Summer of NewCAJE Exhibit Hall

WELCOME TO OUR EXHIBIT HALL!

Scroll down for more info on each exhibitor, and click on the logo to visit their website!

Alphabetical Listing

ShalomLearning

Providing K-7th grade religious school with curriculum, professional development, teacher training, and support.

Contact: Debi Himelfarb

Click here to set up a time to meet with Debi!

All Yadayim

All Yadayim sells unique, one-of-a-kind gifts and quilted Judaica items made by Debi Mishael. 100% of all proceeds from sales are donated to tzedakah. Challah covers, table runners, wall hangings, sukkah decorations and quilts are available.

Contact: Debi Mishael 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Debi!

Pitome Publishing, LLC

Pitome Publishing, LLC

View NewCAJE Specials!

Contact: Nina Gelman-Gans

Click here to schmooze with Nina!

CCAR Press

CCAR Press

The primary publisher of Reform Judaism. Prayerbooks for adults and youth, Torah commentaries, scholarship, apps, Visual T’filah, and more.

Contact: Raquel Fairweather

Cherie Karo Schwartz

Cherie Karo Schwartz
Storyteller, Author, Educator

Available for:

  • Consultations, trainings, performances, keynotes, Devarim Torah, interactive Torah study, and more!
  • Programs specific to all ages, from youngsters to elders to families and community
  • Online or in-person
  • Shabbaton/camp/organization experiences complete with Storytelling performances, events, and keynote addresses
  • Consultation for finding just the right stories and story resources for your clergy, staff and educators

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Circle Spinning. Jewish Turning and Returning Tales by Cherie Karo Schwartz | Hamsa Publications ©2000

Come enter the world of CIRCLE SPINNING. In her third book, Cherie draws upon Jewish tradition. Her renewing turnings of Jewish tales, folk tales, original stories and poetry create a journey of discovery for dreamers and seekers in Four Elements and Four Worlds. 

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BY THE AUTHOR, $18

Contact: Cherie Karo Schwartz

Click here to set up a time to meet with Cherie!

JTS: The Davidson School of Jewish Education

JTS: The Davidson School of Jewish Education

The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education trains leaders who will shape the lives and communities of the Jewish people for decades to come. For over a century, we have graduated educators who go on to define the field of Jewish education and shape Jewish experience in schools, start-ups, congregations, nonprofits, and beyond.

Contact: Sarahann Goldstein

Click here to set up a time to meet with Sarahann!

Peninnah Schram

Peninnah Schram

Storyteller Peninnah Schram travels via zoom to everywhere to perform stories from the Jewish oral tradition; and also to present workshops to all ages. Topics include: Jewish Stories and Songs of Love, Courtship and Marriage; Humor & Hokhma with a Detour Through Helm; Elijah’s Cup of Hope; The Art of Storytelling: A Workshop in Process.

Book: Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage: Folktales, Legends & Letters Co-authored by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Peninnah Schram, published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. hc
This anthology offers a treasury of love stories from the Bible, Talmud and Midrash, folktales and historical letters and also contemporary love stories. A celebration of love in print.

CD: Peninnah Schram and Gerard Edery. The Minstrel and the Storyteller: Stories and Songs of the Jewish People.
This 72-minute CD includes 6 folktales told by Peninnah interwoven with the songs and music sung and played by guitarist Gerard Edery from Sefardic and Ashkenazi traditions. In addition, there are 4 tracks of Sefardic songs performed by Gerard’s ensemble of musicians.

Contact: Peninnah Schram at Peninnah1@aol.com

Kesher Crafts

Kesher Crafts

High quality wooden Jewish crafts that come ready to assemble and decorate. Ritual objects, holiday themed crafts, science/Judaism projects, and more.

Contact: Keren Rhodes

Spertus Institute

Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership

Spertus Institute is your next step in Jewish education. We are an accredited institution of higher Jewish education, proudly based in downtown Chicago, serving students and participants worldwide. Coming up, our next cohort of the Certificate in Jewish Leadership for Educators begins in early 2022 and the application period is open now. This acclaimed three-month-long program is specifically for senior-level Jewish educators, presented by Spertus Institute in partnership with Northwestern University. Generous funding available for those who work for Jewish organizations.
 
Contact: Amie Barrish

Click here to set up a time to meet with Amie!

