they discover their own places in biblical and rabbinic texts. This workshop is geared for 3rd grade and up. Hebrew and/or previous text experience is not required.

How to (Not) Talk About G!D Hillyer 132 Eliana Light 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. We’ll put the “!” in G!D, expanding a limiting word and making room for our beliefs, struggles, and questions.

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Energizing Tweens & Teens with The Prism Project Hillyer 130 Nachama Moskowitz The Prism Project begins with a visitor presenting a conundrum to students, something that s/he wonders about. A board member might ask, “How can our congregation better ‘love our neighbors as ourselves’?” or the local science center’s director could ask, “How does Judaism influence science and science influence Judaism?” With the help of curated materials, students are empowered to research answers to the question, and then present back to the visitor on the unit’s last day. Workshop participants will briefly immerse in a Prism, and then explore the principles of PBL that engage and energize learning. All materials are available for free download.

Social Justice in My Community GSU 331 Chana Rothman How do I build my chevreh — my people who are right in there with me as we try to make change in our synagogue/school/camp/community? How do we sustain ourselves and get the whole family involved? We will explore these questions and develop our toolbox for making social change with joy, music, struggle, and closeness.

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Human Resources: Creating and Sustaining a Team of Super Heroes Hillyer 258 Debby Kinman-Ford This workshop is designed for people wanting to rethink how they build teams or redesign their HR world. Topics covered will be: building a culture by knowing what your staff wants before they do, creative benefits when you don’t have money, ways to grow your staff, and other ideas to make a team of super heroes at your school. Participants will learn practical questions to ask themselves about their team and school, and how to allow themselves to dream big. We will also explore resources to keep yourself ahead of the curve. HR takes up the most time in a director’s day — learn to make it amazing.

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Creating Social Connectors: How to Sell Your Vision and Create Buy-In with Parents and Lay Leaders Hillyer 229 Jennifer Goldsmith Who are your cheerleaders? How can you harness their energy and strengths to move your vision forward? Learn to tap into existing social networks among your families and lay leaders to create a willing base of participants for innovative educational work. This workshop will help you: tap into the relational ties and deep hopes of your families to accelerate the changes you envision; share key data with your board, parents, learners, and clergy to build excitement around change and innovation; think through how to use your social networks to support and spread the word about the innovative learning that is happening.

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Educator Awards: How Do They Work?

Gray Center: Classroom B Nora Gorenstein The Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education is a program that partners with Jewish communities across North America to create local Jewish educator awards. Learn about how to bring this program to your community, share your feedback, and brainstorm about what other large initiatives can make our Jewish educators feel appreciated.

Mitzvoteinu: Creating Meaningful Group B’nai Mitzvah Projects Hillyer 256 Kevin Kleinman I will share the secrets to revolutionizing your B’nai Mitzvah project requirement!

Over the past five years, I have developed and implemented Mitzvoteinu, smallgroup B’nai Mitzvah projects that students work on together. These projects are supported by lay leaders and clergy. They connect to the ongoing Tikkun Olam work already in place in your synagogue. All they need is somebody like you to be the organizational driving force. I will help you be that force! This workshop is geared toward anybody who works with pre-B’nai Mitzvah age students, but all are welcome to attend.

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Best Practices for Teaching Bible GSU 333 Galya Greenberg This workshop is intended for elementary and middle school Bible teachers in both day school and supplementary school settings. We will study two short texts together (one narrative and one legal) and explore how to select from among various approaches and interpretive stances towards text, based upon the goals that have been set for the students. Teachers will expand their “toolbox” of methodologies, and consider when and how to use each approach.

“He Said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash Hillyer 207 Sara deBeer Ever wonder what was going on in the mind of Moses as he raised his staff, hoping the sea would part? Or what Leah was thinking when she decided to give a fertility root to her sister, Rachel? Participants in this workshop will work in a group as well as individually to create poetic monologues imagining what different people in the Tanakh might have been thinking at key moments in their narratives. No prior knowledge in writing (or Torah) necessary. Attendees will gain knowledge of a new way to engage with texts of all types.

Taking it Outside Hillyer 134 Lisa Kritz Taking it outside — an introduction to nature classrooms, nature curriculum, and creating open-ended play that encourages healthy risk taking in a Jewish setting.

Explore the types of nature curriculum and approaches through a Jewish lens, and explore the most basic steps for getting started and integrated more Nature into preschool, early elementary and religious school programs. Explore examples of Jewish nature classrooms found in Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox settings.

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Experiential Education via Augmented and Virtual Reality Hillyer 132 Barbara Biran, Yifat Mukades Experiential education has been part of Jewish education for many decades. Mostly it is being associated with summer camps and being confused with informal education. In this session we will explore what experiential education is, and how our learners engage, play, and learn in today’s technological world. We will discuss the possibility of expanding the boundaries of traditional experiential education to include experiences derived from emerging technologies, digital gaming, and immersive technologies like virtual and augmented Reality. In this session participants will experience these technologies first-hands, discuss how it can help transform Jewish and Israel experiential education, and explore the benefits it holds for Jewish learners across the board.

A New Commemoration that Will Change Your View of Yom HaShoah Hillyer 246 Deborah Fripp This new Seder-like Yom HaShoah ceremony aims to recognize that once again evil people tried to kill us, but they failed. We are still here and we celebrate our survival, even as we honor our lost and remember the terrible things that happened to us.

This ceremony can be used in many settings, including religious schools, community commemorations, youth groups, day schools, and community organizations.

It is a powerful, poignant, and yet uplifting ceremony that creates rituals around this important memorial that go beyond the need for survivors and speakers.

Sh’ma HA HA Hillyer 221 Julie Plaut Warwick This program is designed to help your religious school students better read the Hebrew in the prayers that they are working on. First, we will read the prayer on its own without laughing. Then we will Laugh on every vowel while pointing to the words. After we laugh with the Prayer, we will return to doing it without any laughter. Every time I have facilitated this program the Hebrew reading gets much better, the kids and teachers have an amazing time, and learning is FUN!! It is emphasized to the students that we do not laugh the prayers in services — except perhaps on PURIM!

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Processing for Educators & Their Students: Creative, Tachlis Ideas for the Glue that Holds Learning Together Hillyer 217 Tamara Rebick As educators, we carefully craft our learning outcomes, design meaningful learning experiences, and build-in tools for reflection, assessment, and evaluation.

What about a lesson plan makes learning intentionally transformative? What happens with our own learning that often comes from teaching others? This session is based on a very compelling experiential education theory that not only breaks down the system of processing, but also presents the opportunity to solidify transformative learning and personal agency. Participants will explore, apply, and practice using this model in their current work, and leave the workshop with a new mindset for the processing component of any lesson.

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NewCAJE Chorale (Part 3) Gray Center: Classroom C Beth Styles Get ready for an exciting chorale experience with Beth Styles. Whether you’re a veteran NewCAJE chorale singer or a first timer, you’re in for a real treat! Beth was the winner of the 2017 NewCAJE Emerging Artist Award and is the founder, composer, and music director of the 30-voice interfaith choir — the “New World Chorus” in Stamford, CT. Beth is known for her ability to fuse the heart of Jewish tradition and contemporary sounds together. We will have 3 dynamic and fun rehearsals that will lead to a our fabulous performance on Tuesday night at the Finale Show.

Teaching Holidays and Tradition Through Music and Song Hillyer 138 Susan Shane-Linder I will be sharing the art of teaching holidays and traditions to our younger children. There is no age limits to teaching children about the stories of the Jewish people through fun, catchy, and interactive stories and songs. Children of ALL ages can learn about their customs, heritage, and religion from the moment they’re born. You just have to know how to tell them. The stories grow as they grow. They should begin learning about their heritage from infancy, and continue to celebrate it throughout their lives.

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When Marshmallows Fly... (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) GSU 331 Jennifer Schwartzman What can basic engineering teach us about courage? This hands-on approach to embracing and exploring Jewish values through STEM/STEAM activities makes learning fun, and encourages students and their families to see the world through Jewish eyes. Purim themes and modern day heroes guide us through this exciting sample lesson. *Plans to promote a product* Jewish Joy 101 Gray Center: Classroom D Sam Glaser What key ideas must be explored by Jewish students of all ages? We will analyze and demystify such concepts as simcha, nachat, shefa, b’chira, middot, bitachon, and kedusha. All these and more are explored in the opening “Judaism 101” section of Sam’s book, “The Joy of Judaism.” Utilizing the wisdom of Tanach, Pirkei Avot, and Chassidut, participants will grasp techniques for sharing joy, depth, and life satisfaction. No knowledge of Hebrew necessary — prepare to sing, laugh, and study.

Jewish Teen Leadership Hillyer 257 Deb Kardon Let’s explore ways to elevate leadership training through a Jewish lens. What do Miriam and the Dancing Man video have in common? How can we connect prophets to a Lollipop moment? Let’s explore leadership styles through a Jewish lens. How can Jewish values be integrated to elevate leaders? What role can Israel have in the development of leadership skills?

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Ancient Answers to Good and Evil That Were Cut From the Bible GSU 335 Joel Hoffman Did you know that there’s a second half to the Adam and Eve story? It deals with our lives as adults and explores the nature of life and loss, of joy and suffering. But it was cut from the Bible. There’s a book about Abraham’s life as a child. It, too, was cut. There’s a book about Enoch which was required reading 2,000 years ago, until the decision was made to delete it from the Bible. We’ll look at these and other books from the Bible’s cutting room floor: the way they explore the nature of our lives and the roles of good and evil.

Pedagogy of the Ages, According to the Sages GSU 339 Paul Solyn Is your mental image of a traditional Jewish teacher a man of a certain age, with no pedagogical skills, who frequently utters the ancient teacher’s curse, “May you grow up to be a teacher and have students exactly like you”? If so, think again.

Classic Jewish texts contain a lot of guidance about pedagogy. We will examine examples from the Talmud, Mishneh Torah, and other sources, along with analyzing the ultimate Jewish work of pedagogy—the Passover Hagaddah. We’ll work together to define authentic Jewish principles of teaching, and strategize to incorporate them in our own work.

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8:15-10:00PM

NEWCAJE IN CONCERT

8:15-10:00PM Lincoln Theater

Produced by beth Styles and Sue Horowitz

ACT 1: AHAVAH ECHAD/ONE LOVE

With Performances By:

The Baal Shem Tones, Ellen’s Choir, Sam Glaser, Jeff Klepper, Ira & Julia Levin, Peninnah Schramm ACT 2: B’YACHAD K’ECHAD/TOGETHER AS ONE

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With Performances By:

Neshama Carlebach, Nefesh Mountain, NewCAJE Chorale, Beth Styles

10:00PM

LATE NIGHT @ NEWCAJE KUMSITZ @ HAWK'S NEST 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.

SOCIAL SCHMOOZE: ART NIGHT @ HAWK'S HALL LOUNGE Hosted by LEEP & the Young Professionals Program!

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st

- Rabbi Neil Gillman z"l

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“Theology is not only an academic discipline; the sheer experience of living everyday life forces all of us to confront theological issues. It is the responsibility of the rabbi or educator to raise these private ruminations into conscious awareness."

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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th 2017

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7:30AM------------------------------------------Shacharit 7:30-9:00AM-------------------------------------Breakfast 9:00AM-2:30PM--------------------Final Exhibitor Area 9:00AM-12:30PM----------------------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 2:30-5:30PM------------------------------LEEP Program

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7:30AM & 9:00AM-12:00PM

7:30AM MINYAN Morning Minyan Hawk Hall 115

Neil Schwartz

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

WORKSHOP AM1 9:00AM-12:00PM Conversations on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Hillyer 256 Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman Frequently frustrating and contentious, conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are usually avoided. Is this the best strategy? How can we entertain multiple perspectives without conceding loyalty to Israel? If dialogue and debate are at the heart of Jewish study, why must we all agree on this topic? This safe, non-judgmental, practical workshop is designed for rabbis, teachers, administrators, and anyone wanting to know how to be an effective facilitator and handle multiple narratives without creating polarization. Learn effective ways to foster meaningful, pro-Israel discussions in your classroom, congregation, and wider community. Deep knowledge about the conflict is not necessary.

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Most of All, I Want My Child to Be a Good Person Hillyer 403 Benjamin Gorelick As educators, our greatest hope is that our students develop a robust moral & ethical framework through the lens of Judaism, grounded in love for self and others.

However, rare is the curriculum that explicitly articulates specific moral & ethical qualities we hope to develop in our students, shows what that progression looks like over time, and lays out how we objectively assess our students’ growth. As examples: How do you teach curiosity or hope? How do you assess self-awareness or bravery? This workshop will guide you to create a curriculum that explicitly trains students to become better people.

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9:00-10:30AM

Adaptive Leadership: Theory and Practical Applications for the Jewish Educator Hillyer 132 Hana Bor Educators will learn about adaptive leadership as a model to help leaders and organizations deal with our ever-changing society. We need to generate new ways to get parents, students, and communities to be involved and learn. Adaptive leadership provides a practical framework that shifts interactions from a basic top-down or bottom-up approach to a realistic, fast-changing approach to leadership. Educators will learn the principles of adaptive leadership, and will explore ways to use them in their Jewish schools. Our exercises will explore how adaptive leadership techniques can help us adjust to current events and challenges, such as competitive environments and the lack of motivation in students. Participants will analyze their own abilities and skills, and learn about new practices and concepts to enhance their educational environments.

Growing Our Own Champions: Creating Sacred Lay/Professional Relationships Hillyer 258 Heather Fiedler The reality is that we can’t do it alone. Whether you are an educator, lay person, or parent, part of building a healthy educational ecosystem is learning how to work towards a greater goal together. As professionals, how do we identify, cultivate, and engage lay people and parents who are going to work with us to bring our collective dreams into reality? Looking at case studies, current literature, and traditional text, we will explore how we find our lay partners as well as how cultivate our work together into sacred relationships.

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Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About: Innovation & Evolution at SULAM Beth El Hillyer 217 Ilana Garber What would it look like if we changed everything in one year? The educators at SULAM Beth El in West Hartford, CT (just down the street from NewCAJE9!) did that, and we will share why, how, and more in this “best practices” session. We have taken our supplementary educational program and redefined how, where, when, and with whom learners engage in their Jewish educational journeys. While we will certainly share some ideas, tricks, and suggestions, it’s the process and perspective that we hope will influence educators to shake things up back home and “give ‘em something GOOD to talk about.”

Plan an Engaging and Affordable Adult Education Program Hillyer 229 Joyce Siegel This session is intended for Life Long Learning Directors, Program Directors, and anyone involved in planning organization programs for a wide variety of people. In this session we will discuss the nuts and bolts of how to create a vibrant program with something for everybody. We will discuss ways of making it cost efficient and inviting. You will go home with a sample program and template to create your own community of learners.

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Spaces that Entice Hillyer 138 Lisa Kritz Gain inspiration from Jewish preschools utilizing natural elements in their indoor and outdoor classrooms. Explore the concept of the environment as third teacher in an outdoor classroom through a Jewish lens.

“Torah Alive!” An Experiential Approach to Teaching Torah to Young Children Hillyer 401 Lorraine Arcus Capitalize on your young students’ love of stories! Discover how to make the Torah lessons come alive for early childhood students through dramatic presentations of the text and creative role-playing. Learn how to create scenery, props, and easy costumes to enhance the dramatic presentation of the Torah lessons. Learn to make Torah study a playful and essential part of your curriculum, and a bridge between home and school.

“Guess What, Mom? I’m Teaching Myself Hebrew!”: Self-Paced Learning in Hebrew School Hillyer 111 Rae Antonoff 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. After a discussion of the educational theory behind integrating individually-paced programs into current classroom models, and possibilities for restructuring Hebrew school entirely to suit the approach, we will look at some of the self-paced Hebrew learning materials already on the market, then look at a set of materials currently transitioning from pilot phase to public availability this year that guides students through learning both letters/decoding and prayer meaning/recitation. We’ll conclude with a discussion of the practical challenges and opportunities presented by self-paced learning in Hebrew schools, and envisioning SMART goals for our Hebrew programs.

Being the Alpha Hillyer 221 Abi Taylor-Abt 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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Latin American Judaism: The New Frontier in Religion and Culture Gray Center: Greenberg Center - HJGE 305 Richard Freund Dr. Freund will present the scope of Latin American Judaism, from its early history starting in the post 1492 era to 2018. From Mexico to Argentina, we will examine the immigration waves, rise of the Yiddishists, Jewish Gauchos, Sephardic and Ashkenazic divisions, and the future of the creative power of Latin American Judaism for world Jewry.

