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Dispatches from the network and updates from the Foundation.
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
Jul 2017
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Eitan and Etta Bendavid, WGF Alumni (Class 20 and Class 24), on making Aliyah. Audrey Marcus Berkman, WGF Alum (Class 15), on becoming Associate Rabbi at Temple Ohabei Shalon in Brookline, MA. Nir Buchler, WGF Alum (Class 22), on becoming Vice President, Israel & Global Philanthropy at the Jewish Agency for Israel. Marc Gold, WHP Alum (Montreal), on becoming a Canadian Senator. Peter Kalichman, WHP Alum (Montreal), on being named a
Dear NY16 Vexnerim, I’m cruising at 35,000 feet. We just said good-bye, and I miss you already. I’m exhilarated, exhausted and appreciative. I just want to sleep. But I can’t. Even as I’m coming off the “high” of our week together in Israel, I feel the dread coming on like a freight train: how am I possibly going to answer those questions? You know, those questions, from family, friends, neighbors,
Reposted with thanks to ejewishphilanthropy.org. Earlier this summer, the musical Dear Evan Hansen and its superstar (and Jewish summer camp alum) Ben Platt, swept the Tony Awards. Their wins come at the start of the Jewish camp and youth group trip season, which has caused me to reflect on my youth experiences. In my reflection I consider this musical’s message, and I’ve come to realize the true potential impact of Jewish life