Monday, March 15, 2010

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

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

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

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:

The trouble with ‘tribal’

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):

Holier than thou?

Donations from evangelicals are critical to welfare funding, but rabbis are divided on whether it is kosher to accept money from messianic Christians.

Jewish»