The January issue of Sh’ma Now explores the Jewish sensibility of “chavruta/learning partnerships - whether the traditional study method of the beit midrash could be applied to other arenas where we work in partnered ways. What might we draw and apply from the pedagogy of chavruta? The issue includes essays by Zac Kamenetz who contextualizes chavruta for readers; Orit Kent and Allison Cook, who share the underpinnings of the pedagogy; Aliza Kline … [Read more...] about Expanding the Table: Chavruta as a Partnership Model
Sh'ma: a Journal of Jewish Ideas
Planned Serendipity
The January issue of Sh’ma Now explores the Jewish sensibility of “chavruta/learning partnerships - whether the traditional study method of the beit midrash could be applied to other arenas where we work in partnered ways. What might we draw and apply from the pedagogy of chavruta? The issue includes essays by Zac Kamenetz who contextualizes chavruta for readers; Orit Kent and Allison Cook, who share the underpinnings of the pedagogy; Aliza Kline … [Read more...] about Planned Serendipity
Being the Next Generation
[Reprinted with permission from Sh’ma Now, a curated monthly conversation on Jewish Sensibilities. These articles, examining the differences between philanthropy and tzedakah, originally appeared in October 2001.] By Sharna Goldseker In 1974, the Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland was founded. The year before, my great-uncle, Morris, died and designated in his will that a foundation be established in his name. Without a wife or … [Read more...] about Being the Next Generation
Philanthropic Responsibility and Obligation
[Reprinted with permission from Sh’ma Now, a curated monthly conversation on Jewish Sensibilities. These articles, examining the differences between philanthropy and tzedakah, originally appeared in October 2001.] By Jeremy Burton For three millennia, Jewish charitable giving has been both guided and defined by a series of basic principles and motivations. The philanthropist was guided by the biblical injunctions of tzedakah - the … [Read more...] about Philanthropic Responsibility and Obligation
The Challenge of the New Philanthropy
[Reprinted with permission from Sh’ma Now, a curated monthly conversation on Jewish Sensibilities. These articles, examining the differences between philanthropy and tzedakah, originally appeared in October 2001.] By Lisa Farber Miller As Jeremy Burton suggests, it is a new day for Jewish philanthropy. The dramatic change from communal giving to highly individualized philanthropy, and from centralized, federation-driven planning to … [Read more...] about The Challenge of the New Philanthropy