NewCAJE17: 50th Anniversary has ended

NewCAJE17: 50th Anniversary

11:00am EDT

Main Conference Check-in / Registration Student Union Foyer

2:00pm EDT

Opening the Door: Engaging All Educators in Jewish Life Maria Hall Multipurpose 2 Tot Shabbat' Is Not 'Just' for Tots: Intergenerational Design That Brings Families Back College Hall Rm 340 Building Bridges: Creating Empathy Across Cultures Through Jewish Food College Hall Rm 323 Teaching Israel in a Post-Oct. 7 Reality College Hall Rm 202 Creating New Authentically Jewish Rituals College Hall Rm 236 Is It a Mitzvah to Vote? College Hall Rm 319 ShalomLearning Torah Aura Hebrew Curriculum Training College Hall Rm 239 All My Values Come from the Movies (and streaming and binging...) College Hall Rm 237 Walking Together: Helping Teens Support Others through Uncertain Times Maria Hall Multipurpose I

4:45pm EDT

Coming of Age with Anne Frank College Hall Rm 320 How We Talk Matters: Communication Skills for Educators Maria Hall Multipurpose I Telling Their Story College Hall Rm 236 The Power of Jewish Stories College Hall Rm 340 NewCAJE Chorale Student Union The StAJE How to Create Learning That's Deep AND Fun for Kids - and Yourself! College Hall Rm 323 Rhythm & Voice: Engaging Students through Spoken Word College Hall Rm 202 Violence Against the Earth in the Abrahamic Religions College Hall Rm 239

7:45pm EDT

50th Anniversary Celebration Student Union The StAJE

9:30pm EDT

Dessert Reception Student Union The StAJE

7:00am EDT

Minyan Student Union The StAJE

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Student Union Dining Hall

9:00am EDT

Advancing in the Field of Jewish Education Maria Hall Multipurpose I Toddling Through Prayer College Hall Rm 320 Teach the Shoah: Giving Voice to Their Stories College Hall Rm 347 Sing Around the Calendar College Hall Rm 202 Building Muscles for Challenging Conversations: Israel and Zionism College Hall Rm 340 Writing Your Own Torah: Creative Expression as a Source for Discovery College Hall Rm 323 Everything Is a Game: Gamifying Hebrew & Judaica for Young Learners College Hall Rm 319 Beyond the Workshop - Shalom Learning AI Sandbox College Hall Rm 239 Adding Elders to the Classroom: Enhancing Jewish Learning with Intergenerational Connections. College Hall Rm 348

11:00am EDT

What I Wish I'd Known My First Year As Education Director College Hall Rm 323 Welcome to ShalomLearning: Engaging Jewish Education for Your School or Community College Hall Rm 239 Holocaust Discussion Hands-on Tools College Hall Rm 319 To Be A Free People - Telling Our Story Through Israel's Declaration of Independence College Hall Rm 347 Music That Rocks the Preschool Classroom, part 1 (Rosh Hashanah to Chanukah) Maria Hall Multipurpose I Judaism and Positive Intelligence - Gym for the Soul College Hall Rm 340 Experiential Learning for Beginners College Hall Rm 348 Motivations, Misconceptions, and Missed Opportunities in Engaging Today's Jewish Teens College Hall Rm 202 A Taste of Bartenura College Hall Rm 320

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Student Union Dining Hall Dine and Dialogue about Israel (Lunch Activity) Student Union The StAJE

1:45pm EDT

How Did We Get Here? The Story of American Jewish Education Student Union The StAJE

3:00pm EDT

Beyond the Workshop - Conference Partner Spotlight College Hall Rm 202 Beyond the Workshop - Create, Move, Explore Beyond the Workshop - Israeli Folk Dance Fun Maria Lounge Beyond the Workshop - Sew Crafty: A Make and Take Session College Hall Rm 348 Beyond the Workshop - Shared Legacies (Film Screening) College Hall Rm 340 NewCAJE Chorale Student Union The StAJE Beyond the Workshop - Shalom Learning AI Sandbox College Hall Rm 239

4:45pm EDT

From Learning to Leading: How MTEI Alumni Create Change in Their Schools Maria Hall Multipurpose I Creating Space for Lifelong Conversations, Difficult Questions and Spiritual Growth is Jewish Education College Hall Rm 340 Making the Most of Madrichim College Hall Rm 202 Songs, Stories, & Props: Tools for Engaging Families & Young Children College Hall Rm 323 Words to Action: Empowering Jewish Students College Hall Rm 319 A Tale of Two Tefillah Styles College Hall Rm 239 Circle Singing Workshop College Hall Rm 348 Between Word and Deed: Music, Middot, and Meaning-Making Maria Hall Multipurpose 2 Beyond the Binary: Gender Identity and Inclusion in the Jewish Classroom College Hall Rm 347

