By Abby Levine and Dara Steinberg Back in September 2016 we shared with you The Uncertain Road: Story of a Collaboration - Part 1. We billed it as “the first chapter of a story about collaboration” - wanting to share in-the-moment thoughts and … [Continue reading]
‘A Love Letter to the Business I Truly Love’
Board members and professionals alike have not established a culture which allows for board members to actually “show up.” By Alicia S. Oberman This is how Jerry Maguire refers to the “mission statement” he writes in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 … [Continue reading]
Adult Jewish Education: Wandering Jews and Limmud NY Partner to Promote Learning
By Linda Rich In any city with a large Jewish population and a few good universities, you’ll find abundant opportunities for adult Jewish education. That is, if you know where to look for them. Unfortunately, many are well-kept secrets, all too … [Continue reading]
Applying Behavioral Economics to the Nonprofit Marketplace: Unpacking the Ideas of Richard Thaler
Dr. Thaler’s economic behavior studies have specific implications for the nonprofit sector and more directly, fund-raising practices. By Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Economist Richard Thaler, who was awarded this past week the 2017 Nobel Prize … [Continue reading]
Valuing Jewish Educators by Singing Shalom Aleichem
By Cheryl Magen A career in Jewish education comes with many rewards - a built-in community, spiritual fulfillment, feeling like you’re making the world a better place - unfortunately, high-level financial compensation is generally not one of … [Continue reading]
Birthright Israel Fellows is now Accepting Applications for Cohorts 8 and 9
The Birthright Israel Fellows program develops an elite cadre of North American Jewish educators to staff Birthright Israel trips and enhance the broader field of Israel and Jewish education. The application is available at … [Continue reading]
The Peoplehood Papers 20
[This is excerpted from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 20 - “The JCCs as Gateways to Jewish Peoplehood” - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] By Shlomi Ravid In many respects JCCs are the embodiment of Jewish Peoplehood. By … [Continue reading]
JCCs as Gateways to Jewish Peoplehood
[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 20 - “The JCCs as Gateways to Jewish Peoplehood” - published by the Center for Jewish Peoplehood Education.] By David Ackerman One hundred years ago, Chaim Weizmann led a vigorous diplomatic … [Continue reading]