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OPINION | "Imagine two Jewish families arriving at the same synagogue this Shabbat. One is celebrating Tuesday’s election results. The other is deeply unsettled by them."
By Jessica Zmood and Shelly Steinwurtzel
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OPINION | "Being a film producer teaches us how to take good risks... It turns out that that is the same assessment as whether it is worth devoting several years of one’s life to a nonprofit."
By Peter Samuelson
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From across North America, Israel and even Australia, nearly 2,500 people will flock to Washington for @jfederations' General Assembly, hoping to network, drum up interest in their initiatives and influence the agenda of the federation system.
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Clalit Health Services, Israel’s largest HMO, and its Schneider Children’s Medical Center announced its $50 million venture fund earlier this week.
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Your Daily Phil: JFNA confab in D.C. comes at pivot point for world Jewry
• Clalit, Schneider Children's launch $50M venture fund
• Federal campus antisemitism crackdown faces uncertain future
• Remaining a community across political divides
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OPINION | "If the only thing that brings us into the same room is a threat, we will spend most of our energy reacting, not planning proactively for the future."
By Sara Fredman Aeder
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OPINION | "Let us build the learning spaces our community deserves. The work of Jewish education is too important to leave to institutions that cannot, or will not, protect the people who do it."
By Mika Ahuvia
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OPINION | "Combating antisemitism and strengthening Jewish identity are not competing priorities. Both are necessary."
By Shira Hutt, EVP of @jfederations
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How did millions of dollars intended to save a Jewish day school ultimately contribute to its shutdown?
This is the never-before-reported story inside the demise of the beloved LA pluralistic Jewish school, Kadima Hebrew Academy.
@niradayanim reports: ejphil.com/5rk8c
Reut USA has released its recommendations for how the Jewish federation system can revise and remap itself to empower small communities with disproportionate power to influence local politics.
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The Kadima Hebrew Academy came to rely heavily on a prominent Israeli American real estate developer. Were the millions of dollars Shawn Evenhaim put up a charitable gift or a loan? And did the school’s board exercise proper oversight?
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*Your Daily Phil: Inside the slow demise of an L.A. Jewish day school*
• Herzog calls for civility in coalition talks, noting harm to world Jewry by domestic Israeli feuds
• Jewish studies funders: If not the university, then where?
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Isaac Herzog highlighted the impact that the current negotiations to create a governing coalition in Israel are having on Diaspora Jewry, calling for a “less hostile” approach overall, during discussions with the Yisrael Beiteinu party.
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So proud of @eJPhil's @niradayanim for this deep dive into the long, complicated demise of LA's Kadima Day School, which owed a huge debt to the man who is also considered the school's main benefactor.
This is a major cautionary tale for Jewish groups.
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OPINION | "If we want more young adults at Hillel and in federation leadership a generation from now, early childhood classrooms are a strong place to start."
By Orna Siegel, executive director of ElevatEd
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OPINION | "A community that offers a responsible path back after failure can preserve human experience and future economic opportunity."
By Heitor Castro
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As Democrats routed the GOP in yesterday’s midterm election, giving them control of both the House and the Senate — the American Jewish community will have cause to celebrate and cause for concern in the years to come.
@JudahAriGross reports:
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Your Daily Phil: Mixed bag for U.S. Jews as Democrats sweep midterms
• JNF-USA rakes in $192M as CEO Robinson bets against 'oy vey' fundraising
• Jewish groups split over Trump's announcement ending Israel aid
• Philanthropy's missing line item
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OPINION | "Wiesel believed that memory is not passive: it is a call to choose differently, to not look away. He left behind a set of principles and values that perhaps matter more today than ever."
By LizAnn Eisen, executive director of @eliewieselfdn
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