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A Crucial Lifeline: CAJE’s Day School Mental Health Network

A Crucial Lifeline: CAJE’s Day School Mental Health Network

This past week Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar, CAJE’s Executive Director, Valerie Mitrani, CAJE’s Director of Day School Professional Development and Audrey Maman Bensoussan, CAJE’s Director of Day School Programs and Services attended the national organization Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools conference in Boston where Audrey presented her initiative in creating CAJE’s Day School Mental Health Network of school counselors along with co-presenters Zahava Garber of the Hebrew Academy, and Dr. Oshra Cohen Prizmah’s Director of Mental Health and Wellness.
What I Learned from Meirav Berger

What I Learned from Meirav Berger

One of the most striking interpretations of this week's Torah portion Beshalach comes from a Midrash describing the splitting of the Red Sea. In the midst of this miraculous event, the Midrash presents a conversation between two anonymous men called Reuben and Shimon, as they cross the seabed. “In Egypt, we were immersed in mortar, and here we are still surrounded by mortar,” they remarked. “In Egypt, we had the mortar that accompanied the bricks, and here at the Red Sea, we have the mud caused by the splitting waters.” Amidst the miracle, all they could see was mud and dirt; to them, mud was mud, this time, in a new place. Their view was clouded, preventing them from grasping the significance of the moment.

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