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Our Mission

The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) is a tax-exempt non-profit organization that was founded in 2001 to enhance and enrich the quality of Jewish education throughout the United States.

We believe Jewish day school graduates should be prepared to succeed in an ever-changing global society and to reach their potentials in their future careers and in life.

To that end, CIJE seeks to upgrade the technology and programs available to Jewish day schools and yeshivot so that the education these schools provide is world-class.

CIJE is unique with our “hands-on” approach. We provide extensive teacher training and support, and our CIJE liaisons, mentors and other personnel regularly visit and communicate with our beneficiary schools to make sure that the programs and technology that we provide are fully realized.

We invite you to view our program pages and learn about the exciting things we are doing to revitalize Jewish day school learning!

Latest News

CIJE 2nd Annual CIJE Tank

CIJE Robotics Competition

CIJE hosted the first robotics competition of the year at HAFTR on December 19th. Over 30 middle schools and high schools came together to show their creativity and technological achievements.

CIJE CELEBRATION OF INNOVATION

The Annual CIJE Innovation Day hosted close to 1500 students at Bell Works in Holdmel NJ.

Bais Yaakov High School Robotics Club Takes First Place in Inaugural CIJE Robotics Competition

Baltimore Students Tour Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School Of Engineering

Bais Yaakov of Baltimore and Bnos Yisroel Students went on a tour of Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School Of Engineering, organized by CIJE engineering mentor Joseph Saltzman.

Nurturing Future Innovators - CIJE Journey Through “Startup Nation”

50 CIJE-Tech students traveled to Israel to learn what makes it the "Startup Nation"

CIJE GIRLS STEM DAY AT CORNELL-TECH

75 Female CIJE Students Participate in STEM Event at Cornell- Tech

Engineering STEM Education for Girls

Bais Yaakov of Baltimore Students Make ‘CIJE Tank’ Finals

First CIJE Tank a Huge Success

The first annual CIJE Tank was held on January 13th. Six finalists presented their capstone projects to four industry leading Sharks.

Innovation Day 2018 Video

Innovation Day - Capstone projects

CIJE in Baltimore

Torah Institute Introduces a New STEM Program for its Students As part of a continuing effort to refine its General Studies curriculum, Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok / Torah Institute of Baltimore is offering special STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lessons to talmidim of various grades.

Innovation Day – 2018

The CIJE-Tech High School Program is currently in its seventh year. As a significant part of the Cije-Tech program, students are encouraged to experience creative-inventive thinking. At the beginning of each school year, students embark upon a “journey”, during which they acquire various skills in the STEM areas.

TTI and YULA Girls Win at the CIJE Young Engineers Conference

The schools will participate in the Weizmann Institute’s International Physics Tournament

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221 Schools
10,090 Total STEAM students
6-11 grades
Over 20,000 students using CIJE
Blended learning programs
Over 500 teachers trained annually