An opinion piece from the Forward: Give Professionals Time To Dream More often than not, young professionals in the non-profit world “do” what they “are.” In the Jewish communal world, this is constantly evident: The professionals who work in our communities also pray in our communities, socialize in our communities and volunteer in our communities. They are the personification of the sense of community that we aspire to have felt by … [Read more...] about Enabling Jewish Professionals
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Philanthropy and Politics
a guest post by David Roth and Ardie Geldman The Olmert-Talansky affair has placed the interplay between philanthropy and politics on page one. Several months ago, the prime minister was accused of accepting a number of envelopes filled with cash from Morris Talansky, a US fund-raiser, for personal gain and/or political purposes. This was soon followed by another criminal investigation of Olmert involving the billing of multiple nonprofit … [Read more...] about Philanthropy and Politics
The (High) Cost of Jewish Living
Professor Chaim Waxman writes in today's Jerusalem Post: It's the economy, 'tipesh' THE COST of Jewish living has become increasingly intolerable. At least 12 years of Jewish day school education is today the norm in the Orthodox community, a cost borne by parents. Tuitions and other required fees in Modern Orthodox high schools in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area average about $20,000 of non-tax-deductible dollars per child. At … [Read more...] about The (High) Cost of Jewish Living
Remembering WUJS and Arad
WUJS Arad was a very special program; not only for me but for the thousands who have paraded through this dessert town since 1968. This past Sunday morning when I wrote of the Institute's Arad closing and impending move to Jerusalem, it was out of sadness. To this audience, I assumed newsworthy. But no-way was I prepared for the outpouring of comments from alumni, parents, former staff and others which you can find here (scroll down). I also … [Read more...] about Remembering WUJS and Arad
JAFI Weighs In on WUJS Arad Doings
Hadassah and Young Judaea Israel are determined to paint JAFI as the ‘bad guy’ here. True, JAFI is closing the absorption center, but not before the end of the year. Not only that, they gave over a years' notice. What made Hadassah - Young Judaea pull the plug in Arad early. Why when they have known this for about nine months did they wait until the end of June to make decisions that were effective almost immediately, tell the Fall … [Read more...] about JAFI Weighs In on WUJS Arad Doings
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