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Two Nice Jewish Boys Write a Catholic Mass GSU 331 Stu Lewis The Bernstein Mass (original lyrics by Stephen Schwartz) is one of the great, though often overlooked, masterpieces of the twentieth century. As 2018 is the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, it is time to take another look at this composition. Though it follows the outline of the Catholic Mass, I will discuss how it reflects a particularly Jewish sensibility.

Crafting a Contemplative Service: A Recipe for Engaging in Tefilah & Kehilah Hillyer 207 Andrea Shupack We know services can be boring for students and, yes, sometimes us adults too.

This workshop will explore methods to improve the davening experience for your whole community. We’ll experience a segment of the contemplative service and special siddur that Andrea created. Then we’ll unpack the elements that went into its creation, and discuss why this approach to prayer has worked to move and inspire the hearts of many. These tools can be used for teaching tefilah in the classroom, developing your own relationship with prayer, and enhancing services in your community as well.

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The Bathroom Blessing: Teaching Mindfulness, Body Positivity, and Sustainability with Asher Yatzar Hillyer 257 Shawn Shafner No child would leave Hebrew school without learning Jewish practices for blessing our food. But a blessing for its brown byproduct? That’s something they’ll never forget. Past the initial shock and giggles, the Asher Yatzar is also a perfect way to invite conversations about broader mindfulness practices, body acceptance, and sustainable environmental practices. This experiential workshop will unpack the many meanings of this blessing with text study, theatre games, and creative systems thinking.

Hadracha — Jewish Teen Leadership Hillyer 130 Moshe Ben-Lev We will explore a variety of methods to engage teens in synagogue life, from being a student in the classroom to becoming a teacher, from creating “campaigns” to having a bigger voice in the adult synagogue community. You will learn how to create Hadracha through a Social and Emotional Learning environment, as well as employing Design Thinking techniques and teen advocacy. Teachers and Directors will find new possibilities in engaging teens through a model partnership approach.

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Inside 4 Walls: Experiential Education Methodology for the Classroom Hillyer 258 Tamara Rebick Let’s debunk the myth that Experiential Education requires open spaces, the outdoors, or creative tools. Utilizing key experiential education theories and methodologies, this workshop will give practitioners the necessary tools to transform every lesson and classroom into a meaningful Jewish learning experience!

Igniting the Spark Hillyer 130 Lisa Kritz Igniting the spark: exploring nature-rich alternative teaching philosophies such as the Reggio inspired, Montessori, and Waldorf approaches through a Jewish lens.

Share how our personal experiences in nature and our Jewish identities can fuel our curriculum, creating well-rounded, child-centered natural learning experiences that reach beyond traditional sensory experiences. Explore strategies for risk assessment and management, while offering unique outdoor learning opportunities for toddlers through elementary aged children.

Singin’ Shacharit: Musical, Meaningful Ways to Start a Jewish Day Hillyer 207 Emily Teck This experiential workshop will model songs and strategies to engage young children with everyday morning (Shacharit) prayers and themes inspired by that liturgy. We will focus on ideas in the prayers that can be, and already are, implemented in early childhood classrooms; be thankful, thoughtful, loving, use your words, and ask for help. This set of prayer experiences will expose young children to the concepts and ideas that are foundational to an understanding of many prayers. A planned, guided set of experiences organized around listening, singing, moving, breathing, and learning with the following songs will transmit knowledge of these themes to the student. Participants will be asked to discover their inner child as we pray, sing, dance, move, and learn together. The focus of the workshop will be giving participants the skills to implement these musical, prayerful experiences with children in classroom.

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Reflective Practice to Improve Your Teaching and Your Learning Community Hillyer 134 Ben Kintisch “What happened today?” “How did I get here?” “What am I dreaming of?” We will tackle challenging questions to probe our inner selves as teachers, and to enhance our understanding of what we do and how we can improve. Teachers of all skill and experience levels will engage in written and verbal exercises to reflect on their practice, and to set a positive agenda for the new school year. If you are a school leader, this workshop is great to bring home to your teaching team.

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11:00AM-12:30PM

Teaching the Book of Jonah Hillyer 257 Galya Greenberg We will look at both the universal and particularistic themes of the book of Jonah, and compare it to the story of Noah and the Flood. We will look at various possible ways to approach the text including: literary analysis, midrash (written and artistic), making personal meaning, spirituality, and human growth.

United Israel World Union – The Return of the Lost Tribes of Joseph and Jacob Hillyer 111 Paul Weinberg United Israel World Union (UIWU) was founded in 1944 and continues its bond to Judaism and Israel. Since 1945 the Jewish world has entered a new Axial age, with the Holocaust and founding of the State of Israel, with Israel now being the largest Jewish population in the world, and with the identification of people as being related to or part of the Jewish people. The UIWU fits into this last category by exploring Jewish roots of Europeans, Africans, Asians, Native Americans, and their beliefs in the return of the Lost Tribes.

Conversations on Community: Exploring Five Dimensions of Organizational Community Hillyer 221 Shira Hammerman Thomas Sergiovanni talks about the importance of organizing schools “as community” to benefit both students and teachers. This session will explore how that concept materializes in Jewish settings. It will focus on five dimensions of community that arose from my doctoral research about teachers in a Jewish day school. Each dimension will be explored as a prism through which organizational leaders can analyze the character of their organizations’ communities. The session will guide educational leaders to consider how they might strengthen the sense of connection among stakeholders.

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Hidden Gems of the Debbie Friedman Anthology Hillyer 401 Ellen Dreskin Debbie Friedman composed over 400 melodies over 4 decades, and was a pioneer in myriad ways in the world of Jewish liturgical compositions, musical midrash, holiday celebration, and Jewish depth. Come learn, play, sing, and take home lots of ideas for your schools and congregations.

Isaiah of the Exile Hillyer 132 Everett Fox For decades, scholars have understood that from chapter 40 on, the book of Isaiah assumes a different historical period from the earlier part of the book. So-called Second Isaiah both shares language and ideas from the previous chapters, and breaks new ground. It figures prominently as the source of many haftarot, and is vitally important to Christians as well. We’ll try and get a handle on the riches and controversies of this important part of the Prophets.

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Music and Spirituality: Bridge to Peace Hillyer 217 Lisa Levine Caring for others in today’s stressful world means expanding our view of the power of music for spirituality and healing in the roles we play: bringing hope, comfort, and strength to others in times of need. We will explore the many modes of music which can be utilized at every stage of life: wellness, illness, memory loss, end of life, and beyond.

Ice-Breakers and Community Makers Hillyer 138 Batsheva Frankel How can we create a sense of community in our schools and classrooms? How do we get to know our students and help them get to know each other in fun and meaningful ways? What are Jewish ways to connect with each other? How do we preempt classroom management struggles by developing strong relationships?

This interactive workshop introduces many ideas and tools that can help develop positive group dynamics and build strong classroom foundations. Participants will engage in activities to experience for themselves the power of community building, and come away with practical tools to use immediately.

The Rainbow Connection (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Hillyer 229 Jennifer Schwartzman A colorful look at our relationship with G-d.… This hands-on approach to embracing and exploring Jewish values through STEM/STEAM activities makes learning fun, and encourages students and their families to see the world through Jewish eyes.

Using Technology/Online Learning to Expand Your Community’s Learning Hillyer 246 Danielle Eskow Many Jewish educators have been hesitant to implement technology, both in the classroom and through learning from home. Online learning can create accessible, meaningful, and engaging learning experiences for all types of learners. The session will introduce different ways in which synagogues and educators can implement technology in the Hebrew School and congregational setting to enhance students’ learning and experiences. You will participate as if you are students “experiencing” an Online Jewish Learning course. You will learn several ways to implement technology in you current settings, and you’ll leave with a new “tech tool box” to try out.

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.

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CLOSING CEREMONIES 12:30-1:00PM Gray Center: Rotunda

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See you next year in PORTLAND, OR!

NEWCAJE 10 July 28th-31st, 2019

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Shabbat July 26th-27th

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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:

Rachel Alemany teaches middle school at Theordore Herberg Middle School in Pittsfield, MA. She is a past-president of Temple Anshe Amuinim in Pittsfield. Rachel has years of experience teaching about the Holocaust in the public schools and has served for many years as a youth group advisor for NFTY-NE. (Tues 2:45pm) Ellen Allard is an award winning Recording Artist, songwriter, Performer, and Educator. She 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, Tues 9am) Gary Alpert leads the Ambassadors For Inclusion (AFI) programs with Gateways: Access to Jewish Education. As a Deaf individual, he brings a lifetime of disability awareness to his work. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Understanding Our Differences and has served on former Massachusetts Governor Patrick's Special Advisory Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission. (Tues 9am) Rae Antonoff, MAJE, is a Jewish educator/artist/educational resource designer based in LA with a passion for Hebrew language and texts. Her creative, research-based educational resources are designed for supplementary schools - art project plans, visual aides, self-paced Hebrew materials, “Prayer Karaoke” videos, and more. (Mon 4:45pm, Wed 9am) Lorraine Posner Arcus, a 2001 recipient of the Covenant Award for Outstanding Creative Jewish Educators is nationally recognized for her work in the fields of Early Childhood Education as well as Israeli Dance for children and teens. Lorraine is currently a Judaic Curriculum consultant. (Sun 2pm, Mon 2:45pm, Wed 9am) Matt Bar, of Bible Raps, studied at JTS and Pardes. Rapping for Hebrew school students, he was captivated by the merging of beats over biblical narrative. His students’ enthusiasm inspired Matt to flip his teaching model by giving hip-hop top billing in his lesson plan. He has opened for the Grammy-winning group Outkast as well as Jurassic 5 and Matisyahu. (Mon 12:30pm & 4:45pm) Lisa Baydush is an engaging singer, song-writer, and early childhood music specialist who delights in transmitting the values, stories and traditions of Judaism through the medium of Jewish music. A dynamic preschool music teacher, Lisa also leads experiential Tot Shabbat and holiday services throughout the year, and has produced four albums of original songs. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 11am & 2:45pm)

153 Moshe Ben-Lev has worked for over 25 years as a Jewish educator in the Washington D.C community. For 23 years he has been an Education Director in three denominations at four area synagogues. Originally from England by way of Israel, his great passion is working with teens and developing a Social Emotional philosophy towards synagogue engagement. (Mon 12:30pm, Wed 9am) Ronit Ben-Shir was Director of the ELC at the JCC in Newton, MA. Now an Early Childhood Consultant, she seeks to build relationships, experiences, and intentional environments. (Tues 9am) Rabbi Phyllis Berman received smicha from ALEPH's ordination program in 2004, the first class of all-women. She has taught and led Shabbatonim, holiday retreats, and classes throughout the US and abroad, and frequently leads Torah services at silent meditation retreats. In 1979 she created the Riverside Language Program in NYC for newly-arrived documented immigrants and refugees, which she directed until 2015. Since "re-tirement" she has expanded her spiritual direction practice, working by phone and in person. (Sun 4pm) Judith Black is winner of the Oracle circle of Excellence, storytelling's most coveted award. She has been featured on stage from the Montreal Comedy Festival to the National Storytelling Festival, the Smithsonian Institution, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, NPR, and over ten CAJE conferences. (Tues 11am & 12:30pm) Sylvia Eowyn Bloom is Director of Education at Temple Sinai in Saratoga Springs, NY. She has taught the Music Together® program of movement and music for families for 10 years, and teaches voice at SUNY-Adirondack. Sylvia has extensive experience performing, and in working with children and young adults in musical and theatrical settings. She has an MA in Expressive Arts Therapy. (Tues 9am) Dr. Eyal Bor is the Director of Education of Beth El Congregation in Baltimore, MD. He also teaches Hebrew courses at Towson University. He is a creative educator who has introduced to Beth El unique programs for all ages including programs for children with special needs, many of whom have become B’nai Mitzvah, and youth and adult trips to Israel. (Tues 2:45pm) Hana Bor is the Associate Professor and Director of the MA in Jewish Education and Jewish Community Service at Towson University. She teaches courses in methodology, administration, leadership, and Holocaust education. She enjoys taking her students on Study Abroad to Israel and recently developed a new partnership with Seminar Kibbutzim in Israel to explore diversity, dignity and democracy in both institutions. (Tues 2:45pm, Wed 9am) Dr. Stephen Brand teaches innovation and entrepreneurship around the world through Babson College. He recently designed and launched a corporate leadership development program as Executive Director of Global Learning at Bay Path University. He has a master’s degree from Harvard in Education and a Doctorate in management from Case Western. He was a songleader and administrator through the reform camping and youth movement, and on the board of the Rashi School in Boston. (Mon 11am)

154 Andrée Aelion Brooks is a lecturer, author and historian specializing in Jewish social history through the ages. She has written two award-winning biographies of Jewish leaders and a mutlimedia curriculum in Mediterranean Jewish history called "Out of Spain." She belongs to Temple Israel, Westport. (Mon 11am) Joanna Brown enjoys writing poetry and prose. Her work has been published in or aired on venues such as Earth’s Daughters, 2 Horatio: A Chapbook, Rhode Island Public Radio, and City & Sea: A Frequency Anthology. Last year she co-organized a reading, “Poets Resist,” in Providence, RI. (Shabbat) Shariee Calderone is a Sr. Communal Education Consultant for The Jewish Education Project. She facilitates the Early Family Engagement Professionals Network and works with Jewish music specialists through the new Music Together® Sing Shalom initiative, for which she is the Project Director. Shariee also supports educators at the forefront of improving their nature-inspired practice and school environments and has been leading important emerging discussions on the benefits of risky play in early childhood. (Mon 11am & 2:45pm) Joanie Calem is a singer/songwriter, teacher, and disability awareness advocate.

Since moving to Columbus, OH from Israel in 1998, Joanie has worked as both a Jewish and secular performer. As a mother of a young adult with autism, Joanie leads "concert conversations,” advocating for inclusive communities through original songs, stories, and conversation. (Sun 4pm, Mon 11am) Jon Cobert is a composer/pianist who has played live with John Lennon, John Denver, and Bruce Springsteen. He earned 5 Grammy nominations for his work as producer of Tom Chapin's recordings. Jon is the Director of Music at Hebrew Wizards as he works to fuel his students' passions through music. (Mon 11am) Joshua C. Cohen has been in the Jewish music world ever since he could pick up a guitar and sing at URJ Camp Newman. He has a full length album of Jewish music titled "Romemu" and is the Music Educator at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline MA, but has spent the better part of a decade song leading for youth groups across the country and is excited to bring his expertise to others. (Mon 9am) Ellen Cohn, Ed.D., recently earned her doctorate at Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School in Jewish Education after a career in adult and family life education. She was an early "pioneer" studying and teaching Talmud and rabbinic sources in both the Conservative and Orthodox movements. Her dissertation and career focused on the relationship between texts and personal growth, and how to make Jewish institutions more responsive to the needs of adults and families.

