The Latest From The Foundation

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.

The Wexner Foundation is pleased to offer a videoconference with WGF alum (Class 3) Yosef Abramowitz and WIF alum Shuli Nezer (Class 20) on the recent Paris Climate Conference (COP21). The call will be facilitated by Angie Atkins, Director, Wexner Heritage Alumni, and will be open to your questions and comments. It will be exclusively accessible to members of the Wexner network. We will start with the following questions and

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Moshe Elad, alum of the WIF (Class 6), on his recent publishing, Core Issues of the Israeli Palestinian Dispute. (Haifa: Pardes Publishers, 2014). Jonathan Gribetz, alum of the WGF (Class 16), on the release of his new book, Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter.(Princeton University Press).   Dalit Horn, alum of the WGF (Class 25), on joining Shalom Hartman Institute as Director of Program Administration.  Matt Reingold,

Pictured: Larry Moses, Senior Philanthropic Advisor and President Emeritus of The Wexner Foundation, was honored by the Jewish Communal Service Association at the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2013 General Assembly in Jerusalem.  Larry Moses was honored with the Mandelkorn Distinguished Service Award, which annually recognizes significant and sustained contributions by professional leaders in the Jewish Community to Jewish community organizational life.  The award is named for Ben Mandelkorn, founding