SAVE THE DATE
January 22-25, 2025
Evanston, Illinois
YOM Chadash:
Imagine the Possibilities
The Time is Now:
Our world changes every day, the headlines and trends emerge, and our time is limited. Yom Chadash 2025 will offer Jewish educators focused time to be in conversation with one another and thought leaders regarding changing trends, attitudes and realities of today’s Jewish community. The time is now to dream about and build the future of Jewish education.
Audience:
Yom Chadash 2025 invites Jewish educators who lead and teach in our Early Childhood programs, Synagogue, Part-Time or Immersive Educational Programs, Camp, Informal, Experiential and Teen Educators, Clergy, Educational Consultants, and Communal Leaders to vision for the future in our Reform Jewish settings.
Conference Format:
Our 2025 Yom Chadash summit will offer two pathways to understand and respond to trends, attitudes, and realities of our current Jewish communities, learners and families.
- The Pisgah (Summit): Work as a new or existing team to respond to what we learn about today’s Jewish world and challenges, and design an experience or approach to Jewish family engagement in your home setting.
- The Mifgash (Experience): Visit bright spots in “Chicago-land’s” Jewish community with colleagues. Network, and reflect together on how you can translate what you experience and learn to your home community and institutions.
Participants will:
- LEARN from those on the forefront of Jewish and American cultural trends as it pertains to Jewish family engagement and Jewish educational choices.
- PLAN for tangible ways that they can bring home changes in their daily educational practices or overall engagement strategy.
- OBSERVE Jewish educational settings in the Chicago area engaged in innovation.
- REFLECT AND CONNECT with colleagues by celebrating Shabbat together, as we lift one another up, and spend time with colleagues.
- DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS with colleagues, friends, and stakeholders in the field.
About Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE)
ARJE is the professional association of Jewish Educators who are connected to the Reform movement through personal or professional affiliation. We are a professional organization that inspires excellence through the work of Jewish teaching and learning in congregations, immersive experiences, after-school programs, communal and national organizations and more. ARJE members enrich lives by challenging minds, nurturing souls and strengthening Jewish communities.
About Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism (ECE-RJ)
Early Childhood Educators of Reform Judaism (ECE-RJ) is the professional organization and is committed to serving early childhood educators and leaders in congregational settings. We believe in elevating the professional self of our members through education, networking, and collaboration. We believe that the work of ECE-RJ increases the status and visibility of our profession and our schools within Jewish communal life, ensuring the continuity of thriving, high-quality Jewish Early Childhood programs. Our members include early childhood directors, assistant directors, teachers, pedagogistas, and experts in the field of Jewish early childhood education.