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Strange Love of National Organizations (or how I learned to stop worrying and love my local community)

scohen33 wrote 3 weeks ago: Do not separate yourself from community – Hillel (Avos 2:5) All politics is local – Thomas ‘Ti … more →

Tags: Memo to the (Federation) File, Strategy, Jewish Engagement

A Moment in Time: Sunday Night at the GA2 comments

scohen33 wrote 1 month ago: “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each momen … more →

Tags: GA09, Memo to the (Federation) File

Being Machmir (stringent) about being Meikil (lenient) – Rabbi Barry Gelman7 comments

Barry Gelman wrote 1 month ago: Being Machmir (stringent) about being Meikil (lenient) – Rabbi Barry Gelman What is the value of len … more →

Tags: Halacha - Jewish Law, jewish thought, halachik leniency, Jewish Law, leninet rulings, Modern Orthodoxy

What does one need to be a Jewish leader?

Hyim Shafner wrote 1 month ago: Is talking to God a prerequisite for being a Jewish leader?   If so Adam would have been the first J … more →

Tags: Parshiot/Holidays

Too Big to Fail: Large Jewish Organizations and the Imperative of Success

scohen33 wrote 1 month ago: Unless you have been in a cave for the past year, you have no doubt heard the debate about how certa … more →

Tags: Memo to the (Federation) File, Strategy, Federations, jewish agency

Defining the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Next Jewish Century

scohen33 wrote 1 month ago: Words matter. For the People of the Book, there is almost no greater truism; we are a people inspire … more →

Tags: Strategy, Peoplehood

Dropped Calls and the Challenge of Jewish Discontinuity

scohen33 wrote 2 months ago: Perhaps one of the greatest aggravations in this era of high tech communications is the scrooge of t … more →

Tags: Strategy, Jewish Engagement, Jewish Journeying

I Hear a Symphony: The Sound of Jewish Social Entrepreneurship1 comment

scohen33 wrote 3 months ago: As I continue to have discussions with members of my local and national Jewish community, I am const … more →

Tags: Strategy, Social Entrepreneurship, Jewish Innovation

Everyday We Write the Book: Writing Our Personal Chapters of Jewish Leadership2 comments

scohen33 wrote 3 months ago: “The writer is always the last one to arrive at the party, the last to have any fun with the act of … more →

Tags: Jewish L

Response to Dr. Sarna: We have a mission; communal life must be about meaning

scohen33 wrote 4 months ago: As a Jewish community volunteer and part-time critic, I often vacillate between hopefulness and conc … more →

Tags: Reflections, Strategy, Jewish Engagement

National Jewish Leader Turns against Obama

waltjr wrote 4 months ago: Source: American Thinker By Leo Rennert A huge crack has surfaced in Obama’s Jewish base in th … more →

Tags: In The News, obama, Obama Lies and more Lies, Democrats, united states

Jewish Social Entrepreneurs and the “Right Stuff” - What Is It and Who Has It?

scohen33 wrote 4 months ago: In marking the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, it has been hard not to get wrapped up i … more →

Tags: Strategy

Memo to the (Federation) File: The New CEO’s Reading List1 comment

scohen33 wrote 5 months ago: “Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.” – E.P. Whipple Notwithstanding … more →

Tags: Memo to the (Federation) File, UJC

Shelved: How A Borders Bookstore Linked the Economic Crisis with the “Israel Lobby” (and why I won’t shop there anymore)1 comment

scohen33 wrote 5 months ago: UPDATED 7/15/09:   As an update to the post below, I understand that the management of the local Bor … more →

Tags: Anti-Israel Bias and Anti-Semitism, Israel and Politics, Israel, Anti-Semitism, Books

Jewish Communal CEO Salaries: Did the Forward’s Coverage Take a Step Backwards?

scohen33 wrote 5 months ago: During these days when we are seeing how social media is fueling a Persian revolution in the Middle … more →

Tags: Other Writings, The Forward, jewish journalism, CEO Salaries

Itta Dozntmatter about Federation 2.0: A Response

scohen33 wrote 6 months ago: “As an essayist I don’t believe in the fiction of an anonymous observer. Rather than the sham … more →

Tags: Reflections, Federation 2.0, Building Community

(Not) Waiting for Godot: Five Steps Toward Federation 2.01 comment

scohen33 wrote 6 months ago: “ESTRAGON:  (giving up again).  Nothing to be done. VLADIMIR: (advancing with short, stiff strides, … more →

Tags: Memo to the (Federation) File, Federation 2.0, UJC

The Federation Movement is Dead; Long Live the Federation Movement 2 comments

scohen33 wrote 7 months ago: Perhaps one of the most frequently heard refrains regarding any existing organization, initiative or … more →

Tags: Reflections, Memo to the (Federation) File, UJC, Federation

The Art of Persuasion

curtiswlindsey wrote 8 months ago: John 19:1-15 ESV 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a cro … more →

Tags: Life of Christ, Pilate, John 19


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