Why We Need to Know How Jewish American Teens Are Really Doing
An Update on the National BeWell Survey in Partnership with Stanford University
An Update on the National BeWell Survey in Partnership with Stanford University
From the Foundation Team
Editor’s Note: As we shared previously, the Jim Joseph Foundation Board and professional team traveled to Israel earlier this summer for a week of special immersion activities and our regular quarterly board meeting. Conducting a Board meeting in Israel…
Partners in the News
Families in Colorado raising Jewish children have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life due to the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The foundation created PJ Library, which offers Jewish themed books, music and programing to families around the…
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The Ruderman Family is pleased to invite the entire community to the inaugural Ruderman Inclusion Summit which will be held in Boston on November 1-2, 2015 at the Seaport World Trade Center. This convening will bring together all stakeholders in the…
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CASJE, the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, has rapidly evolved into a dynamic community of researchers, practitioners, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to improving the quality of knowledge to guide the work of Jewish Education.…
Guest Blog
Editor’s Note: The Jim Joseph Foundation has awarded three grants to Reboot totaling up to $6,547,490 beginning in 2008. The following guest blog from Reboot’s Robin Kramer and Amelia Klein ran originally in eJewishPhilanthropy. “Reboot…
From the Foundation Team
Federations in the 21st century will be as much about meaning as money, as concerned with results as much as with resources, and be held to higher standards of both efficiency and effectiveness similar to what they have imposed on their beneficiary agencies.…
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Welcome to the new CASJE website, casje.org. Featuring a re-imagined visual identity, the website will facilitate CASJE’s commitment to discovering, generating, and sharing useable knowledge about significant issues in Jewish education. On its website,…
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Blending superb Israel content with high quality educator development has been the iCenter’s M.O. since its founding. When the iCenter launched the Aleph Bet of Israel Education in 2011, it was the first attempt to introduce common language and principles…
From the Foundation Team
“Israel” Say the word in a gathering of almost any diverse group of Jews, and the room divides. “Israel” Write the word for almost any Jewish audience of readers—as I have done here—and expect that each individual immediately conjures…
From the Foundation Team
In the Foundation’s ongoing efforts to identify and analyze best grantmaking strategies, we have seen grantees achieve outcomes that both strengthen organizational capacity and position organizations for future growth. By virtue of grantees’…
From the Foundation Team
The mission of the Jim Joseph Foundation—to foster compelling, effective Jewish learning experiences for young Jews—has been a central theme of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up influenced by dozens of Jewish educators in a variety…
Partners in the News
This summer, the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago launches a new initiative to increase the depth and quality of programming for Chicagoland Jewish teens – including the creation of an immersive Spring Break program to pilot next year.…