She continues her research and practice in adulthood by focusing on midlife and beyond, and is retraining in pastoral care and chaplaincy. (Mon 9am)

155 Jan Darsa is former Director of Jewish education at Facing History and Ourselves.

She facilitates Facing History workshops, institutes, and other professional development programs for teachers, as well as follow-up consultations for individuals and schools. She has developed a curriculum designed for Jewish day schools and supplementary schools entitled "Jews of Poland," has written numerous articles on Holocaust education, recently written a study guide on teaching Israel, and has co-authored a book entitled "Sacred Texts, Modern Questions: Connecting Ethics and History Through a Jewish Lens." (Mon 11am, 4:45pm) Andrew Davies co-founded the comedy team, The Bible Players. They have visited camps, schools, & synagogues teaching Jewish Values with a sense of humor. He co-founded the Non-profit CharacTours, an interactive theatrical walking experience where the past visits you. Executive Director of both groups, he is a 2018 recipient of the Jewish Education Project's Young Pioneer award. (Mon 2:45pm) Dalia Davis is a co-founder of Uprooted: A Jewish Response to Fertility Journeys, as well as a Jewish Educator, dancer, and choreographer. Dalia holds a BA in Dance and Jewish History from Barnard College, a certificate in Talmud and Halacha, and a MA in Jewish Education. She also directs Beit Midrash in Motion, a fully-embodied approach to Jewish text study. (Mon 4:45pm) Storyteller Sara deBeer presents programs of multicultural folktales to audiences of all ages. One popular program of Jewish folktales is “Women of Wisdom, Women of Faith.� An experienced classroom teacher with degrees from Yale and Bank Street, Sara offers workshops on a variety of topics. Participants develop new insights about storytelling and/or poetry, guided by Sara's expertise in both education and the arts. (Tues 4:45pm) Shellie Dickstein is Managing Director of Early Childhood and Family Engagement for the Jewish Education Project. Shellie leads a team to facilitate networks and change initiatives that spark and spread innovative approaches and new models in Jewish early childhood education and early family engagement that help children and families thrive. (Mon 11am, 12:30pm) Mike Dorfman is Director of Education at Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange, NJ. He has served as Department Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of Curricular Technology at Rodeph Sholom Day School in Manhattan. Mike holds a Master's in Education from Rutgers, a Master's in School Leadership from Brooklyn College, and certifications in curriculum design and Jewish education from JTS. (Tues 2:45pm) Hilla Drechler is the Representative of the World Zionist Organization Education Department in North America. (Mon 9am, Tues 2:45pm)

156 Cantor Ellen Dreskin (HUC-JIR ’86) is an innovator whose expertise extends from music to synagogue transformation, from experiential education to enlivened liturgy. She is a liturgical consultant, online educator, scholar-in-residence, has served as a congregational Cantor and Educator, and has taught for many years at national conferences and educational seminars. (Sun 2pm, Mon 11am, Wed 11am) Natasha Dresner has 25+ years of experience working in the nonprofit world, and holds a BA in Management and an MBA in Finance. In 2005, she joined the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the JCamp180 as its first in-house consultant. Natasha provides consulting services in Governance and Board Development, Fundraising, Strategic Thinking and Planning, and Leadership Coaching to a large number of Grinspoon and private clients. She is a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer, and writes a bimonthly nonprofit column called "The Nonprofit Prophet," which appears in The Berkshire Eagle, and eJewish Philanthropy. (Mon 2:45pm) Rabbi Danielle Eskow is the co-founder/CEO of Online Jewish Learning, an online education program which provides one-on-one and small group synchronous classes. A graduate of Brandeis University and JTS, Rabbi Eskow received her Master’s degree in Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation. Rabbi Eskow crafted her own path and created My Bar Mitzvah Tutors which later became Online Jewish Learning. Rabbi Eskow was in the inaugural class of CJP’s “Chai in the Hub” 18 under 40 most influential Jewish leaders in Boston. (Wed 11am) David Farbman is the director of the Center for Professional Learning at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, which seeks to expand the capacity of educators and schools to foster positive learning experiences in Jewish educational settings for students with diverse needs. David earned his Ph.D. from Brown in American history and his B.A. from Brandeis. (Tues 2:45pm) Temima Feldman has 20+ years experience in school leadership administration and school based consulting. Her expertise includes differentiated instruction, curriculum development, classroom management, behavior modification, instructional supervision, Myers Briggs, and school/home engagement. Mrs. Feldman holds a Masters in Administrative Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, and a certification in Leadership from the Harvard School of Education. (Sun 4pm) Heather Fiedler is the Associate Vice President for Jewish Education and Leadership of the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford. A lifelong Jewish learner and educator, Heather has headed up synagogue schools, taught in day schools, and worked at Camp Ramah in New England. Heather received her MA in Jewish Education at the Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at JTS. (Wed 9am) Joan Florsheim is a retired Jewish educator with 50+ years experience as a classroom teacher, administrator, camp director, and curriculum writer. She is now involved with individual tutoring and volunteering in adult education. (Mon 9am)

157 Rabbi Lori Forman is the director of The Jewish Journey Project, an innovative new paradigm of education located at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. She has over 30 years of experience leading various educational programs including supplemental elementary and Hebrew high schools. (Mon 2:45pm & 4:45pm) 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 9am, Tues 9am & 2:45pm, Wed 11am) Batsheva Frankel, author of The Jewish Educator’s Companion: Practical Tools and Inspirational Ideas, is a veteran Judaic and general studies teacher. She developed the award-winning LaunchBox products. Batsheva is the director of New Lens Educational Consulting, has given workshops all over the US and UK, and is co-director of The Areté Institute. (Mon 9am, Tues 9am, Wed 11am) Dr. Richard A. Freund is the Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford. He is a field archaeologist and historian and has been featured in 20 television documentaries. He is the author of ten books and over 100 scholarly articles. (Mon 9am, Tues 9am, Wed 9am) Aaron Friedman, a stand-up comedian who performs for shuls and Hillels, was recently named “Funniest Jew in New York” by The Jewish Week. Aaron is a Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The Bible Players, a Jewish comedy team that is Improv-ing Jewish Lives. He is a graduate of List College and earned a Masters in Jewish Education from the Davidson School. (Mon 2:45pm) Dr. Deborah Fripp is President of the Teach the Shoah Foundation, and Holocaust Programs Coordinator at Congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound, TX. (Sun 2pm, Tues 4:45pm) Rabbi Ilana Garber is Rabbinic Director of Lifelong Learning & Community Engagement at Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT, where she has served since 2005.

A graduate of JTS and Barnard, she is co-chair of the Rabbinical Assembly Women’s Committee. She writes for Kveller about Jewish parenting, raising a child with disabilities, and surviving cancer. (Mon 9am &11am, Tues 9am, Wed 9am) Sam Glaser's soulful music is part of the fabric of Jewish life in communities worldwide. He tours to over 50 cities annually and has appeared at L.A.'s Staples Center, Dodger Stadium, Broadway, and the White House. Sam has released 25 best-selling Jewish albums and in his recording studio, Glaser Musicworks, he produces albums for a wide variety of artists. (Mon 12:30pm, Tues 11am & 4:45pm)

158 Miriam Glasgow spent last year in Israel on a gap year program, studying, volunteering, and traveling. She collected many physical puzzles and riddles and is excited to share them. (Shabbat) Rabbi Jennifer Goldsmith, Managing Director of Congregational Learning and Leadership Initiatives at The Jewish Education Project, has a BA from University of Michigan, rabbinic ordination, and MARE from HUC-JIR. She concentrates on fostering and spreading educational innovation through consulting, grants, online resources, networks, and leadership development. She facilitates workshops on innovation in Jewish education and leadership. (Tues 9am &2:45pm & 4:45pm) Benjamin Gorelick has spent his life exploring the question: “How can we most effectively encourage and enable our students to be their best selves?” He ran a small, 4 year college for Mountain Guides for 12 years, and currently works as the Executive Director of a Reform temple in Portland, Maine. (Wed 9am) Nora Gorenstein is a passionate and committed Jewish educator with a background in middle school English teaching, religious school/Hebrew education for all ages, teen leadership, and technology. She coordinates the North American Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education and supports other programs of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, including PJ Library’s content and engagement initiatives. (Mon 11am & 12:30pm, Tues 4:45pm) Janie Grackin is a Rabbi and Community Educator (www.janiegrackin.com) using the art of storytelling to inspire and educate. She creates multi-sensory education programs for intergenerational populations in synagogues and schools in the US, Europe and Israel. Janie was recently received the Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education, the Solomon Schechter Gold Award for Family Education, as well as numerous other educational awards. (Mon 2:45pm) Galya Pinsky Greenberg is the Project Director of the MaToK Bible Curriculum and is a consultant to a local religious school. She has a BA in Judaic Studies from Brandeis, MA in Jewish Education from JTS, and Ed.D. in Jewish Education Leadership from Northeastern University. Galya has 40+ years of experience in Jewish education, including 25 years in day schools. (Sun 4pm, Tues 4:45pm, Wed 11am) Aviva Lucas Gutnick is the Education and Outreach Editor at Behrman House.

She works with creative and wise colleagues and educators to develop and deliver engaging print and digital Jewish learning materials for children and adults. A former journalist, she holds an MA in Education from NYU. (Mon 2:45pm) Dr. Shira Hammerman is lead writer and teacher educator for Etgar Yesodi, an integrated 3rd through 5th grade Judaics curriculum. Shira also coordinates the Quest for Teaching Excellence Program at the Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest NJ. Shira completed a doctorate at NYU (Tues 9am, Wed 11am)

159 Aileen Heiman has an MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew College and MA in Jewish Studies from RRC. Aileen once wrote about the Shema and its blessings as a manifesto for Jewish Education. She is the Director of Youth Education and Family Programming at Park Slope Jewish Center in Brooklyn. (Sun 2pm, Tues 9am) Tamar Wyner Herman teaches at Congregation Oheb Shalom in South Orange NJ. She has been a teacher for over 20 years in private Jewish day schools, Hebrew schools, and public schools. Her goal is for students to not just enjoy learning but feel empowered and energized with new skills, songs, and knowledge. (Mon 9am) Debi Himelfarb, COO of ShalomLearning, previously worked for nearly a decade at Blackboard, the software company that pioneered the creation of web based eLearning software platforms powering networked learning environments. Her responsibilities included overseeing technical support teams and creating new client programs. A graduate of Rutgers College, Debi studied for a year at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Mon 9am & 11am & 4:45pm) Cantor Linda Hirschhorn is a performing singer/songwriter/composer and storyteller. She travels around the country working with or creating community choruses. Linda has released 10 recordings of original songs and published hundreds of songs that have been covered by other artists, used in movies, choreographed by dance companies and sung in synagogues throughout the world. (Shabbat) Jeff Hoffman teaches Liturgy and Rabbinic Literature at The Academy for Jewish Religion. He has served as a pulpit rabbi in Vancouver, B.C. and Nyack, NY. His doctoraate in Liturgy and his rabbinic ordination are from the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC. He has also been a musician all his life, playing folk and electric guitar in various bands playing Jewish music as well as rock 'n roll. (Tues 9am & 12:30pm & 2:45pm) Dr. Joel M. Hoffman lectures and consults world-wide on Jewish education, prayer, Hebrew, and the Bible. He has served on the faculties of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA and of HUC-JIR in New York City, and is the author or contributor to over 20 books. (Tues 2:45pm & 4:45pm) Sue Horowitz believes in the power of community singing and knows that music can be healing, uplifting and helps us connect to each other. She has performed at conferences, venues, homes, and congregations throughout North America, and has released 4 original CDS. Sue is an avid attender of songwriting retreats, and hosts and leads songwriting workshops and retreats as well. (Mon 11am) Rabbi Dan Judson, Ph.D. is the Dean of the Hebrew College Rabbinical School.

He received his doctorate in Jewish history from Brandeis University. His book, Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money, was published this year by Brandeis University Press. (Tues 2:45pm)

160 Rabbi Bill Kaplan is the Executive Director of Shalom Institute, a year-round experiential Jewish center in Malibu, CA. Bill uses nature to teach traditions and Torah in a model he calls “Edible Judaism.” Bill has a BA from Wesleyan University, an MBA from AJU, and his rabbinical ordination from the AJR-LA. (Tues 11am) Debbie Kardon has over 25 years in the non-profit in both the secular and Jewish organizations. Know for creative program design, Debbie has piloted programs from street outreach for homeless youth to an Israel based internship program for camp counselors. Known as a progressive Jewish educator, Debbie has worked for youth movements, camps, and Congregations. (Tues 4:45pm) Andrea Kasper is the Head of School at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford. (Sun 4pm, Mon 9am & 11am, Tues 2:45pm) Michael Kasper teaches across a number of disciplines at the Academy for Jewish Religion. Trained as a dancer/choreographer and psychoanalyst, prior to cantorial ordination, he brings several viewpoints to text study. (Mon 9am, Tues 9am) Helene Kates, lead singer and songwriter with the Baal Shem Tones, brings the art of songwriting, storytelling and teaching seamlessly together. She has a B.A from Beloit College, with a dual major in Musical Theater and Creative Dramatics. Helene was ordained at NewCAJE 2017 as a Maggid-Oman, and is studying toward investiture as a Cantor. (Sun 2pm, Mon 2:45pm) Michael Kates of The Baal Shem Tones has played piano since earliest memory, and in the 1980s was keyboardist for NJ rockers The Decos. He studied jazz improvisation with legend Sal Mosca for 9 years. In 1999 he began performing with guitar because it’s much easier to schlep around. (Mon 12:30pm & 2:45pm, Tues 12:30pm) Nancy Katz, a committed artist and arts educator who has been making and teaching art in the Jewish world for decades, has facilitated classes and workshops at summer camps, synagogues, schools, community centers, and conferences just about everywhere! “As an educator, my goal is to empower others to take risks and to embrace their own creativity.” (Mon 11am & 12:30pm, Tues 9am) Lindsay Katz was introduced to Gift of Life when her cousin was diagnosed with leukemia in 2003. Lindsay grew up watching her family run bone marrow drives across the country, which inspired her to become part of the Campus Ambassador Program as a senior at High Point University. She is now a Community Engagement Coordinator for Gift of Life, raising awareness about the registry through educational events and donor recruitment drives. (Sun 4pm, Tues 9am) Terry Kaye, Director of Educational Services at Behrman House, provides educational consultation and builds professional learning programs. She is project manager for Hebrew in Harmony, a curriculum that uses experiential education techniques and music to help students make meaning of prayer. (Mon 4:45pm)

161 Debby Kinman Ford is the Director of B’nai Israel Community Day School for infants through Kindergarten in Gainesville, Florida. Over her 14 years as director, Debby’s school has doubled in size and reached out to the community in innovative ways. She is focused on developing outstanding programs and a workplace environment that reflect a commitment to Jewish values. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 4:45pm) Cantor Ben Kintisch currently serves as Cantor at Columbia Jewish Congregation. He has taught music and special education in Jewish and secular settings for over 10 years. He loves to infuse joy and music in his teaching. He also loves to teach teachers! (Sun 2pm, Wed 11am) Larisa Klebe is the Associate Director of Programs and Education at the Jewish Women’s Archive (JWA). She develops educational programming and resources about Jewish women for learners of all ages, manages the archive’s fellowship program for female-identified teens, develops and implements professional development programs for educators, and travels around the country conducting oral history trainings. (Sun 4pm) Margaret Frisch Klein is the rabbi of Congregation Knesset Israel in Elgin, IL, author of A Climbing Journey to Yom Kippur: The Thirteen Attributes of the Divine, and blogs as the Energizer Rabbi. While living in smaller communities, she has learned to partner with many civic and religious organizations to make the neighborhood, the nation, and the world a better place. She has a Masters in Education from Tufts and in Jewish Studies from Hebrew College, and was ordained a rabbi at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York in 2010. (Mon 4:45pm) Rabbi Kevin M. Kleinman is the Associate Rabbi, Director of Education in Wynnewood, PA. He was ordained by HUC-JIR in 2009 and holds an undergraduate degree from Brandeis University. Rabbi Kleinman is passionate about integrating social, environmental, and food justice into his Religious School programs. He lives in Philadelphia with his partner, the talented Chana Rothman, and their children: Izzy, Yarden, and Misha. (Mon 11am, Tues 11am & 4:45pm) Cantor Jeff Klepper (HUC-JIR) has served congregations in New York, Haifa, and Chicago, and has performed in the group Kol B'Seder (with Rabbi Dan Freelander) for over four decades. He is co-founder (with Debbie Friedman, z"l) of the annual Hava Nashira Song Leader Workshop. Since 2003 he has been cantor of Temple Sinai of Sharon, and a member of the faculty of the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College in Newton, MA. (Mon 9am & 12:30pm & 2:45pm) Ann D. Koffsky is the Art Director and a Senior Editor at Behrman House Publishers and Apples and Honey Press and the author/illustrator of more than 30 of her own books. Ann is the Editor of Make Create, Celebrate, a Jewish holiday course that harnesses the arts. Previously, Ann was an adjunct professor of art at Stern College for Women. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 11am)

162 Cherie Koller-Fox is a founder of CAJE and NewCAJE. She currently serves as NewCAJE Board President. She is rabbi emerita at Congregation Eitz Chayim in Cambridge, MA, where she honed the principles of family education. She was the Interim President of the AJR-NY. Currently she enjoys working with the elderly as a chaplain. (Sun 12pm & 1pm, Mon 9am & 12:30pm, Tues 11am & 12:30pm) Seymour Kopelowitz is Executive Director of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, and Consultant to the Mandel Foundation, responsible for the MTEI program.

