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Dispatches from the network and updates from the Foundation.
Top row from left to right: Rabbi Steve Greenberg. Rabbi Rahel Bat-Or, Shep Rosenman, WHP Alum (Los Angeles 1), Noey Jacobson; Bottom row from left to right: Miryam Kabakov, Rena Selya Cohen, Julie Gruenbaum Fax, WHP Alum (Los Angeles 1), Rachel Fried How do you change a communal conversation? How do you create an environment where sensitivity can flourish, where language is minded, where the implications of throwaway comments are
Feb 2017
Reposted with permission from The Jerusalem Post. Just as tax day is an audit of our financials and Rosh Hashana is an audit of our souls, Tu Bishvat is the time in the Jewish calendar when we take stock of the glory of nature. Across the 510 million square kilometers that blanket the third planet from our Sun, about 7.7 million species fly, swim and roam; about 300,000 species sprout,
Last year, approximately 100 Wexner alumni from across Israel and the United States gathered in Princeton for the Wexner Summit, Stronger Together: Imagining the Israel-North American Jewish Community Relationship. Participants from Israel and North America formed working groups, and our group, “Connecting in Jerusalem,” set out to find connection points for people in Israel and in North America to engage with (and in) Jerusalem. We decided to do this
Feb 2017
I grew up as a child of a “Wexnerite” and it was through that lens that I decided to work professionally in the Jewish community. As the NYC Director for Community Engagement for Honeymoon Israel, I have the distinct privilege of supporting and connecting hundreds of couples in the NYC area to Jewish life in ways that are meaningful to them. Honeymoon Israel provides immersive trips to Israel for locally-based
Jan 2017
We are seeking a volunteer web master or programmer to assist / join our team: During the first Wexner Summit last year, a group of us chose to address the need for Jewish religious pluralism in Israel as a basic building block and tenet for strengthening the relationship between Israel and North American Jewry. The Summit was entitled “Stronger Together: Imagining the Israel-North American Jewish Community Relationship”. Within our group
Jan 2017
On Friday, January 20, 2017, I was in attendance as Donald J. Trump and Michael R. Pence were sworn into office as the 45th President and 48th Vice-president of the United States of America. I wasn’t there because Donald Trump had my vote for president (he did not). I was there because I prize the peaceful transfer of power that occurs every 4 to 8 years, because I respect the
I applied to the Wexner Service Corps in 2015 after hearing positive feedback from friends who had participated in the program previously. I was entering my junior year of high school, and I had never been on a service trip, let alone one with a focus on Jewish service. I spent two summers at Jewish camp during middle school, but, aside from religious school, that was the extent of my
This past Sunday, more than 1,200 people from all over the globe attended the 2017 Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) Conference. Many “Wexner” faces attended the conference and among the esteemed presenters that facilitated exciting conversations and gave participants skills, resources and inspiration were Mijal Bitton (WGF Alum, Class 24), Zev Eleff (WGF Alum, Class 22), Michael Emerson (WGF Alum, Class 23), Dasi Fruchter (WGF Alum, Class 25), Ariel Groveman Weiner (WHP Member,
This past spring, we had the privilege to gather with 99 other Wexner alumni in Princeton, New Jersey for the Foundation’s inaugural Summit, entitled Stronger Together: (Re)Imagining the North American Israeli Relationship. From all four of Wexner’s programs, half of us Israeli and half North American, our cohort represents community, government and religious leaders eager to explore and take action on new ways of strengthening the current relationship between Israel
Apply now to be a Jewish Organizing Fellow! Early application deadline: January 25 Regular Application Deadline: March 1 JOIN for Justice’s Jewish Organizing Fellowship is recruiting for our year-long, paid community organizing training program in Boston. The Fellowship trains Jewish young adults (ages 21-30) to organize communities to effectively fight against structural injustice and inequality. If not already employed, Fellows apply for pre-approved full-time paid jobs as community organizers. We seek