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.
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Examining graffiti art. Meeting with Druze and Bedouin families. Visiting an Arab neighborhood in Haifa. Assembling crutches for a nonprofit. Making challah in Tsfat.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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I’ve lost count to how many times people make assumptions about my ethnicity and what type of Jew I am.
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Ilana Kaufman has been appointed Director of the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative effective August 1, 2018. The Jews of Color Field Building Initiative (the Initiative) is a new national effort focused on building and advancing the professional,…
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When we at Ayeka began speaking about Soulful Education over a decade ago – and even dared to use the “G-word,” eyes rolled and conversations ended.