He spent 10 years as head of a large Jewish day school, and 10 years as head of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies. He has an MBA, is a graduate of the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows program, and has a PhD in educational leadership. (Sun 4pm) Jacob “Spike” Kraus is an established singer/songwriter hailing from Boston, Ma. Based out of New York, NY, Jacob serves as the Music Teacher for Beit Rabban Day School in Manhattan. His music has been included in the cantorial curriculum of HUC-JIR, and is featured on Jewish Rock Radio & PJ Library. (Sun 2pm) Lisa Kritz, a 40+ year veteran to Jewish Early Childhood Education, was the Director at Hertz Nursery School from 1988-2018. She co-founded Second Nature Design Consulting, and has been involved with creating and maintaining outdoor classroom environments that include building Woodland Wilderness, an accredited Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom. Lisa holds a Bachelor of Education degree from University of Rhode Island and a certificate in ECE from Hebrew College. She is a founding member of the former Boston Judaic Accreditation certificate and of the Boston-Haifa Early Childhood Educators Partnership. Additionally Lisa has taught outreach for Hebrew College Early Childhood Initiatives. (Tues 4:45pm, Wed 9am & 11am) Yehezkel Landau is a dual Israeli-American citizen, interfaith educator, and consultant in Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding. Yehezkel was ED of the Oz veShalom-Netivot Shalom religious Zionist peace movement, and co-founder of the Open House peace center. He was a professor at Hartford Seminary and holder of the Abrahamic Partnerships Chair. Joyce Schriebman and Yehezkel co-authored, "How to Talk to Just about Anyone about Israel-Palestine." (Sun 4pm, Mon 2:45pm, Wed 9am) Jeanette Lazer is Director of Lifelong Learning at Temple Sholom in New Milford, CT. She is a past Vice-President of the Children's Book Council, an organization devoted to the use of children's literature in educational settings. Jeanette is a child of Holocaust survivors, and a 2018 recipient of the University of Hartford Joseph Korzenik Memorial Educator Award for Holocaust Education. (Tues 2:45pm) Ira & Julia Levin are a harmony-driven Contemporary Folk duo. They’ve received numerous songwriting and performance awards in the Jewish, Children's, and Folk Alliance communities. Based in NY/NJ region as music specialists/educators and cantorial soloists, Ira & Julia (formerly of Vocolot) tour extensively, spreading joy while bridging communities. (Tues 2:45pm)

163 Lisa Levine is a nationally known cantor, composer, author, poet and recording artist. She earned a BA from UCI and received Ordination from HUC-JIR DFSSM & Aleph. Lisa is the author of “Yoga Shalom” & prayer voice of “Hebrew In Harmony”. Her CD “Bridge To Peace” promotes healing & non-violence. Lisa is Spiritual Leader of Seaside Jewish Community in Rehoboth DE. (Tues 11am, Wed 11am) Stu Lewis, who lives in Prairie Village, KS, has attended and taught at CAJE and NEWCAJE conferences since 1990. He is an avid music lover and has frequently sung his original song parodies at the late-night kumsitzim. He also serves as a bar/bat mitzvah tutor at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park. (Wed 9am) Eliana Light, an award-winning songwriter/educator, offers artist-in-residence weekends, teaches at conferences, and consults with synagogues to create intentional prayer experiences. Eliana authored Hebrew in Harmony (Behrman House), founded the G!D Project, and runs LEEP at NewCAJE. She is also a member of the NewCAJE board. Eliana received her MA in Jewish Experiential Education from JTS. (Mon 11am & 12:30pm & 2:45pm & 4:45pm, Tues 2:45pm) Sandra Lilienthal received her Masters and Doctorate from Gratz College. She is on factuly at the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, writes curricula for adult education, including Rabbi Steinsaltz’s Global Day of Jewish Learning. Sandra also has weekly classes for independent groups of adult learners in South Florida.

She is co-chair of the first Limmud Boca (December 2018) and is a 2015 winner of the Covenant Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. (Mon 12:30pm, Tues 11am) Heidi Lovitz is Director of Educational Programming at ShalomLearning. Her experience includes Family Educator at Congregation Beth Elohim in Acton, MA, Director of Jewish Life & Learning at Camp Tevya in Brookline, NH, and Director of Education & Programming at Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua, NH. Heidi is a Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Alumna. (Sun 2pm & 4pm, Mon 9am & 11am & 2:45pm) Cheryl Magen is Director of Alumni Engagement at the Davidson Graduate School.

She founded the M.S. in Camp Administration and Leadership at Touro University, was director of Camp Ramah (Poconos), A.D. of Penn Hillel and Youth/Family director at Chizuk Amuno. Cheryl is an executive coach and consultant for leadership, education, and management professionals. (Sun 4pm, Mon 4:45pm, Tues 9am) Dina Maiben is a doctoral candidate in education at Gratz College, assistant director of Gratz Advance, and coordinator for the college's Hebrew program. She focusses on teen education, Hebrew language, and professional development for teachers. Her primer, Alef Bet Quest, won the 2010 Award of Distinction for World Language, Association of Educational Publishers, the only Hebrew book to be so honored. (Mon 9am)

164 Stephanie Marshall is the Director of Education, Outreach and Programming at Temple Israel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been working in the field of Jewish Education since 1989. With a BA in Communication and Psychology from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, she earned her MA in Jewish Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education at HUC-JIR. Stephanie’s experiences include teaching all ages, running synagogue schools of various sizes, youth group programming and working at a day school. (Mon 12:30pm) Dr. Keren R. McGinity is the inaugural director of the Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Program at Hebrew College’s Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education and teaches American Studies at Brandeis University. She is the author of Still Jewish: A History of Women & Intermarriage in America a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, and Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood. (Sun 2pm, Mon 9am, Tues 11am) Leslie Millrod is a fellow in the NewCAJE Leadership for Emerging Educators Program (LEEP), and the Qushiyot Israel Education Fellowship. She received Jewish Education Project Congregational Learning Ignition Grants in 2016 and 2017.

Leslie enjoys developing curriculum, programs and instructional materials and exploring innovative ways to reinvent the classroom experience. She teaches Judaic Studies and Hebrew at two congregations on Long Island. (Mon 2:45pm) Chava Mirel is a Seattle-based singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who combines luxurious vocals with deep pocket rhythms to bring a new sound to Jewish music. With themes of gratitude, self-acceptance, balance, and responsibility, her songs bring comfort and uplift the spirit. Chava's setting of "Aleinu" is featured in the Behrman House “Hebrew in Harmony” curriculum. (Tues 9am) Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz, Director of Curriculum Resources, Jewish Education Center of Cleveland has been a camp educator, congregational director, day school head, and author of books, articles, and websites. Nachama’s work focuses on changing the culture of Hebrew learning in part-time/congregational settings (#OnwardHebrew, Hebrew Through Movement), as well as learning models for the upper elementary and middle school grades. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 9am & 2:45pm) Yifat Mukades has a Master’s degree in Education, with a strong focus on Experiential Education, from AJU. She is an iCenter iFellow and is Assistant Director of Valley Beth Shalom, facilitating professional development for teachers and supervising the Technology Academy. Leveraging her years of media, advertising and technology experience, she seeks to transform Jewish and Israel experiential education through emerging and immersive technologies. (Tues 4:45pm)

165 Avinoam J. Patt, Ph.D. is the Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History at the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, where he is director of the Museum of Jewish Civilization of Jewish Civilization. He has worked as the Miles Lerman Applied Research Scholar for Jewish Life and Culture at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Patt teaches courses on Modern Jewish History, American Jewish History, the Holocaust, the History of Zionism and the State of Israel, Jewish $lm, and Modern Jewish Literature among others. (Mon 11am, Tues 9am) Fran Pearlman has been a Jewish Educator for over 40 years working in both congregational schools as well as day schools. SHe is passionate about Jewish life and learning and strives to communicate that to her students, families, teachers and others with who she engages. Fran holds a Masters degree in Jewish Education-Administration, and has completed coursework for her EdD in Jewish Education-special education. (Sun 2pm, Mon 11am) Lizzie Swan is the founder of the Family Rock band Swingset Mamas and an award winning singer songwriter who has spent the last 25 years recording, teaching and performing her engaging original music to families and people of all ages.

Lizzie performs for Kehilat Shalom/Hebrew Wizards as a cantorial soloist and is a musician and teacher at Hebrew Wizards. She is part of the Hebrew Wizards’s Family Band where she is a lead singer and songwriter. In addition, Lizzie teaches elementary and pre-school music and movement classes in Stamford, Greenwich and New Canaan CT. (Mon 11am) Melissa Pescatore is the Director of Religious Education at Temple Shaari Emeth in Manalapan, NJ, where she grew up. She has fulfilled various positions there, including Family Program Coordinator, Religious School Administrator, and Hebrew School teacher. She is passionate about building a strong, positive Jewish identity in her students. (Mon 12:30pm & 4:45pm) Colin Pier-Silver is the Youth Education Program director at Sinai Synagogue in South Bend, Indiana. She has taught Shabbat school for 18 years and worked in her local urban public school system for 20 years as Montessori Early Childhood teacher, grades 1-4 ENL, and curriculum coach. Chasing after her toddler, Solomon, is her new full-time job. (Sun 2pm) Rachel Raz is Director of the Early Childhood Institute of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education, Hebrew College, Newton, MA, and founder of the national Jewish Early Engagement Forum. She is the author of children books, "ABC Israel" and “The Colors of Israel.” Rachel earned her MJED from Hebrew College and has extensive experience in the field of education at all levels. (Mon 9am & 4:45pm, Tues 9am & 12:30pm)

166 Tamara Rebick designs learning spaces for Jews of all backgrounds and ages to connect with and celebrate Judaism. Engaging thousands in exploring Jewish identity, Tamara trains leaders to be peer educators while facilitating professional development for educators and professionals. Serving in formal, experiential, and informal settings for 20 years, Tamara works with Jewish day and supplementary schools, youth movements, summer camps, and Hillels. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 4:45pm, Wed 11am) Rebecca Redner is an educational specialist at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education in Boston, where she has taught Sunday school classes for students with special educational needs for the past decade, and also coordinates the Gateways B'nei-Mitzvah program. Rebecca is the author of The Gateways Haggadah (2015), and The Gateways Shabbat Family Companion (2016). Rebecca earned a BS in special education from Boston University, and is currently a student in the MJEd program at Hebrew College. (Mon 9am) Amy Ripps is the Director of Congregational Learning at Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh, NC. Prior to relocating to North Carolina 25 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. She currently chairs the program committee for NewCAJE and is a board member. (Sun 12pm & 1pm, Mon 12:30pm, Tues 12:30pm) Jeri Robins is the Cantor at Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA and the Director of BJEP (the Boston-area Jewish Education Program) which meets on the Brandeis University campus. 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. She has held positions in both the Reform and the Conservative movements and delights in finding ways for people to connect to liturgy through music. (Tues 12:30) Jim Rosen has been Rabbi at Beth El Temple since 1992. He also holds an MSW. In his work he has been active in a variety of Life-Long Learning endeavors, with a particular focus on the various ways in which individuals might approach Jewish belief, spirituality, and ethics. With a special interest in Mussar, a modern application of Jewish ethical practice, he has worked with many individuals and groups on incorporating personal ethical awareness into everyday life. Together with his educator wife and three children, the family is especially involved in Jewish disability sensitivity and education. (Mon 11am) Nancy Rosen is the Director of Teaching and Learning and the Judaic Studies Department Head at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford.

Helping students of all ages explore and create personal connections to text is her greatest passion as an educator. (Tues 2:45pm)

167 Michele Rosenfield has developed and taught various online courses. Prior to her midlife career change, Michele was a Systems Consultant for Ernst and Young, and an Account Manager for Automatic Data Processing. Michele has an MBA in Accounting from Fordham, and an MA in Jewish Education from The Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at JTS. (Sun 4pm, Mon 11am & 2:45pm) Chana Rothman is a Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter/educator. Her most recent album, Rainbow Train, is a danceable revolution of tunes about freedom of gender and self-expression. She uses music as a form of connection, justice, and community building. Most of all, Chana enjoys singing, playing, and laughing together with people of all ages. (Mon 11am, Tues 2:45pm) Alan Rudt is Executive Director of Open Mic On Education, a video production company that works with public school districts. He currently serves on a steering committee that advises Nassau BOCES on educating children using video. When not ‘doing video’, Alan is a Jewish educator at Zeman School in South Orange, NJ and at The SAJ in New York City. (Tues 2:45pm) Rabbi Deborah Salomon created Hebrew Wizards, the innovative and non-traditional model for Jewish learning. This nationally acclaimed curriculum is being used in dozens of Religious Schools. Hebrew Wizards family Band twice received Parent Choice Awards for their CDs. Rabbi Deb has 18 Apps entitled "Wanna be a Wizard? and her own You Tube channel with 60 learning videos. (Mon 11am) Peninnah Schram, internationally known storyteller, is Professor Emerita at Yeshiva University. Peninnah is the author of fourteen books of Jewish folktales, including Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends & Letters (co-author). Peninnah received: Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator from The Covenant Foundation; NewCAJE’s Kavod Le'Morah Prize; National Storytellers Network 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award "For sustained and exemplary contributions to storytelling in America." (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 11am) Joyce Schriebman is an adult educator, a nonprofit professional, and an interfaith advocate active in Jewish-Muslim relationship building. She is the founder of the nonprofit organization, My Brother from Another Mother and runs various programs dedicated to interfaith understanding. With Yehezkel Landau, Joyce co-authored the resource guide, "How to Talk to Just about Anyone about Israel-Palestine." (Sun 4pm, Mon 2:45pm, Wed 9am) Cherie Karo Schwartz is a Storyteller, Author and Educator from Denver, who has performed and taught across America and abroad for 46 years, sharing spirit-filled Jewish stories and teachings. She is on faculty for Jewish Spiritual Education Maggid/Educator program, Torah Study and Story, Mizel Museum of Judaica, and provides Shabbatonim/Scholar programs for all ages.This is Cherie’s 34th CAJE/NewCAJE conference. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 11am)

168 Neil Schwartz has been a Hazzan for congregations in the US and Canada. He graduated from the JTS in 1980, and he has a recent Master of Arts in Religion and Culture. Neil teaches Trope and Nusach online for Hebrew College, and he also notates music for Trope Trainer™ and Tefillah Trainer™ teaching software. He is preparing a textbook on Biblical Hebrew, Trope, and davenning. (Mon 9am) Jennifer Tolman Schwartzman is the WOW! Program Coordinator at the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, developing innovative experiential education opportunities for local religious supplemental schools and day schools. Previously she was camp director at the JCC of Atlanta and early childhood lead teacher & Judaic specialist. An Atlanta Jewish Teacher of the Year award recipient, she is a graduate of Boston University. (Tues 11am & 4:45pm, Wed 11am) Diane M. Schwindt has been an educator for nearly 40 years. For the past 17 years, she has been the director of a historic museum, creating educational programs. She currently is teaching historic cooking, is a guest educator at local Hebrew schools teaching experiential learning and has her own business, KnoWalls Teaching, bringing history to life. (Sun 2pm, Tues 9am) Shawn Shafner is an artist, educator and activist. Creator of The People's Own Organic Power Project, he has catalyzed conversation about sustainable sanitation from the top of NYC's largest wastewater treatment plant to the floor of the United Nations. Shawn has taught arts-integrated curricula, mindfulness, and sustainable living in NYC schools, institutions and community centers since 2004, including the Guggenheim Museum, JCC Manhattan, Storahtelling/LabShul, Children’s Museum of Manhattan and many more. (Mon 9am, Tues 11am, Wed 9am) Brian Baruch Shamash, Hazzan and Education Director at Beth El Fairfield, CT strives to teach a love of learning for all ages. He is a member of the Cantors Assembly and holds Bachelors & Masters Degrees in music from the University of Maryland and the University of Miami. (Mon 11am) Emily Shamash, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor and Co-director of the Special Education Program in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professionals at Fairfield University. She is a certified special educator who specializes in working with children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Dr. Shamash is also the learning specialist and madrichim coordinator at Beth El Fairfield Congregation in Fairfield, Connecticut. (Mon 11am) Susan Shane-Linder is an award-winning singer, songwriter, published composer, and recording artist. In 2012 she won “Teacher of the Year.” Susan has taught and performed for the Jewish community for over 38 years, travels the country as an Artist in Residence, and has recorded five CDs. (Tues 11am & 4:45pm)

169 Dr. Eli Shapiro is a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate in education and specialists certificate in Jewish educational leadership. He is the creator and director of The Digital Citizenship Project, an Adjunct Professor for the City University of New York, Trustee of the Queens Public Library and internationally renowned lecturer and researcher. (Sun 4pm) Andrea Shupack, Cantorial Soloist and Jewish Educator, studied music education and vocal performance, and brought these passions into her Jewish life, teaching every age from preschool to adults. She loves working with b'nei mitzvah students and making services more meaningful for students and adults. Andrea gleans from the many synagogues/denominations she has worked for, merging traditional and contemporary styles into her services. (Wed 9am) Joyce Siegel is a Rabbi, received her MA in Jewish Education and Jewish Family Education Certificate from Hebrew College, and is a graduate of the Mandel MTEI. She worked as a Hebrew School teacher, tutor, Supplementary School Director, Program Director, Adult Education Director, and Jewish Educational consultant.

