Getting the Jewish Workforce Out of ‘the Red Zone’
Our people have been in the Red Zone for over five months; this is damaging to the Jewish community and the people who make it function.
Our people have been in the Red Zone for over five months; this is damaging to the Jewish community and the people who make it function.
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On a Friday evening in September, educators from three north suburban high schools were Shabbat dinner guests at a family home in Modi'in, an Israeli city between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
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One hundred percent kosher. One hundred percent organic. Locally sourced. Meal options include gluten-free with dairy, gluten-free without dairy or “regular.”
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A team of three educators from The Frisch School has won a micro-grant from the Tech for Learning Initiative, a program of The Jewish Education Project supported by the Jim Joseph Foundation, to develop an exciting new multidisciplinary project at Frisch…
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Danny Mishkin had just one question for the 14 teens and tweens in his Sababa Surf Camp in Malibu over Labor Day weekend: “What’s your sababa level?” Sababa is Hebrew slang for “cool,” “all good,” “no worries.” At Sababa Surf Camp, a…
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Tressa Levenson, 33, wanted to visit Israel as a teen, but her parents were hesitant. It wasn’t until she married Morgan White, 32, a Birthright Israel alum, that she embarked on a trip to the Holy Land. Through her cousin’s Facebook pictures, Levenson…
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Emmy-nominated Film Studio Let It Ripple is pleased to present the fourth annual Character Day with an estimated 100,000 events around the globe in companies, schools, museums, and homes – wherever people already gather – all screening the same films…
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Honeymoon Israel, a national Jewish organization that subsidizes newly married couples with at least one Jewish partner to take part in group trips to Israel, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation. Some of the grant money…
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This is the second article in a series examining Jewish groups engaging young professionals. Read the first part here. NEW YORK (JTA) — As a college student, Jake Max assumed he would work in banking or consulting after graduation. That was the path…
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Leading Edge, the Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership, has announced the 14 participants in Cohort Two of its CEO Onboarding Program, a 12-month leadership development experience designed to help senior leaders of Jewish organizations confront…
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Imagine—what would it be like to have a child in a program that provided an educator who was dedicated to helping teachers deepen their reflective practice as well as their Jewish knowledge? And, what if this person worked as a concierge to engage young…
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NEW YORK — In my last column I identified a major challenge in Jewish teen engagement the stems from a disconnect in the values and traditions associated with bar/bat mitzvah. The ceremony that symbolizes a child’s commitment to live a Jewish life…
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The formation of the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative was the result of a process begun by the Jim Joseph Foundation in 2013. At that time, in an effort to spawn innovative, locally sustainable teen engagement programs, the Jim…