WEXNER HERITAGE PROGRAM ALUMNI DELEGATES

July 27-29, 2025
The Viceroy Hotel
Snowmass, CO

 

The WHP Alumni Council Delegates Q3 In-Person Meeting will take place at the Viceroy Hotel in Snowmass, CO,  from Sunday, July 27, 2025 (2 PM Mountain Time HARD START) through Tuesday, July 29th, 2025 (Meeting ends at 12:30 PM MT).

This year we will overlap with the beginning of the New Member Institute and help to welcome cohorts from Northern NJ, Philadelphia and the SF Bay Area. Faculty will include Dr Arna Poupko Fisher, Dr Keren Fraimen, R Matt Berkowitz, R Isaiah Rothstein and possibly others, TBD.

Registration will open at 11am Mountain Time on Sunday, July 27th and an optional lunch will be available. Our meeting has a hard start of 2pm Mountain Time on 7/27. On Tuesday, we will conclude at 12:30 pm Mountain Time with an optional lunch and/or other activities following the meeting.*

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The Foundation covers the cost of meals, programming and a single hotel room for delegates for the nights of 7/27 and 7/28 and a shuttle to and from Aspen Pitkin Airport. If you would like to extend your stay, for nights prior or following, please let Isaac Weiss, Program Coordinator, know. A supplemental fee, payable directly to the hotel will be your responsibility. You can check their website for applicable rates, currently about $450 per night, which does not include taxes and fees, but on which you will receive a courtesy discount of 20% off. Many delegates opt to come in for the shabbat before at their own expense, and it’s fine to stay in Aspen for those extra days if you prefer. Food is not provided but spontaneous hikes and other fun things and meals, including shabbat services in Aspen, are often part of the fun. Rabbi Shira Stutman, who is a Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alum and faculty for WHP is now serving as Rabbi at the Aspen Jewish Center and is willing to teach us or meet us on shabbat — if there is interest, email Angie.

Spouses are welcome to join us for meals and evening activities but do not participate in our meeting. There will also be an upcharge from the hotel if spouses stay at the hotel as well.

*Optional Activities for the weekend before and/or the Tuesday afternoon after our meeting officially ends are often proposed by delegates (see question below to volunteer to host or lead something and I will share out the list for your consideration by April, before you make your flight reservations).

2:00p ET / 11:00a PT

Q4 WHP Alumni Council Meeting

In our final meeting of the year we will hear from delegates rotating off the council and discuss hot topics of the day.

Angie Atkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Q2 Meeting for all delegates

Q2 AGENDA

WHP ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING

May 6th, 2025 ~ 8^th of Iyar, 5785

23 Days of the Omer and also Day 578

1:00p ET – 2 :30p ET / 10a – 11:30a PT

WELCOME

Angie

D’VAR TORAH

Jason Schwartz, Dallas 13

PRACTICING HAKARAT HATOV/SHOUT OUTS

(LITERALLY, WHOMEVER HAS ONE, SHOUT IT OUT):

 Best new term or word?

Best (maybe new) organization you’ve learned of recently?

Best welcoming system, practice or gesture you’ve seen recently?

Best most recent strategy/technique for fighting antisemitism?

Best search committee hack?

Best onboarding for a new board member?

Other good news?

• Jewish Kids Group, Jon Effron, Atlanta 18
• Building a New Jewish High School, Katie Berger, Chicago 17

 CHOOSE YOUR BREAKOUT ROOM/FACILITATED CONVO:

 ROOM 1 MAKING CHANGE: CONFIDENTIAL PEER CONSULTATION

“Making Change with a Board That “Mostly” Wants Change, a Staff That Doesn’t, and a New Executive Starting In June”
Randi Buergenthal, Baltimore 10

How can being a disrupter not be aggressively disruptive?  How do you master the art of bringing everyone along as you reposition and reinvigorate a 5-year-old agency, with a board that “mostly” wants change, a staff that doesn’t, and a new executive starting in June?  How do you balance the needs of a community with the directives of funders with the reality of participants?  There is so much potential—how can we create buy in and good will at the same time there is so much change?

ROOM 2 HEART TO HEART: FACILITATED CONVERSATION

“Love, Loyalty, and the Line: Guiding Our Children on Intermarriage”

Ernesto Levy, Cincinnati 19

Now that my kids are dating, I find myself quietly — and sometimes not so quietly — pushing them to date Jewish girls. But that’s not always who they bring home. I struggle with how hard to press the issue of Jewish continuity without creating resentment — or alienating a potential future daughter-in-law. I don’t want to issue threats or draw lines I can’t live with. And yet… I look at communities like Panama, where intermarriage is strongly discouraged — sometimes even socially sanctioned — and their intermarriage rate is under 5%. So where’s the line? How do we lead — as parents and as Jews — when love and legacy seem to pull in opposite directions?