She also volunteers as a law enforcement chaplain. (Mon 12:30pm, Wed 9am) Rabbi Alanna Sklover is Director of Lifelong Learning at Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia. Alanna's earliest background was in Jewish youth and camping, and she brings a love for Jewish experiential education and community building to her work as an education director and rabbi. (Sun 2pm, Mon 11am) David Small is the rabbi at The Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, CT. Ordained

by JTS, and with a B.A. from Yale University, Rabbi Small also studied at The Hebrew University, the Shalom Hartman Institute, and holds an honorary Doctor of Divinity from JTS. He has served as a counselor and lifeguard at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and New England, is a Trustee of Foodshare, and serves on the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Ethics Committee. (Mon 4:45pm) David J. Smolar, a Baltimore-born master Hebrew school teacher for nearly 10 years, develops out-of-the-box activities for active Jewish learning through his company, Kikayon Productions. A video editor with a background in piano, musical theater, and comedy improv, David’s written numerous Torah-themed plays and parody songs, most recently crafting an original haggadah and hosting first night Pesach Seder at the JCC Manhattan. (Mon 11am) Paul Solyn is executive director of the Jewish Center & Federation in Elmira, NY. He received an M.J.Ed. degree and family-educator certificate from Hebrew College, Boston, and is an ordained maggid-educator. (Tues 11am & 4:45pm)

170 Sherri Sosensky is a certified Kidding Around Yoga Instructor. Sherri is also a part-time Pre-school Teacher at Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden, CT. She can be found teaching Children, Families, and Teens throughout the New Haven community. Sherri teaches Torah Yoga and brings the Jewish Holidays to life through the KAY Yoga Yeladim program. Sherri interweaves the Jewish traditions and values into her Pre-school and Yoga classes where she teaches children to be kind, help one another, focus and be mindful in class, home and away every day. (Sun 4pm) Chana Stein, Maggida-Omanit, is a teacher & storyteller. (Mon 9am, Tues 2:45pm) Jonah C. Steinberg is Executive Director of Harvard Hillel and a Jewish Chaplain at Harvard. Born in Canada, and raised in Toronto and Vienna, Austria, Jonah received his B.A. at Brown University and his M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D. degrees at Columbia University. He taught at the JTS, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of AJU, and the RCC before becoming Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, where he received rabbinic ordination. (Shabbat) Beth Styles is a producer, composer, musician, vocalist, and painter, and an award-winning writer/arranger of Jewish liturgical and contemporary spiritual music. Beth created “The Shabbat Experience,” a unique transformative journey of peace, music and meditation. Beth was the 2017 NewCAJE Emerging Artist winner, as well as a recipients of the 2016 “Shalshelet” award for new Jewish music.

(Sun 4pm, Mon 4:45pm, Tues 4:45pm) Abi Taylor-Abt has worked in Jewish Educational Curriculum Development for over twenty years. She is co-author of the Sinai School Hagaddah, author of both the TLC and Jewish Journeys Curricula and her book, Lessons in Jewish Learning.

Abi is currently the Director of Yachad School, a joint educational venture between the conservative Congregation Beth Shalom and the reform community of Temple Emanu-El. (Tues 12:30pm, Wed 9am) Emily Aronoff Teck, Ed.D. seeks to increase and improve the ways that the Jewish community invites young children and families to explore, discover, and celebrate joyful Judaism. She is an adjunct professor for Gratz college, the founding director of www.JewishLearningMatters.com and Jewish Family Jams. (Sun 4pm, Mon 9am, Tues 2:45pm, Wed 11am) Ronni Ticker, MBA, MAJS, is Director of Jewish Learning at Congregation B’nai Tzedek in Potomac, MD. She has been a Jewish educator for more than 20 years and has spent the last 6 years reimagining Jewish learning in congregational schools.

Her primary areas of interest today are Project-Based Jewish Learning, Connection to Prayer, and Teaching Kindness through a Jewish lens. (Sun 2pm, Tues 9am)

171 Karen Trager is currently the Religious School Principal at Congregation Kol Haverim, Glastonbury, CT. Ms. Trager holds two Master’s degrees in Education and is a member, and past officer, of the Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE). (Sun 2pm, Mon 11am) Josh Troderman, CEO of ShalomLearning, has held teaching/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 empowering the next generation to learn and experience the Mitzvah of Tzedakah. (Mon 9am) Julie Plaut Warwick is an Inspirational speaker, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate. She is the owner and founder of Connecting the Peaces, LLC, located in Bellevue, Washington. Julie loves to work within the Jewish community as she weaves her knowledge of Judaism, Laughter, and Mental Health Counseling into her workshops. (Sun 2pm, Tues 4:45pm) Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center; author of Seasons of our Joy; co-author of A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven: The Jewish Life-Spiral.

Named by the Forward one of America’s “most inspiring rabbis.” (Sun 4pm) Paul Weinberg has owned Alden Films, a distributor of media of Israel and Judaica for 34 years. He has presented workshops and films at NewCaje, LimmudNY, JCCs, Synagogues, Holocaust Centers, Colleges and fraternal groups on Antisemitism, The Holocaust, and other Jewish subjects. (Wed 11am) Nina Woldin, Director of Special Projects, Family, and Teen education for Chai Mitzvah, has been working in Jewish education for more than three decades creating student materials and programs in print, online, and video. Nina worked in the Israel Advocacy and Education Department of Jewish National Fund, and her online Jewish education resource center, Yourpage.org, became part of JNF’s website in 2003. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 11am) Jonathan Wolf is the Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Activism, and prominent in One Jewish Evanston. He has been Social Policy Director of the Synagogue Council, Jewish liaison to Cesar Chavez & the UFW, National Chair of Orthodox Jews for Obama, Community Action Director of Lincoln Square Synagogue, and a leader of CAJE, NewCAJE, AJWS, Beyond Shelter, L’OLAM, JOFA & LimmudChicago. (Mon 2:45pm, Tues 11am) Marc Young tells Jewish stories that engage young and old alike. His wide-ranging repertoire spans stories from Torah, midrash, folklore, Yiddish literature and modern Jewish writers. Marc also uses classic Jewish story forms to address contemporary issues of immigration, identity, and justice. (Sun 2pm)

172 Mark S. Young is managing director of the Leadership Commons at the Davidson School of JTS. He builds relationships with community foundations, federations, and practitioners across the continent to make the Leadership Commons a space where “thinkers, doers, and visionaries� from all corners of Jewish education come together to learn, create, and collaborate for the common good of the Jewish people. Mark is also a member of the NewCAJE board. (Mon 4:45pm, Tues 9am) Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff is a Jewish storyteller, educator, facilitator, and coach based in Baltimore, MD. She is the founder and director of The Golden Door: Storytelling for Social Justice. Jennifer is an Imagining Justice in Baltimore Fellow for the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies in 2018. She serves as a storyteller in residence at synagogues across the U.S. Jennifer is a published writer and poet. (Sun 4pm, 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, performing music for kids and parents, and charming audiences with upbeat songs, many of which are sung in schools, temples, and summer camps all over the world. Ellen has a BA in Music and a Master's degree in Education, and is a Holistic Health Coach as well as a Kidding Around Yoga/Yoga Yeladim teacher. Her latest passion is teaching Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach, a high energy kid’s music program.

Rae Antonoff, MAJE, is a Jewish educator, artist, and educational resource designer based in Los Angeles with a passion for Hebrew language and texts. Her creative, research-based educational resources are designed for supplementary schools — art project plans, visual aids, self-paced Hebrew materials, “Prayer Karaoke” videos, and much more.

The Baal Shem Tones (Helene & Michael Kates) have performed since 1999. Songs from their best selling 2015 album "8 Songs for Children" are fast becoming staples in Jewish and secular classrooms across the country. Their next project is a series of unusual song parodies for Jewish holidays.

Matt Bar is Founder and Executive Director of Bible Raps, which launched from his participation in the PresenTense Institute during the summer of 2007. Matt continued to further his Jewish education during his 2008 year of study at The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Since its inception, Bible Raps has reached a whole lot of young Jews with Torah-rich performances, workshops, and curriculum.

The Bible Players (Andrew Davies & Aaron Friedman) are a comedy team that are Improv-ing Jewish Lives. Since 2011 they have performed in 30 states, visiting hundreds of Schools, Synagogues, Camps, and more. From plays to stand-up shows to training workshops, they use improv and comedy to teach Jewish values. The Bible Players make Judaism joyous for all ages, and are sure to be the highlight of the year.

Barbara Birenbaum is an experienced educator with a secular credential and a Master of Arts in Jewish Education. In addition to middle school subbing, private academic tutoring, and teaching Jewish studies, she has developed a successful specialty in Israeli Folk Dance. Her programs encourage balance, brain health and bring joy with movement. Using creativity to adapt the choreography with a blend of classic, modern and familiar folk music, Barbara effectively makes it fun for folks of all ages and abilities.

Joanie Calem is a singer-songwriter, teacher, and inclusion advocate.

Born in the US, Joanie moved to Israel as a teenager, where she began her career as a musician and music teacher. Since 1981 Joanie has made community building through her music her focus. When her second child was born in 1995, she also began to learn about the world of autism, and now works in the intersection between music, special needs, and community building.

175 Neshama Carlebach has performed in cities worldwide, has sung on the Broadway stage, has sold more than one million records, and was a six-time entrant in the 2011 Grammy Awards.

Jon Cobert began his career recording and playing live with John Lennon (you can see him in the movie "Imagine.”) He has earned 5 Grammy nominations for his work as producer on Tom' Chapin’s recordings. He is also the musician and song-leader for the Hebrew Wizards, run by Rabbi Deborah Salomon. He has written songs for and produced their last two award-winning Jewish music CDs. EJ Cohen has been a CAJEnik since 1992 and a Limmudnik since 1998. With MA degrees in Deaf Ed and Jewish Ed, she is thrilled to be able to combine signing, Judaica, and music. She is honored to be able to work with some of the best musicians in the Jewish world.

Joshua C. Cohen has been in the Jewish music world ever since he could pick up a guitar and sing at URJ Camp Newman. He has a full length album of Jewish music titled "Romemu," and is the full time Music Educator at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, MA. He has spent the better part of a decade song leading for youth groups across the country, and is excited to bring his expertise to others.

Sara deBeer combines her vast experience as a teller of international folktales with her lifelong love of her own Jewish heritage. She breathes life into all her stories from both Eastern European and Sephardic traditions, holding listeners of all ages spellbound. When leading workshops, Sara's lively teaching style and skill at facilitating discussions always occur in an environment of respect and trust.

Cantor Ellen Dreskin (HUC-JIR ’86) is a teacher, coach, and consultant in the areas of liturgy, ritual, and contemporary innovative communal worship and deepening prayer practice. She teaches online and as an artist-in-residence at congregations across the country, as well as at SLBC, Hava Nashira, URJ Kutz Camp, and the JCCA Sheva Center.

Susan Gaeta is an American vocalist/guitarist and an important member of a new generation of musicians exploring the rich and varied traditions of Sephardic music. Susan has toured extensively with legendary Balkan Sephardic singer/composer Flory Jagoda, a National Heritage Fellow and “Keeper of the Flame” of Sephardic music. Susan performs as a soloist and with Trio Sefardi. She is a Master Artist at The Virginia Humanities, teaching and continuing Jagoda’s work and story.

Sam Glaser’s energetic & passionate style ignite the spirit. Named as a top ten Jewish artist by Moment magazine, Glaser typically performs in synagogues and Jewish Community Centers, but has appeared at such venues as L.A.'s Greek Theater, Universal Amphitheater, Staples Center, and Dodger Stadium, as well as on Broadway and at the White House.

176 Sue Horowitz (2018 NewCAJE Evening Programs Chair & Co-Producer) is a Jewish singer-songwriter with 4 CDs of original music.

She appears at conferences, congregations, and homes throughout the US, and her music is published widely. Sue is an avid attender and facilitator of songwriting workshops. Sue's warm engaging presence and spiritual music captivate worshippers and audiences of all ages.

Thea Iberall, PhD, is the host of Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, and is featured in the documentary “Poets, Passion and Poetry.” An inductee into the International Educators Hall of Fame, Thea writes stories that springboard from the personal into moral issues, scientific questions, and emotional truths. She is a member of Northeast Storytellers and the Jewish Storytellers of New England.

Cantor Jeff Klepper has written hundreds of songs, and has performed as Kol B'Seder (with Rabbi Dan Freelander) since 1971.

He is co-founder (with Debbie Friedman, z"l) of the Hava Nashira Song Leader Workshop. He is currently the cantor of Temple Sinai of Sharon, and on the faculty of the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College.

Jacob “Spike” Kraus is a singer/songwriter based in New York. Jacob serves as the Music Teacher for Beit Rabban Day School. He has been song leading for over a decade at synagogues, day schools, and summer camps. His music has been included in the cantorial curriculum of HUC–JIR, and is featured on Jewish Rock Radio & PJ Library.

Naomi Less is a singer, composer, ritualist, radio host (Jewish Rock Radio's "Jewish Women Rock") and activist/educator based in Brooklyn. She serves as Lab/Shul’s Associate Director and a Founding Ritual Leader, as well as directs the Songleader Boot Camp teen track. Naomi recently co-created a multidisciplinary performance “TRYmester: Jewish Fertility Journeys Out Loud.”

She is Vice President of Uprooted: a Jewish Response to Fertility Journeys.

Ira & Julia Levin are a Harmony-driven Contemporary Folk duo who have garnered invitations to perform in Amsterdam, England, and the U.S. They've received many songwriting and performance awards in the Jewish, Children's, and Folk Alliance communities.

Ira & Julia tour extensively, spreading inclusive joy while bridging communities.

Lisa Levine is a nationally known cantor, composer, author, poet, and recording artist. She earned a BA from UCI, and received Ordination from HUC-JIR DFSSM. Lisa is the author of “Yoga Shalom” and prayer voice of “Hebrew In Harmony.” Her latest CD “Bridge To Peace” promotes healing and non-violence.

Ordained by Aleph Alliance in 2018 as Rabbinic Pastor, Lisa is a JSSA Chaplain and Religious Leader of Seaside Jewish Community in Rehoboth, DE.

177 Eliana Light engages the spirit through learning and song. She offers artist-in-residence weekends, teaches at conferences, and consults with synagogues to create intentional, meaningful prayer experiences for all ages. Eliana authored “Hebrew in Harmony,” released two albums of original Jewish music, founded the G!D Project, and runs LEEP at NewCAJE. She received her MA in Jewish Experiential Education from JTS. Chava Mirel (2018 NewCAJE Co-Producer of the Sunday Night Evening Program) is a Seattle-based singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who combines rich, luxurious vocals with deep pocket rhythms to bring a new sound to Jewish music. With themes of gratitude, self-acceptance, balance, and responsibility for each other, Chava’s songs bring comfort and uplift the spirit. Her music is featured in the “Hebrew in Harmony” curriculum.

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." Josh Nelson brings his extraordinary message of hope, unity, and spirituality to concert stages and worship services across the globe.

Recently hailed by Time Magazine as a “Star of the New Jewish Music,” Josh Nelson's work is celebrated and integrated into the repertoire of congregations, camps, and communities around the world.

Chana Rothman is a Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter/educator. In her travels throughout the country and world, she uses music as a form of connection, justice, and community building. Chana enjoys singing, playing, and laughing with people of all ages.

Peninnah Schram, Professor Emerita at Yeshiva University, tells Jewish stories of wisdom and wit. Her recent book is “Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends & Letters” (co-author Sandy Eisenberg Sasso.) Recipient: Covenant Award for Outstanding Jewish Educator; NewCAJE’s Kavod Le'Morah Prize for an outstanding educator; National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Cherie Karo Schwartz is a Denver-based storyteller, author, and educator who has been raised in the embrace of both CAJE and NewCAJE since 1982, making this her double chai year! She creates programs with and for synagogues, schools, havurot, adult Torah Study and Story classes, B'nai Mitzvah students, museums and libraries, using stories, text, ritual, and creative drama. Cherie is on the faculty of the Jewish Spiritual Education maggid-educator program.

178 Diane Schwindt has been an educator for nearly 40 years.

She is currently the director of an historic museum where she is responsible for all of the programming for children and families. She teaches historic cooking, and leads hands-on learning experiences at local Hebrew schools.

Shawn Shafner is an artist, educator, and activist. Creator of The People's Own Organic Power Project, he has catalyzed conversations about sustainable sanitation from NYC's largest wastewater treatment plant to the United Nations. Shawn also creates community-based projects, devises theater and dance, as well as arts-integrated education. Part of Marisa Michelson's Constellation Choir, he’ll perform with the New York Philharmonic this September.

Susan Shane-Linder (2018 NewCAJE Co-Producer of the Monday Night Evening Program) is an award-winning singer, songwriter, published composer, and recording artist. In 2012 she won “Teacher of the Year.” Susan has taught and performed for the Jewish community for over 38 years, travels the country as an Artist in Residence, and has recorded five CDs. JessAnn Smith is a NYC-based performer, producer, and teaching artist. She sings and teaches with the National Chorale, and is also very active in developing work that serves her Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. JessAnn has performed all over the country (and beyond!) with choirs, comedy troupes, and one-person shows.

