UJC Gives Birth to The Jewish Federations of North America

There has been a lot of ‘noise’ recently in the Web 2.0 world about changes underway within the UJC system. Let’s cut to the tachlis. Here’s how the UJC frames a few new initiatives (all quotes are taken from yesterday’s»

Trouble in Birthright Land

The rumors have been floating around Jerusalem for days; Taglit had canceled buses for spring break trips; summer 2009 might be suspended. A knowledgeable individual told me, “I don’t think anything has been decided, but I know that suspending the»

The Challenge of Our Age

from Haviv Rettig in today’s Jerusalem Post:

Nothing I have written on Jewish identity as The Jerusalem Post’s Jewish world correspondent has elicited the amount and vehemence of response as the November 21 front page report»

The Rhetoric of Change

Change is in the air at JAFI.

Change, the theme of political candidates worldwide, is mostly an attitude. But, as a verb it means a significant revision to a position, course or direction. And change is most certainly underway at»

Envelopes Stuffed With Cash

Politics and politicians are a staple of every major Jewish organizational event, regardless of venue. So with this year’s GA here in Jerusalem, it was no surprise the heads of Israel’s three largest parties were invited to speak at the»

A Changing Environment

One of the multitude of excellent programs taking place in Israel to coincide with the UJC’s General Assembly and various JAFI events was a conference at Hebrew University’s Center for the Study of Philanthropy last Sunday titled, Jewish Philanthropy and»

The Hebrew Press and the UJC

Does the UJC really understand all the various reasons why this (the following article) was the case; where was their responsibility in countering this trend. And more important, how are they positioning themselves to help reverse it – because it»

From Where I Sit

The good, the bad and the ugly; some random observations on the GA.

Everyone is smiling and having a good time. Jerusalem has that effect on people. But, in conversations, the story changes. Everyone is worried. They’re worried about numbers;»

One People. One Destiny. Jerusalem 2008

This year’s GA opened in Jerusalem on Sunday night. With a plenary that saw a mix of lay and professional leaders from North America, communal professionals and invited guests from both Israel and the WZO, hundreds of young people from»

Weathering The Storm

Timed to coincide with the various events these two weeks, the Israeli press has had a significant uptick in North American Jewish philanthropy and financial ‘doings’ related stories. Here are a few links, just some of the news stories appearing»

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