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May 16th, 2013

Holiday: Shavuot – In the Midnight Hours

Rabbi Scott Perlo is the Associate Director of Jewish Programming at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, DC.

Shavuot is one of those Jewish holidays that got lost.

In America, for most of the last century, celebrations of Jewish holidays have revolved around children. Until recently, most parents wouldn’t go to a synagogue for holidays unless their kids had some program. So, almost without exception, the popular Jewish holidays fall within the school year. But Shavuot typically falls in late May or early June – just after school lets out. Unless you’re real hardcore, it’s not a holiday of which you’ve heard.

Which is a shame. It’s a good one; you don’t even have to eat matzah. Read More »

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Sandy Cardin

April 26th, 2013

Book Excerpt: Jewish Family Foundations “Come Together, Right Now”

What will it take to ensure a vibrant and relevant American Jewish community? It’s the question at the heart of Rabbi Sidney Schwarz’s new book, Jewish Megatrends: Charting a Course for the American Jewish Community of the 21st Century.

In the book, Schwarz and 14 leaders from all sectors across the Jewish community explore the challenges and opportunities the American Jewish community faces as it adapts to a social landscape and works to effectively engage the next generation of American Jews. Read More »

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Lisa Eisen

April 8th, 2013

Capitalizing on Innovation

On campuses across the United States, students are exploring the diversity and vibrancy of Israel, forging connections across political and religious differences, and creating new avenues to define their relationships with Israel now and for the future.

Every year, thousands of college students return from Taglit-Birthright Israel, their interest in Israel sparked, their appetite to learn more whetted. Increasingly, these alumni — and many other young adults like them — are finding meaningful avenues to tap their new found excitement and to deepen their connection to and knowledge of contemporary Israel. Hungry to understand the country “behind the headlines” and to explore its vibrant economic and cultural landscape, students are engaging with Israel through a growing array of effective but unheralded programs that are enabling them to learn and talk about Israel in more sophisticated ways. Read More »

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Team Schusterman

April 2nd, 2013

Jerusalem Season of Culture Announces Third Annual Program

Building on a successful 2012 Season, the nonprofit Jerusalem Season of Culture will present its third annual festival from July 1 to August 23, 2013. The 2013 Season offers dozens of artistic experiences spanning the worlds of music, visual arts, culinary treats, cultural encounters, live art, social interaction, performing arts, new media and more. This summer, Jerusalem, which has served as a source of artistic inspiration for thousands of years, will once again be filled with events that challenge conventional definitions of culture and reexamine the relationship between observer, performer and location. Read More »

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Roben Kantor

March 29th, 2013

The Promise of Passover

Passover, in many respects, is among the most accessible and relatable moments on the Jewish calendar. It invites us to immerse ourselves in the Jewish narrative in a way no other holiday does. It allows us to adapt the ritual to be relevant to our lives. And its lessons transcend far beyond the Jewish experience.

Because of these attributes, Passover has become the most well-known and widely celebrated Jewish holiday, one that continues to inspire people and in which we find new meaning year after year, even as the story itself remains largely the same.

Indeed, at the heart of Passover is a story as epic as any in the history of humankind and not just because it has all of the trappings of a Hollywood drama: It is a great story because it is timeless, as much about the future as it is about the past. Read More »

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Team Schusterman

March 22nd, 2013

Holiday: The Passover Story, Retold in 3 Minutes

Matzah is dry. Your Seder doesn't have to be!!! How will you tell your passover story?

Warm wishes for a liberating passover filled with meaning and joy. Download the Neverending Haggadah, a crowdsourced custom creation. Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philantropic Network

The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philanthropic Network is a global network of philanthropic initiatives focused on igniting the passion and unleashing the power in young people to create change for themselves, in the Jewish community and across the broader world. CLSPN includes the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation (CLSFF), Schusterman Foundation-Israel (SFI), ROI Community (ROI) and REALITY.

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Lisa Eisen

March 21st, 2013

The Metamorphosis of Israel Education: A Conversation

Recently I co-authored an article, “To Everything There Is a Season: The Metamorphosis of Israel Education,” with my colleague Chip Edelsberg, Executive Director of the Jim Joseph Foundation that suggests “today’s field of Israel education is embracing innovative approaches to experiential learning and emerging from its nascent stage with the possibility of becoming a fundamental element of Jewish education and Jewish identity formation.”

The piece inspired many responses, and to advance the conversation and set the stage for the Spring release of the study Israel Education in Practice, eJewishPhilanthropy asked a number of experts and practitioners in the field to write about the growing field of Israel education. Herewith, we share some these articles.

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Team Schusterman

March 21st, 2013

Interview: 10 Questions With … Jeremy Balkin

Congratulations Jeremy Balkin! Jeremy, an ROI Community member from Sydney, Australia, was recently selected for The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013 for his Give While You Live Initiative.

Give While You Live seeks to inspire wealthy people to give philanthropically during their lifetime. It began in 2005 as an educational tool for people with the means to give substantially and has since developed into a major fundraising vehicle

Team Schusterman spoke with Jeremy about his “Give While You Live” initiative. We also found out what makes him such as excellent leader, what inspires him and if he were a superhuman, what power he would have. Read More »

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March 14th, 2013

Jeremy Balkin Named World Economic Forum Global Young Leader

We are excited to congratulate Jeremy Balkin, an ROI Community member from Sydney, Australia, on his selection for The World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2013. Other honorees include Chelsea Clinton, Randi Zuckerberg, William James Adams (aka will.i.am) and Nate Silver.

Balkin’s “Give While You Live” initiative seeks to inspire wealthy people to give philanthropically during their lifetime. It began in 2005 as an educational tool for people with the means to give substantially and has since developed into a major fundraising vehicle. Read More »

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March 11th, 2013

Holiday: The Neverending Haggadah

Every Passover, Jews around the world gather at the Seder table to re-tell one of the greatest stories ever: the Jewish Exodus from Egypt. As much as we love tradition, this year we are giving the Seder ritual a new twist—and we want you to join us!

So, how will this Passover be different from all other Passovers?

Because we are forgoing ye olde faithful Maxwell House Haggadah! We are working with our friends at Haggadot.com to pilot their new group collaboration tool to create an online (and downloadable) crowd-sourced Haggadah. Are you up to the challenge for collectively creating a never-ending Haggadah? This is your chance to share content that will add color and depth to another Seder and also to find content that will make your Seder more meaningful. It’s a Haggadah of reciprocity! Read More »

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