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A Republican Jew on Progressive Jews, Israel, and the American Jewish Community
Pin It As a Republican Jew I often find myself in the minority. As someone who is deeply involved in Jewish life this happens quite often. Yet when it comes... Read More »
A Hole in the Jewish Calendar
Pin It After the flurry of Jewish holidays in the fall, it’s no wonder that the month of Cheshvan, which follows on the heels of Sukkot, is devoid of Jewish holidays.... Read More »
JFNA GA – LIVE PHOTO BLOG
Pin It Greetings from Denver! …well, almost. Â I’m writing this as I pack for tomorrow’s early morning flight to the Mile High city for the Jewish Federations of North America’s... Read More »
Jewish Orgs: Your Alcohol Infused Young Events Do Us No Favors
Pin It The Jewish community is at a crossroads. Down one road is the further infantalization of Jewish life through the growth of institutional young adult programs and the over... Read More »
Steve Jobs, The Beatles and Revolutionizing Jewish Philanthropy
Pin It With the passing of the legendary Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, I was contemplating how he revolutionized and shaped multiple industries, from computers, to work style,... Read More »
“Acts” of Charity
Pin It At a small shul in an affluent neighborhood in Chicago there is a battered silver tzidakah box that sits in the main sanctuary Read More »
Live from the GA… It’s Sunday Morning
Pin It Good morning from Washington, DC the host of this year’s Jewish Federations of North America (formally United Jewish Communities) General Assembly. The JFNA GA is the largest Jewish... Read More »
Jewneric – ParnasaFest Partnership Announcement and Update
Pin It As some of you may have noticed, after a long hiatus Jewneric has begun publishing once again. We hope you will continue to read and participate in our... Read More »
Washington Jewish Federation Closes Its Doors on Fridays
Pin It In what must have been a very difficult yet ultimately responsible decision, the Greater Washington Jewish Federation has announced that it will be officially closing its offices each... Read More »
Taking a New Direction
Pin It For the past few years it has been my pleasure managing Jewneric from behind the scenes, I have decided to embark on a more journalistic approach to the... Read More »
“Israel in Focus”: an Israel advocacy conference for student leaders
Pin It Here is a great event for student leaders who want to strengthen their Israel advocacy skills, and receive amazing resources. “Israel in Focus” 2008 will be held in... Read More »
NonProfit 2.0 DC: Embracing the New Web
Pin It While we normally don’t post events or promote outside or inside events here on Jewneric, I think this is appropriate to many of you, our readers. I am... Read More »
Where Zionism Lives
Pin It By: Michael Dickson The despondency that marks the two year anniversary of the recent war in Lebanon is, for me, mitigated by the happy anniversary of my Aliyah,... Read More »
The Jewneric Leadership Series: Neil Gillman
Pin It Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Neil Gillman, Aliyah Shaliach for the Jewish Agency for Israel for DC and its surrounding areas and a prominent Jewish... Read More »
The Jewish Leadership Series: Jeremy Epstein
Pin It Jewneric recently had the opportunity to speak with Jeremy Epstein, Word of Mouth & Social Media Consultant and a prominent Jewish leader. We asked him a series of... Read More »
“Raid Unsettles Kosher Beliefs” WSJ article 7/1/08
Pin It For those of you who don’t get the Wall Street Journal, here is an outside view of the Agriprocessors matzav, and what some Jews are doing about it.... Read More »
The State of Israel Advocacy on and off Campus
Pin It Yesterday I awoke at 4:30am in New York, to attend a 9:30am meeting in D.C. Not fun. However, the meeting that took place was a lot more enjoyable... Read More »
The Blessing of a Broken Heart Hits the Stage
Pin It Award Winning Book by Terror Victim’s Mother Comes to NY and DC Stage Seven years ago, Koby Mandell, the 13 year old son of Sherri and Rabbi Seth... Read More »
Statistically Speaking…
Pin It Today I met a fascinating man. Well, that’s deceptive. He’s rather nondescript. His job sounds, and probably is, rather boring. He works with numbers, though not financially. He... Read More »
Giving Jewishly
Pin It In September I started my position as Donor Relations Representative at the Jewish Communal Fund. What is the JCF, you may ask? I certainly did when I first... Read More »
