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In the last year, the Foundation has conducted an experiment of sorts with professional directors of ten programs focused on training Jewish educators.
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In the last year, the Foundation has conducted an experiment of sorts with professional directors of ten programs focused on training Jewish educators.
Guest Blog
I’ve spent much of the last eight years planning and executing residential education programs as the Academic Director of the Yiddish Book Center.
Guest Blog
Pulling up to The Publishing House Bed and Breakfast in what appeared to be an old, deserted part of Chicago’s near West Side did not particularly allay my trepidation about the upcoming couple of days with my fellow grantees of the Jim Joseph Foundation’s…
Partners in the News
Examining graffiti art. Meeting with Druze and Bedouin families. Visiting an Arab neighborhood in Haifa. Assembling crutches for a nonprofit. Making challah in Tsfat.
Featured Partner
Jewish day schools participating in UJA-Federation of New York’s Day School Challenge Fund (DSCF) initiative are in the final months of raising funds for endowments that are eligible to be matched -- with the goal of helping to secure their long-term…
From the Professional Team
In the last year, the Foundation has conducted an experiment of sorts with professional directors of ten programs focused on training Jewish educators.
From the Professional Team
Last month, the Foundation was fortunate to bring together 50 leaders in Jewish education organizations to the Catskills for 48 hours of learning, connecting and reflecting, with the goal to advance our collective thinking about how to run effective Jewish…
From the Professional Team
In the spirit of looking ahead, I'm also very pleased to share some exciting news — after an exhaustive national search for a new Foundation board member, we soon will be adding two new members to our board.
Blog
With the new year approaching, many of us will both reflect on the year that was and think about what we hope to accomplish in the year, or years, to come. In other words, we will do some type of planning.
Guest Blog
What will you be trying to do teshuvah for this year? Raise your hand if it is the same as last year. Raise the other hand if it was the same as the year before that.
Partners in the News
Camp Inc. was established in Boulder in 2014 as an overnight camp teaching skills such as graphic design, coding and public speaking. The model was popular.
Featured Partner
JCCs throughout North America offer rich, welcoming environments for families with young children to engage in meaningful Jewish life and learning. The JCC Association's new Sheva Center Leadership Institute for Early Childhood Professionals will help…
Guest Blog
I’ve lost count to how many times people make assumptions about my ethnicity and what type of Jew I am.