NewCAJE17: 50th Anniversary: Full Schedule

1:00pm EDT

Friday July 24, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Speakers

Primo Catalano

Director, NewCAJE

Primo Catalano comes to us with years of training, both formal and informal, as it regards to putting on and leading a smooth running event.

Friday July 24, 2026 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Angela Hall Lobby

Type Shabbat

4:30pm EDT

Tot Shabbat for the Young and the Young at Heart

Friday July 24, 2026 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Speakers

Dr. Emily Aronoff cultivates connection through songleading that sparks joy, makes meaning, & secures a Jewish future. With 25 years of practice, she leads music & movement with kiddos & their families, offers professional development, consulting, & curriculum to Jewish institutions... Read More →

Friday July 24, 2026 4:30pm - 5:15pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

5:45pm EDT

Kabbalat Shabbat

Friday July 24, 2026 5:45pm - 7:15pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Friday July 24, 2026 5:45pm - 7:15pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

7:15pm EDT

Shabbat Dinner

Friday July 24, 2026 7:15pm - 8:30pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Friday July 24, 2026 7:15pm - 8:30pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat, Meal

8:30pm EDT

Israeli Dancing

Friday July 24, 2026 8:30pm - 9:30pm EDT

Maria Hall Multipurpose I

Speakers

Barbara Birenbaum

San Diego, California, Cre8ive Educator

Barbara has decades of experience teaching a variety of creative arts to folks of all ages as well as multiple academic subjects. She holds a California Teaching Credential since 1989, a Master’s of Arts in Jewish Education since 2014, and has been growing her passion for leading... Read More →

Friday July 24, 2026 8:30pm - 9:30pm EDT
Maria Hall Multipurpose I

Type Shabbat

8:00am EDT

Breakfast

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat, Meal

9:30am EDT

Shacharit - Option A (Traditional Service)

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

9:30am EDT

Shacharit - Option B (Shabbat Morning Magic)

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

College Hall Rm 239

If weather is nice, we will move outside.

Speakers

Eliana Light

Educator, Musician, and 2025 Covenant Foundation Family Education, The Light Lab

Eliana is working towards a world of One-ness, guided and inspired by Jewish heritage. She focuses on translating liturgy, prayer practice, and g?d-concepts in ways that are deep and accessible for all people at any age. Eliana’s music, gatherings, and teaching reflect a spirit... Read More →

Carla Friend

Founder & Executive Director, Tkiya

Carla Friend is the Founder & Executive Director of Tkiya, an organization with the mission of creating joyful Jewish connection through participatory music experiences. Through Tkiya, Carla reaches 15,000 people per year with her unique methodology of Jewish education and engagement... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Type Shabbat

9:30am EDT

Shacharit - Torah Study

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT

College Hall Rm 202

Speakers

Ruz Gulko

Rabbi/Cantor/Educator, Gan Argaman

Ruz Gulko accidentally became a Hebrew teacher in 1986, and then a lay cantor / rabbi, thus proving that no matter how you plan your life, God always has some other interesting ideas. She has worked with most of the Jewish educational and religious institutions in the greater Seattle... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
College Hall Rm 202

Type Shabbat

10:35am EDT

Scholar-in-Residence

Saturday July 25, 2026 10:35am - 11:05am EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Speakers

Reuven Kimelman

Saturday July 25, 2026 10:35am - 11:05am EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

11:10am EDT

Torah Service / Musaf

Saturday July 25, 2026 11:10am - 11:25am EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 11:10am - 11:25am EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

11:10am EDT

Torah, Together: A playful, immersive Torah reading

Saturday July 25, 2026 11:10am - 12:10pm EDT

College Hall Rm 239

Step inside the Torah to see what it has to say to us today! Inspired by Storahtelling, improv, and general best practices for Jewish education :) Will include prayers for healing and mourner's kaddish.

