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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Everyone Should Have “A Day in the Sun”
Acknowledging and recognizing volunteer leaders and staff members in the Jewish community are not difficult tasks. However, there are so many stories of lost opportunities to tell people that their involvement is appreciated, and too often we only thank s...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 11:06pm -07:00T (1073 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Reflections from Moscow
We need to move beyond offering just a gateway to the Jewish community and Judaism 101 experiences but also a way for young adults to continue growing Jewishly.
by Yasha Moz
Ten years ago I was a university student in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Studying intern...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 11:06pm -07:00T (744 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: What Does Collaboration Look Like?
As a “sector-within-a-sector,” the Jewish innovation space must work together if we are to achieve maximal impact. Important conversations about growth, sustainability, and impact cannot take place exclusively behind the closed-doors of boardr...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 12:36am -07:00T (862 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Reflections: 20 Years of Hillel in the FSU
by Sanford R. Cardin
In 1994, in the wake of the collapse of the former Soviet Union, Charles and Lynn Schusterman seized upon what they determined was a window of opportunity to begin rebuilding a sense of community among those whose Jewish identities ha...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 12:36am -07:00T (920 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: New Words for a New Chapter in Jewish History
by Francine Gordon
On the eve of Shavuot 5773, just as when we stood at Mt. Sinai so many generations ago, Israel again stands on the precipice of change, presented with a historic opportunity to renew, in a revelatory way, Her Jewish identity. Following ...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 11:21pm -07:00T (1034 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Toward a Pluralism of Substance
In our collective work to engender feelings of peoplehood, I would advocate for a more focused approach to pluralism: a pluralism of substance.
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[This essay is from The Peoplehood Papers, volume 10 -...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 11:21pm -07:00T (1034 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: How is My Learning? Proposing an Annual Checkup
by Rabbi Mishael Zion
“The crown of Torah is ready and waiting for all… all who want are invited to come and take a share”
(Maimonides’ Code, Talmud Torah 3:1)
Here is a proposal for Shavuot beyond the cheesecake. If the High Holidays are the...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 11:21pm -07:00T (1680 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Radical Collaboration – A Work in Progress: The Day School Collaboration Network
by Rabbi Ed Harwitz and Maya Bernstein
Like the secular world, the organized Jewish community today has a bit of a crush on entrepreneurs. In a recent New York Times Magazine article, Nathaniel Richm quotes Paul Buchheit, a partner at Y Combinator, a Sili...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 11:21pm -07:00T (1294 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: A Woman at the Wall
I’m not going to tell anyone how to be Jewish and I expect the same respect from others.
by Rachel Frank
I’m a strong and impassioned supporter of many things, from afar. I have an Obama/Biden 2008 sticker on my water bottle but I never campaigned or...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 11:21pm -07:00T (809 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: A Missed Opportunity: The World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly
It is time to sit down and begin having conversations, rather than speeches.
by Marni Mandell
Unlike Gabriel Webber, whose post – linked to in Thursday’s eJewish Philanthropy newsletter – cried out for topics of relevance, I feel like 500 J...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 10:06pm -07:00T (507 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: What Matters Most? 2 Pros from 2 Generations Reflect on Staff Development
Why is it that when we have the ability to motivate and empower others, we ruin it by mainly talking, rather than listening, and first giving our own opinion rather than asking theirs?
Marci Mayer Eisen, 30+ year career professional
Being asked for my opi...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 10:06pm -07:00T (1333 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: The Book of Ruth: A Great Story and a Profound Lesson
by Yossi Prager
The Book of Ruth, which we read on Shavuot, is my favorite book of the Bible. It is a great story, wonderfully told – concise, fast-paced, emotionally stirring. Without masking the flaws in human nature, the plot progresses though he...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 10:06pm -07:00T (935 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: How to Make Systemic Change: A Funder’s Perspective
by Laurie Heller
It is generally taken for granted that foundations with large assets are able to create systemic change. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been able to do it through their focus on world health and their large scale funding of pro...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 12:06am -07:00T (811 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Inclusivity Doesn’t Cut It – Toward a New Conversation on Intermarriage
by Harold Berman
Interfaith families and people with disabilities. Last week, for the first time, I saw these two populations discussed in the same article. Ed Case, in his thoughtful article for eJewish Philanthropy, drew an analogy between the two, wond...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 12:06am -07:00T (1882 words)
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Jewish Philanthropy in a Web 2.0 World: Philanthropists and Investors
by David Werdiger
Dan Pallotta’s TED talk on charity has raised waves all over the internet, and while some may consider his views controversial, his record stands as a pioneer of multi-day charitable events, which have proved to be hugely successful fu...
Dateline: 2013-05-10 12:06am -07:00T (986 words)
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