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If there is a consistent thread that I can identify in virtually all the key inflection points along my journey as a Jewish communal leader, it is this: older and wiser people giving me the gift of trust, which enabled me to grow. For a Jewish community that is struggling with questions of whether we have a sufficient leadership pipeline for the Jewish future, and that is anxious about the ideas and identities of the next generation of Jews, this may be our winning strategy. Three experiences stand out for me from my teen years.
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admin | September 8, 2022
We expect a public intellectual to take sides, frame arguments, articulate thoughtful analyses and help shape our thinking. Liberal journalist Peter Beinart is a public intellectual who fills very few of those expectations
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admin | September 8, 2022
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Outreach The 18th quadrennial World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, 8-12 August 2022, included over 1700 presentations and participants from over 40 countries. Ukrainian representation was seriously limited by Russia's war on Ukraine, which prevented many scholars from participating
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admin | September 8, 2022
Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has disbursed more than $75 million to Jewish aging programs and partnerships within our community, vastly exceeding the original endowment of $45 million. More than $60 million has gone to activities of the Jewish Association on Aging. Above that, JHF has established itself as a national leader and even global leader in improved models for skilled nursing care; training the older adult workforce; advocacy for policies that support caregivers and quality at the end of life; and medical advances in the physical and mental health of seniors
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admin | September 4, 2022
Jamaica! Reggae music, Bob Marley, beaches, palm trees, Usain Bolt and Jews.
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admin | September 4, 2022
Italian-Jewish businessman Daniele da Norsa removed the outdoor painting of Madonna and Child, triggering a terrible series of consequences. When the successful Italian-Jewish businessman Daniele da Norsa purchased a handsome new home in Mantua, Italy, he knew it would need at least one delicate upgrade: the painting of Madonna and Child would have to be removed before they could move into the house on the corner of the Piazzetta di San Simone
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admin | September 4, 2022
(JTA) As a Modern Orthodox rabbi who works at a Jewish day school in Montreal, Sorin Rosen knows his way around a prayer book. But that wasnt always the case. I remember when I was a kid, and I started going to synagogue, I probably kept my siddur upside down for three months until someone said, Hey, look, this is how it works, Rosen recalled about an experience he had as a teenager in his native Romania.
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admin | September 4, 2022
A few weeks ago, the creators of The Patientdefended their decisionto cast the non-Jewish Steve Carell as a Jewish therapist. Having just binged all 10 episodes of the FX thriller, I can see why. Im not going to weigh in on who should play Jewish, except to say that Carell gives a powerful and credible performance
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admin | September 4, 2022
(JTA) Jewish prayer in a mosque.
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To sign up for our daily email newsletter, CLICK HERE Yael Eckstein, IFCJ President and CEO, oversees all ministry programs and serves as the international spokesperson for the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Prior to her present duties, Yael served as Global Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, and Director of Program Development and Ministry Outreach
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