Speakers

Eliana Light

Educator, Musician, and 2025 Covenant Foundation Family Education, The Light Lab

Carla Friend

Founder & Executive Director, Tkiya

Saturday July 25, 2026 11:10am - 12:10pm EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Type Shabbat

12:15pm EDT

Lunch

Saturday July 25, 2026 12:15pm - 1:30pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 12:15pm - 1:30pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat, Meal

1:30pm EDT

Explore Highland Street Forest

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Hiking Trails

Choose Your Own Adventure

Speakers

Jeri Robins

Cantor / Director of Education, B'Mitzvah Tutors, Cantor, Classroom Teacher - Elementary, Classrooom Teacher - Middle School, Director/Head of School

Boston-based Cantor Jeri Robins serves as the Cantor at Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, Director of Education at Temple Chayai Shalom in Easton, and teaches at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, as well as working with students privately. A graduate of Hebrew College with cantorial... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Type Shabbat

1:30pm EDT

Meditation

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 340

Choose Your Own Adventure

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 340

Type Shabbat

1:30pm EDT

Niggunim

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 239

Choose Your Own Adventure

Speakers

Andrea Shupack

Cantorial Soloist

Andrea Shupack is a cantorial soloist, musician, educator, and storyteller in the Pacific Northwest. She is studying for Rabbinic and Cantorial ordination at the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York. For the past 25 years she has worked in Conservative, Reform, and Renewal communities... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Type Shabbat

3:00pm EDT

Scholar in Residence

Saturday July 25, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Speakers

Reuven Kimelman

Saturday July 25, 2026 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

4:00pm EDT

Snack Break

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat, Meal

4:15pm EDT

A Panel Discussion: A Deep Dive Elevating How We Teach, Learn, Chant, and Share our Sacred Texts

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 319

A Deep Dive Elevating How We Teach, Learn, Chant, and Share our Sacred Texts

Speakers

Eliana Light

Educator, Musician, and 2025 Covenant Foundation Family Education, The Light Lab

Andrea Shupack

Cantorial Soloist

David Schwartz

Education Director, Temple Har Zion

David Schwartz is the Education Director at Har Zion in Chicago. When he’s not doing that he is a B’nai Mitzvah tutor and Jewish storyteller. David is also on the Board of the JEA and an MTEI graduate. However, his most important role is husband to Miriam and Abba to 10-year-old... Read More →

Jeri Robins

Cantor / Director of Education, B'Mitzvah Tutors, Cantor, Classroom Teacher - Elementary, Classrooom Teacher - Middle School, Director/Head of School

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 319

Type Shabbat

4:15pm EDT

A Passion for Pomegranates

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 239

Speakers

Barbara Birenbaum

San Diego, California, Cre8ive Educator

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Type Shabbat

4:15pm EDT

Rabbi and the Scholar Part I

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 202

Speakers

Cherie Koller-Fox

NewCAJE

Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox is well known in the Boston area and beyond. She was ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion in New York which is a pluralistic Jewish seminary. She has served as rabbi at Congregation Eitz Chayim in Cambridge, Temple Emanuel of Marlborough, Newton-Wellesley... Read More →

Saturday July 25, 2026 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 202

Type Shabbat

5:10pm EDT

Can you Command Love

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT

College Hall Rm 319

Speakers

Ruz Gulko

Rabbi/Cantor/Educator, Gan Argaman

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT
College Hall Rm 319

Type Shabbat

5:10pm EDT

Rabbi and the Scholar Part II

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT

College Hall Rm 202

Speakers

Cherie Koller-Fox

NewCAJE

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT
College Hall Rm 202

Type Shabbat

5:10pm EDT

We Return: Regulation, Reflection, and Repair for the New Year

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT

College Hall Rm 239

Speakers

Emily Aronoff

Dr Emily Celebrates

Saturday July 25, 2026 5:10pm - 5:55pm EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Type Shabbat

6:00pm EDT

Mincha

Saturday July 25, 2026 6:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 6:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

6:30pm EDT

Dinner - Seudah Shlishit

Saturday July 25, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat, Meal

8:00pm EDT

Evening Program

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Saturday July 25, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

