The Latest From The Foundation

Please join  us for a celebratory brunch and dynamic leadership program to be held at this year’s General Assembly 2013 in Jerusalem.  On Sunday, November 10th from 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM we will host a festive brunch as Larry Moses, Senior Philanthropic Advisor/ President Emeritus at The Wexner Foundation and Barry Shrage, President, Combined Jewish Philanthropies will be honored by the Jewish Communal Service Association.  Space is limited and

The Wexner Foundation will be hosting several conference calls exclusively for our constituents.  This is after overwhelmingly positive response we have had to recent calls and webinars with Eric Fingerhut and Rabbi Daniel Brenner.  The next call will be: Tuesday, February 18th at 12 noon, EST / 7pm Israel time “Israel’s Internal Challenges – 2014: What Lies Beyond the Iranian Threat?” with Barak Loozon, WIFA (Class 21), Director of the Israel

The Jewish Funders Network International Conference will be taking place this March in Atlanta.  Together with The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and The Jim Joseph Foundation, please join us for drinks and networking with our members, fellows, alumni and friends. Monday, March 20, 2017 9:00 – 11:00 pm Whiskey Blue in the W Atlanta in Buckhead (Five minute walk from the Grand Hyatt Buckhead) RSVP to Aliza Tick

IN MEMORIAM: Our deepest condolences to the Calvo and Michels families on the death of Abby Michels Calvo, WHP Alum (Seattle 12), who was 38 years old.  Abby leaves behind her loving husband Justin and children Jaren (age 6) and Miri (age 3), who was born during Abby’s time in the program. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Mindy Berger, WHP Alum (Washington DC 13), on becoming Partnership Manager at the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project. 

Designed to inspire and unite Columbus-area Jewish teens to engage in service learning, The Wexner Foundation invites students currently in 10th and 11th grade (those going into 11th and 12th grades in the 2016-2017 academic year) to apply for participation in the Wexner Service Corps (WSC), beginning with a trip to Philadelphia (June 5-10, 2016), followed by year-round service in Columbus.   This year the Wexner Service Corps will visit

(Pictured) Learning from anywhere in the world, even outer space. (Is George Clooney an alum?) Please mark your calendars for the following interactive videoconference sessions, which will begin with 18 minutes of concentrated teaching and then allow for up to 18 minutes of questions and discussion.  (Bios at the end) . 36 Minutes LIVE: 2015 Thursday, February 12 9:00 am PST – 12:00 pm EST – 7:00 pm Israel time

Slingshot has released its ninth annual guide to North America’s top 50 innovative Jewish organizations and a number of organizations directly influenced by Wexner Alumni were recognized.  The following organizations and/or their leaders have received professional development from our own Wexner Graduate Fellowship and Wexner Heritage programs, including organizations in the Slingshot ’13-’14 and in the supplements.  They are:   Wexner Graduate Fellowship and Alumni     Ask Big Questions AVODAH:

Nones drinking l’chaim to Purim, the celebration of the Jewish people against all odds As we approach the festival of Purim, we would like to mention an obscure study recently conducted by the Pew Research Group about the Jewish Community. Alas, as significant as the findings are, it has come to our attention that nobody in the Jewish communal world seems particularly interested in this study. For the purpose of

 כָּל מַחֲלֹקֶת שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, אֵין סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם. אֵיזוֹ הִיא מַחֲלֹקֶת שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, זוֹ מַחֲלֹקֶת הִלֵּל וְשַׁמַּאי. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, זוֹ מַחֲלֹקֶת קֹרַח וְכָל עֲדָתוֹ Any dispute that is “for the sake of Heaven” is destined to endure , but one that is “not for the sake of Heaven” is not destined to endure.  What is a dispute that is

In conjunction with Unity Day and in memory of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, we will be holding a videoconference call with Rabbi Shai Held (bio below), to enable our alumni, fellows and members, from Israel to California and beyond, to come together online in the spirit of the day.  The session will be 36 minutes long, so even the busiest people in our network can deepen their learning.