The Mitzvah Stories team has many offerings for the NewCaje Jewish educators conference that beings this Sunday Aug 5 and continues through Wednesday. Hope to see you there!

Monday 9-10:30 am
    Room 2009  Young Professionals Storytelling Kehillah
       Jennifer Rudick-Zunikoff
    Room 2011 An Improvisational Jam Session Approach to Jewish Music and Concepts
      Jordan Hill

Monday 10:45-12:15 Room 2013 The Uses of Storytelling in the Classroom and In Life, Why Storytelling Works in Reaching the Heart
      Cherie Karo Schwartz and Peninnah Schram 

Monday 1:45-3:15 
   Room 2009 Transforming Reality into Blessings: How Working with Interfaith Families Enhances Learning for All
       Dan Gordon
   Room 2025 Being Torah Alive
       Janie Grackin
   Room 3052 Music and Community Building: Co-Creating in the Classroom
       Helene Kates

Monday 5:15-6:15 Room 3054
    Mitzvah Stories Salon honoring Peninnah Schram, the line-up is Cherie, Gerald, Dante, Jennifer, Jordan; followed by Goldie Milgram offering open mike auditions for next volume A Family Treasury of Mitzvah Stories in honor of Danny Siegel.

8:00 pm Evening program
    Goldie, Janie, Peninnah and many musicians;

Tuesday 8:45-11:45 Room 2006 Revealing the Divine through Story
    Gerald Fierst, Jordan Hill, Dan Gordon

Tuesday 1:45-4:45 Room 2012 Jump In and Become a Storyteller/Maggid
    Peninnah Schram, Arthur Strimling, Goldie Milgram & Helene Kates (

Tuesday 3:30-5:00
     Room 2025 Storytelling and Drama Games for High Holiday Youth Services
    Jordan Hill
     Room  Room 2007 Duct Tape Tallit
    Janie Grackin

Wednesday 8:45-10:15 Winged Listeners: Young Adults Share the Stories of Holocaust Survivors
    Jennifer Rudick Zunikoff, Andrea Heymann, Arielle Breite