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ARJE@70: A Look Back

by ARJE | Feb 3, 2026

ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

Very early on in his tenure as the Executive Director, Rabbi Stanley T. Schickler, RJE realized that he was standing on giant shoulders.

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ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Raising the Bar by Debbie Niederman, RJE

As we turn to the second chapter of NATE’s life, beginning around 1973, we can reflect on what had been achieved in the course of a generation.

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ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Remarks by Vanessa Ehrlich, RJE

When Rebecca Gratz stood before the first Hebrew Sunday School in America in 1838, she couldn’t have imagined the legacy she was creating.

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ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Claiming our Voice by Lisa Lieberman Barzilai, RJE

Our third chapter begins in the late 1990s with the hiring of our first full-time Executive Director and the move to the UAHC offices in New York. 

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ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Remarks by Rabbi Jan Katzew, PhD, RJE

I had one primary criterion when I had to build a team of Jewish educators; each had to be better than I at a key aspect of Jewish education.

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ARJE@70: Building the Field by Rabbi Stan Schickler, RJE

ARJE@70: Extending our Branches by Rabbi Stacy Rigler, RJE

With a new name came a renewed mission: a commitment to welcome all professional Jewish educators and leaders shaping Jewish learning.

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