ROOM 3 BEING REAL: FACILITATED CONVERSATION

“Jewish Identity Struggles? (Yes, Even Us)”

Jenni Goldson, Columbus 11

Curious if others are experiencing some version of:

• I wear my Jewish Star/kippah/etc. but tuck it in when I go to certain places
• Notice I’m toning up or down my staunch support for Israel vs my disgust/frustration with same, depending on who I’m speaking with/whether at home/shul or work/public

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS/OPEN MIC

Angie:

• TWF New Israel Program Launch (Wexner Resilient Leaders)
• Upcoming Online Learning Opportunities:
  Thanks to Stephen Gaerber, Vancouver, TWF will host a network-wide call — JUNE 5^th at noon  ET with Marcus Scheff, Founder of The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (Impact-SE)–  fighting hatred (and erasure of Israel) thru textbooks
• Kaitlin is no longer working at TWF – looking for someone new
• October 8, by Wendy Sachs

Open Mic

Questions about Snowmass?

• Q3 IN PERSON MTG

JULY 27-29, 2025
THE VICEROY HOTEL
SNOWMASS, CO

Farewells

TO DO’s

• Bookmark our landing page and find everyone’s bios and contact info there
• Plan local alumni gatherings and loop in Angie
• Schedule check-in calls with Angie
• Keep up with our whatsapp group
• Join and contribute to our online watercoolers:

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4537829/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/wexnerfoundationnetwork

What’s Next

• WTF Wednesdays
• June 5^th noon ET, all network call with Impact-SE
• Q3 IN PERSON MTG

JULY 27-29, 2025
THE VICEROY HOTEL
SNOWMASS, CO

2:30p ET / 11:30a PT

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Zoom AI Generated Summary

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Q1 WHP Alumni Council Meeting

In this first meeting of the year we will welcome new delegates and discuss top of mind issues, consult and advise, and learn together.

Angie Atkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Time: Nov 13, 2024 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

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Meeting Notes

Prework

What’s Next SF Bay Area 22

The Delegates Meeting will take place at the Limelight Hotel from Sunday, July 28, 2024 (2 PM Mountain Time HARD START) through Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 (Meeting ends at 12:30 PM MT).

Registration will open at 11am Mountain Time on Sunday, July 28th and an optional lunch will be available. Our meeting has a hard start of 2pm Mountain Time on 7/28. On Tuesday, we will conclude at 12:30 pm Mountain Time with an optional lunch and/or other activities following the meeting.*

The Foundation covers the cost of meals, programming and a single hotel room for delegates for the nights of 7/28 and 7/29. If you would like to extend your stay, please let Kaitlin Kaiser, Program Coordinator, know. A supplemental fee, payable directly to the hotel of $300 per night (plus tax) will be your responsibility.  Many delegates opt to come in for the shabbat before at their own expense. Food is not provided but spontaneous hikes and other fun things and meals, including shabbat services in Aspen, are often part of the fun.

Spouses are welcome to join us for meals and evening activities but do not participate in our meeting. There will also be an upcharge from the hotel if spouses stay at the hotel as well.

*Optional Activities for Tuesday after our meeting officially ends (feel free to suggest others you’d like to lead):

1:15 – 2pm Optional lunch at the Viceroy Hotel, Snowmass

2:00 – ? Possible excursion into downtown Aspen

3:15 – 4:15pm Further conversation with Dr. Keren Fraiman about Israel at the Viceroy Hotel, Snowmass

5:30 pm You are all invited (and SPOUSES WELCOME) by delegate, Karen Herron, DC 13, if you’ve extended your stay (not covered by TWF) – to a YRF Darca reception, hosted at Karen Davidson’s ranch. Join Karen for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and mingling to learn about how YRF/Darca’s innovative schools are changing the educational landscape in the most under-served communities in Israel.

Agenda for the call can be found here.

Time: May 15, 2024 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

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Time: Jan 24, 2024 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

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Snowbird, UT

Hard start: 2pm Mountain Time on June 25, 2023

Stop time: 1pm Mountain Time on June 27, 2023

Q3 Meeting Assigned Pre-Work

Full Q3 In-Person Meeting Schedule Found Here

Travel Day Logistics

May 2, 2023 Delegates Q2 Zoom Mtg

2:00-3:30pm ET: Join the zoom session here.

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