Many American Jews are rethinking and re-directing their giving to Israel, to the right and to the left, as a response to changing dynamics, both religious and social, that the country is currently experiencing. by Avrum D. Lapin In EHL … [Continue reading]
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 10 - Peoplehood in the Age of Pluralism - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] by Stephen Hazan Arnoff Recently my family and I were in Rome for thirty-six hours on our way … [Continue reading]
The Jewish Agency for Israel will open a Tikkun Olam center this June in Oaxaca, Mexico. It will be The Agency’s fourth Tikkun Empowerment Network (Project TEN) site. Currently, The Agency operates Project TEN sites in Gondar, Ethiopia; Hyderabad, … [Continue reading]
According to The Forward, The Zionist Organization of America has regained its tax exemption more than a year after its failure to file financial disclosures led the Internal Revenue Service to revoke its nonprofit status. The 116-year-old Jewish … [Continue reading]
With a just-announced distribution of $1,496,206, the Jewish Day School Guaranty Trust Fund, established seven years ago in Chicago, has passed the $10 million mark in distribution. This year's distribution, up slightly from last year, will be shared … [Continue reading]
In so many places, we’ve taken the Jewish out of the experience of working at Jewish communal organizations. by Liz Fisher As a Jewish communal professional myself, and as someone who has interviewed, supervised, and mentored dozens of young … [Continue reading]
