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CAJE 33 - One Year Out
As we look back on the past year, we wanted to offer a note with a few thoughts about CAJE and some updates we think you’ll be interested in. Joel M. Hoffman, PhD & Mel Birger-Bray … more →
CAJE 33
CAJE 33 - One Year Out
Joel H. wrote 3 months ago: As we look back on the past year, we wanted to offer a note with a few thoughts about CAJE and some … more →
Tripping Over Words
Joel H. wrote 4 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman One of my favorite activities is meeting with pre-bar/bat mitzvah students to tal … more →
Summer is for Planning
Joel H. wrote 6 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman According to Proverbs, summer is a time for preparation: “Who gathers food … more →
Paving and Paradise
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Joel H. wrote 7 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman Pave over a field and an amazing thing happens each spring: grass grows through t … more →
There's no SAT in Judaism
Joel H. wrote 8 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman I saw a 7th grader studying for a test on the clouds. She had made herself a char … more →
Do Not Oppress The Stranger
Joel H. wrote 9 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “Do not oppress the stranger,” the Bible warns us over and over again … more →
The Facebook Generation
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Joel H. wrote 10 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman I recently asked a middle-school student how many friends she has. “Eight h … more →
Vayigash
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Joel H. wrote 11 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman Vayigash, this week’s Torah portion, opens with the nearly final stages of … more →
There's a Famine in the Land
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Joel H. wrote 11 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman Genesis is about families, creation, where we come from, and what our lives are l … more →
Holy Hanukah Lights
Joel H. wrote 12 months ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “These lights are holiness — haneirot hallalu kodesh hen.“ This … more →
Halloween and the Jews
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman When I was 11 years old, a grumpy Israeli teacher told me that good Jews don … more →
Halloween and the Jews
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman When I was 11 years old, a grumpy Israeli teacher told me that good Jews don … more →
I Have a Little List
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “These things have no limit,” begins a nearly 2,000-year-old list in … more →
I Have a Little List
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman “These things have no limit,” begins a nearly 2,000-year-old list in … more →
Some Results from the Roundtable Fishbowl
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: The Roundtable Fishbowl at CAJE 33 The Roundtable Fishbowl at CAJE 33 In its first ever Roundtable F … more →
Why Religious Schools Have a Bad Rap
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman An old joke observes in bad taste that to deal with unwanted house guests, all th … more →
Why Religious Schools Have a Bad Rap
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: By Joel M. Hoffman An old joke observes in bad taste that to deal with unwanted house guests, all th … more →
Closing Night Poem: This Curious Quinquidial Fray
Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: In response to everyone who asked, I’ve put my poem from Wednesday night on-line. NEW! Watch t … more →
Some Preliminary CAJE 33 Highlights
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Joel H. wrote 1 year ago: It’s impossible to summarize CAJE 33 in a few pages, let alone a few lines. Still, here are ju … more →
