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In Photo: Collective Impact leadership meeting with President Reuven Rivlin, July 2017 Emerging from a year of intensive work by Wexner Israel and Graduate Fellowship Alumni, Wexner Heritage Alumni and Wexner Senior Leaders all working together through the Summit "Stronger Together: (Re)Imagining the North American Israeli Relationship", a three-pronged project has emerged to improve civil society in Israel and to strengthen leadership and business relationships with North American groups. Our Summit project, entitled
Aug 2017
Reposted with thanks to Larry's Blog, Life and a Little Liturgy A Protestant pastor remembers preaching a sermon on loving God and being interrupted by a congregant who blurted out, “Love God? Look at the problems God causes: devastating illness, hurricanes. earthquakes. And look at the problems God doesn’t prevent: wars, cruelty, persecution. Sure, this is stuff human beings bring about, but God just lets them happen. Love God you
Aug 2017
On Monday, my friend, Ben Grossman, died. He was 37. Ben taught everyone around him many lessons in the way he lived and in the way he responded to getting sick. I’ve been reflecting the last couple days in particular on what I will remember most. Ben had a calm, patient energy. He had an easy smile. Living across the street, seeing him throughout the week, the memories I will hold
Aug 2017
The Wexner Field Fellowship pre-application is now open for up to 15 exceptional professionals, who will be selected for a three-year program with a cohort of lifelong professional learners that is focused on enriching their ability to exercise leadership as Jewish professionals. Wexner Field Fellows are matched one-on-one with a coach, as well as a Jewish educator to expand their leadership skills and Jewish knowledge respectively based on their individual
Jul 2017
Photograph by Zion Ozeri, NYC, 2017 In October of 2016 I was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer called leiomyosarcoma. There are fewer than 300 cases per year in the US. The prognosis is questionable at best. During the past 9 months I have kept a journal that I shared with many friends, most part of my Jewish world: National Young Leadership Cabinet, Wexner classmates, my weekly minyan, UJA, the
Following the stabbing attack in Amman, Jordan, Israeli Ambassador to Jordan Eynat Shlain, WIF Alum (Class 11), met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the security guard who was injured in the attack. This video is shared via the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Facebook Page. We apologize that there is no audio and only subtitles.
Reversing nearly seven decades of opposition to Israel in the UN, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, visited Israel this past month, the first time an Indian PM ever visited. In Photo: President Rivlin holds a working meeting with PM Modi in Jerusalem. As a Jewish American committed to Israel’s well-being, I am concerned by the volatility in diplomatic sentiment towards Israel. We witnessed such a swing last December
If we are awake to our heritage and history, we must at least consider that the recent confluence of events involving our holiest site – The Temple Mount -- and the tensions between different groupings of Jews in Israel and between Israeli and Diaspora Jewry are hardly "coincidental." Often, near Tisha B'Av, the Creator presents us with a spur to review our priorities and learn deeply our texts, which provide
Last week Leslie and Abigail Wexner, Chairmen of The Wexner Foundation, joined us in Israel for a special evening to celebrate 30 years of the Wexner Fellowship in Israel -- a moving tribute to Les and Abigail and deeply significant for all of us here in Israel who consider ourselves part of the "Wexner family". Together with Wexner Heritage Members from North America who were here for their Summer Institute, and