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Marking 32 years of inspiring excellence in volunteer Jewish leadership, the Wexner Heritage Program has selected three great groups again this year! With deep gratitude to all nominators, local community funding partners, selection committees and candidates, The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce the newest Wexner Heritage Program cohorts for 2017:  Chicago, Detroit and Montreal. We wish these 60 newly-minted Wexner members deep learning, powerful bonding and inspiration for their

To mark their graduation from the Wexner Heritage Program last summer, two Columbus Jewish Day School (CJDS) parents have given a gift to future generations of CJDS students. Rachel Hillman, Director of Development and Marketing at CJDS and parent of second grader Annie and fifth grader Lee, and Jenny Glick, parent of alumni Max and Sam and Immediate Past President of the CJDS Board of Trustees, made a gift of

“With great power, comes great responsibility.”  Spiderman’s Uncle Ben nails it again — as Wexner alumni, you have the great responsibility to nominate outstanding candidates for the Wexner Heritage Program.  The Wexner Heritage Program is coming to Chicago, Detroit and Montreal in 2017 and we’re seeking your nominations of rising volunteer leaders with outstanding leadership potential.  Click here to nominate a candidate!  Our network of Wexner alumni, members and fellows

The Wexner Foundation is now seeking outstanding rising Jewish volunteer leaders for the Wexner Heritage Program! Wexner Heritage Program cohorts for 2016 are Philadelphia, New York and New York — Russian-Speaking Jews. . Click here to nominate a candidate! We need your help! Our network of Wexner alumni, members and

Wexner Heritage Program New Members Marking 31 years of inspiring excellence in volunteer Jewish leadership, the Wexner Heritage Program has selected three great groups again this year! With deep gratitude to all nominators, local community funding partners, selection committees and candidates, The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce the newest Wexner Heritage Program cohorts for 2016: Philadelphia, New York and New York RSJ (Russian-Speaking Jews).  In both New York and

Three Wexner Heritage Program cohorts celebrated becoming Heritage alumni in Snowbird, Utah. At their “Siyyum” — a ceremony marking the transition from one meaningful learning experience to the next leg of the journey — New England 14, San Francisco 14 and Denver 14 each independently offered creative videos to capture and show gratitude for their Wexner experience.  New England 14 created this honest and compelling five-minute video about what it

Modeling teamwork: Wexner Heritage Selection Panels are made up of WHP Director Rabbi Jay Moses; one other Wexner Foundation staff member; one Graduate Fellowship alum; and one local Heritage alum. Above is the Selection Panel for St. Louis 15, from left to right: WHA Carol Rubin (St. Louis), WGFA Rabbi Dov Weiss (Class 8), Lori Baron, Director, Operations & Conferences, and Rabbi Jay Moses, Director, Wexner Heritage Program Many are

On the first morning of our 2015 Wexner Heritage Israel Institute entitled “Israel: Complications and Inspirations” we invited Yossi Klein Halevi (author and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem) to contextualize our trip and the historical and current dynamics of North American Jewish Leaders’ relationship with and responsibility to the Israel. Halevi captured the nuances and complexities of our partnership in light of the recent Israeli elections, the Iran