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Thes Chiarlotte Jewish News -October 1998 - Page 13 CAJE Local Jewish Educators Learn Together at National CAJE Conference Charlotte area Jewish educators (and friends from other NC Jewish communi ties) at the CAJE Conference in San Antonio, TX during August. Upcaming teacher workshops offered this fall Jewish educators from the Charlotte area joined with 1500 teacher colleagues from across North America and around the world at TYinity University in San Antonio, Texas, during August, for the Twenty-Third Annual Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE), a week- long celebration of Jewish teaching. Roz Cooper, represent ing Temple Beth El Religious School, Rabbi Robert Kasman & Mary Jean Kushner, representing Temple Israel Religious School, Lenora Stein, representing the Carolina Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE), along with Peri Flohr & her daughter Rachel (who participated in the CAJE Teen Experience) and Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn representing Temple Emanuel Religious School in Gastonia, spent the days and nights of the conference (and two days of Shabbat experience pre conference) choosing from among over 5(X) workshop sessions. A wide variety of teacher/sources were available to conference participants through out the week. A new setting, the Beit Midrash, modeled a small group learning experience, hevru- ta (study partnerships), using a new sourcebook entitled Dorot (Generations) as the basis of the study program. (A copy of this book is now available on loan from the CAJE Resource Center at Shalom Park). Other session for mats included hands-on, experien tial learning, day-long intensives, and modules (such as the Hebrew Ulpan), and Torah Lishmah (Torah for its own sake). Practical material resources were available in the national CAJE Curriculum Bank onsite; in the Educational Resource Center featuring teacher created learning materials; in the Media Center (which offered more than 70 films and videos in four theater settings running all day and evening throughout the con ference); at the Computer Center Israel Bonds to Honor Peter W. May and Mikhail Gorbachev at October 25 Dinner in New York Celebration of 10th Anniversary of Free Soviet Emigration to Israel NEW YORK - Peter W. May, prominent New York business and communal leader, and Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, will be honored by State of Israel Bonds at an October 25 dinner in New York celebrating the 10th anniversary of free Soviet emigration to Israel. Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir is guest speaker at the event, which will recognizc other leaders of the Soviet Jewry movement from throughout North Amcnca. Mr. May, president and COO of Triarc Companies, Inc., served as chairman of UJA- Federation's "Opermtion Exodus.*’ (with opportunities to surf the Jewish ‘net every night till mid night!); and in the CAJE EXPO, a marketplace of 85 vendors and organizations offering the latest in textbooks, teacher guides, Judaica, music, crafts, jewelry, art, games and teaching materials. Evenings at CAJE were a show case of the best in Jewish cultural programming. The Opening Night gala featured Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary fame, in con cert with Debbie Friedman, the beloved songstress of contempo rary Jewish folk rock music. Dennis Prager, controversial radio talk show host and author addressed the crowd on Tuesday evening in a thought provoking dialogue titled “From Gay Liberation to the Death Penalty; Applying Judaism to America’s Toughest Issues.” The closing pro gram featured the world premiere of Steven Speilberg/Dreamworks latest animated film production, the Bible-based “Prince of Egypt” which will open world-wide this December. Several impromptu chorales and choirs joined with musical stars Sam Glaser, Doug Cotier, Julie Silver, Kol B’seder, Steve Dropkin, Linda Hirschhorn and Conference Chair Judy Caplan Ginsburgh to perform. In addition, there was family-friend ly early evening programming, early morning minyanim of every Jewish stripe imaginable, a schol- ar-in-residence component, teen and college age student program ming, and something for every Jewish teacher who attended. Opportunities to meet and study with “everybody who is anybody” in the field of Jewish education are an integral part of the CAJE Conference. From the authors of the textbooks used in our commu nity’s classrooms, to the scholars who are leading the American Jewish community into the new millennium, conference partici pants could engage in reflective study or challenge ideas through out the week. Energized and renewed, the Jewish educators from the Charlotte area return to face the 5759 school year with spirited excitement as a result of their CAJE Conference experi ences. The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, through its annual allocation to the Carolina Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE), funds the professional development scholarship program which enables local Jewish teach ers to attend the CAJE Conference. This year marks the tenth anniversary of this program which has enabled, over the years, so many of our community’s teachers to leam and benefit at the national CAJE Conferences. In addition, our local religious schools provide the matching sub sidy to enable their respective teachers’ conference attendance. L'shana haba’ah b’ (next year at) Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in August, 1999 for the 24th Annual CAJE Conference. Join us! O The CaroliriiaAgency for Jewish Education (C!!AJE) is presenting two teacher v^orkshops this fall at Shalom Park for the teachers of our comm unity’s religious schools: Sunday, Oc lober 18, 1998, 1:(X) PM - 4:00 PN^ at Temple Beth El, in the Social Hallr 101 Ways to Aiake A Jewish Difference i^ Yk)ur Classroom While Waitings forthe Messiah in Charlotte, /VCT led by Roz Cooper & Lenora St^in — a workshop that is guaranMeed (or your money back!) to teac::h y'ou at least 101 new fast & e=asy teaching strate gies that you c=an immediately take back and impLement in your class room to crea te a whole new & invigorated le arnimg environment. For teache=rs, Kindergarten through high school. Sunday, Nf oveinber 1, 1998, 1:00 PM - ^:00 PMl at Temple Israel, in the Board Room: Get in the ^ame: A Hands-On Make It & Take It Games Workshop led by Lenora Stein —a workshop on the who, what, where, when & why of using & creating your own games and teacher-created learning materials in the Jewish classroom. For teachers of all ages, (one size will fit most! because you will custom tailor your own approach to fit your classroom, once you know the techniques) preschool to high school. Free laminating for all materials created during the work shop and gamemaker starter kits for all teachers who preregister. Both workshops are free to teachers of CAJE-member schools. If you are not sure if your school is a CAJE member, ask your principal. A kosher dairy box lunch, at a nominal charge, will be available with pre-registration and prepayment. 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