The Latest From The Foundation

Our year-long series of 36 Minutes LIVE: Beyond the Book is going strong!   Check out the recordings of our two most recent calls and stay tuned for more information about upcoming calls!  A surface look at the “leadership industry” reveals enormous investment in the development of leaders, but limited time and money spent on leadership research.  We have turned toward teaching the how of leading rather than teaching about leadership.

“There are facts, there are opinions, and there are lies,” says historian Deborah Lipstadt, telling the remarkable story of her research into Holocaust deniers — and their deliberate distortion of history. Professor Lipstadt, a long-time Wexner Heritage faculty, has devoted her life to teaching about the Holocaust at Emory University and around the world, and also fighting Holocaust denial and Holocaust deniers. Recently, Denial,  the story of her court battle

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Sarah Benor, WGF Alum (Class 11), on publishing her book, We the Resilient: Wisdom for America from Women Born Before Suffrage. Maital Friedman, WGF Alum (Class 23), on becoming Alumni Director for the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. Elisha Gechter, TWF Staff, on receiving the Spot Award from the Harvard Kennedy School and the Center for Public Leadership and to her and her husband Sam for receiving

Our year-long series of 36 Minutes LIVE: Beyond the Book is in full swing! Last week, Wexner members and alumni gathered together online for a videoconference with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, WGP Alum (Class 10).  Joanna discussed two types of leadership styles—the self-protection of leading from an “ark” and the strong agility of leading from a “tent.” We hope you will join us for the next call in this series: Thursday,

Nine years ago today our teacher, mentor and friend Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, z”l, founding president of what was then known as the Wexner Heritage Foundation, died at the age of 89.  We are honored to commemorate Herb’s yahrzeit with the announcement of a remarkable project that will enable Herb’s extraordinary legacy of service to the Jewish people and the State of Israel to endure in perpetuity.   Our chairmen,

Last week, Wexner members and alumni gathered together online for the first of our new videoconference series, “Beyond the Book.”  Rabbi Larry Hoffman unpacked his essay, “The 10 Commandments for Leaders,” and called upon each participant to bring their own 11th Commandment, which are shared below. We hope you will join us for the next call in this series, coming up on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 with WIF Alum Daniel Taub (Class

The Jewish Funders Network International Conference will be taking place this March in Atlanta.  Together with The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and The Jim Joseph Foundation, please join us for drinks and networking with our members, fellows, alumni and friends. Monday, March 20, 2017 9:00 – 11:00 pm Whiskey Blue in the W Atlanta in Buckhead (Five minute walk from the Grand Hyatt Buckhead) RSVP to Aliza Tick

 כָּל מַחֲלֹקֶת שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, אֵין סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם. אֵיזוֹ הִיא מַחֲלֹקֶת שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, זוֹ מַחֲלֹקֶת הִלֵּל וְשַׁמַּאי. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, זוֹ מַחֲלֹקֶת קֹרַח וְכָל עֲדָתוֹ Any dispute that is “for the sake of Heaven” is destined to endure , but one that is “not for the sake of Heaven” is not destined to endure.  What is a dispute that is

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

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