Peoplehood and Jewish Culture
March 14, 2010 by Bob Goldfarb
Filed under Jewish Culture, New on eJP
After establishing a Jewish Peoplehood Hub last November , the Jewish Agency now has explicitly embraced the concept of Jewish Peoplehood as its top priority. The question is, just what does peoplehood mean? One answer comes from»
The Case for Change: A Challenge to the Jewish Agency
March 7, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, Local Israel, New on eJP, Philanthropy in Israel
by Gil Troy
Change is easy to endorse and hard to implement – if it’s easy, it means it’s not being done right. If it’s not systematic, it’s sloppy; if it’s cosmetic, it’s fleeting. Today, new directions must be forged,»
The Challenge for The Jewish Agency
March 4, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, Opinion, Philanthropy in Israel, The World
The Agency’s New Agenda
an editorial from The Forward
The Jewish Agency for Israel is embarking on a bold and necessary attempt to create a new mission for itself, downplaying its historic role in promoting immigration to Israel and»
The New Jewish Agency Approach: Peoplehood for Survival
March 4, 2010 by eJP
Filed under Jewish Philanthropy, New on eJP, Philanthropy in Israel, The World
A new emphasis on ‘Peoplehood’ reflects both the economic reality and Russian roots of The Jewish Agency.
by Gal Beckerman
Natan Sharansky knows he’s disturbing the status quo. Days before the most recent meeting of the Board of Governors, the»
Leadership Development As a Best Peoplehood Practice
January 27, 2010 by eJP
Filed under New on eJP, Peoplehood: A Sense of Belonging
by Ezra Kopelowitz
I participated in a research project in late 2008 on Jewish leadership programs in Israel.
The research found 22 organizations which run 43 programs. 69% of the programs were founded within the last 10 years. In total»
NADAV Foundation Awards Grants to North American NGOs
January 25, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, Jewish Philanthropy
The Israeli NADAV Foundation announced today the recipients of its “Jewish Peoplehood Innovation Grants” given to North American NGOs working to connect Jews from different places and perspectives in order to build collective Jewish identity and strengthen the global Jewish»
NewsBits: Friday Lite
June 12, 2009 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
A few odds and ends appearing in this week’s Jewish media:
from an editorial in The New Jersey Jewish News:
Last month the president of the American Jewish World Service, the Jewish “Peace Corps” that does»
News of Note
August 3, 2008 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
both stories from the Jerusalem Post (click the titles for the complete article):
Donations from evangelicals are critical to welfare funding, but rabbis are divided on whether it is kosher to accept money from messianic Christians.
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