The Latest From The Foundation

Pictured: Heritage Alumni from Cleveland 05 got together to study the Book of Ruth before Shavuot. Clockwise from back: Susan Borison, Ilana Horowitz Ratner (Wexner Heritage alumna and our teacher), Scott Garson, Steve Soclof, Jessica Semel, Stephanie Silverman, Hallie Abrams, Loren Frieder, Karin Schleifer, Scott Simon.  What a wonderful way to start the day. We learned about the Megillah for Shavuot – Ruth – and will be meeting 5 times

Wexner fellows and alumni of all stripes were on hand for the 50th annual Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, including these two next generation Jewish leaders: Noah Ives-Kurtzer, son of WGF alum Yehuda Kurtzer (Class 15) and Isiah Rosenn, son of WGF alumni Rabbis Jennie and David Rosenn (Classes 4 and 5 respectively). Rabbi David Rosenn, Executive Vice President at the New Israel Fund, leads NIF’s operations in

I wanted to let the Wexner network know about something special we are hosting at the Shalom Hartman Institute on June 12, 2014. We’ll be holding a one-day iEngage conference for rabbis, educators, board chairs, and Jewish communal professionals. Faculty from diverse disciplines including Wexner alumni Jill Jacobs (Class 11), Ethan Tucker (Class 11), and Yehuda Kurtzer (Class 15),  President of SHI North America, will address such questions as: How does the

WHA’s from East Bay 10: Lisa Sadikman, Nicki Gilbert, Julie Matlof Kennedy, Michael Sosebee , Mark Hoffman WHA’s from East Bay…

This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, Volume 12 – For Whom Are We Responsible? – published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education. It is instructive to note that within Judaism there have always been Universalistic and Particularistic dimensions, and this dual approach to the world finds expression in the concept of covenant (brit) that appears at the very beginning of the Bible. This notion maintains that God stands

If increasing avodah for jewish people is key to future success, how does one explain the rise of Christianity and Islam which got rid of most of the obligations?

From left to right: Avi Moshe Miller (Class 23), Avi Narrow-Tilonsky (Class 20), Eitan Bendavid  (Class 20), Mark Goldfeder (Class 20), Noah Cheses (Class 21), Michael Cooper Emerson (Class 23). Not pictured: Shlomo Zuckier (Class 24). “On Sunday March 23rd, I participated in Yeshiva University’s quadrennial rabbinic ordination celebration.  The ceremony was filled with uplifting words of Torah that inspired us to take responsibility for the future of the Jewish

As part of the selection process for the Wexner Israel Fellowship, all of us were asked to write an essay discussing our connection to American Jewry. The exercise was spot on, as it signaled two issues that would be at the center of our “Wexner” experience this year at Harvard. The first is the fact that our actual previous interaction with and knowledge about the vastly diverse Jewish community in

What I know about love so far in my life is this: it has something to do with feeling both desire and gratitude at once. That is, a desire to speak with, to see and to be close with another person: a spouse, an immediate family member, a grandparent, a nephew, a dear friend. It is desire that pushes me to reach out and give to another, to seek an

Wexner alumni from around the world write in a few words on how they plan to bring in the New Year “In Israel, New Year’s Eve is hardly felt. Some go out and party, but for most it’s just another day in the office or at home. Luckily, it somehow happened that two of my sons, Daniel and Ziv, were born on the 24th and on the 31st of December.