Jewish Spiritual Leaders' Institute

Jewish Spiritual Leaders’ Institute

JSLI is an online program leading to Ordination as Rabbi or Cantor for students of all Jewish denominations and backgrounds. At JSLI, there’s no need to relocate yourself or your family making it an excellent choice for Jewish professionals who have a calling to become clergy.

Exclusive offer for NewCAJE attendees:
Use code NewCAJE50% for 50% off the application fee!*
(*upon acceptance)

Contact: Carole Blane

Click here to set up a time to meet with Carole!

Intergalactic Afikoman

Intergalactic Afikoman

Intergalactic Afikoman is a new Jewish children’s book publisher whose mission is to create “out-of-this-world Jewish books for today’s Jewish kids”.

We dream of a world filled with
Jewish fantasy,
zany children’s books,
& Jewish creativity!

 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Brianna!

Gratz College

Gratz College

Gratz College offers online graduate degrees and certificates designed for Jewish educators, with generous fellowships and scholarships available. Programs include a Master of Education (Jewish Instructional Education concentration, an MS in Nonprofit Management (Jewish Educational Administration concentration) as well as a Doctorate of Education in Leadership (Jewish Education concentration).
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Adrienne!

Certified Financial Services, LLC

Certified Financial Services, LLC

We educate people to better understand the importance and benefits of comprehensive financial planning as well as secure them with protection to help their plans succeed. You can’t predict the future, but you can plan for it.
 
Contact: Zachary Fuld

Click here to set up a time to meet with Zachary!

Certified Financial Services, LLC

Chai Mitzvah

Chai Mitzvah is a mission-driven organization whose goal is to increase Jewish engagement and build community. Chai Mitzvah encourages adults, teens, and families to grow Jewishly through small group learning circles using our turnkey, text-based sourcebooks, and encouraging each participant to identify their personal goals in the area of learning, ritual/spiritual development and social action.
 
Contact: Nina Woldin

Click here to set up a time to meet with Nina!

Hebrew Union College School of Education

Hebrew Union College School of Education

The School of Education prepares leaders to disrupt the educational status quo and build flourishing, future-forward Jewish learning communities. Our programs produce creative, sophisticated and resourceful educational leaders who spearhead the innovative and transformational Jewish learning experiences of tomorrow.
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Micol!

That Jewish Moment

That Jewish Moment

 As an experiential educator, illustrator, and content creator, I am passionate about creating games, activities, shows, and virtual challenges that bring Judaism to life. There are plenty of free printable activity packets for the various Jewish holidays on my site; you’ll also find many of my original Jewish games (both print-ready and virtual), fun for all ages. (And, of course, you can reach out to me to design something unique for your specific needs.)
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Sari!

The Prophetess

The Prophetess: A Jewish YA Novel with Teaching Guide

Librarians and educators recommend The Prophetess, an American coming of age story infused with Jewish wisdom. Young adults love the real characters and the empowering presentation of Judaism, while being inspired to grow into their own gifts as young Jews. Author Evonne Marzouk is available for school programs, including classroom sessions, book clubs, mother-daughter book nights, and book fairs. Complimentary review copies and sample educator materials are available upon request.
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Evonne!

Gesher

Gesher: Building Bridges (Helpful Tools for Synagogues, Boards, Educators, and Clergy)

At Gesher: Building Bridges we help Synagogues, Jewish organizations, associations, and Federations engage in areas of conflict resolution, leadership transition, and resource development. Perhaps the head of school or the head of the personnel committee or a teacher would like to learn skills of contract negotiation, or perhaps there is a need to bring in a mediator or a facilitator to help build bridges between Clergy and Congregation. We offer training, advisory and coaching services and are qualified mediators and facilitators, and have raised millions of dollars annually for nonprofit organizations.
 
Contact: Mitch Gordon

Click here to set up a time to meet with Mitch!

Behrman House

Behrman House

We have been creating and providing educational materials to the Jewish community for more than a century. Our extensive curricular list for pre-k through adult education includes support for every goal and learning style in Hebrew, Jewish values & mitzvot, Israel, Bible, holidays, Jewish history, and more. Our Apples & Honey Press imprint releases 20+ storybooks and nonfiction titles each year for pre-school through middle school.

JUST FOR NEWCAJE: 30% off The Teacher Planner or any of our Hooked on Hebrew playing cards.
Use promo code NEWCAJE21 at checkout.
*One-time use only per customer. Offer expires July 31. Log into your Behrman House account for quantity discounts.
 
Contact: Aviva Gutnick

Click here to set up a time to meet with Aviva!

Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University

Baltimore Hebrew Institute at Towson University

The Baltimore Hebrew Institute (formerly Baltimore Hebrew University) at Towson University, is committed to supporting the education of Jewish educators, communal professionals and Judaic studies scholars who wish to excel in their chosen field. BHI provides generous scholarships and enrichment programs to affiliated students.
 
Contact: Diane Seegull

Click here to set up a time to meet with Diane!

Reconstructing Judaism

Reconstructing Judaism

Reconstructing Judaism is the central office of the Reconstructionist Movement including the Reconstructionist Rabbincal College and Havaya Summer Programs. Our work includes annual programming, learning opportunities, consultation on community issues, connecting affiliates together, and providing resources to an international network of Reconstructionist congregations and havurot. We also operate public initiatives such as Ritualwell and Evolve, and we print and sell books through the Reconstructionist Press.
 
Contact: Jackie Land

Click here to set up a time to meet with Jackie!

Academy for Jewish Religion

Academy for Jewish Religion

The Academy for Jewish Religion is an accredited, pluralistic rabbinical, cantorial, and graduate school. Our programs include live distance learning, making it possible for students from all over the country to join our diverse, passionate, talented community. First and second career students find their spiritual and educational home at AJR.
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Cantor Lisa!

Limudei Code-Esh

Limudei Code-Esh

Limudei Code-Esh is a set of six holiday-themed curricula for students in grades K-3 that integrates Judaics with coding, robotics, and computational thinking; it is free and available online. While working on design challenges, children are introduced to powerful ideas in computer science and deepen their understanding of a Jewish holiday.
 
 
Contact: Reena Slovin,

Limudei Code-Esh

Evelyn “Ms. Eve” Goldfinger

Shows & Storytelling (live and virtual)
Shabbat, Holidays, Jewish values, folktales, and more! 
From the page to the stage!
The world is a stage and we’re all players. Learn how to bring legendary characters and their adventures to life. 
And they told happily ever after!
Discover how to make story time a magical moment and invite your students to be part of the tale.
Improve through improv!
A fun workshop to spark the imagination and apply it to your life and workplace.
 

Click here to set up a time to meet with Evelyn!

www.torahtron.comwww.shalomeve.com 

The MultiFaith Storytelling Institute 

The MultiFaith Storytelling Institute 

The MultiFaith Storytelling Institute helps individuals and congregations of all faiths to build community through storytelling.
  • Retreats and Workshops for your school or community
  • Teacher Training for using storytelling in the classroom
  • Build community within your school/congregation
  • Create bonds between students or adults from different faith communities

Storyteller Renée Brachfeld and Rabbi Mark Novak are Co-Directors of the MultiFaith Storytelling Institute.  They have been Scholars in Residence at over 170 synagogues throughout the US and Canada, and have offered classes, workshops, retreats and performances at religious institutions through North America, including JTS (The Jewish Theological Seminary) and VST (Vancouver School of Theology).

Check out the MFSI website at www.multifaithstorytelling.org, or call 202-203-9622

Contact us to find out more about bringing the magic of MFSI to your community!

Click here to set up a time to meet with Renee!

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

Gateways: Access to Jewish Education

Gateways creates opportunities for children and teens with diverse learning needs, disabilities, and mental health challenges to succeed in Jewish educational settings and participate meaningfully in Jewish life.

  • Learn more about the many elements of our work in day schools, supplementary schools, and in our own independent religious school program
  • Discover how students find success in our B’nei-Mitzvah program
  • Explore our holiday and B’nei-Mitzvah resources for children of all abilities
  • Read about the ways Gateways can help you and your school open the gates to diverse learners

What will you and your students be able to accomplish because of Gateways?

 
Click here to set up a time to meet with Tamar or here to set up a time to meet with Rebecca!!

Maggidah Batya Podos

Maggidah Batya Podos

Storyteller, Educator, Service Leader and Author

Rebecca & the Talisman of Time: The Baal Shem Tov meets Harry Potter in this coming of age novel for middle school readers.
 
Contact: Batya Podos
Click here to set up a time to meet with Batya!

Online Jewish Learning and Online Jewish Consulting

Online Jewish Learning and Online Jewish Consulting

Online Jewish Learning provides one on one and small group classes for synagogues and families across the world. OJL has been a leader in the field of Jewish online education for the past ten years. Most recently OJL has focused on helping synagogues innovate their programing to meet the needs of today’s families and world. 
 
Click here to set up a time to meet with Rabbi Danielle!