Beth Styles (2018 NewCAJE Co-Producer of the Tuesday Night Evening Program) is a versatile producer, composer, musician, vocalist, and painter, whose work brings people together through the power of love and music. An award-winning writer/arranger of Jewish liturgical and contemporary spiritual music, Beth created “The Shabbat Experience,” a unique transformative journey of peace, music and meditation. Beth was the 2017 NewCAJE Emerging Artist winner, as well as a recipient of the 2016 “Shalshelet” award for new Jewish music.

Lizzie Swan has worked as a creative arts therapist at the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield, CT, and is a highly sought-after early-childhood music educator. She is a song leader and cantorial soloist at Hebrew Wizards/Kehilat Shalom. Along with Jon Cobert and Deborah Salomon, she has written and recorded two Parents Choice award winning family Jewish music albums with the Hebrew Wizards Family Band. You can also hear Lizzie performing at rock clubs and festivals in the bands Fingersleeve, Swivel Chair, and as a founding member of the award winning Swingset Mamas Band.

179 Emily Teck (Miss Emily AKA Dr. Teck) strives to increase and improve the ways that we engage and educate young children and families in Jewish communities. She is a musician, professor at Gratz, and early childhood educator. She has a Jewish Studies B.A, Curriculum & Instruction M.Ed., and Jewish Education Ed.D. Julie Plaut Warwick is a licensed mental health counselor, inspirational speaker, and Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher who leads workshops and trainings around the world. Recently she was awarded the title of Laughter Ambassador for her work in Laughter Outreach. She specializes in working with the Jewish community, and has programs such as the “Sh’ma Ha Ha” and “Ha Ha Chagim.”

Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff is a Jewish storyteller, poet, educator, facilitator, and coach. She trains educators in the art of Jewish storytelling. Jennifer, the founding director of The Golden Door: Storytelling for Social Justice, and was named a 2016 Baltimore Social Innovator by the Warnock Foundation. Her story CD, “The Growing Season,” was commissioned by the Macks Center for Jewish Education in Baltimore. Jennifer is also a published writer and poet.

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Sunday: 12:00-5:30pm & 7:30-8:30pm Monday: 10:30am-6pm & 7:45-8:45pm Tuesday: 10:30am-6pm & 7:45-8:45pm Wednesday: 9:00am-2:30pm

7 MINUTE HEBREW 7 Minute Hebrew is an app that helps students excel at decoding & understanding Hebrew. With our learning management system, teachers, directors, and parents can follow each student's progress and ensure their success in Hebrew school.

Cantor Steve Hummel www.7minutehebrew.com Steve@7MinuteHebrew.com THE ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RELIGION – NY A transdenominational, pluralistic institution training rabbis, cantors, chaplains, & communal leaders to meet the needs of the 21st century American Jewish community.

Rabbi Jeff Hoffman www.ajrca.edu JHoffman@ajrsem.org AND THOU SHALT READ Your source year-round for Jewish books and materials to help in your classrooms and programs: books, games, posters, stickers, music and more!

RuthE Levy www.AndThouShaltRead.com; www.OyToys.com sales@AndThouShaltRead.com

BEHRMAN HOUSE The trusted leader in Jewish educational publishing, Behrman House inspires and supports creative, meaningful learning with our unequaled collection of innovative Hebrew materials, apps, and values-based courses, plus many former URJ Press favorites.

Terry Kaye www.behrmanhouse.com terry@behrmanhouse.com CHAI MITZVAH Chai Mitzvah is a Jewish engagement initiative that combines text study to spark discussion, social action, and spirituality. There are Chai Mitzvah programs for all ages – Adults, Teens, and Families.

Nina Woldin www.chaimitzvah.org Nina@chaimitzvah.org CHASSIDA SHMELLA ETHIOPIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY BIZU ART Ethiopian Jewish Art, jewelry and Judaica that reflect the artist's Jewish and Ethiopian heritage.

Bizu Riki Mullu chassidashmella@gmail.com

181 GRATZ COLLEGE Academic programs including masters degrees in Education & Non-Profit Management, with Jewish concentrations.

The NEXT program offers online professional development for supplementary school educators. The Academy program grants college credit for a wide range of programs. JOLT offers online conversational Hebrew for teens year-round.

Dina Maiben www.gratz.edu dmaiben@gratz.edu HEBREW WIZARDS Hebrew Wizards non-tradition camp style Hebrew School that incorporates a proprietary curriculum and original music to excite and motivate Jewish learning.

Deborah Salomon hebrewizards@gmail.com 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.

Melissa Hoffman jewishinitiativeforanimals.org melissah@farmforward.com THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Turning Jewish scholarship into transformative action and leadership. The academic programs within our five schools integrate rigorous scholarship with a commitment to strengthening Jewish tradition, lives, and communities.

Sarahann Goldstein www. jtsa.edu/admissions sargoldstein@jtsa.edu

JLEARNHUB JLearnHub provides a platform for Jewish educators to buy & sell resources for Jewish learning, vetted & edited for quality. JLearnHub is seeking Content Creators & Collaborating Editors as well as buyers!

Rae Antonoff rae@jlearnhub.com KIYAKON PRODUCTIONS At Kikayon, we create experiential and interactive products for Jewish learning, holidays, and special events through our credo of “Education through Entertainment." Our drama-based teaching materials, custom-made programming, and youth-oriented prayer books help guide adult leaders and teen mentors through fun and engaging activities where they not only learn but form a personal connection to their Jewish identity.

David Smolar KikayonProductions.com d_smolar@hotmail.com KODEM KOL KAVOD CDsand picture books of original children’s Jewish music, as well as information about teacher and community training sessions on inclusion and special needs in the Jewish world.

Joanie Calem www.joaniecalem.com joaniecalem@gmail.com MAGNET MOGUL The Magnet Mogul produces Jewish educational products for the classroom and home. Our materials are educational, strong, durable, interchangable, and extremely attractive to children.

Randee Leffler www.themagnetmogul.com info@themagnetmogul.com

182 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY Offering many ways to bring the Museum to your classroom or community with traveling exhibitions and programs, professional development for teachers, and object-based lesson plans and educational resources on American Jewish history. Our traveling exhibition, Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews is now at the Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford and available for bookings.

Shira Goldstein www.nmajh.org sgoldstein@nmajh.org PEGGY H DAVIS CALLIGRAPHY Judaic art, invitations, ketubot, unique yarmulkes. See samples of the downloadable art for Hebrew education materials at: www.HebrewLettering.com; Peggy Davis www.ganeydn.com/teacher phd@ganeydn.com PROJECT ASERET The Aseret Teacher’s Companion is a supplementary curriculum for teachers who are already teaching the Ten Commandments, guiding them in how to explore each commandment as a Core Value for life. Included are suggestions with practical examples and discussions points.

Nitzan Bergman aseretglobal.org rabbibergman@gmail.com SHALOM LEARNING Modernizing Jewish Congregational Schools: 2nd-7th Grade Blended, Religious School Curriculum, Professional Development, Teacher Training & Support.

Debi Himelfarb www.shalomlearning.org debi@shalomlearning.org

SHARSHERET Hebrew for "chain", Sharsheret is a notfor-profit organization supporting young women and families of all Jewish backgrounds facing breast or ovarian cancer at all stages – before, during, and after diagnosis. Educating Jewish communities about our heightened risk, and how to be proactive about our health.

Melissa Rosen mrosen@sharsheret.org SINGING TORAH We believe that a meaningful Bar or Bat Mitzvah experience lays the foundation for a life-long love of Jewish learning and connection to the Jewish community.

We offer online, interactive tools to help make such an experience accessible to students and their synagogues.

Yoni Shtiebel biblelaw@gmail.com SISU HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ KOL-AMI / SIFRIYAT AMI Hebrew books for children and adults, Israeli films and music on CD, Jewish DVDs (Shalom Sesame) and family-related materials. Ask us about the Hebrew children's book club.

Haim Scheininger www.sisuent.com / stmus@yahoo.com sisu@sisuent.com WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION Offering tools and programs on teaching Hebrew and Israel.

Hilla Drechler http://www.wzo.org.il/Education hillad@wzo.org.il ZERACH.COM Jewish Educational materials.

Zerach Greenfield www.zerach.com Zerach@zerach.com

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Kikayon Productions

• Parashah plays and Torah improv • Training teen leaders • Custom-made programming

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Jewish education, right out of the box.

kikayonproductions.com David J. Smolar, creator

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AN INVITATION to apply for the Ninth Cohort beginning in November 2019.

The Mandel Teacher Education Institute (MTEI) is a two-year professional development initiative of six seminars. The goal of the program is to create a cadre of educational leaders who will revitalize the Jewish community by improving the quality of teaching and learning in our schools. MTEI has successfully developed a national cadre of over 250 educators, most of whom today, occupy senior leadership positions.

Who should participate in this program?

Educators who already have supervisory responsibility in their schools are ideal candidates for this program. Participants are recruited from across all denominations and settings.

Applicants need to demonstrate a commitment to the improvement of their institutions. An outcome is that you will be able to strengthen teacher and student learning, sharpen your own leadership skills, and build your selfconfidence as an educational leader.

Faculty includes the following: Miriam Raider Roth (Director); Seymour Kopelowitz; Gail Dorph; Sharon Feiman-Nemser; Barry Holtz; Elie Holzer; Jennifer Lewis; Kathy Simon; and Jeff Stanzler.

The Foundation covers most of the costs of the seminars. Participants (their institutions and communities) are requested to cover travel, and registration costs. Scholarships are available for those who require financial assistance.

Seymour Kopelowitz, (skopelowitz@mandelfoundation.org) from the Mandel Foundation will be at NewCAJE to answer any questions.

To apply – see MTEI’s web site: www.mtei-learning.org

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Learn with Hebrew College at NewCAJE 2018

Engage with our faculty over these pressing topics!

Rachel Raz, Early Childhood Education Director

7/30 - 9am The Jewish Community 7/30 - 4:45pm The First Torah in Space 7/31 - 9am Stamp Your Way Through Israel Dr. Keren R. McGinity Interfaith Families Jewish Engagement Director

7/29 - 2:30pm Curb Your Enthusiasm 7/30 - 9am Jewish Intermarriage Opportunity 7/31 - 11am December Dilemma Join us at a luncheon, Monday July 30

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CROSS-REFERENCE BY SUBJECT

ADMINISTRATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Putting Your Toe in the Water and Then Up to Your Knee Fran Pearlman 2:00pm – Project-Based Jewish Learning: Making Learning Authentic, Relevant, Engaging, and Fun! Ronni Ticker 4:00pm – Ever Dread Having a Tough Conversation with a Colleague, Parent, or Family Member? Cheryl Magen 4:00pm – Understanding Politics, Power, and Influence in our Schools Seymour Kopelowitz 4:00pm – Multiage Classroom Andrea Kasper MONDAY 9:00am – The Why is at the Center — Part 1 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper 9:00am – Why Are More and More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 11:00am – Management is Not Leadership Stephen Brand 11:00am – NewCAJE Round Table for Principals Fran Pearlman, Karen Trager 11:00am – The Why is at the Center — Part 2 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper 2:45pm – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility Natasha Dresner 2:45pm – How to Start & What to Do When You Hit Bumps in the Road Lori Forman-Jacobi 2:45pm – Soccer Practice Or Hebrew School? Help!! Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 2:45pm – Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking to Maximize Learning and Impact Tamara Rebick 4:45pm – It’s Not Just About the Program: Thinking About Goals, Outcomes, & Assessment Cheryl Magen

4:45pm – Rockin’ Your Jewish Values — Hey Jude, Who Are You? Debby Kinman-Ford 4:45pm – The Pros and Cons of Online Learning Lori Forman-Jacobi TUESDAY 9:00am – Got a Mission? Aligning your Organization’s Values and Structure Cheryl Magen 9:00am – Inspiring Your Staff by Letting Them Lead – Enhancing Success and Motivating Your Faculty Mark Young 9:00am – U Pick: Adapting Innovative Models of Education for Your Synagogue Jennifer Goldsmith 11:00am – EnLIGHTening Hanukah Tales and Techniques: Bringing the Light into

187 Today’s World Judith Black, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 11:00am – Family Programming for Hanukah: Long-Term Planning for Holidays Cherie Koller-Fox 11:00am – Be the Light (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 2:45pm – Jewish Learning to Help Us Thrive Jennifer Goldsmith 2:45pm – Adjusting to Shrinking Numbers in Our Schools & How to Fix Them Eyal Bor, Hana Bor 2:45pm – Project Based Learning — What is it, Really? Andrea Kasper 2:45pm – Pennies for Heaven: Lessons from the History of Financing Jewish Education Daniel Judson 4:45pm – Creating Social Connectors: How to Sell Your Vision and Create Buy-In with Parents and Lay Leaders Jennifer Goldsmith 4:45pm – Human Resources: Creating & Sustaining a Team of Super Heroes Debby Kinman-Ford 4:45pm – Experiential Education via Augmented & Virtual Reality Barbara Biran, Yifat Mukades 4:45pm – Educator Awards: How Do They Work? Nora Gorenstein 4:45pm – When Marshmallows Fly... (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Adaptive Leadership: Theory & Practical Applications for the Jewish Educator Hana Bor 9:00am – Growing Our Own Champions: Creating Sacred Lay/Professional Relationships Heather Fiedler 9:00am – Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About: Innovation & Evolution at SULAM Beth El Ilana Garber 9:00am – Plan an Engaging and Affordable Adult Education Program Joyce Siegel 11:00am – Inside 4 Walls: Experiential Education Methodology for the Classroom Tamara Rebick 11:00am – Conversations on Community: Exploring Five Dimensions of Organizational Community Shira Hammerman 11:00am – The Rainbow Connection (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman

ADULT EDUCATION

MONDAY 9:00am – Jewish Intermarriage Opportunity: Gender Roles and Change Over Time Keren McGinity 9:00am – Does the Jewish Journey Continue Once You Have Arrived? Ellen Cohn 2:45pm – A Clergy Member and a Story Meet... Sharing Stories: For Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, and Rabbinic/Cantorial Students Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 2:45pm – Countering BDS—What Works & What Doesn’t Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Plan an Engaging and Affordable Adult Education Program Joyce Siegel

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ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF JEWISH EDUCATION MONDAY 11:00am – Hebrew Wizards—Bringing Camp into the Classroom Jon Cobert, Elizabeth Peress-Swan, Deborah Salomon 2:45pm – Positive Teachers, Positive Students: Creating A Culture of Appreciation Eliana Light, Jennifer Zunikoff

BAR/BAT MITZVAH

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Make it a Mitzvah They’ll Remember: B’nai Mitzvah Projects... Lindsay Katz 4:00pm – Elijah’s Covenant Between the Generations Arthur Waskow MONDAY 9:00am – Preparing Students of All Abilities for B’nai Mitzvah Rebecca Redner 11:00am – Utilizing a Kinesthetic Approach to Teach Trope and Hebrew Skills to Children and Adults Brian Shamash, Emily Shamash 2:45pm – A New Way to Teach Torah Trope Jeff Klepper 4:45pm – Creating Insight & Support: Turning Bar/Bat Mitzvah Prep into a Team Sport David Small TUESDAY 4:45pm – Mitzvoteinu: Creating Meaningful Group B’nai Mitzvah Projects Kevin Kleinman

BIBLE

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Bringing the People of the Book Off the Page Aileen Heiman 4:00pm – Harry Potter vs. Torah — Which Story is More “True”? Galya Greenberg MONDAY 9:00am – From Sacred Text to Big Ideas: How to Bring Torah Study Into the Supplementary School Everett Fox, Cherie Koller-Fox 4:45pm – Creating Insight & Support: Turning Bar/Bat Mitzvah Prep into a Team Sport David Small TUESDAY 9:00am – How To Read a Chapter of Torah Everett Fox 2:45pm – Reading a Psalm Everett Fox 2:45pm – Diving into Text Nancy Rosen 4:45pm – Best Practices for Teaching Bible Galya Greenberg WEDNESDAY 9:00am – “Torah Alive!” Experiential Approach to Teaching Torah to Young Children Lorraine Arcus 11:00am – Teaching the Book of Jonah Galya Greenberg 11:00am – Isaiah of the Exile Everett Fox

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CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ARTS

