For decades, CAJE’s Leo Martin March of the Living (often referred to as "the Miami March") has shaped the next generation of Jewish leaders by strengthening their identity, educating about the Holocaust, and equipping them to confront antisemitism and advocate for Israel. At the heart of this journey is the presence of Holocaust Survivors, whose testimonies turn history into lived memory. But we need your support too enable them to come with the teens to Poland by providing them with upgraded flights, single rooms, and personalized care so they travel in dignity.
Yitro, Moses’s father-in-law, (for whom the parsha is named this week) sees Moses judging all of Israel’s matters by himself, thus forcing people to wait from morning until evening. He tells Moses that he will only succeed in causing the nation and himself to become weary. What was so onerous about judging all those cases? Is it not possible that Moses simply had such a brilliant legal mind that he could handle this formidable task? Sforno argues that Moses was biting off way more than any human being could chew…
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.