By Jenna Beltser With Rosh Hashanah just behind us, we are almost entirely focused on new beginnings. New beginnings are exciting as they represent limitless potential and unbounded possibility. At the OU Impact Accelerator, we are elated for our very own new beginning. On September 4th, we hosted the final selection night to decide on our inaugural OU Impact Accelerator cohort: 4-6 Jewish … [Read More...] about The OU Impact Accelerator: Takeaways from our New Beginning
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“Change is in the Air – Now, Let’s Make it Last”
By Michael S. Berger and Leah N. Meir For many Jews around the world, the past week has been intense. Rosh Hashana ushered in a period of self-evaluation and, hopefully, triggered an impulse to improve. In just a day or two, Yom Kippur, with its solemn intensity, will set the stage for the coming year - will we be better, will we avoid mistakes, will we not settle for the status quo and aim … [Read More...] about “Change is in the Air – Now, Let’s Make it Last”
#MeToo and Teshuva, It is Time for US To Reflect on OUR Wrongs
By Sharon Weiss-Greenberg I have spent the past year fairly involved in the #metoo movement. From the week that the #metoo movement went viral, I’ve heard stories. I’ve heard and shared whispers. I have cried. A lot. I have argued. I have advocated. I think that I have been able to help some people. I […]
Comings and Goings: Leichtag Foundation
Chaya Gilboa has assumed the position of Director of Jewish Engagement of the Leichtag Foundation and Leichtag Commons. A native Jerusalemite and a longtime educator known around the globe for her engaging and authentic pedagogic approaches, Chaya has relocated with her family to Encinitas, California from Jerusalem for the next two years. She will serve […]
On Brokenness and Becoming Whole in the New Year:
How the Jewish Community is Confronting Mental Illness and Addiction
By Rabbi Rachel Ain Reb Nachman of Bratzlav once wrote: A certain king sent his son far away to study. The son eventually returned to the king’s palace fully versed in all the arts and sciences. One day the king told his son to take a large stone and bring it up to the top […]
#metoo in the Jewish Community
By Dr. Elana Maryles Sztokman It looks like the #MeToo movement is starting to make waves in the Jewish community. Until fairly recently, despite the disproportionate number of Jewish men accused of sexual abuse in Hollywood, the media, and the business communities, the Jewish organizational world itself had not started to clean house – until […]
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