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Suddenly discovered you’ve become a Jewish leader? Want to win money by...
The Jewish Futures conference is holding its second annual competition. The basic idea is that you create a 4-minute YouTube video or written document that addresses their topic of the year. This...
View ArticleThe myth of the modern Jewish prosumer
I posted about the Jewish Futures Competition a few weeks ago. It asks how Jewish life, living and learning will change as we move to a society in which individuals are not only consumers of...
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More heroic than social media will decide
The second third round of Jewish Community Heroes is well under way, the online email-collecting exercise by the Jewish Federations of North America. My excitement for participating in these types of...
View ArticleKaunfer: Is continuity worth continuing?
In an op-ed piece reworked from a speech delivered at the Jewish Federations General Assembly in Denver, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer of Mechon Hadar writes that: Jews, like all people, are searching for...
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New York’s Jewish Population Study and Intermarriage
Cross-posted from InterfaithFamily.com’s blog. While I was away from the office earlier last week, the UJA-Federation of New York released a big, giant, whopping study of Downstate NY’s community....
View ArticleThe Forward’s 2013 Salary Survey, Round 1: Registering the Gender Gap
“Things gonna change; it’s apparent, and all the transparent gonna be seen through. Let God redeem you, keep your deen true. Watch out what you cling to; you can get the green too. Observe how a queen...
View ArticleAbout Hillel’s Israel Guidelines
After Swarthmore Hillel’s decision to break from Hillel’s rules regarding conversation about Israel, I sent a letter to Hillel’s President and CEO, Eric Fingerhut by clicking send on a message as part...
View ArticleFear, Fearlessness and Forward Movement: A Guest Post by Naomi Adland
Editor’s Note: Inspired by this guest post, we’re looking for submissions from you – our creative, progressive readers- articulating a vision for a what a fearless Jewish future and community might...
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Fearless Judaism: on affirmative Jewish unity
In response to Naomi Adland’s incisive piece Fear, Fearlessness, and Forward Movement, we have started a series in which different writers articulate their visions for affirmative Judaisms. We very...
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How Seattle Jewry helped pass gun responsibility bill I-594
Thsi is a guest post by Zach Carstensen, the Government Relations and Public Affairs Director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. For the last nine years Zach has led the Jewish community’s...
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