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We the undersigned, support the establishment of an independent organization (NewCAJE) that will bring together Jewish educators across denominations and teaching settings; will advocate for Jewish education on a national level; will create networking opportunities for educators to disseminate innovative ideas; and will celebrate Jewish life and culture and its transmission to a new generation.

Dr.  Tali Aldouby-Schuck
Director of Professional Development and Judaic Studies Curriculum
Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy
Greenwich ,Connecticut

Caron Blanke,
MSW/MAJCS
Early Education and Family Programs Director
Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center
Denver, Colorado 

Sam “Bodi” Bodenheimer
Founding Director
Spicerack Entertainment & Bsamim Productions
Fordham J.D./M.B.A. 2004
Yeshiva University 1997
New York, New York

Hana Bor PhD.
Associate Professor of Education
Director of Masters of Arts
Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service
Towson University
Towson, Maryland

Rafael Cashman
Ph.D ., Education (expected 2013)
Wexner Fellow
OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education),
University of Toronto
teacher (Rabbi) of Jewish Studies at Tanenbaum CHAT

Andrea Rose Cheatham Kasper
MA. Jewish Education Hebrew College
Educator and Curriculum Specialist
Marblehead, MA.

Getzel Davis
Hebrew College
Ordination (expected 2013)
Teacher, Temple Israel
Boston MA

Alex Freedman
Wexner Fellow,
Jewish Theological Seminary
MA in Jewish Education, Ordination (expected 2013)
New York, New York

Farrah Green
Wexner Fellow
MSW in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship,
Washington University (expected 2010)
Madrichim Coordinator & Resource Center Teacher,
Congregation Shaare Emeth
St. Louis MO.

Adam Greenwald
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies,
American Jewish University
Rabbinic Ordination (expected 2011)
Los Angeles, CA.

Shira Hammerman
Wexner Fellow
MS Elementary Ed, 2002
PhD in Jewish Studies and Education
New York University ( Expected 2012)
Areyvut, Educational Consultant
New York, New York

Aileen Heiman         
Hebrew College 
 MAJEd (expected 2010)
Philadelphia, PA.

Daria Jacobs-Velde
B.A. Harvard University 2000      
Rabbi and Ed.M,
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 2009
Philadelphia, PA

Joshua Jacobs-Velde    
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
 (ordination expected 2011)
Philadelphia, PA

Dori Frumin Kirshner
Executive Director
Matan (Special Needs)
White Plains, NY

Aron Klein
Hebrew Union College—Los Angeles
Rabbinic Ordination (expected 2012)
Religious School Teacher, Rabbinic Intern
HUC LA

Leora Koller-Fox
B.A. (Bible)
Brandeis, 2005
Boston, MA

Liba Kornfeld
Education Director
Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation
New Orleans, LA

Adam Lavitt
Hebrew College Rabbinical School,
Ordination (expected 2012)
Boston, MA

Meg Lederman, MAT
Jewish Studies teacher, Cohen Hillel Academy
Mentor Teacher and Alumna DeLet
Marblehead, MA 

Aaron Lerner
Wexner Fellow
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
Rabbinic Ordination (expected) 2013
New York, New York

Sarah Levy                   
MAJEd, Pardes/Hebrew College (expected  2010)
Boston, MA

Rabbi Ethan Linden
Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation
New Orleans, LA

Rabbi Sharon Litwin
HUC-JIR NYC '02
Director of Education, Temple Israel and JCC
Ridgewood, NJ

Emily Loubaton
Program Director
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) NY
New York, New York

Amy Lowenthal             
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
(rabbinic ordination expected in 2012)
Philadelphia, PA.

Amanda Lurer               
Rabbi, RRC 2008
MAJed, Gratz College 2008
Philadelphia, PA.

Evonne Marzouk
Executive Director
Canfei Nesharim: Sustainable Living Inspired by Torah
Silver Spring, Maryland

Rabbi Karen G. Reiss Medwed, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty, Prozdor
Assistant Professor, Jewish Education
Director, EdD Jewish Education Leadership
Coordinator, Pardes Educator Program
Boston, MA

Vanessa S. C. Prell
The National Union of Jewish LGBTQQI Students (NUJLS)
Washington, DC

Lori Riegel
B. A. (Education) University of Arizona ‘94
Religious School Director
Temple Emanu-El,
Tucson, AZ

Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal
JTS, Wexner Fellow
Director of Education
Congregation B'nai Zion
El Paso, TX

Jason Rubenstein
JTS Rabbinical School
(Rabbinical Ordination Expected 2011)
Coordinator of group processing Yeshivat Hadar
New York, New York

Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff
Jewish storyteller, educator and coach
Reisterstown, Maryland

Ari Schuchman
Associate Director of Overseas Programs
Nefesh B'Nefesh
Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Rabbi David A. Schuck
Pelham Jewish Center
Pelham Manor, NY

Rebecca Shargel
Assistant Professor of Literacy & Jewish Education
Towson University
Towson, MD

Rachel Silverman,
JTS Rabbinical School (rabbinic ordination expected 2010)
Education Director, Congregation Beth Israel
Andover, MA