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Mar 24, 2023

Rethinking Education: CAJE & MindCET

Entrepreneurs are agents of change who are able to move quickly, identify gaps and opportunities, offer solutions, test them and refine them - all while operating in real time. CAJE realized that technology-based entrepreneurship has much to offer the world of education.

Feb 24, 2023

Leadership for Learning: Strengthening Miami Jewish Day Schools & Looking Ahead

This week CAJE had the opportunity to present our work to the joint Federation/CAJE Day School Committee composed of representatives from all of our funded schools as well as community leaders deeply invested in day school education.

Feb 10, 2023

CAJE Recognized Nationally

Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar was chosen by Prizmah and the JEIC/ Mayberg Foundation to be one of only 25 people nationally representing all facets of the Teacher Recruitment & Retention issue as part of a group working on improving the Pipeline of Jewish Day School Educators.

Jan 6, 2023

Help Wanted!

In today’s job market, it feels like it’s much more difficult to find the right person for an open position and so we at CAJE are asking for your help. At the end of this fiscal year, Joy Schandler, our beloved and highly respected Early Childhood and Congregational Education Director, is retiring and CAJE is seeking her replacement.

Dec 23, 2022

Communication Toolbox Seminar

Imagine you are the Director of a school for Early Childhood Education. In the course of any given day, you must have important and sometimes delicate conversations... Above all, the one skill that all educators must have in their education strategies “tool box” is clear communication...

Dec 16, 2022

Adult Learning is Good for your Health: Give it a Spin!

Did you know, adult learning is not only “chicken soup for your soul,” it’s also good for your physical and mental health?!?

Dec 9, 2022

Hebrew, Our People’s Language

This year, CAJE has launched the CAJE-Hebrew at the Center Hebrew Initiative to strengthen Hebrew language instruction in Miami’s Jewish day schools.

Dec 2, 2022

CAJE Creates Language for First-in-Nation Placard to Address Our Youth Mental Health Crisis

On November 28, a broad range of community organizations and Jewish denominations met for the BeWell - Youth Mental Health Convening gathering...

Nov 18, 2022

On the Frontlines Against Antisemitism

Antisemitism is on the rise and can never be ignored. We remain firm in our belief that the best way to combat these troubling trends is through education. CAJE and Federation partner with OpenDor Media to bring their content to our Jewish schools, our community, and to you, to learn from and to share with others.

Nov 4, 2022

CAJE: Fighting Antisemitism Through Education

It’s no secret that antisemitism is on the rise, both nationally and worldwide. As Yair Rosenberg recently wrote in his blog Deep Shtetl, “Every single year since the FBI began recording hate-crime statistics, Jews have been the target of more anti-religious attacks in the U.S. than all other religious groups combined.”

Sep 30, 2022

It Could Lead to Mixed Dancing

Our Early Childhood Education Directors came together IRL (In Real Life) for the first time in years as part of the Jewish Early Childhood Professional Network (JECPN) that CAJE conducts. And this milestone post-Covid called for a gathering unlike any previously...

Sep 9, 2022

Seeing the World Through a Jewish Lens

Three years ago the Miami Jewish community embarked on the JRS pilot program as a way of addressing how we can impact families of young children to connect and stay connected to the Jewish community.

Aug 26, 2022

Lucky Number 13!

For Jews, 13 is a very lucky number indeed — the number associated with becoming a Bar Mitzvah! CAJE is proud to report that the 2022-2023 Miami Jewish Day School Robotics program is back and better than ever with 13 schools joining our cohort this year!

Aug 19, 2022

In School, Everyone’s Job is to Learn

Wait, what does this mean? Aren’t teachers in schools to teach and students in schools to learn? Actually, no. If schools are to meet the needs of all children, then it is everyone’s job, including the adults, to learn.

Jun 17, 2022

CAJE Creates First-in-Nation Process to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis

In the coming school year, every (funded) Jewish day school in Miami-Dade County have agreed to put up placards or signs in private areas within their middle and high schools that lists a dedicated phone number that teens can call or text for anonymous and confidential assistance.

Jun 10, 2022

Ades Foundation Seeks to Enhance Quality of Jewish Day School Education

The best complement I think I’ve ever heard about a teacher was when one of their students said: “It doesn’t matter to me what she’s teaching -- the biology of worms, the history of clouds, or the phone book -- I would still take her class, because I know that she would make it completely fascinating.”

Jun 3, 2022

Miami Jewish Day School Robotics Festival: Back with a Bang!

After a two-year hiatus, CAJE has brought back its 4th Annual Miami Jewish Day School Robotics Festival! In mid-May, 150 students from 8 schools gathered at Scheck Hillel Community School to compete in various challenges and showcase what they’ve learned throughout the year.

May 27, 2022

Investing in Our Congregational Education Teachers

If you’ve been reading our previous articles this year, you are well aware of the Jewish teacher shortage, both in the day school and early childhood education sectors. The same is true in the congregational education (CE) sector, commonly known as religious school, Hebrew school, Sunday school, among other names.

Apr 29, 2022

Day Schools Celebrate Federation Week

"Kol Yisrael Arevim Ze La Zeh – All of Israel is Responsible for One Another" You’ve probably heard this saying before, maybe even learned it as a song in school. But what does it really mean when we say that all Jews are responsible for one another? It means that all Jews have made this unspoken commitment to something larger than ourselves.

Apr 1, 2022

Jewish Education Needs a Marshall Plan

How can we build a Marshall Plan for Jewish education writ large so that we do not destroy the one factor that has enabled our people to thrive in Diaspora life over centuries of difficulties and joys?

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