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Insights from One of the Foundation’s Newest Team Members
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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.
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I’m one of 13 rabbis in Guatemala to meet with and support advocates fighting for legal protections for human rights activists at risk of violence; midwives providing maternal health support for indigenous women; and members of an independent journalism…
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Avodah is special because it is welcoming of people who have different levels of Jewish education and people with different levels of different experiences with social justice.
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Three years ago, Rachel Binstock was ready for a change after close to two years at Eden Village Camp – a Jewish summer camp focused on nature experience and organic farm to table community – first as a farm apprentice and educator, then as assistant…
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Today the field of Israel studies is robust and on the upswing, according to those who spoke at the June 25 opening keynote of the 34th annual Association for Israel Studies conference, held this year for the first time at UC Berkeley.
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The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) hopes to fill a summer camp gap with the debut of the 6 Points Creative Arts Academy in suburban Philadelphia, according to Director Jo-Ellen Unger.
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The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America cultivates the next generation of great thinkers who will grapple with and lead on the big questions impacting the Jewish future.
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What is the role of a rabbi in serving a community? “I think it’s the job of every teacher or leader to take Torah and translate it to our time and place. Connect heaven and earth — that’s it. It’s not an easy job but that’s our job. We have…
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One of us is a Jew. One of us is a Muslim. And this is our story of building a genuine friendship through Jewish Student Connection (JSC) at South High School in Denver – the only Denver Public School with a Newcomer Center serving refugee students…