The Jewish Leadership Accelerator will launch a 20 person cohort in San Francisco in January, with a New York cohort to follow mid-year

New larger initiative will succeed the foundation’s $25 million Forward Together program, helping camps upgrade infrastructure, build endowments and boost scholarships

The collaborative, which has mobilized $75 million and plans to distribute $120 million more, is co-chaired by the heads of the Samueli and Blank Foundations, featuring a diverse array of funders

'You can't ask a farmer on some kibbutz, "What's your dream for five years’ time?" He said, "What are you talking about? I don't have tractors to go back to work tomorrow. They were stolen by the terrorists." So we realized there was no opportunity to be strategic at that point.'

Rabbi Levi Druin, the principal of Pardes Day School, says the initiative was meant to get educators to share their tools so the whole field can benefit