In this interesting article from, “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” Bill Robinson writes about rituals that bond us as an integral part of staying connected as a people and keeping Judaism relevant. “The challenge of Jewish Peoplehood is to (re)discover our shared bonds and common purpose as Jews in this emerging 3rd era of Jewish Continue Reading »
In this exciting article written by Robert Wiener, we learn about the Cooperman couple who have donated $20 million dollars to the Jewish Community Foundation of MetroWest NJ. “I give to organizations that I perceive to be important…We are very active in our Judaism and trying to make sure that we continue to exist Continue Reading »
Justin Korda’s segment of “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” highlights the importance of taking risks and explains how we can gain from bold decisions we make when we’re open-minded. I believe that taking risks is essential as long as it is coupled with reflection. Taking risks allows us to personally and professionally advance, improve, Continue Reading »
The Entrepreneur magazine featured J.D. Roth who shared some helpful tips for budgeting your personal expenses. The breakdown of mother-daughter team Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi is this: – 50% or less for needs– 20% or more for savings– 30% for wants 1) Forget perfection – “If you can’t get your money into perfect balance, get Continue Reading »
In Jon A. Levisohn’s segment in, “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” he encourages education as a way of increasing peoplehood and connection to one another. “Our peoplehood project will be well served by constructing educational programs that intentionally develop Jewish narratives, that target the learning of Jewish languages (metaphorical or literal), and that cultivate Continue Reading »
Elan Ezrachi and Varda Rafaeli’s fantastic segment in “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” expresses the need for change in the ways that Israelis view the Diaspora in order to create a stronger peoplehood. “for many years the negation of Diaspora was a necessary Israeli approach in order to secure the Zionist Israel-focused identity…times have Continue Reading »
In this fantastic segment of “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” Dyonna Ginsburg writes that Siach was created to foster the 3 “C”s: 1) conversation, 2) connection and 3) collaboration. This reminds me of Areyvut’s 7 Cs of Tikkun Olam which you can read all about. At the Siach conference all denominations of Judaism from all Continue Reading »
In Yonatan Glasser’s segment of “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” is a section titled “Building the Future.” In that section he describes how the Jewish Agency’s Project T.E.N. (Tikkun Empowerment Network), will allow young Jews from Israel and around the world to work together on social-justice projects together. The three month program has three Continue Reading »
Shlomi Ravid and Lisa Grant are calling for an educational revolution and I am all in favor of it! They write that “Jewish education needs to undergo a revolution that will place the nurturing of the Jewish collective identity as a core and integral component of the Jewish educational agenda” because modern Jews Continue Reading »
Rabbi Drew Kaplan makes a really interesting point about how we evaluate and measure the success of a program. In particular, he focuses on how most funders are interested in quantitative measures as opposed to qualitative. They will often judge success of a program based on how many people attended. Rabbi Kaplan believes that we Continue Reading »
