The General Assembly 2009 conference kicked off in Washington DC on Sunday with an estimated 3,000 conferees, mostly made up of representatives from 157 North American Jewish federations and 400...
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#GA09 is the Hash Tag, Washington DC is the place
The General Assembly of the UJC newly uh… christened Jewish Federations of North America or JFNA for short (pronounced JAFINA, like Dafena – Sephardic Chulent!) is now under way...
Fear of Change: A must read blog post for Jewish Non-Profits
Seriously… Seth Godin wrote a scathing blog post about fear induced institutional torpor found in established non-profit organizations: These organizations exist solely to make change...
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein is our Hero
Hi. I don’t want to be a nudnik. We’ve already written a number of posts about the UJC’s Jewish Community Heroes project. Thanks to your support, our initial nominee, Rabbi Yonah...
Tomorrow, It Begins: Join the SuperJews This Hanukkah
There’s one day left. Tomorrow, the microactivism begins: The members of each SuperJews team will get an alert on each day of Chanukah with a mission for that day. Missions will be online acts...
Doing The Write Thing by My Jewish Identity
Guest Post by DWT alum Yair Amsel When I first heard that I was selected to participate in the “Do the Write Thing” program, a component of the UJC General Assembly that took place in...