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Dispatches from the network and updates from the Foundation.
Jun 2016
Im Tirtzu Ein Zo Agadah, if you will it, it is no dream. Herzl’s words resonate with the journey Camp Daisy and Harry Stein — formerly Camp Charles Pearlstein — has experienced over the past 25 years. In this blog, I share a case study of how our camp went from good to great since many of you are also trying to get your organizations to be great and maybe there are
Jun 2016
I fell in love with camp late; I didn’t go to sleepover camp until I was 15 — the last summer I could be a regular camper — but since then I’ve been going back, first to Camp Kadimah in Nova Scotia and last summer to Camp Ramah in Canada. To me, there is nothing more magical and inspiring than the power of camp and I have spent years doing what I can to
Dear Wexnerites, I was directed to this you tube of the Yeshiva University Commencement address by Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots. I thought that it was one of the best speeches that I have heard in years. It seems to resonate with the teachings of Wexner and Hillel: If not you, then who? and if not now, when? Regards, Raphael Lavin, clfp
A friend sent me the You Tube link of Robert Kraft’s address at the Yeshiva University commencement. It is something we all should think and rethink about. https://youtube.com/watch?v=oBkAADG09BY&sns=em
Jewish overnight camps are powerful incubators of Jewish identity, movements for social change and the next generation of Jewish leadership. So, why are they built in the middle of nowhere? As we move into camp season, I’d like to share these questions and more from a piece I wrote last year. I look forward to the joyous sounds of campers and counselors arriving and to exploring these questions more thoroughly
Jun 2016
Often when we travel to both Israel and the United States, we visit “places” and not “people.” This results in us failing to develop meaningful personal relationships that would facilitate better understanding between our communities as people. The misconceptions of what it means to be a Jew in North America, what it means to be a Jew in Israel and how we relate to each other were reflected in the
Jun 2016
“For the sake of Zion, I will not remain silent. For the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest” ~ Isaiah 62:1 Our project seeks to make a meaningful, humble contribution to ending the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians and to the pursuit of two states living side by side in peace and prosperity. We, Israelis and Americans, are motivated by a deep love for
May 2016
One of the initiatives developed within our Summit Working Group — we have named ourselves Stronger Together P2P (People to People) — is the twinning of US and Israeli lay leaders. We are seeking Wexner alumni interested in participating in the twinning pilot program which will take place over the next 12 months. The purpose of the twinning is to provide lay leaders with the opportunity to get acquainted with
May 2016
A few months back, my husband Sam and I decided to become involved with UJA-Federation of New York and more specifically Tov B’Yachad, the division focused on engaging Modern Orthodox Jews. Through my work at Yeshiva University as the Director of Student Life and Jewish Service Learning, I’ve created winter missions focused on Jewish community and communal work, and have always emphasized to our students the impact Federation made in