SUNDAY 2:00pm – The Golem Girl Marc Young 2:00pm – Rock, Scissors, Paper Diane Schwindt 4:00pm – Listen to Our Mentors: YAs Tell the Stories of Experienced Educators Jennifer Zunikoff MONDAY 9:00am – Crafting Stories that Serve Your Curricula Shawn Shafner 9:00am – Mezuzah: The Doorway to Transformation Chana Stein 11:00am – Art as a Mirror to the Soul: Creativity & Identity Nancy Katz 11:00am – Torah Time Improv! David Smolar 2:45pm – A Clergy Member and a Story Meet... Sharing Stories: For Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, and Rabbinic/Cantorial Students Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 2:45pm – Duct Tape Tallit! Lorraine Arcus, Janie Grackin 4:45pm – Incorporating Calligraphy & Micrography into the Hebrew Classroom Rae Antonoff TUESDAY 9:00am – No Mixing of Fibers Here! Diane Schwindt 9:00am – Celebrating the Beauty & Delight of the Alef Bet Nancy Katz 11:00am – Teaching with Art in Your Jewish Classroom Ann Koffsky 11:00am – The Other Hanukah Story: A New, Old Flame Shawn Shafner 2:45pm – Simcha Spa! Julia Levin 2:45pm – Imagining Tefillah in Technicolor: Amidah for Friday Night Jeff Hoffman 4:45pm – “He Said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash Sara deBeer

DAY SCHOOL

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Digital Life of Jewish Students: Challenges & Opportunities Temima Feldman, Eli Shapiro TUESDAY 4:45pm – Best Practices for Teaching Bible Galya Greenberg WEDNESDAY 11:00am – Teaching the Book of Jonah Galya Greenberg

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SUNDAY 2:00pm – Project-Based Jewish Learning... Ronni Ticker 2:00pm – Rock, Scissors, Paper Diane Schwindt 2:00pm – Changing the Way We Think About Holocaust Education: K-12 Deborah Fripp 2:00pm – Prayer Beyond Words (The Nigun) Helene Kates 2:00pm – Mishna, Gemarah & Rashi...Oh My! Beginner’s Intro to Talmud... Alanna Sklover 4:00pm – Multiage Classroom Andrea Kasper 4:00pm – Harry Potter vs. Torah — Which Story is More “True”? Galya Greenberg 4:00pm – Kodem Kol Kavod: Disability Awareness and True Inclusion Joanie Calem 4:00pm – Creating a Loving Environment in the Classroom Phyllis Berman 4:00pm – Digital Life of Jewish Students: Challenges & Opportunities Temima Feldman, Eli Shapiro MONDAY 9:00am – Mezuzah: The Doorway to Transformation Chana Stein 9:00am – The Archaeology of the Holocaust: Rhodes, Poland, and Lithuania Richard Freund 9:00am – Israel-US Relations in the Classroom Hilla Drechler 9:00am – Bread & Butter Nusach: The Joys of Shaharit for Weekdays or Shabbat Michael Kasper 9:00am – Good Questions Are the Answer: Lenses of Questioning Batsheva Frankel 11:00am – Utilizing a Kinesthetic Approach to Teach Trope & Hebrew Skills Brian Shamash, Emily Shamash 11:00am – Art as a Mirror to the Soul: Creativity & Identity Nancy Katz 11:00am – Who is He & He is She? OR “Hu” is He and “He” is She! Understanding and Supporting Gender Diversity in the Classroom Alanna Sklover 11:00am – Luis Moses Gomez: A documentary About a Lesser-Known Jewish Hero Andree Brooks 11:00am – Democracy at Risk: The Holocaust and Human Behavior Jan Darsa 11:00am – American Jews and Israel in the Age of Trump Avinoam Patt 11:00am – A Holy Mixture: How Rational & Mystical Communicate & Strengthen Each Other Jim Rosen 11:00am – Parents, Kids, Educators: Perfect Tikkun Olam Trio Kevin Kleinman, Chana Rothman 2:45pm – A New Way to Teach Torah Trope Jeff Klepper 2:45pm – Hebrew Through Movement: Intermediate Level Nachama Moskowitz 2:45pm – How to Grow Kind Kids: Teaching Kindness as a Jewish Value Aviva Lucas Gutnick 2:45pm – Duct Tape Tallit! Lorraine Arcus, Janie Grackin 2:45pm – Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking Tamara Rebick 4:45pm – Incorporating Calligraphy & Micrography into the Hebrew Classroom Rae Antonoff 4:45pm – Colliding Dreams: Looking at Israel Through the Eyes of its Inhabitants Jan Darsa 4:45pm – Outside of Our Comfort Zones – Mixing Up Our Use of Space... Mark Young TUESDAY 9:00am – Inspiring Your Staff by Letting Them Lead – Enhancing Success & Your Faculty Mark Young 9:00am – How To Read a Chapter of Torah Everett Fox 9:00am – No Mixing of Fibers Here! Diane Schwindt

191 9:00am – Celebrating the Beauty & Delight of the Alef Bet Nancy Katz 9:00am – And You Shall Tell Your Children: “2nd Generation” Holocaust Testimony Avinoam Patt 9:00am – Healing Music: Connection and Inclusion Chava Mirel 9:00am – Veshinantam: Shema as an Interactive Framework for Teaching & Learning Aileen Heiman 9:00am – Jewish Disability Awareness Programs Gary Alpert, Ilana Garber 9:00am – More Good Questions: Next Level Lenses of Questioning Batsheva Frankel 9:00am – Teaching Text Through Movement Jeff Hoffman, Michael Kasper 9:00am – To Save a Life or Not? The Ethics of Organ Donation Richard Freund, Lindsay Katz 9:00am – Reggio Emilia 101 Ellen Allard, Ronit Ben-Shir 9:00am – Seeing Curriculum as Only a Starting Point: A Lesson of the Maccabees Shira Hammerman 11:00am – Teaching with Art in Your Jewish Classroom Ann Koffsky 11:00am – The Other Hanukah Story: A New, Old Flame Shawn Shafner 11:00am – The Real Message of Hanukah, and How it Applies Today Jonathan Wolf 11:00am – Edible Judaism: Discovering Hanukah Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan 11:00am – EnLIGHTening Hanukah Tales...Judith Black, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 11:00am – Family Programming for Hanukah: Long-Term Planning for Holidays Cherie Koller-Fox 11:00am – From the December Dilemma to the December Delights... Keren McGinity 11:00am – Spiritual Secrets of Chanukah for All Ages Sam Glaser 11:00am – The Hanukah Files: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? Paul Solyn 11:00am – Be the Light (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 11:00am – Yoga Shalom: The Embodiment of Prayer Lisa Levine 11:00am – The Mitzvah Menorah and the Rabbi Who Plays Santa Claus Kevin Kleinman 2:45pm – Jewish Learning to Help Us Thrive Jennifer Goldsmith 2:45pm – Project Based Learning — What is it, Really? Andrea Kasper 2:45pm – Altnuelang: Hebrew – The Next Generation Hilla Drechler 2:45pm – The Magic of the Shoresh Chana Stein 2:45pm – Imagining Tefillah in Technicolor: Amidah for Friday Night Jeff Hoffman 2:45pm – Bringing Prayer to Children without Making it Childish Joel Hoffman 2:45pm – Reading a Psalm Everett Fox 2:45pm – Diving into Text Nancy Rosen 2:45pm – How to (Not) Talk About G!D Eliana Light 2:45pm – Social Justice in My Community Chana Rothman 2:45pm – Building an Inclusive Classroom David Farbman 2:45pm – Using Video Production to Teach Jewish Concepts & Content Mike Dorfman, Alan Rudt 4:45pm – Best Practices for Teaching Bible Galya Greenberg 4:45pm – “He Said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash Sara deBeer 4:45pm – Processing for Educators & Their Students... Tamara Rebick 4:45pm – Ancient Answers to Good and Evil That Were Cut From the Bible Joel Hoffman 4:45pm – Pedagogy of the Ages, According to the Sages Paul Solyn

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WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Growing Our Own Champions: Sacred Lay/Professional Relationships Heather Fiedler 9:00am – Crafting a Contemplative Service: Engaging in Tefilah & Kehilah Andrea Shupack 9:00am – The Bathroom Blessing: Mindfulness & Sustainability with Asher Yatzar Shawn Shafner 9:00am – Conversations on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman 9:00am – Most of All, I Want My Child to Be a Good Person Benjamin Gorelick 11:00am – Inside 4 Walls: Experiential Education Methodology for the Classroom Tamara Rebick 11:00am – Teaching the Book of Jonah Galya Greenberg 11:00am – Singin’ Shacharit: Musical, Meaningful Ways to Start a Jewish Day Emily Teck 11:00am – United Israel World Union–The Return of the Lost Tribes of Joseph & Jacob Paul Weinberg 11:00am – The Rainbow Connection (Jewish Experiential Education; STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 11:00am – Hidden Gems of the Debbie Friedman Anthology Ellen Dreskin 11:00am – Isaiah of the Exile Everett Fox 11:00am – Ice-Breakers and Community Makers Batsheva Frankel 11:00am – Using Online Learning to Expand Your Community’s Learning Danielle Eskow

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Dancing With the Stars...In Your Classroom Lorraine Arcus 4:00pm – Yoga Yeladim & Mindfulness in the Classroom Sherri Sosensky MONDAY 9:00am – Crafting Stories that Serve Your Curricula Shawn Shafner 9:00am – Tiny Humans with Enormous Questions: Exploring God & Spirituality Emily Teck 11:00am – New Trends in Early Childhood Education Shariee Calderone, Shellie Dickstein 2:45pm – Rhythm ‘n’ Ruach: Using Music & Rhythm to Instill a Love of Judaism Ellen Allard 2:45pm – The Rewards of Adventurous Play in Jewish Early Childhood Shariee Calderone 4:45pm – Music that Rocks the Preschool Classroom Lisa Baydush 4:45pm – “Oh, You ONLY Have One Child?” ...Secondary Infertility Dalia Davis 4:45pm – Storytime: The Power of Picture Books Ann Koffsky TUESDAY 9:00am – Stamp Your Way Through Israel Rachel Raz 9:00am – Reggio Emilia 101 Ellen Allard, Ronit Ben-Shir 2:45pm – Tot Shabbat: It’s NOT ‘Just’ for Tots Emily Teck 2:45pm – Preschool Piggy-Backs: Easy Songs to Sing Lisa Baydush 4:45pm – Taking it Outside Lisa Kritz 4:45pm – Teaching Holidays and Tradition Through Music and Song Susan Shane-Linder

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WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Spaces that Entice Lisa Kritz 9:00am – “Torah Alive!” Experiential Approach to Teaching Torah to Young Children Lorraine Arcus 11:00am – Igniting the Spark Lisa Kritz 11:00am – Singin’ Shacharit: Musical, Meaningful Ways to Start a Jewish Day Emily Teck

ECOLOGY

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Elijah’s Covenant Between the Generations Arthur Waskow TUESDAY 11:00am – Edible Judaism: Discovering Hanukah Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan 4:45pm – Taking it Outside Lisa Kritz WEDNESDAY 9:00am – The Bathroom Blessing: Mindfulness & Sustainability with Asher Yatzar Shawn Shafner 11:00am – Igniting the Spark Lisa Kritz

FAMILY EDUCATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Bringing the People of the Book Off the Page Aileen Heiman 4:00pm – Elijah’s Covenant Between the Generations Arthur Waskow MONDAY 9:00am – Mezuzah: The Doorway to Transformation Chana Stein 9:00am – Jewish Intermarriage Opportunity: Gender Roles & Change Over Time Keren McGinity 11:00am – Art as a Mirror to the Soul: Creativity & Identity Nancy Katz 4:45pm – “Oh, You ONLY Have One Child?” Secondary Infertility Dalia Davis TUESDAY 11:00am – EnLIGHTening Hanukah Tales...Judith Black, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 11:00am – Family Programming for Hanukah: Long-Term Planning for Holidays Cherie Koller-Fox 11:00am – From the December Dilemma to the December Delights... Keren McGinity 2:45pm – Tot Shabbat: It’s NOT ‘Just’ for Tots Emily Teck

GENDER

SUNDAY 2:00pm – The Golem Girl Marc Young 2:00pm – Curb Your Enthusiasm: Interfaith Romance, Gender, & Popular Culture Keren McGinity MONDAY 11:00am – Who is He & He is She? OR “Hu” is He and “He” is She! Understanding and Supporting Gender Diversity in the Classroom Alanna Sklover

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HANUKAH

TUESDAY 9:00am – Reggio Emilia 101 Ellen Allard, Ronit Ben-Shir 9:00am – Seeing Curriculum as Only a Starting Point: Lesson of the Maccabees Shira Hammerman 11:00am – Teaching with Art in Your Jewish Classroom Ann Koffsky 11:00am – Do You Believe in Miracles? Sandra Lilienthal 11:00am – The Other Hanukah Story: A New, Old Flame Shawn Shafner 11:00am – The Real Message of Hanukah, and How it Applies Today Jonathan Wolf 11:00am – Edible Judaism: Discovering Hanukah Through the Flora of the Torah Bill Kaplan 11:00am – EnLIGHTening Hanukah Tales...Judith Black, Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 11:00am – Family Programming for Hanukah: Long-Term Planning for Holidays Cherie Koller-Fox 11:00am – From the December Dilemma to the December Delights... Keren McGinity 11:00am – Singin’ Hanukah Songs in July! Lisa Baydush, Susan Shane-Linder 11:00am – Spiritual Secrets of Chanukah for All Ages Sam Glaser 11:00am – Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish: Hanukah and Jewish Identity Nina Woldin 11:00am – The Hanukah Files: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? Paul Solyn 11:00am – Be the Light (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 11:00am – The Mitzvah Menorah and the Rabbi Who Plays Santa Claus Kevin Kleinman

HEBREW

MONDAY 9:00am – Hebrew Fun and Games: Kids LOVE Hebrew School Tamar Herman 2:45pm – Hebrew Through Movement: Intermediate Level Nachama Moskowitz 4:45pm – Incorporating Calligraphy & Micrography into the Hebrew Classroom Rae Antonoff 4:45pm – The Pros and Cons of Online Learning Lori Forman-Jacobi 4:45pm – Hebrew in Harmony in Action Terry Kaye, Eliana Light TUESDAY 9:00am – Celebrating the Beauty & Delight of the Alef Bet Nancy Katz 9:00am – #OnwardHebrew: Join the Conversation Nachama Moskowitz 2:45pm – Altnuelang: Hebrew – The Next Generation Hilla Drechler 2:45pm – The Magic of the Shoresh Chana Stein WEDNESDAY 9:00am – “Guess What, Mom? I’m Teaching Myself Hebrew!”: Self-Paced Learning Rae Antonoff

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HISTORY/CURRENT EVENTS

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Rock, Scissors, Paper Diane Schwindt 4:00pm – Let’s Make History: Harnessing the Power of Untold Stories Larisa Klebe MONDAY 11:00am – Luis Moses Gomez: documentary About a Lesser-Known Jewish Hero Andree Brooks 11:00am – American Jews and Israel in the Age of Trump Avinoam Patt TUESDAY 9:00am – And You Shall Tell Your Children: “2nd Generation” Holocaust Testimony Avinoam Patt WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Latin American Judaism: The New Frontier in Religion and Culture Richard Freund 11:00am – United Israel World Union–Return of the Lost Tribes of Joseph & Jacob Paul Weinberg

HOLIDAYS

MONDAY 11:00am – Shanah Tovah, Shanah M’tukah: Music for the Whole Jewish Year Joanie Calem TUESDAY 4:45pm – When Marshmallows Fly... (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 4:45pm – Teaching Holidays and Tradition Through Music and Song Susan Shane-Linder

HOLOCAUST

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Changing the Way We Think About Holocaust Education: K-12 Deborah Fripp MONDAY 9:00am – The Archaeology of the Holocaust: Rhodes, Poland, and Lithuania Richard Freund 11:00am – Democracy at Risk: The Holocaust and Human Behavior Jan Darsa TUESDAY 9:00am – And You Shall Tell Your Children: “2nd Generation” Holocaust Testimony Avinoam Patt 2:45pm – Edible Shtetl: Using Picture Books in Holocaust Curriculum Rachel Alemany, Jeanette Lazer 4:45pm – A New Commemoration that Will Change Your View of Yom HaShoah Deborah Fripp

