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The Commission on Social Action

The Commission on Social Action (CSA) was created by the Reform movement to empower people from all parts of our movement to create, organize, and realize our shared social justice agenda. The CSA has members from congregations and affiliates of our movement, and the...

Creating Memorable Experiences

Please meet Julie Wohl, the Director of Congregational Learning at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and one of the co-chairs of this year's annual ARJE conference. Although Julie has been a Jewish educator for 20 years, she only joined the ARJE three years ago. Below,...

Celebrating Excellence – The Distinguished Educator Award

To my ARJE Friends and Colleagues, Theodore Roosevelt stated: Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing, unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. We as Jewish educators agree that our mission and work is worth doing. And …we likely agree that — at times —...

Celebrating Our Members: ARJE Development Committee

One of my favorite parts of being the chair of the Development Committee is getting to celebrate our ARJE members and help them feel appreciated in their work. Our work as Jewish educators can be lonely and often behind-the-scenes, so it can be difficult to recognize...

Finding ‘A Sense of Love’

In this spotlight, we hear from Rabbi Richard Prass, the Rabbi Educator at Congregation Beth Am in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. A 20-plus year member of the ARJE, Richard’s path into education opened up shortly after his ordination, leading him to a career dedicated to...

Spark Your Light as an ARJE Leader

Each one of us has a story about how we became a Jewish Educator. For me, I was a counselor at Olin Sang Rubin Union Institute and an educator I was working with that summer noticed that I really loved planning the Jewish educational programming and said I would make...

Teaming up to Reimagine Israel Education

The Jewish Education Project and ARJE Present: A workshop for congregational teams to craft compelling narratives around Israel education Do you ever wish you could gather your key stakeholders and leading education experts, block out a few hours, and think about what...

Curious what it’s like to learn in HUC’s Executive MA in Jewish Education (EMA)?

The Hebrew Union College’s Executive Master’s in Jewish Education’s pre-course, EDU5000, offered me something I didn’t know I was missing. Having worked in incredible congregations alongside amazing clergy and educators, I had gained so much experience, but I hadn’t...

Welcome Erika to our ARJE Team!

Erika has spent her career in the nonprofit and professional association world, with a passion for supporting organizations and the people they serve. She especially loves working behind the scenes to help members advance in their industry. Erika is currently...

Shanah Tovah!

As we plan for ARJE27, our annual gathering, I have been thinking a lot about our conference theme of Mattering. “Mattering” is so much more than just “belonging.” Belonging is feeling welcome, whereas mattering recognizes the importance of each unique individual. As...

Announcing ARJE’s Leadership Boot Camp – Who can YOU Tap on the Shoulder?

14 years ago, I was nominated for the ARJE Board by Saul Kaiserman, my then-supervisor at Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York Honored and excited, but with very little understanding of what lay ahead, I said yes. I had no idea at the time how rewarding the...

Serving as an Educational Hub

This week we're talking with Molly Levy, the Director of Education at the Goldring/ Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL). Though the ISJL is headquartered in Mississippi, Molly is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she supports ISJL partner...

Small Group Coaching

ARJE and Jewish LearningWorks are excited to launch a second year of small group coaching!

Reimagining Israel Education for This Moment

We are thrilled to share this featured article from our Chaver Society partner, The Jewish Education Project

Bringing Fun to Communities

Sara Beth Berman of Temple Shaaray Tefila discusses the comedy that comes with education and the joy her job is able to bring to others.

Meeting Educators Where They Are

This summer ARJE educators are gathering and making connections everywhere.

Finding the Love

Rabbi Anne Persin of Am Shalom talks about valuing others, the beauty of travel, and the importance of “being real”.

We are thrilled to welcome Rebecca to our ARJE Team!

We are excited to have a new member on our team. Click here to read more about her.

Helping Dreams Become Reality

Yael Eads talks about her dual roles at Rodef Shalom and Camp Harlam, as well as why ARJE is essential for educators in informal camp settings.

Leading Informal Jewish Education

Seth Cohen of Eisner Camp explains why camp is a vital classroom for Jewish leadership and how campers apply lessons to their non-camp lives.

Becoming an ARJE Mentor/Mentee

Having served the field for many years, I think about what it means to teach others, helping them progress through a process. Mentors can’t help but learn and grow alongside the learners in orbit – whether they’re a kid in your education program or a grown up in one of their first full time jobs after graduation.