What’s Your Jewish Story
Authentic engagement leads to meaningful Jewish growth. What’s your personal Jewish story? How can your Jewish story help you dive deeper when engaging others? Learn tricks for gently infusing Jewish content into engagement conversations.
Engagement via Social Media
Why are your brand and your social media strategy essential components of effective Jewish engagement? Learn the basics of social media platforms, social media etiquette, and how to craft content that speaks to your Jewish Engagement goals.
Inclusive Engagement
Inclusion is both a Jewish value and a lens through which we can look at our work. Learn about the art of radical hospitality, inclusion of Jews of all backgrounds and those who are Jew-adjacent, and the openness required to embrace innovations in Jewish ritual and...
Disruptive Innovation
Dive deeper with Mike Uram and wrestle with the questions: Why is innovation so hard for establishment organizations? How can leaders incubate change from within?
Pop Up Judaism
Let’s play together with Pop up Park Buffalo, while we explore a core element of successful Jewish engagement: meeting people where they are – wherever life occurs, in places and spaces that are meaningful to individuals.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Harvard president apologizes, Penn alum yanks $100M gift as congressional antisemitism hearing fallout continues December 8, 2023The donor, Ross Stevens, said he would reconsider his decision if there is a leadership change at Penn. -- The post Harvard president apologizes, Penn alum yanks $100M gift as congressional antisemitism hearing fallout continues appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Philissa Cramer
- US officials deny pressing Israel for a war ‘deadline,’ but differences between the two are emerging December 8, 2023Antony Blinken decried a "gap" between what Israeli officials told him they would do, and what they are doing. -- The post US officials deny pressing Israel for a war ‘deadline,’ but differences between the two are emerging appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ron Kampeas
- David Ellenson was my rabbi. I can’t believe we won’t learn from him anymore. December 8, 2023A rabbi mourns a giant of American Judaism. -- The post David Ellenson was my rabbi. I can’t believe we won’t learn from him anymore. appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein
- Hate or just a crime? Either way, Jewish restaurants are finding support after vandalism December 8, 2023A series of kosher restaurants nationwide have seen outpourings of public support in the wake of vandalism or break-ins since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. -- The post Hate or just a crime? Either way, Jewish restaurants are finding support after vandalism appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Jackie Hajdenberg
- Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism December 8, 2023An influential Jewish leader writes that many students at Harvard believe in an "evil" ideology that fuels antisemitism. -- The post Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Jacob Gurvis
- How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment December 8, 2023Sara Beth Berman said her novelty book was "taking a piece of the zeitgeist and attaching it to a story that is meaningful." -- The post How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Jackie Hajdenberg
- The Jewish Sport Report: The Hughes brothers make even more Jewish hockey history December 8, 2023Plus, Israeli Premier League star Manor Solomon opens up about the war in his home country. -- The post The Jewish Sport Report: The Hughes brothers make even more Jewish hockey history appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Jacob Gurvis
- Left-wing Jews usher in Hanukkah in NY with rally demanding a ceasefire and mourning Gaza casualties December 8, 2023The event at Columbus Circle also took place exactly two months after Hamas began the war with an invasion of Israel that killed 1,200, largely civilians, and took more than 240 hostages. -- The post Left-wing Jews usher in Hanukkah in NY with rally demanding a ceasefire and mourning Gaza casualties appeared first on Jewish […]Luke Tress
- Man arrested after firing shots at Albany, New York, synagogue with preschool December 7, 2023"The safety of Jewish New Yorkers is non-negotiable,” the governor said in a briefing approximately two hours after the incident, in which no injuries were reported. -- The post Man arrested after firing shots at Albany, New York, synagogue with preschool appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Luke Tress
- More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war December 7, 2023The letter is the latest sign that differences among American Jews regarding Israel's response to Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 invasion are becoming more public and pronounced. -- The post More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic […]Ron Kampeas