How far should it go in providing concrete definitions and setting requirements for the content of its peer-led Jewish learning programs while still empowering its young leaders, in their 20s and early 30s, to be bold and creative in how they engage with that content?
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The Wexner Foundation has more than 30 years of experience developing excellence in Jewish professionals and volunteer leaders in North America.
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The Yiddish Book Center's Great Jewish Books Teacher Summer Seminar offers teachers at Jewish middle and high schools the opportunity to enrich their curricula with materials that reflect the breadth and depth of modern Jewish literature.
Partners in the News
JumpSpark, the new community initiative to engage teens in Jewish life has a new ally – parents.
From the Professional Team
The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education – recently launched a new project supported by the William Davidson Foundation and the Jim Joseph Foundation for comprehensive research on the pipeline and “career arc”of educators working…
Partners in the News
At a “Jewish Education Summit” held Nov. 6-8 at its headquarters in The Hive at Leichtag Commons in Encinitas in northern San Diego County, Moishe House invited Jewish academics and educators to explore the extent to which its learning activities…
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Jewish day schools fundamentally strengthen the trajectory of Jewish knowledge, identity, community, and leadership. This is a core principle guiding Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools as it begins to implement its new five-year strategic plan, B’Yachad:…
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“Diversity” might not be the first word that comes to mind when we think about living a Jewish life—but it should be.
Guest Blog
A rabbi, an activist, and a researcher walk into a bar. It’s not the beginning of a joke, but the makings of the late summer Jim Joseph Foundation convening, that brought together lead staff from across the Foundation’s leadership development grantees.
Partners in the News
Today's Jewish grandparents are actively building relationships with their grandchildren. Yet, programming for this generation is lacking. Enter: Jewish Grandparents Network.
From the Jim Joseph Foundation
Below are a few resources from our various partners and colleagues that you may find helpful both professionally and personally.
Partners in the News
After the heartbreaking news of the eleven Jewish community members murdered in Pittsburg this past weekend, my work email and Facebook message boxes filled with two types of notes.
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Teens today are impacted by monumental sociological forces and challenges. With this understanding, and powered by research and data, the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative develops, nurtures, and scales innovative new approaches…