Don Abramson, a Wexner Heritage alumnus from San Francisco, is a past chair of the American Jewish World Service and a current board member. His support of the Jerusalem AIDS Project is independent of AJWS. If interested in being involved in the Jerusalem AIDS Project's work, please contact Don at borscht88@aol.com. How do we know how to act properly and effectively in facing one of the biggest moral and medical

Aug 2008

Parashat Ekev

Allison Shapira is the coordinator of the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program and is based at the Harvard Kennedy School. She can be reached at ashapira@wexner.net Jews in Italy normally keep a low profile – when I lived in the northern city of Padova, the Jewish ghetto was a quiet place with few people walking around. Not so in Rome, where the Jewish ghetto is a vibrant quarter alongside the Tiber

Howard Lichtman is a Virtual Chief Marketing Officer for a number of leading corporations and non- profit organizations. He is an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Program from Toronto and recently participated in the alumni trip to Poland and Hungary. He can be reached at Hlichtman1@aol.com The expression "speak up" is all about being heard. Many non-profits and Jewish organizations use high- profile speakers as an attraction and as a

Rabbi David Hoffman, an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, teaches Rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary and is the Scholar-in-Residence in its Department of Institutional Advancement. He can be reached at dahoffman@jtsa.edu  “You shall not be partial in judgment: hear out low (katan) and high (gadol) alike. Fear no man, for judgment is God’s.” (Deuteronomy 1:17) Philo, the great first-century Alexandrian Jewish thinker, was engaged in a project

Jul 2008

Parashat Masei

Seth Cohen, an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Program from Atlanta, is a partner in the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP.  He is involved in a variety of Jewish initiatives, most importantly, his own family. He can be reached at scohen@kilpatrickstockton.com,  and his blog on Jewish community issues can be found at www.boundlessdramaofcreation.com. What is in a name?  That is the question my wife Marci and I recently were

Jul 2008

Parashat Mattot

William Lipsey is an alumnus of the Wexner Heritage Program (Metrowest NJ). He is President of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, NJ, on the board of the Masorti Israel Foundation, and is Managing Principal of Pzena Investment Management.  He can be reached at Lipsey@pzena.com. Having spent my professional life in the investment business, I always thought that our inspiring and dedicated Wexner teacher, Rabbi Herb Friedman, z”l, had an innate

David Katznelson, a member of the San Francisco 06 Wexner Heritage group, is also a member of the Reboot program and is the founder of the Birdman Recording Group. He can be reached at oakiedog@gmail.com. I will never forget the breakfast I had seven years ago at Nate ‘n Al’s Deli in Beverly Hills with fellow Wexner Alum Rachel Levin, and not just because Milton Berle was sitting at the

Joey Asch is an alumnus of the Wexner Israel Fellowship Program and is a senior prosecutor in the criminal division of the District Attorney’s Office in Jerusalem.  He has also lectured numerous times on “Law and Terrorism” for various organizations in the U.S.  He can be reached at joey@justice.gov.il. I live in a mixed community (religious and non-religious) on a cliff overlooking Nachal Prat (known to most as "Wadi Kelt"),

Jul 2008

Stir the Soul

Wendy Berger Shapiro is a current member of the Wexner Heritage Program. Wendy is President of WBS Equities, LLC, a real estate development company specializing in development of build-to-suit "green" buildings and industrial buildings for food and beverage companies. She can be reached at wendy@wbsequities.com. The City of Chicago is currently among the four finalist cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympics can be

Nigel Savage was a layleader in the English Jewish community who founded Hazon after a successful private-sector career. Hazon is now the largest environmental non-profit in the American Jewish community. Its annual food conference takes place this year near San Francisco, December 25th – 28th. For more info go to www.hazon.org . If you’re interested in getting involved in Hazon’s food work or outdoor programs, contact Nigel at nigel@hazon.org This