I first pondered the term “Jewish fluency” after I watched writer and podcaster Dan Senor’s 45th annual State of World Jewry address in May. I presently serve as board chair at Sinai Akiba Academy in Los Angeles, and as the video of Senor’s speech made its way around our school board and school community, the... Read More The post ‘We’ll always have day school’: The relationship between Jewish nostalgia and Jewish fluency appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
The agreement ending the Gaza war sparked by the Oct. 7 attacks offers a rare chance to reengage young Jews and heal the rift that has widened in recent years. Over the past five years, a deep physical and emotional disconnect has grown between Israel and the Jewish world. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Gaza... Read More The post End of Gaza war offers a historic opportunity to reengage young Jews worldwide appeared first on eJewishPhilanthropy.| eJewishPhilanthropy
When I was a freshman football player, I had a coach from South Jersey whose accent sounded more like the Deep South. Whenever he thought we weren’t giving enough effort, he’d bark, “You gotta have a sense of UR-GEN-SEEE!” I’m...| eJewishPhilanthropy
The United Kingdom has been thrust into the spotlight as concerns over the safety of its Jewish community escalate, following a deadly terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester. On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a terror attack occurred when a Jihadi drove his car into congregants before proceeding to stab two people to death and injuring three others. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack as a chilling reminder of the persistent threat of antisemitism...| TheCommuneMag
'She didn't act like she was a big deal. She just was. She made the world better. Not many people can say that.'| eJewishPhilanthropy
Last week, I served as a member of the delegation leadership from the Detroit Jewish community to the JCC Maccabi Games in Pittsburgh. This was my second consecutive summer and my third summer overall serving in this role. Delegation heads...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Amid a major surge in antisemitism across the country, Jewish educators, advocacy groups and administrators have understandably embraced a tempting proposition: providing schools and workplaces with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)-style training that advances consensus positions on antisemitism within the...| eJewishPhilanthropy
Good Monday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we examine the Jewish community’s reactions to the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. We report on Jewish organizations’ refusal to meet a French minister after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the country would...| eJewishPhilanthropy
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