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SUNDAY 2:00pm – Project-Based Jewish Learning... Ronni Ticker 4:00pm – Multiage Classroom Andrea Kasper 4:00pm – Digital Life of Jewish Students: Challenges & Opportunities Temima Feldman, Eli Shapiro MONDAY 9:00am – The Why is at the Center — Part 1 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper 9:00am – Why Are More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 9:00am – The Jewish Community is Complex and Diverse — Now What? Rachel Raz 11:00am – The Why is at the Center — Part 2 Ilana Garber, Andrea Kasper 2:45pm – How to Start & What to Do When You Hit Bumps in the Road Lori Forman-Jacobi 2:45pm – Soccer Or Hebrew School? Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 2:45pm – Curriculum By Design: Leveraging the Principles of Design Thinking to Maximize Learning and Impact Tamara Rebick 4:45pm – The Pros and Cons of Online Learning Lori Forman-Jacobi TUESDAY 9:00am – U Pick: Innovative Models of Education for Your Synagogue Jennifer Goldsmith 11:00am – Be the Light (Jewish Experiential Education Through STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 2:45pm – Adjusting to Shrinking Numbers in Schools & How to Fix Them Eyal Bor, Hana Bor 2:45pm – Project Based Learning — What is it, Really? Andrea Kasper 4:45pm – Experiential Education via Augmented & Virtual Reality Barbara Biran, Yifat Mukades 4:45pm – When Marshmallows Fly... (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman 4:45pm – Processing for Educators & Their Students... Tamara Rebick WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Talk About: Innovation & Evolution at SULAM Beth El Ilana Garber 11:00am – Inside 4 Walls: Experiential Education Methodology for the Classroom Tamara Rebick 11:00am – The Rainbow Connection (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman

INTERMARRIAGE

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Curb Your Enthusiasm: Interfaith Romance, Gender, & Popular Culture Keren McGinity MONDAY 9:00am – Jewish Intermarriage Opportunity: Gender Roles & Change Over Time Keren McGinity TUESDAY 11:00am – From the December Dilemma to the December Delights... Keren McGinity

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SUNDAY 4:00pm – The Israel-Palestine Conversation: Dialogue vs. Debate Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman MONDAY 9:00am – Israel-US Relations in the Classroom Hilla Drechler 11:00am – American Jews and Israel in the Age of Trump Avinoam Patt 2:45pm – Countering BDS—What Works & What Doesn’t Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman 4:45pm – Colliding Dreams: Looking at Israel Through the Eyes of its Inhabitants Jan Darsa TUESDAY 9:00am – Stamp Your Way Through Israel Rachel Raz 4:45pm – Experiential Education via Augmented & Virtual Reality Barbara Biran, Yifat Mukades WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Conversations on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman 11:00am – United Israel World Union–Return of the Lost Tribes of Joseph & Jacob Paul Weinberg

LOWER ELEMENTARY

MONDAY 9:00am – Hebrew Fun and Games: Kids LOVE Hebrew School Tamar Herman 11:00am – Games, Stories, & Song: Creating Moments of Meaning in Prayer K-6 Eliana Light 2:45pm – How to Grow Kind Kids: Teaching Kindness as a Jewish Value Aviva Lucas Gutnick 4:45pm – Storytime: The Power of Picture Books Ann Koffsky TUESDAY 9:00am – Seeing Curriculum as Only a Starting Point: Lesson of the Maccabees Shira Hammerman 4:45pm – Teaching Holidays and Tradition Through Music and Song Susan Shane-Linder

MORAL DEVELOPMENT/ETHICS

MONDAY 2:45pm – How to Grow Kind Kids: Teaching Kindness as a Jewish Value Aviva Lucas Gutnick TUESDAY 9:00am – To Save a Life or Not? The Ethics of Organ Donation Richard Freund, Lindsay Katz WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Most of All, I Want My Child to Be a Good Person Benjamin Gorelick

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SUNDAY 2:00pm – L’Chadeysh - Making the Old New Jacob Kraus 2:00pm – Songleading 101 Ben Kintisch 2:00pm – Prayer Beyond Words (The Nigun) Helene Kates 4:00pm – NewCAJE Chorale (Part 1) Beth Styles 4:00pm – Songs That Will Rock Your Religious School Curriculum Ellen Allard 4:00pm – Music as a Medium: Strategies to Teach Judaism Through Song Emily Teck MONDAY 9:00am – Comparing Jewish, Muslim, & Hindu Chants Neil Schwartz 9:00am – New/Old Tunes for Birkat Hamazon Jeff Klepper 9:00am – Rockin’ with Teens Joshua Cohen 11:00am – Song Swap with Sue Sue Horowitz 11:00am – Shanah Tovah, Shanah M’tukah: Music for the Jewish Year Joanie Calem 2:45pm – Intro to Open Tunings & Partial Capos for Guitar Players Michael Kates 4:45pm – NewCAJE Chorale (Part 2) Beth Styles TUESDAY 9:00am – (K)no(w) Guitar? No Problem! Sylvia Bloom 9:00am – Healing Music: Connection and Inclusion Chava Mirel 11:00am – Singin’ Hanukah Songs in July! Lisa Baydush, Susan Shane-Linder 2:45pm – Preschool Piggy-Backs: Easy Songs to Sing Lisa Baydush 4:45pm – NewCAJE Chorale (Part 3) Beth Styles 4:45pm – Teaching Holidays & Tradition Through Music & Song Susan Shane-Linder WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Two Nice Jewish Boys Write a Catholic Mass Stu Lewis 11:00am – Singin’ Shacharit: Musical, Meaningful Ways to Start a Jewish Day Emily Teck 11:00am – Hidden Gems of the Debbie Friedman Anthology Ellen Dreskin 11:00am – Music and Spirituality: Bridge to Peace Lisa Levine

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MONDAY 9:00am – Comparing Jewish, Muslim, & Hindu Chants Neil Schwartz 9:00am – New/Old Tunes for Birkat Hamazon Jeff Klepper 9:00am – Bread & Butter Nusach: Davening Shaharit for Weekdays or Shabbat Michael Kasper 11:00am – Games, Stories, & Song: Creating Moments of Meaning in Prayer K-6 Eliana Light 11:00am – Tools & Techniques for Family & Religious School Worship Ellen Dreskin 4:45pm – Hebrew in Harmony in Action Terry Kaye, Eliana Light TUESDAY 9:00am – Veshinantam: Shema as an Interactive Framework... Aileen Heiman 9:00am – Connection to Prayer: Spirituality in Your Prayer Curriculum Ronni Ticker 11:00am – Yoga Shalom: The Embodiment of Prayer Lisa Levine 2:45pm – Imagining Tefillah in Technicolor: Amidah for Friday Night Jeff Hoffman 2:45pm – Bringing Prayer to Children without Making it Childish Joel Hoffman 4:45pm – Sh’ma HA HA Julie Plaut Warwick WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Crafting a Contemplative Service: Engaging in Tefilah & Kehilah Andrea Shupack 9:00am – The Bathroom Blessing: Mindfulness & Sustainability with Asher Yatzar Shawn Shafner 11:00am – Hidden Gems of the Debbie Friedman Anthology Ellen Dreskin

REJEWVINATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Mishna, Gemarah & Rashi... Oh My! A Beginner’s Intro to Talmud... Alanna Sklover 2:00pm – God Talk Karen Trager 4:00pm – Harry Potter vs. Torah — Which Story is More “True”? Galya Greenberg MONDAY 9:00am – Does the Jewish Journey Continue Once You Have Arrived? Ellen Cohn 11:00am – A Holy Mixture: How the Rational and Mystical Communicate and Strengthen Each Other in Jewish Life Jim Rosen 2:45pm – All Voice: Raising Earth Up to Heaven Helene Kates TUESDAY 2:45pm – Reading a Psalm Everett Fox WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Two Nice Jewish Boys Write a Catholic Mass Stu Lewis 11:00am – Isaiah of the Exile Everett Fox

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SHALOMLEARNING

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz 4:00pm – Advanced My.ShalomLearning.Org (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield MONDAY 9:00am – Why Are More & More Congregational Schools Using ShalomLearning?

Debi Himelfarb, Joshua Troderman 9:00am – Using ShalomLearning’s Values Curriculum (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Heidi Lovitz 11:00am – Advanced My.ShalomLearning.Org (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Michele Rosenfield 11:00am – Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Debi Himelfarb, Heidi Lovitz 2:45pm – Soccer Practice Or Hebrew School? Help!! Virtual Classrooms Increasing a Sense of Community Heidi Lovitz, Michele Rosenfield 4:45pm – Using ShalomLearning’s Hebrew Program (for ShalomLearning Educators Only) Debi Himelfarb

SPECIAL NEEDS

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Kodem Kol Kavod: Disability Awareness and True Inclusion Joanie Calem MONDAY 9:00am – Preparing Students of All Abilities for B’nai Mitzvah Rebecca Redner 4:45pm – Interactive Instruction: Engaging All Learners Through Differentiation Melissa Pescatore TUESDAY 9:00am – Jewish Disability Awareness Programs Gary Alpert, Ilana Garber 2:45pm – Building an Inclusive Classroom David Farbman

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SUNDAY 2:00pm – Prayer Beyond Words (The Nigun) Helene Kates 2:00pm – Relevant Judaism 101 Ellen Dreskin TUESDAY 9:00am – Healing Music: Connection and Inclusion Chava Mirel 9:00am – Connection to Prayer: Spirituality in Your Prayer Curriculum Ronni Ticker 11:00am – Spiritual Secrets of Chanukah for All Ages Sam Glaser 11:00am – Yoga Shalom: The Embodiment of Prayer Lisa Levine 4:45pm – Jewish Joy 101 Sam Glaser WEDNESDAY 11:00am – Music and Spirituality: Bridge to Peace Lisa Levine

TEACHING TECHNIQUES

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Songleading 101 Ben Kintisch 2:00pm – Relevant Judaism 101 Ellen Dreskin 2:00pm – Don’t Just Sit There! Get (You) & Your Students Moving, Learning, & Laughing Colin Pier-Silver 4:00pm – Let’s Make History: Harnessing the Power of Untold Stories Larisa Klebe 4:00pm – Music as a Medium: Strategies to Teach Judaism Through Song Emily Teck 4:00pm – Creating a Loving Environment in the Classroom Phyllis Berman MONDAY 9:00am – Good Questions Are the Answer: Lenses of Questioning Batsheva Frankel 11:00am – A Kinesthetic Approach to Teach Trope & Hebrew Skills Brian Shamash, Emily Shamash 11:00am – Torah Time Improv! David Smolar 2:45pm – Improv-Ing the Classroom Andrew Davies, Aaron Friedman 2:45pm – Play Your Way Through the Year: Teaching with Original Games Leslie Millrod TUESDAY 9:00am – More Good Questions: Next Level Lenses of Questioning Batsheva Frankel 9:00am – Teaching Text Through Movement Jeff Hoffman, Michael Kasper 9:00am – Curriculum as Only a Starting Point: Lesson of the Maccabees Shira Hammerman 2:45pm – Energizing Tweens & Teens with The Prism Project Nachama Moskowitz 2:45pm – Using Video Production to Teach Jewish Concepts & Content Mike Dorfman, Alan Rudt WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Being the Alpha Abi Taylor-Abt 9:00am – Most of All, I Want My Child to Be a Good Person Benjamin Gorelick 11:00am – Reflective Practice to Improve Your Teaching & Learning Community Ben Kintisch 11:00am – Ice-Breakers and Community Makers Batsheva Frankel

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TECHNOLOGY

SUNDAY 4:00pm – Digital Life of Jewish Students: Challenges & Opportunities Temima Feldman, Eli Shapiro TUESDAY 9:00am – More Good Questions: Next Level Lenses of Questioning Batsheva Frankel 9:00am – The NEXT Big Thing in Professional Development for Jewish Teachers Dina Maiben 2:45pm – Using Video Production to Teach Jewish Concepts & Content Mike Dorfman, Alan Rudt 4:45pm – Experiential Education via Augmented & Virtual Reality Barbara Biran, Yifat Mukades WEDNESDAY 11:00am – Using Online Learning to Expand Your Community’s Learning Danielle Eskow

TEENS/YOUTH ENGAGEMENT

MONDAY 9:00am – Rockin’ with Teens Joshua Cohen 2:45pm – Countering BDS—What Works & What Doesn’t Yehezkel Landau, Joyce Schriebman 4:45pm – Colliding Dreams: Looking at Israel Through the Eyes of its Inhabitants Jan Darsa 4:45pm – Mussar Mixtape: Hip-Hop Curriculum for the Hip & Not-So-Hip Matt Bar, Nina Woldin 4:45pm – Outside of Our Comfort Zones – Mixing Up Our Use of Space... Mark Young TUESDAY 11:00am – Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish: Hanukah and Jewish Identity Nina Woldin 2:45pm – Energizing Tweens & Teens with The Prism Project Nachama Moskowitz 4:45pm – Jewish Teen Leadership Deb Kardon WEDNESDAY 9:00am – Hadracha — Jewish Teen Leadership Moshe Ben-Lev 11:00am – Ice-Breakers and Community Makers Batsheva Frankel

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TEXT AND TRADITION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Bringing the People of the Book Off the Page Aileen Heiman 2:00pm – Mishna, Gemarah & Rashi... Oh My! A Beginner’s Intro to Talmud Alanna Sklover MONDAY 2:45pm – A Clergy Member and a Story Meet... Stories: For Rabbis, Cantors, Chaplains, and Rabbinic/Cantorial Students Peninnah Schram, Cherie Karo Schwartz 4:45pm – Welcoming the Widow, the Orphan & the Stranger: Teaching Jewish Texts in a Politically Diverse World Margaret Frisch Klein TUESDAY 9:00am – Teaching Text Through Movement Jeff Hoffman, Michael Kasper 11:00am – The Hanukah Files: What Do We Know and How Do We Know it? Paul Solyn 2:45pm – Diving into Text Nancy Rosen 4:45pm – “He Said WHAT?” Creating Poetic Midrash Sara deBeer 4:45pm – Ancient Answers to Good and Evil That Were Cut From the Bible Joel Hoffman 4:45pm – Pedagogy of the Ages, According to the Sages Paul Solyn

THE BIG PICTURE OF JEWISH EDUCATION

SUNDAY 2:00pm – Curb Your Enthusiasm: Interfaith Romance, Gender, & Popular Culture Keren McGinity MONDAY 9:00am – The Jewish Community is Complex and Diverse — Now What? Rachel Raz 11:00am – Creating a Culture of Appreciation Nora Gorenstein 2:45pm – Shevet Achim/Achayot Gam Yachad: Can Jewish Pluralism Prevail? Jonathan Wolf 4:45pm – The First Torah in Space, What Lessons Can We Learn From It? Rachel Raz TUESDAY 2:45pm – Pennies for Heaven: The History of Financing Jewish Education Daniel Judson 4:45pm – Educator Awards: How Do They Work? Nora Gorenstein WEDNESDAY 11:00am – Conversations on Community: Five Dimensions of Organizational Community Shira Hammerman

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THEOLOGY/GOD

SUNDAY 2:00pm – God Talk Karen Trager MONDAY 9:00am – Tiny Humans with Enormous Questions: Exploring God & Spirituality with Kids Emily Teck TUESDAY 2:45pm – How to (Not) Talk About G!D Eliana Light WEDNESDAY 11:00am – The Rainbow Connection (Jewish Experiential Education: STEM) Jennifer Schwartzman

TIKKUN OLAM/SOCIAL JUSTICE/TZEDAKAH

MONDAY 9:00am – Teaching Tzedakah in the Classroom Joan Florsheim 11:00am – Parents, Kids, Educators: Perfect Tikkun Olam Trio Kevin Kleinman, Chana Rothman 4:45pm – Welcoming the Widow, the Orphan and the Stranger: Teaching Jewish Texts in a Politically Diverse World Margaret Frisch Klein TUESDAY 9:00am – To Save a Life or Not? The Ethics of Organ Donation in Jewish Law Richard Freund, Lindsay Katz 11:00am – The Mitzvah Menorah and the Rabbi Who Plays Santa Claus Kevin Kleinman 2:45pm – Social Justice in My Community Chana Rothman 4:45pm – Mitzvoteinu: Creating Meaningful Group B’nai Mitzvah Projects Kevin Kleinman

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2018 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 BROWARD COUNTY, FL CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS CINCINNATI, OH

METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, IL

CLEVELAND, OH

METROPOLITAN DETROIT, MI Abi Taylor-Abt

DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL, NC GREATER HOUSTON, TX

MILWAUKEE, WI MONTREAL, QC NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

GREATER GREATER KANSAS CITY, KS GREATER METROWEST, NJ GREATER NEW HAVEN, CT Amalya Brownstein

SAN ANTONIO, TX Ayelet Kboudi SAN FRANCISCO, THE PENINSULA, MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTIES SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL

GREATER NEW ORLEANS, LA Alysse Fuchs GREATER GREATER PITTSBURGH, PA

WEST PALM BEACH, FL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

GREATER ROCHESTER, NY

See more about this year’s awardees at hgf.org/JEd-Awards.

NORTH AMERICAN GRINSPOON AWARDS

for Excellence in Jewish Education

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