Mitzvah Mice

Mitzvah Mice

Jill Liflander (aka Jilly Puppets) has created a series of delightful paintings, populated by loving and joyful mice! Each painting is layered with a deep appreciation for Jewish life, the natural world, and a yearning for peace and justice. 18% of the profit of all Mitzvah Mice sales will be donated to Feeding Westchester: https://feedingwestchester.org/
 
Click here to set up a time to meet with Rabbi Jill!

Renaissance Woman Kippot

Renaissance Woman Kippot

(formerly Kippotbydesign)

Renaissance Woman Kippot connects you with your spirituality through beaded wire kippot and wall hangings which reflect nature and text inspired designs. If you have a need for a custom kippah, please call or text me at 240-521-3862, or email me at mezzocantor@gmail.com!

Contact: Yael Fischman

Kar-Ben Publishing

Kar-Ben Publishing

Kar-Ben Publishing, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, is a publisher of Jewish children’s books with over 400 titles in print. Kar-Ben publishes 20-24 new, high quality children’s titles each year. Subjects include fiction and nonfiction for preschool through middle school, including Jewish holiday books, life-cycle stories, Bible tales, folktales, stories about Israel, and Jewish history, reflecting the rich cultural diversity of today’s Jewish family. Visit us at www.karben.com.

Contact: Joni Sussman

AppleJuice TeaParty

AppleJuice TeaParty

AppleJuice TeaParty serves up an eclectic array of handmade treasures to steep your environment in the weird and wonderful, including Vegan Bath and Body Products, Enchanted Home Decor, Kpop Fanart, Face Masks, and more!

Contact: Dorie Mishael

Joanie Calem

Joanie Calem

Joanie Calem is a singer-songwriter, children’s book author, and an inclusion advocate. As a musician, all of Joanie’s music focuses on Jewish holidays and values, and she has produced 6 CDs of children’s music, 5 picture books, and 3 CDs of music for grownups. As an inclusion advocate, Joanie Calem offers “concert-conversations” mixing original and traditional songs and stories about the particular nature of building inclusive communities from a Jewish lens.

Contact: Joanie Calem

The David Labkovski Project

The David Labkovski Project

The David Labkovski Project’s mission is to use David Labkovski’s (1906-1991) artwork as a vehicle to engage, enrich, and educate students about the Holocaust and Jewish history. By critically reading the art, students are empowered to bear witness to the past in order to discover relevant lessons for the world today.

Contact: Stephanie Wolfson

Window to Yesterday

Window to Yesterday

Window to Yesterday is a series of short, fun, historically accurate adventure novels set during transformative events in Jewish history. As teen protagonists navigate challenges and ethical dilemmas faced by our ancestors, the reader learns not only how Judaism has survived and thrived, but why it matters. Written with teen input and praised by top educators.

Available at Torah Aura and Amazon  
Mazo Publishers
For middle and high school.

Contact: Jeff Lefkowitz 

DorLDor.com

DorLDor.com

Judaic Educators and Artists providing innovative supplemental education materials, jewelry, glass and wood art as well as hand painted recycled and upcycled glass and metal pieces.

EDUCATION: ColorMyAlefBet T-Shirts and Totes, Student & Teacher Yads, Tanach and Parsha Posters

JEWELRY: Hebrew-Based Hidden Message Sterling Jewelry

GLASS, WOOD: Sandcarved Glass and Hardwood Art

RECYCLED & UPCYCLED Hand Painted Glass and Metal pieces dating back to the 1930’s, breathing new life into interesting items from the back shelves of china cabinets

Contact: Deborah Brodie

The Lookstein Center

The Lookstein Center

The Lookstein Center of Bar-Ilan University supports Jewish educators and institutions in a variety of exciting ways.
We are now launching a new digital values-based curricula for Middle School – Learn More and check out some examples

We also offer:
• Free curated resources for teaching Jewish holidays and life cycle events – Check out our holiday home page
• Free discussion questions on Parshat HaShavua – Check out our parsha home page
• Free subscription to the Jewish Educational Leadership Journal – Read the latest issue
• Digital Israel Units for grades 2-8 – Email us for more info
• Affordable professional development opportunities – Peruse the catalog

*The Lookstein Center is a non-denominational organization that has worked with Hebrew schools, supplementary programs, and Jewish day schools for more than 40 years.

Contact: Nili Auerbach

Click here to set up a time to meet with someone from The Lookstein Center!

