The Latest From The Foundation

Pictured: Larry Moses, Senior Philanthropic Advisor and President Emeritus of The Wexner Foundation, was honored by the Jewish Communal Service Association at the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2013 General Assembly in Jerusalem.  Larry Moses was honored with the Mandelkorn Distinguished Service Award, which annually recognizes significant and sustained contributions by professional leaders in the Jewish Community to Jewish community organizational life.  The award is named for Ben Mandelkorn, founding

The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce that it has just accepted its second cohort of Columbus Jewish teenagers to the Wexner Service Corps (WSC).  The second cohort includes 10 members from the inaugural cohort, who will participate in a Senior Leadership Cohort of the WSC, joining 25 additional new members.  The new members of the second cohort will be juniors or seniors in the 2014-2015 academic year and represent

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

  צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ    אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ    Justice, justice shall you pursue, in order that you may live and inherit the land which Adonai your God has given you. —  Deuteronomy 16:20   “The destiny of the Jewish people is in our hands.  The premise is pretty simple.  The big ‘what,’ our destiny, our purpose, collectively, is Tikun Olam.  We are here because we

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Foundation Partner Alisa Doctoroff on being named to the 2015 Forward 50. Vicky Glikin, WGF Alum (Class 22), on her appointment as Senior Cantor of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, TX.  Jennifer Gorovitz, WHP Alum (San Francisco 06), on joining the New Israel Fund as Vice President for Operations and Administration. Jamie Hackel Hyams, WHP Alum (San Francisco Pro), on joining the Hebrew Free Loan of San Francisco as Director of

CORE18 Leaders Lab, a new and exclusive social entrepreneurial boot camp for Jewish leaders ages 19-25, is being co- chaired by  actor Mayim Bialik, of The Big Bang Theory, UK Chief Rabbi Emeritus Lord Jonathan Sacks, and Dr. Tal ben-Shahar, who taught Harvard’s hugely popular course “Positive Psychology and Leadership.”       CORE18 gives young Jewish leaders a platform to build themselves, their ideas and their communities through a high-powered

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Udi Adiri, an alumnus of The WIF (Class 24), on his promotion to Deputy Head of the Budget Department in the Israeli Ministry of Finance. Warren Bass, an alumnus of The WGF (Class 8), on his new position as Senior Editor at The Wall Street Journal. Shani Bechhofer, an alumna of The WGF (Class 3), and her husband, Yosef, on the engagement of their son, Daniel Yerucham, to

The Wexner Foundation's next Conference Call: with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks   Wednesday, April 2nd at 12 noon, EST / 7pm Israel time “What Does This Avodah Mean To You?” Exclusively for our constituents: an in-depth look at the Rasha (the Wicked Child) in the Haggadah, and its lessons for pedagogy, inclusiveness, and community building in our Jewish world today. Rabbi Sacks will initially discuss a text (we will email to you when you

36 Minutes LIVE: Elul 5776 just concluded today. We held sessions with four scholars from around the world: the recently knighted Madame Le Rabbin Delphine Horvilleur; Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Rabbi Jair Melchior and two faculty who are already cherished by many in our network — Rabbi Ed Feinstein (CA) and Talmud Scholar and former MK (Knesset Member) Ruth Calderon (Tel Aviv).  Each session is worth watching and the exploration of the Unetaneh Tokef prayer with

The Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly (GA) gathers together Federation volunteer leaders and professionals and those involved in the business of Jewish philanthropy from across North America and around the world. This year the GA will be held from November 8th through the 10th  in Washington, DC at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The focus will be Jewish philanthropy, Jewish education, Global Jewry and Anti-Semitism, BDS on campus,