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Building What Our Students Need | The Certificate in Israel Education

Building What Our Students Need | The Certificate in Israel Education

There are moments when a community realizes that what once worked no longer does. October 7th was one of those moments. In the weeks that followed, we saw it clearly across Miami’s Jewish day schools: students were confused, educators were overwhelmed, and schools were searching for alignment. Children worried about siblings in Israel, teachers were called back to reserve duty, and conversations about Israel — already complicated — suddenly carried enormous emotional weight. At CAJE, we understood that this work — strengthening and enhancing existing Israel education with greater honesty, nuance, and complexity—could no longer be postponed...
The Power of Blessing

The Power of Blessing

There is a heart-wrenching story that took place in a DP camp, on erev Yom Kippur with the Klausenberger Rebbe. He was about to do some internal preps for the coming holiday, when he heard a knock on his door. He opened it to a young girl. With tears in her eyes, she said, ‘Please Rebbe, I am part of the orphans here. I remembered that my father used to bless me right before Yom Kippur, but now I am all alone and am wondering if you could give me the traditional blessing that a father is supposed to give his daughter.’ The Rebbe, much moved, said, ‘I will be your father. He took out a kerchief and placed it on the girl’s grateful head, and recited the blessing. She left, very appreciative. A few minutes later there was another knock, and this time, a whole slew of little girls appeared.

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626Number of Teachers and Youth Professionals Served

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