Particularly for young Canadian Jews, a holiday meal achieves conviviality in the family and solidarity with the Jewish community, but its religious significance is less important than in the past. Credit: Makom/Facebook
By Robert Brym and Rhonda Lenton
“Jewish” used to be considered a religious category. However, for many Jews, that is changing. Increasingly, people who live outside of Israel and identify as Jewish think of themselves as … [Read more...] about Young, Canadian and Jewish:
The Shift from Religious to Cultural Identity
Young, Canadian and Jewish:
Contract as Covenant: Reflecting Organizational Values
By Debbie Cosgrove and Jamie Allen Black At the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY), we view all of our activities through both a Jewish and a gender lens and ensure that our work is centered on social change. So when it came time to enter into negotiations for a contract for our top professional for the first time in our 25-year history, we took each step - from conception to execution - slowly and carefully. We wanted to be … [Read more...] about Contract as Covenant: Reflecting Organizational Values
Comings and Goings:
Richard Wexler;
Nicole Nevarez
JNF-USA has engaged longtime Jewish philanthropic leader and Chicago native Richard Wexler to professionally lead the mega-gift fundraising of $300 million for a new education village in Israel to better connect Israel to the global Jewish community.
Wexler previously chaired the Board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, its Jewish United Fund and Community Relations Council. He served as Chairman of the National Conference on … [Read more...] about Comings and Goings:
Richard Wexler;
Nicole Nevarez
“From Survive to Thrive”
Notes from the Positive Judaism Summit
By Rabbi Darren Levine
Nearly 200 rabbis, educators, youth professionals, social workers, and community leaders gathered for the 2019 Positive Judaism Summit at the University of Pennsylvania on March 14th.
From secular to observant, ages 18-80, attendees from all over the US and Israel, with presenters representing some of the major US seminaries, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Hebrew Union College, and Jewish Theological Seminary, … [Read more...] about “From Survive to Thrive”
Notes from the Positive Judaism Summit
JLens Represents Jewish Communal Capital at Interreligious Vatican Summit
By Rabbi Jacob Siegel Recently, the Vatican invited JLens to participate in a conference on religions and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a set of seventeen ambitious goals to address current global problems by the year 2030. The conference brought together hundreds of participants representing every major world religion, as well as representatives of NGO’s and the UN, to discuss the contributions religious communities can … [Read more...] about JLens Represents Jewish Communal Capital at Interreligious Vatican Summit
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