6:15pm EDT

Dinner Student Union Dining Hall

7:45pm EDT

Evening Program: Spotlight at the StAJE Student Union The StAJE

9:30pm EDT

Kumsitz/ Late Night Hang Out Angela Hall Social Space

7:30am EDT

Morning Minyan Student Union The StAJE

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Student Union Dining Hall

9:00am EDT

Navigating Any Negotiation College Hall Rm 239 Cultivating Connection: Why Spiritual Development Matters at Every Age College Hall Rm 202 Purposeful Play in Every Setting College Hall Rm 340 High Holidays and Tikkun HaYam: Repair the Sea from Your Backyard College Hall Rm 322 Unpacking and Previewing the 2026 Israeli Election Maria Hall Multipurpose 2 The Tefilah Reboot Project College Hall Graduate Lounge Moments of Memory: Using Storytelling to Enhance Your Holocaust Education Program College Hall Rm 319 Level Up Your Classroom: The Power of Team-Building Games College Hall Rm 348 Vayikra for Vegetarians: Teaching Objectionable Texts Maria Hall Yoga Room

11:00am EDT

Hebrew Games to Promote Learning and Fun! College Hall Rm 322 Resilience: Amazing Courageous Stories of Young Holocaust Survivors College Hall Rm 319 Music That Rocks the Preschool Classroom, part 2 (Tu B'shvat to Yom HaAtzmaut) College Hall Rm 202 NewCAJE Chorale Student Union The StAJE Comparing Shabbat Service Sections Maria Hall Yoga Room Igniting Tefilah Leadership College Hall Rm 340 Magic the Gathering for Your Classroom College Hall Rm 239 Stirring Up Engagement: Culinary Programming for Youth and Teens College Hall Rm 348 Amos, Scraper of Sycamore Figs College Hall Graduate Lounge

12:30pm EDT

Dine and Dialogue about Anti-semitism (Lunch Activity) Student Union The StAJE Lunch & Table Topics Student Union Dining Hall

1:45pm EDT

Our Present and Our Future: Jewish Education in an Era of Change Student Union The StAJE

3:00pm EDT

Beyond the Workshop - Conference Partner Spotlight College Hall Rm 319 Beyond the Workshop - Create, Move, Explore Beyond the Workshop - Wool Needle Felting and the Energy of Separation College Hall Rm 340 Beyond the Workshop - Relationship Status? Its Complicated… College Hall Rm 202 Beyond the Workshop - Walking Tefilah Meet Outside Student Union Beyond the Workshop - Shalom Learning AI Sandbox College Hall Rm 239

4:45pm EDT

Onboarding for Productivity and Retention Maria Hall Multipurpose 2 Cooking and Art Fun for Pre-Kinder Kids College Hall Rm 322 Experience the Fun and Power of Hebrew Through Movement College Hall Rm 348 Expanding Holocaust-Era Persecution: Jewish Experiences in the Middle East, North Africa, and Beyond College Hall Rm 319 Yearly Cycle of Festival Services College Hall Side Foyer Why Singing Together Works: The Neuroscience of Music, Breath, and Bonding College Hall Rm 340 How the Right Siddur Can Open Doors Maria Hall Yoga Room Built to Last: Jewish Practice and Lifelong Resilience College Hall Rm 239 The Jewish Future: Investing in Teen Leadership Development College Hall Rm 202 Waterworld or Desertville: Why Does Torah Tell Us Two Different Creation Stories? College Hall Graduate Lounge

6:15pm EDT

Dinner Student Union Dining Hall

7:45pm EDT

Evening Programming Student Union The StAJE

9:30pm EDT

Kumsitz/Late Night Hang Out Angela Hall Social Space

7:30am EDT

Morning Minyan Student Union The StAJE

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Student Union Dining Hall

9:00am EDT

YIMBY: Yes, In My Back Yard! Using Your Community's Spaces for Jewish Learning Maria Hall Multipurpose I Make a HUGE, Interactive Tot-Shabbat Siddur! College Hall Rm 340 Cinema as a Teaching Tool in Holocaust Education College Hall Rm 319 The Joy of Jewish Music College Hall Rm 236 When an IEP Arrives: Supporting Inclusion in Jewish Educational Settings College Hall Rm 202 Ayin Tovah - A Good Eye - Focusing on the Good: Cultivating a Positive Outlook through Creative Movement and Expressive Arts Maria Hall Multipurpose 2 ShalomLearning JLearnHub Hebrew Training

10:45am EDT

NewCAJE Closing: Looking to the Future Student Union The StAJE