The Challenge of Connecting With Younger Jews
March 14, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
from The Fundermentalist:
What do the chairs of Hillel and the Jewish Federations of North America have in common?
… According to Kathy Manning, who took over as the JFNA’s chairperson back in the fall, the federations are looking at»
Hillel Launches Student Coalition Against Nuclear Iran
February 1, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, in cooperation with the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), has launched the Student Coalition Against Nuclear Iran (SCANI), a student-run network that will oppose Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and raise the»
Jewish Arts and Their Audiences
January 18, 2010 by Bob Goldfarb
Filed under Jewish Culture, New on eJP
Rabbi Irwin Kula, the mediagenic head of CLAL, inaugurated last week’s Schmooze conference on Jewish arts and culture with what he called a “thought experiment.” Bypassing a ritual obeisance to the current renaissance in Jewish culture»
Birthright Israel NEXT and the Invisible Doubling Effect
January 3, 2010 by eJP
Filed under New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
by Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner
Reading The Jerusalem Post yesterday, it occurred to me that Birthright Israel NEXT’s work has a visibility problem. Haviv Rettig Gur writes regarding Taglit-Birthright Israel “these connections are wasted if they are not»
Hillel Launches Partnership With City Year
December 27, 2009 by eJP
Filed under New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene, Tikkun Olam
First ever first large-scale partnership between a Jewish and secular national service organization launches January 3rd in Los Angeles
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is partnering with City Year, the national service organization, to»
Chanukah in Moscow
December 15, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, New on eJP, The World
At a Moscow Hillel event yesterday, students aimed to set a new Guinness record for simultaneous candle lighting: 365 people simultaneously lighting 1,460 candles. This from Russia Today:
Not to be left out, the Chinese state news agency also»
Living Lives of Sacred Responsibility
December 9, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, New on eJP, The American Jewish Scene
Yesterday, John Ruskay – executive vice president and CEO of UJAFederation NY – was recognized for his ten years of leadership at the Federation. The speeches, and toasts flowed. The Journal of Jewish Communal Service dedicated their next»
Hillel Israel Gets It Right
October 2, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under Local Israel
Failure to engage alumni is, perhaps, the biggest single mistake the Jewish world has made for decades. Our camps, youth programs and Israel long-term programs – among others – are all at fault. Hundreds of thousands of interested and committed»
Genesis Announces $1.2 Million in New Funding
September 22, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Press Release, The World
Grants Include Support for Hillel and Jewish Cemetery Restoration Projects in FSU, Toronto Federation Programs Aimed at the Local Russian Jewish Community, and Educational Trips for Russian-speaking IDF officers to FSU and North America
Genesis Philanthropy Group (GPG)»
From WestHampton, New York to Russia’s Far East, Limmud FSU Makes Inroads
September 21, 2009 by Dan Brown
Filed under The Limmud Experience, The World
Seven time-zones from Moscow, about as far east as one can travel in Russia, lies the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, or Region. Established in 1934 “for the Jewish population of the Soviet Union to receive a territory in which to pursue»
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