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Apr 2017
The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce that our application is now open for the Wexner Field Fellowship, a leadership learning opportunity for high-potential full-time Jewish communal professionals to deepen their leadership skills and develop a rich network of colleagues. Up to 15 exceptional professionals will be selected for a three-year program focused on enriching their ability to exercise leadership as Jewish professionals. Wexner Field Fellows are matched one-on-one with
The Wexner Foundation will host an important conference call exclusively for our constituents. Wednesday, October 9 at 12 noon, EDT A Portrait of American Jews: Analysis and Discussion of The Pew Study The call will be chaired by The Wexner Foundation President, Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson, and feature Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor (WGFA, Class 11) and sociologist Dr. Steven M. Cohen, who were all members of the Advisory Panel for
Apr 2017
IN MEMORIAM: Our deepest condolences to the Rifkind family on the death of David Rifkind, WHP Alum (Los Angeles 2). CONGRATULATIONS TO: Rafi Cashman, WGF Alum (Class 22), on becoming Head of School at Netivot HaTorah Day School. Zev Eleff, WGF Alum (Class 22), on being a 2016 National Jewish Book Council Award finalist for his book, Who Rules the Synagogue?: Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism. Fran
I recently published a CD called, “May the Angels Carry You: Jewish Songs of Comfort for Death, Burial and Mourning”, designed as a companion to my husband Simcha Raphael’s book of deathbed prayers – “May the Angels Carry You: Jewish Prayers and Meditations for the Deathbed.” The Wexner community might want to know about this collection of traditional and newly created end-of-life prayer resources. Here is an example of the title
This article was inspired by a site visit that WGF alum Justin Rosen Smolen (Class 23) and I, WGF alum Miriam Heller Stern (Class 13), took as part of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alumni Mentoring program. The Wexner Foundation launched the Mentoring Program for Alumni of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship over four years ago, thanks to a grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation. This intense program was created with the understanding
Our Inaugural Summit “Stronger Together: Imagining the Israel-North American Jewish Community Relationship” concluded today. This Summit was book ended by two gatherings: the first, a year ago in Princeton, NJ, with close to 100 alumni from all of our programs; and the second one, April 25 – 27th in Zichron Yaakov, Israel. This Wexner Summit empowered and mobilized a cadre of change agents who worked in teams over the
I have been a TV producer for nearly 40 years. When my career began there were three networks: ABC, CBS and NBC. The only way to watch them was on a TV set, in your house, and if you missed a show you were out of luck. Those days are long gone. Today, TV arrives how you like it, when you like it and on any device you want to
“We are on the map and not only in basketball but in everything!” said the Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Captain, Tal Brody, in his American accented Hebrew as the mike was pushed into his sweaty, beaming face, immediately after the team’s miraculous victory in 1977 against the formidable and then Olympic world champion’s team, the Red Army’s basketball team. In life, each of us has an Exodus story, whether as
Apr 2017
Pesach is a story of the long journey from degradation to dignity and is a theme that continues to repeat itself throughout history. This year at my seder, and during this week when we tell the story and journey from then to now and from bondage to freedom, I am mindful that the journey is far from over. I recently went on a civil rights trip to Birmingham, Montgomery and
Apr 2017
Reprinted with thanks to The Times of Israel. The other day, among the relentless news stories, my eye caught the headline of an otherwise inconspicuous article: “German city puts traffic lights on the ground — for you phone gazers.” The sum of the story is that in Augsburg, Germany, city officials installed traffic lights on the ground near busy train stations so that commuters looking down at their phones wouldn’t