By Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz Simon Sinek is a name familiar to many. His Ted Talk has been seen by almost 40,000,000 (wow!), his book Start with Why remains at the top of Amazon’s Business book list, and he’s the author of a website, numerous articles and videos. Over the years, I’ve read some of his work and watched him on YouTube, but it was a summer stroll that opened my heart to him. No, Sinek and I did not walk side-by-side. Instead, I … [Read more...] about The Gift of #OnwardHebrew
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Natan’s 2018-19 Grants Part 2: What We’re Learning about Philanthropy and Collective Giving
By Felicia Herman Last week, we announced Natan’s 15th annual grant slate, representing $922,000 in new grants and loans to 39 Jewish and Israeli social entrepreneurs, nonprofit startups and post-startups, social businesses, and networks of grassroots initiatives. We reflected in last week’s post about some of the lessons we’re learning about the fields we are supporting and the evolution of the innovation sector in general. This week, we … [Read more...] about Natan’s 2018-19 Grants Part 2: What We’re Learning about Philanthropy and Collective Giving
A Woman of a Certain Age: Reflections
By Jill Weber Smith Women of a certain age. We know what the term implies, but it doesn’t really begin to convey what it has meant about how we have traveled through life, both personally and professionally. I am a woman of a certain age. I went to a co-ed public high school and a women’s college where we socialized with our counterparts from male single-gender schools. I worked on Wall Street in the late 70’s and through the 80s. My … [Read more...] about A Woman of a Certain Age: Reflections
Fond Reflections and New Beginnings After Ten Years of Israeli Arts
By Dr. Ariel Roth It is with the utmost gratitude and admiration that the Israel Institute shares the news that its Director of Arts & Cultural Programs and director of the Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artists Program, Marge Goldwater, is stepping down after a decade at the helm. The ten years of Marge’s labor of love have fostered a deeper understanding of Israel in the United States through the arts, thanks to her work facilitating … [Read more...] about Fond Reflections and New Beginnings After Ten Years of Israeli Arts
The Cost of Free Programming
By Ari Witkin A few weeks ago, I was caught off guard when a friend who enrolls their toddler in the daycare program at the congregation where I work seemed to shrug off my suggestion that they join the synagogue, responding “why would we pay to be members when we can just go to the free family programming which is all we’re interested in?” Like me, this friend is a millennial who has been actively engaged in Jewish community throughout … [Read more...] about The Cost of Free Programming
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