9:00pm EDT

Havdalah

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:00pm - 9:30pm EDT

College Hall Grand Foyer

Speakers

Eliana Light

Educator, Musician, and 2025 Covenant Foundation Family Education, The Light Lab

Carla Friend

Founder & Executive Director, Tkiya

Saturday July 25, 2026 9:00pm - 9:30pm EDT
College Hall Grand Foyer

Type Shabbat

8:00am EDT

Breakfast

Sunday July 26, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Type Shabbat, Meal

9:00am EDT

"From Shul to Sea: A Jewish Walking Tour of Historic Boston "

Sunday July 26, 2026 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT

Outside of Student Union

Come explore historic and beautiful downtown Boston on a 2.5-3 hour walking tour visiting iconic sites of both American history and local Jewish history. We will walk approximately 2-3 miles, starting at the Vilna Shul in Beacon Hill, covering highlights of the Freedom Trail, Black Heritage Trail, Walk to the Sea, and sites of Jewish interest like the New England Holocaust Memorial and hidden Jewish history in the North End. Depending on interest, we may even stop for pastries! Your private guide will be a local Jewish educator who has been giving historical tours in the greater Boston area since 2017.

*Must have Pre-Ordered

Speakers

Josh Luckens

Sunday July 26, 2026 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Outside of Student Union

Type Shabbat

10:00am EDT

Half Century of Jewish Education; An honest conversation about a life in Jewish Education

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 236

This being the 50th Anniversary of CAJE/NewCAJE, we thought it would be interesting to talk frankly with each other about our professional careers. Looking back on what we have accomplished, are we proud of what we’ve done? Which ones of the ideas we tried worked and what didn’t go as well as we thought? How was it to work in the field? Would you do it again? What advice would you give to people working in the field today?
While this intensive is geared for folks who have been working many years or are retired, it is open to anyone interested in coming.

Speakers

Cherie Koller-Fox

NewCAJE

Sunday July 26, 2026 10:00am - 1:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 236

Type Shabbat

11:30am EDT

ShalomLearning Jewish Values Curriculum Training

Sunday July 26, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT

College Hall Rm 239

This 90-minute hands-on workshop is designed exclusively for current ShalomLearning partner educators using our Jewish Values curriculum. Join our curriculum specialists for a deep-dive into the platform learning to navigate lessons, manage your classroom, track student progress, and make the most of our rich K–7 content. Whether you're new to the platform or looking to go deeper, this training is built for you. Curriculum Highlights Teaching Jewish Values for a Meaningful Life — A pluralistic Kindergarten through 7th grade curriculum that engages students with the Jewish values we all share like "using inner strength to do what's right." Curated by experts in Jewish education, the curriculum features videos, games, text studies, blessings, and stories that connect Jewish values to students' daily lives.

Shalom Learning asks all partners planning to attend this session to please complete this pre-registration form.

Speakers

Shira Sender

Director of Client Care and Teacher Support, ShalomLearning

Shira Sender is the Director of Client Care and Teacher Support with ShalomLearning, where she collaborates with, supports, and trains educators and educational leaders to ensure Jewish education is accessible and engaging for today's learners. With over 20 years of experience in... Read More →

Heidi Lovitz

[email protected], ShalomLearning

Heidi Lovitz is the Senior Managing Director of ShalomLearning, where she leads curriculum development, program delivery, and strategic operations to bring innovative Jewish education to students and families in diverse communities. With 20+ years of experience, she holds a Master's... Read More →

Sunday July 26, 2026 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
College Hall Rm 239

Teaching Tools & Techniques, Jewish Life & Identity

Company Teaching Tools & Techniques, Jewish Life & Identity
Audience Lower Elementary School, Upper Elementary, Teachers
Track Shalom Learning Partners
Type Shabbat

12:45pm EDT

Box Lunches

Sunday July 26, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Student Union Foyer

Might be outside based on weather

Sunday July 26, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
Student Union Foyer

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