Networks: Outcomes, Community, Action
Educators come together in networks to connect with other colleagues, to learn with and from each other, and to collaborate on projects of mutual benefit. Effective vehicles for sharing…
Jewish Federations and the Crisis in Ukraine: July 22, 2022
Israel had previously sent some 100 tons of humanitarian aid and set up a field hospital in western Ukraine for six weeks earlier this year. In the early months of the war, many suggested…
Jewish Federations & the Crisis in Ukraine: April 28, 2022
This includes some 8,800 new immigrants from Ukraine, 5,800 from Russia and about 400 from Belarus, as part of the government’s “Immigrants Come Home” operation. In addition, more than 10,000…
Jewish Federations & the Crisis in Ukraine: May 12, 2022
“Until I make Aliyah, I want to do everything I can to help both refugees and my own family so everyone can come to Israel,” he says. The Jewish Agency and JDC have both established…
Redesigning Jewish Education Through the Lens of Federation
Work by Federation to identify and support those who can create opportunities for people to come together in prayer-full communities. This includes support of those employed by synagogues and…
Federation's I&O Impact - March 2021
Watch this short video about one initiative that helps members of Israel’s Haredi community, especially hard hit by the pandemic, escape poverty by entering the workforce. Maintaining…
The Vast and the Varied: American Jews and Jewish Life Today
Again, instead of relying on students to come inside its walls for a program, more Hillels began focusing heavily on building meaningful relationships with students, meeting them where they…
The Success Equation: A User-Friendly Planning & Impact Assessment Tool
It’s a tool that serves as a road map, and at times a job description, for key players. It’s also the tool we come back to – after the program or the grant cycle or the big event – to…
The Experience of Time
We count the days of Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur: ten.” I love considering time as an image of a line. A few years ago, jewelry in the shape of an arrow started popping up everywhere and I…
Jewish Day School as Life Itself
It has an indoor and outdoor garden run in consultation with GrowTorah, a Jewish farming and gardening organization; a Jewish library and a separate Hebrew book library; as well as athletic…
The Soul Curriculum of Your Organization
My co-facilitator and I could feel the despair in the room and we called a break. After huddling for a few minutes we asked the nine-person team, “What trait on your soul curriculum do you…
Inclusion is More Than You Think
It means considering every program, idea, initiative and event with this question: How can we make this as inclusive as possible? What are we not seeing today that might become a barrier for…
What Are Federations Doing in the Engagement Business? The Problem
And they want that community to be easy to access, to bring people together. That’s where we Federations come in. What Are Federations Doing in the Engagement Business? The Problem.
Developing the pipeline to Jewish camp
I had never been to camp before. Come July, they took me to the bus, gave me a kiss, and said goodbye. I’m pretty sure they came for Visitors’ Day. Thirty years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to…
Humans of Amplifier: Ross Berkowitz
Portrait by artist Lena Connolly Co-founded by Ross Berkowitz in 2009, Tribe 12 is using giving circles as a Jewish teaching tool for the leadership qualities our society seriously needs.…
After George Floyd, Jewish Institutions Consider Own Shortcomings on Race
(Josh Sayles) In Pittsburgh, the Jewish community’s experience of being embraced by other communities after the deadly 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue also woke them up to the…