Nourishing the Soul Workshops 

Nourishing the Soul Workshops 

Nourishing the Soul (NTS) Workshops offer Jewish and Jewish-adjacent adults virtual and in-person workshops, as well as adolescent curricula in an open and inclusive environment that weaves together the wisdom of our sages, our modern teachers and each other. The Nourishing Their Souls curriculum is a 10-session curriculum for grades 7-10 that explores how being Jewish informs our understanding of ourselves, family, community and what is holy.

Contact: Tracie Bernstein

Click here to set up a time to meet with Tracie!

su.EL Designs (Accentricities) 

su.EL Designs (Accentricities) 

Creating women’s bead and wire kippot for simchas and other occasions. Hamsa earrings, Judaic jewelry, bookmarks, and other hand-made items. VASU vases from Israel (available on my su.EL Designs FaceBook page).
 

Contact: Sue-Ellen Flescher; 913.568.9353

Click here to set up a time to meet with Sue!

Peggy H. Davis Calligraphy

Peggy H. Davis Calligraphy

Your resource for:
Teacher gifts Recognition awards
Classroom art projects
Lesson materials
Jewish Life Cycle Art for Birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Weddings
Inspirational calligraphic art for your home, school or office
and
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
 

Kikayon Productions 

Kikayon Productions 

I create drama-based plays, games, and musicals for grades 4+ and families, for sale or by commission. Works include educationally-formatted plays for each parashah, holiday-oriented turnkey programs combining improv games, short plays, and discussion questions, and a Chanukah Seder.
 

Contact: David Smolar

JMorim.org

JMorim.org 

JMorim.org is the destination for Jewish educators across the spectrum of spaces and denominations to find curricula advancing traditional and emerging topics in creative, up-to-date ways … a community of support, idea exchanges, and professional development … and a publishing platform for teachers and other educational innovators creating new lesson plans and classroom guides.
 

Contact: Julie Schwarzwald

Hillel Smith

Hillel Smith – Parsha Posters and Contemporary Jewish Art & Workshops 

Hillel Smith is the creator of Parsha Posters, a series of artistic responses to the weekly Torah portion, available as a book or classroom-ready cards with discussion prompts. He is available for workshops, lectures, and residencies, in which he teaches Jewish art and Jewish art history to groups of all ages around the world.

Contact: Hillel Smith

Teen Musical Prayer & Song Composition

Teen Musical Prayer & Song Composition Workshops with Rory Michelle Sullivan 

Bring in an awesome Post-B’nai Mitzvah or Hebrew High Program that teens will love! Students collaboratively choose and study a Jewish text then compose a song, musical prayer, or set a liturgical piece to music based on the text, then share their composition at a service or event or through a music video.
 

Contact: Rory Michelle Sullivan

Mandel Teacher Educator Institute

Mandel Teacher Educator Institute

The Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI) is a cross-setting, cross-denominational, two-year program for Jewish educational leaders cultivating the tools leaders need to become extraordinary teachers of teachers.  MTEI helps educational leaders transform their institutions into places where the teachers learn together in community, building cultures where both Jewish content and understanding of teaching and learning are at the core.  We are currently recruiting for Cohort 10 which begins in March 2022. 

Contact: Sue Bojdak

Jewish Interactive

Jewish Interactive

https://www.jewishinteractive.org/pd-ji/

Accessible Digital Jewish and Hebrew Education, Create and Play.

Contact Carina Rock with any question or to set a time to meet.

More professional development options this summer include:

 

Facing History & Ourselves

Facing History & Ourselves

Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

Through rigorous historical analysis combined with the study of human behavior, Facing History’s approach heightens students’ understanding of racism, religious intolerance, and prejudice; increases students’ ability to relate history to their own lives; and promotes greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities in a democracy.

The Facing History Jewish Education Program works with educators and students in a diverse variety of Jewish day school and congregational school settings. Through the integration of history and ethics, this program expands students’ exploration of their Jewish identity, deepens their understanding of contemporary events, and honors the principles of social justice and civic participation.

Contact: David Rhodes

 

Joe Buchanan

Joe Buchanan

Texas born and southern raised, Joe Buchanan makes country music inspired by the Torah and our life together.

Click here to find out more about Joe!

7 Minute Hebrew

7 Minute Hebrew

7 Minute Hebrew helps learners of all ages become better Hebrew readers with our daily 7-minute training session. Data on each student’s progress is provided for the teachers, parents, and school directors connected to each student.

Contact: Steve Hummel