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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

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

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

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,

There are moments and meals that leave an indelible mark. For me, a semi-recent one was a breakfast meeting that I had with Wexner classmate Ron Beller (SF 14) and Noa Kushner, the seriously cool and brave Founding Rabbi of The Kitchen in San Francisco.  This defining discussion took place in April of 2015 at a now-defunct diner in San Francisco — we were meant to be discussing The Kitchen’s

I know many in the Wexner network are working to fight BDS on campus, so I thought I’d share this article with the story of how my wife and I pushed back at the pro-BDS forces at UCLA.  We have to shift the agenda on these campuses any way we can.  This was my only leverage with the University so I used it.  I’m sure there are many more creative

After attending an absolutely shocking BDS seminar, I decided to create a pro-Israel comic to educate people through humor.  Having worked as a prosecuting attorney, I appreciate zealous advocacy, however, through my life experience, I have come to see that often humor is actually more effective.  When I argue facts that I feel unquestionably defend Israeli actions or policy in my own liberal community, people just tune me out and

In my capacity as Deputy Director General of the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel, I have been working for the past five years with all the local governments throughout the country: small and large, centrally located and in the periphery, Arab and Jewish.  I have had the privilege to closely study the country with its challenges and opportunities.  This professional platform has provided me with much knowledge which, alongside

 By 2025, 60% of the world’s landmass and 40 of the 50 United States will experience water shortages.  Water scarcity helped trigger the Syrian Civil War and has been a factor in African migration to Europe.  Israel will be a model in solving the world’s emerging water crisis. About 10 days ago, Prager University released this five-minute video, which I wrote and, to date, has had 875,000 unique viewers.  I

I felt lost when I learned of my dad’s late-stage cancer diagnosis. Despite having a top team of doctors battling his disease, I knew that prayer was my only weapon in this fight.  I couldn’t shake the feeling, though, that there was more we could be doing.  Our sages teach that repentance, prayer and charity can remove an evil decree.  My father has always modeled that charity encompasses good deeds,