From the Foundation Team

You Can’t Solve Antisemitism. But You Can Raise a Generation of Vibrant, Proud Young Jews.

– by Barry Finestone

I urge us to pour more and more resources into camps, day schools, trips to Israel, youth groups and the many other experiences that all have significant data proving strong outcomes.

The Jewish Emergent Network: From Emergence to Evolution

– by Melissa Balaban, Rachel Cort, Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, and Justin Rosen Smolen

The story of the Jewish Emergent Network echoes the story of Jewish tradition and innovation, in which new forms of community emerge in response to the needs and desires of the people we serve, informed by the past but fundamentally oriented to the present…

In Partnership: How A New Program Makes Jewish Learning Meaningful for Parents Today

– by Allison Cook and Dr. Orit Kent, Pedagogy of Partnership, Powered by Hadar

It is a gratifying thing to pursue a program of meaningful Jewish learning that checks all the boxes. This was the experience of a pilot program that emerged organically from Pedagogy of Partnership’s (PoP) longtime partnerships with two Jewish day schools.

You Can’t Solve Antisemitism. But You Can Raise a Generation of Vibrant, Proud Young Jews.

The Foundation amplifies grantee-partners' efforts in Jewish learning, engagement, and educator training, while also sharing insights from our professional team and others in the field. Explore more below.

Reinventing Hebrew School? Think About Your Audience First

The Jewish Emergent Network: From Emergence to Evolution

The Sacred Potential of Physical Spaces

Why We’re Sharing our Instrument for Measuring Social Connectedness

Expanding Mid-Career Professional Growth Opportunities for Communal Leaders

Why We Need to Know How Jewish American Teens Are Really Doing

Jewish Summer Camps are Meeting this Moment

What Moving Traditions has Learned about Teens and Israel

In Partnership: How A New Program Makes Jewish Learning Meaningful for Parents Today

The Importance of Supporting Network Leaders

Shmita-Scale Learning: JOFEE Leaders Reflect on the Past Seven Years

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