Outside Inside: Exploring Boundaries and Otherness will showcase new works created by the second Chicago cohort of Spertus Institute's Midwest Jewish Artists Lab, a year-long initiative that brings together twelve local artists for workshops, study, and critiques. Spertus Institute is located at 610 S. Michigan Avenue. Its Ground Level Arts Lab gallery is free and open to the public. Launched with a grant from the Covenant Foundation, the Midwest Jewish Artists Lab forges artistic collaborations, inspires new work, and broadens the impact of the arts in Jewish life. In addition to Chicago, there are cohorts in Kansas City, Madison, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. During the course of this year’s program, each participant created an artwork or series around the theme of “boundaries.” The resulting … [Read more...]
Nominations Open for Global Olami Summit
Olami has opened nominations for its second-ever global Summit, a week-long conference that gathers 1,200 young Jews and Jewish professionals from its member organizations around the globe. This year the destinations are Spain followed by the UK. The goals of the Summit are to inspire a global community of young Jews to take ownership of their lives and their Judaism and to give them leadership and innovation opportunities for inspiring their Jewish communities back home. Last year’s Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil saw the creation of almost 30 new startup initiatives designed to engage young Jews around the world with Jewish and Torah values, with $110,000 of startup funding being awarded by Olami and a $1 million allocated for matched funding. Projects were launched in Argentina, Brazil, … [Read more...]
Applications Open: 2018 Slingshot Guide
Calling all Jewish innovators and innovative Jewish organizations: the application for The 2018 Slingshot Guide is now available! Visit the website to learn more and apply to be featured as one of the most innovative Jewish organizations in North America! The 2018 Slingshot Guide will be published in Spring 2018. For more information, visit: http://slingshotfund.org/slingshot-guide-application-2018/ Applications close October 19th, 2017. … [Read more...]
Nominations Open: Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Award
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Shoshana S. Cardin Leadership Award. This annual award recognizes an emerging Jewish leader who is making a difference in advancing the values of 21st century Judaism that is learned and passionate, authentic and pluralistic, joyful and accessible, egalitarian and traditional. The award will be bestowed upon the award recipient at USCJ’s annual General Assembly of Kehillot meeting, on December 3, 2017 at the USCJ Convention in Atlanta, GA. The Recipient will be recognized based on: Clarity of vision and a strong articulation and dissemination of that vision. Demonstrated metrics of success. Innovative ideas and processes that have motivated others to engage in the vision. Taking … [Read more...]
Ayeka Awarded Grant to Implement its ‘Soulful Education’ Pedagogy
Ayeka: Center for Soulful Education has announced that The AVI CHAI Foundation, Kohelet Foundation and Mayberg Foundations have awarded Ayeka a two-year grant to partner with Jewish day schools in North America to implement Ayeka’s Soulful Education methodology for Judaic Studies teachers beginning in Winter 2018. The goal of the multi-year program is to enable selected Judaic Studies teachers in each school to become proficient in implementing Ayeka’s game-changing Soulful Education pedagogy in their classrooms, as well as to coach other Judaic Studies staff at their schools in Ayeka’s proven methodology. The program will include retreats, on-site coaching sessions, individual mentoring and virtual conversations for selected staff as well as administration of the selected day schools. Ayeka … [Read more...]
Hebrew College Publishes High Holiday Companion
Hebrew College has published the Hebrew College High Holiday Companion. The collection emerged out of a unique collaboration among faculty, staff, students and alumni of various Hebrew College programs and is designed for personal reflection as well as group study during the month of Elul and throughout the High Holidays. Among the 24 contributors are such thought leaders and luminaries as Rabbi Arthur Green, Rector of the Rabbinical School (Rosh Hashanah Musaf: Submission, Memory and Responsibility); Rabbis Nehemia Polen and Michael Shire, Professor of Jewish Thought at the Rabbinical School, and Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Shoolman School of Education, respectively (Ha’yom Harat Olam: Today the World is Conceived); Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Dean of the Rabbinical School (The Ram’s … [Read more...]
Limmud Festival 2017 is Made By You
London, August 30, 2017: Limmud Festival is the new name for Limmud Conference - the organisation’s flagship international annual gathering. This year it will take place between December 24-28, attracting thousands of people from all over the world. This change reflects Limmud’s vibrant and dynamic celebration of Jewish learning and culture. "The shift from Conference to Festival is more evocative of the vibe everyone will feel when they walk through the doors in December," said Limmud Festival Co-Chair Anna Lawton. "We aim to make Limmud Festival 2017 the most dynamic and exciting event on the UK Jewish calendar, made better by each and every participant." Abi Jacobi, Limmud Festival Co-Chair added. Returning to Pendigo Lake, near Birmingham, Limmud Festival will continue to be the premier … [Read more...]
Beauty and Ugliness: Opportunities for Reflection
Join the 8th Annual Global Day of Jewish Learning Sunday, November 12, 2017 Curriculum available for registered communities August 21, the sun has been eclipsed by the moon, and at only 75% coverage, there is still a dramatic change in the light. The sound of the city dwindles as everyone on the street, in their offices, in their homes, stops. Everyone looks up, and is filled with wonder. Looking up at the sky during an eclipse, we are confronted with the awesome beauty of such an event. This awe has a caveman-level tingle of fear, and a modern citizen’s anxiety to get back to work, but the beauty and wonder cannot be denied. Such things are rare in a time of increasingly ugly moments: as the world around us becomes more divided, discourse has become more crude, and global culture is … [Read more...]
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