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Oct 2017
Being from Montreal, perhaps one should be adept at least at walking, if not skating, on ice. However, in 2013, I slipped and broke my ankle. Determined to make the most of my time holed up, I tried to use the time to take some of those "backburner projects" we all accrue over our lives, and deal with some of them. Making the best of situations seemed to be something
Oct 2017
Wexner Senior Leaders (WSL) participate in an executive program geared to getting us to use our positions in the Israeli government to innovate projects that will make Israel a better place to live. We are high-level government civil servants working in ministries that don't often collaborate to get things done, and therefore we call these projects "XBC's," or "Cross Boundary Collaborations." The formal part of the WSL Program lasts a
Oct 2017
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Dr. Tamar Elram, WIF (Class 22), on becoming the new Director of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem. Rob Bildner and Elisa Spungen-Bildner, WHP (Metrowest), on being honored by the The US Holocaust Museum at their annual gala. Josh Feigelson, WGF (Class 14), on becoming the new Dean of Students at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Barb Gelb, WGF (Class 4), on being awarded an Honorary
Oct 2017
Join your extended Wexner "family" to gather and honor Cindy at our annual GA Reception, Monday, November 13th, 10 - 11:30 PM, at the JW Marriott Hotel. Space is limited. Please RSVP to Liz Meyers by Monday, November 6. The Jewish Federations of North America's annual General Assembly (GA) gathers together Federation volunteer leaders and professionals and those involved in the business of Jewish philanthropy from across North America and
Oct 2017
Reprinted with permission from URJ - Inside Leadership Blog. I have had endless words and feelings and thoughts going through me this past week. None is more meaningful than the expressions from tens of thousands of you, from young children to older adults – sharing poetry and songs, prayers, stories and support from all over the globe. They reflect several universal themes: deep loss and sadness, gratitude for what camp
Oct 2017
The world, it seems, is on fire. I’m reading the news from the comfort of the sukkah I helped build; its nylon walls blowing in the breeze, its wooden frame screwed and zip-tied together, schach above me offering a glimpse at the blue beyond. It is, truthfully, a precarious structure, built on the porch of a friend’s apartment. I woke up to the news that the campus of URJ Camp Newman, a Jewish camp
Oct 2017
For the past three years I have had the pleasure of being the Delegation Head for Team Denver for the JCC Maccabi Games. The JCC Maccabi Games are a week-long Olympic style sporting event hosted by different cities in the US during the summer for Jewish teens from all over the country and world, including Israel. The Games start with the Opening Ceremonies honoring the Munich 11, the massacre of
Oct 2017
The Secular Forum is an Israeli organization dedicated to keeping religion out of Israeli secular public schools. It is actively campaigning against what it has called “Hadatah” (bringing religion) to the school system. Dr. Ram Froman, director of The Secular Forum, recently published an article in Ha’aretz attacking the involvement of religious organizations in Israeli secular schools, and highlighting the TALI Education Fund (which I run) — an organization dedicated
On behalf of my WHP Greater MetroWest 15 cohort, I write this as a letter of thanks for this wonderful journey, the Wexner Heritage Program. From Aspen, where it all began just over two years ago, through multiple learning sessions in New Jersey and fantastic Institutes in Israel and Utah, in this New Year we continue our Jewish leadership journeys, richer for the knowledge and wisdom you have imparted. To
It's hard for me to say Happy New Year this week. It seems wrong. There is so much pain and loss now. On the heels of devastating hurricanes and the ongoing crises in those areas hardest hit, we have now experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. That "record," set in Las Vegas, is eclipsing the one set only last year at the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando.