Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Can Jewish Organizations Really Work Collaboratively? Early Lessons from Nadiv by Josh Miller, Steven Green, Leah Nadich Meir and Joel Einleger Collaboration and partnership have become the buzzwords of our time. The business world as well as the nonprofit sector heralds the advantages of collaboration: sharing resources, bringing multiple perspectives to address difficult issues, eliminating duplication, learning from one another and pooling assets. Can Synagogues Live By Dues Alone? by Barry Mael Some synagogues are exploring new ways to achieve financial sustainability. If You Build It, They Will Learn by Ana Fuchs and Eliana Leader Traditional … [Read more...]

Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Can Synagogues Live By Dues Alone? by Barry Mael Some synagogues are exploring new ways to achieve financial sustainability. Israel Isn’t the Problem – We are by Anne Lanski Too often, Israel education is treated as a curriculum to be taught, a crisis to be managed, or a problem to be addressed. Too often, we conduct our communal conversation about Israel - rather than with Israel. Too often, we allow Israel education to create divisions between us. NFTY Convention: Where Prayer is Spine-Tingling, Bone-Shakingly Inspiring by Rabbi Paul Kipnes Most synagogues would celebrate if a dozen teenagers showed up at Shabbat services on a regular Friday … [Read more...]

Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Do You Know Where Your Development Director is Right Now? by Lou Feldstein Chances are pretty good that while you are reading this blog, your development director or one of your key development staff is probably either out looking for a job, or actively being recruited for one. Let’s get Serious about Relationship Weaving and Increase the Potential for Communal Change in Family Engagement by Shellie Dickstein While research today is pointing to the power of social networks and relationships to influence behavior, many of our Jewish educational professionals, including those in the field of early family engagement, have not yet shifted their thinking and … [Read more...]

Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Jewish Values-Inspired Recruitment and Retention Tips for Jewish Organizations in 2013 by Cheryl Magen and Mark S. Young Jewish organizations are the lifeblood of our people – they nourish the needs of our communities socially, educationally, religiously and intellectually. These organizations succeed because of the passion and dedication of their employees: people who commit themselves to the furthering of Jewish values. So when it comes to their employees, what can these organizations do to recruit and retain the very best? Our Challenge: The Under-Demand for Jewish Life by Marc Blattner To “win” in the Jewish community of tomorrow we must … [Read more...]

Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Let the Parents’ Voices Be Heard: How to Boost Inquiries into Jewish Day Schools by Irene Lehrer Sandalow and Miriam Brosseau How do we persuade potential parents that day school education can provide what they are looking for? The Case for Jewish Mentorship by Brad Sugar If you’re interested in an informal education experiment, grab a sheet of paper, find the nearest teen or adolescent, and give them one instruction: Draw a Jew. It may sound ridiculous, but over the past seven years – this simple exercise may have taught me more about the state of Jewish life than I care to admit. Young Adult Engagement and Philanthropy: An Event Model that … [Read more...]

Based on site and RSS feed analytics, here - in alphabetical order - are the two most popular posts on eJewish Philanthropy last week: Don’t Ban the Bar Mitzvah. Revolutionize It! by Rabbi Bradley Solmsen We in the Reform Movement, too, see the value in rethinking b’nai mitzvah so synagogues and their members can focus on what is most important about Jewish living and learning. Sustaining 21st Century American Judaism: Examining New Options by Steven Windmueller Based on current research related to the status of religious movements, it is important to begin to design strategies for synagogue organizations, and their affiliates to move toward “sacred innovation,” the idea of re-imagining congregational life. These initiatives come up against the new realities of the decline in … [Read more...]