Jewish Social Leadership Training in Jerusalem
January 12, 2010 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The World
by Lauren Wilner
From New York City to Jerusalem to Budapest, participants in the Jewish Social Leadership Training Program gathered in the office of Jerusalem’s Memizrach Shemesh January 4-10 in the first of a series of meetings designed»
Current Day School Enrollment: The Glass is Half Full
December 16, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under Education, New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
Yesterday Avi Chai Foundation hosted a discussion on day school enrollment – the data, trends and implications. Drawing on information collected by several organizations, including AVI CHAI, PEJE, RAVSAK, SSDSA and PARDeS, a group of educators, journalists, funders, and communal»
Skin-In-The-Game Commitments
November 20, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, New on eJP
by Sarah Kass
Who can forget December 11, 2008? On the day Bernie Madoff was arrested, millions if not billions of (Jewish) philanthropic dollars went up in smoke. Since then, surviving Jewish philanthropists have rearranged their investment strategies and surviving»
Jewish Renewal Matching Grants Program Launched in Israel
November 18, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Local Israel, Philanthropy in Israel
This morning, Pseifas (Mosaic), a new matching grants program promoting Jewish renewal in Israel was launched before a full-house of amutot professionals at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem.
Pseifas is an initiative between AVI CHAI Israel and UJA-Federation of New»
A Census of Jewish Day Schools in the United States
On behalf of the AVI CHAI Foundation, we are pleased to share with you a summary of key findings from the 2008-09 Census of Jewish Day Schools in the United States.
Commissioned by AVI CHAI, this third census was conducted»
The Jewish Innovation Pipeline: A Google Chrome OS for New Jewish Organizations?
August 3, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Innovation
by Joshua Avedon
Seth Cohen recently challenged us to think about 5 key questions facing Jewish innovation. While we hope his excellent analysis continues to spark a broader conversation in the Jewish world, Jumpstart sees a big picture»
2009 Survey of Leadership and American Jewish Life
July 28, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
American Jewish leaders have been changing – but we don’t exactly know how. We think that leaders in their 20s and 30s are different from those in their 50s and 60s. And we imagine that the Boomers today differ from»
Investing in Jewish Youth
July 16, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, The World
This article originally appeared in the FJC News.
1967. New York: American businessman Sanford Bernstein founded the Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, specializing in investment management. Within 15 years, Bernstein became one of the largest firms on Wall Street. Within»
Mechon Hadar Receives $1m. Matching Grant
June 21, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
In June 2006, Rabbi Shai Held, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer and Rabbi Ethan Tucker, launched Mechon Hadar: An Institute for Prayer, Personal Growth and Jewish Study. Based in New York City, the founders have spent years teaching and building Jewish community,»
Day School Cooperation to Yield Cost Savings
June 3, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Education, Press Release
The AVI CHAI Foundation Awards Six Grants for Day School Collaborations
The AVI CHAI Foundation is awarding grants to six collaborative initiatives across North America designed to cut costs involved in day school education. Day school collaborations are»
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