One of the several names assigned to Sukkot in our sacred texts is Chag Ha’Asif, the holiday of gathering. As Rabbi Jessy Gross, senior director of Jewish life at the JCC of Greater Baltimore, describes in this blog post, it’s a time for Jews of all backgrounds to come together as a c…
Gathering and analyzing data is a daunting task to so many of us. In this post, Rabbi Scott Aaron, PhD, executive director, Community Foundation for Jewish Education (CFJE) of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, shares the success he’s had with collecting and…
People today are looking to build micro-communities with peers focusing on issues and ideas that are personal to them. Personalized Jewish experiences and small group learning are the present and future of Jewish education and engagement.
Hillel International has been doing this w…
Recent philanthropic investment in teens has provided a series of inspiring and informative pieces that can drive our work in teen engagement. The Jim Joseph Foundation’s research Effective Strategies for Educating and Engaging Jewish Teens launched a philanthropic cooperative, The Jewis…
Just after Michelle Obama’s DNC speech, the Washington Post introduced the world to her speechwriter, Sarah Hurwitz. As one can imagine, this position is demanding and more than full time. In an effort to try and maintain some semblance of a personal life, Hurwitz shared that she takes cl…
