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May 2013
Conversations among Wexner alumni almost inevitably include discussion of our work as leaders in the Jewish community. When that topic comes up, I feel somewhat abashed. The truth is that I committed a huge amount of my time and energy to leadership roles before I entered the Wexner Heritage program. I don’t think I ever said no to a committee membership, a chair position or a board seat, and I
May 2013
I have found that many of us in the Wexner community wrestle with the call to serve our community and the call to serve humanity. We have been blessed with so much abundance, education, opportunity, and, of course, each other. Is the highest expression of our leadership journeys to serve a largely privileged Jewish community when there is also an infinite need for our leadership in the larger world? I
Alumni of the Atlanta ‘10 Wexner Heritage class are pleased to announce the launch of the Wexner Atlanta 10 Giving Collaborative. The fund arose from our class’s desire to have a collective impact on the Jewish community in Atlanta. We are committed to help strengthen our Jewish community by funding Jewish social entrepreneurs and the innovative and promising causes they champion. The fund, which will be distributing a maximum of
May 2013
I am a religious listener to NPR’s This American Life, a weekly radio show that brings unique “slice of life” stories centered loosely around a theme each week. Religious, that is, in both senses: I am a religious Jew and I listen to the program without fail each week. The stories are often compelling, thought-provoking, and educational. Sometimes they are even profound and moving. Recently, my ears perked up at
Aug 2012
Lev is an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship (Class VII). A day school professional, rabbi and educator, Lev is enjoying a year filled with learning, volunteering, and abundant time for family and friends. He can be reached at ravlev@aol.com . In the spring of 2011 our local synagogue planned a Torah-writing project. In addition to commissioning a new scroll, the yearlong undertaking sought to cultivate community, expand congregational learning,
Jacob is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholar program, Class 16 and is an advanced Ph.D. student in Jewish Studies and Education at Brandeis University. He is the director at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. Jacob can be reached at jcytryn@gmail.com. For ten years now, shortly after Memorial Day I have made my way north to summer camp to serve as a member of the hanhalah (senior leadership team)
Jul 2012
Daniel is a Wexner Graduate Fellow and rabbinical student at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where he also earned a master’s degree in Religious Education. Daniel can be reached at daniel.kirzane@gmail.com Jake’s 4th-grade math students are learning the rudiments of algebra, practicing the placement and manipulation of points on a grid. Last night’s homework was to plot and connect a series of ordered pairs.
Elan Ezrachi is an independent consultant to international Jewish organizations, is a community activist in Jerusalem and a founding fellow at the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education. Elan can be reached at ezrachi19@yahoo.com. I live in the heart of Jerusalem. I mostly work as a professional with international Jewish organizations. This means that I am destined to meet many Jews from around the world, as they come to Jerusalem to
Jul 2012
The population of the New York Jewish community has grown nearly 10 percent since the previous study in 2002, according to UJA-Federation of New York’s Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011, released June 12th. More than 1.5 million Jews now live in the eight-county New York area, a total that surpasses the combined Jewish populations of the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. In
Jun 2012
Joey Asch graduated this month from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, as a Wexner Israel Fellow. He is a senior prosecutor for the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office, dealing with major political, and white collar crimes. He can be reached at chani.joey@gmail.com Parshat Balak is an unusual story both in its content and in the way it is described in the Torah. It’s strange that the Torah chose