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Your Daily Phil: Jewish security spending topped $1 billion in 2025, JFNA finds
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (1632+ words) Ed. note: In celebration of Labor Day, the next edition of Your Daily Phil will arrive on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Today’s Your Daily Phil was curated by eJP Opinion Editor Rachel Kohn and Israel Editor Justin Hayet. Have a tip? Email…...
If we want Holocaust education to fight antisemitism today, we must invest in teachers
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (665+ words) eJewishPhilanthropy If we want Holocaust education to fight antisemitism today, we must invest in teachers Meaningful Holocaust education depends on sustained investments in teachers, communities and professional networks. As students return to school, educators across the country face the grave…...
When all else fails: Filling a gaping hole in our communal security strategy
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (764+ words) In spite of best efforts, the last line of defense against an anti/semitic act of violence may be you or me. Time to get ourselves prepared. As the executive director of a New York City synagogue, the assault at…...
Why this two-time GW alum never hesitated to stand up for the university’s Jewish students
1+ week, 3+ day ago (160+ words) When I walked across George Washington University’s campus as an undergraduate more than 20 years ago, I never questioned whether it was a safe place to be openly Jewish. Judaism wasn’t something I felt I had to defend or hide. Bust…...
I’m not jumping for ‘Jewish joy.’ Here’s why.
2+ week, 2+ day ago (291+ words) As a concept and as an experience, Jewish joy is valuable. However, in too many instances, Jewish joy has become both the dominant goal and tool through which we build Jewish life. This unintentionally narrows what Judaism is, who it…...
Carrying the broken tablets: Jewish education in a fractured moment
2+ week, 3+ day ago (838+ words) Educational settings are among the most important places to teach the next generation how to move beyond binaries and think more deeply. They allow us to help students stay in the conversation even when it’s challenging, and to cultivate a…...
Why Camp Lavi means so much to this Modern Orthodox community
2+ week, 3+ day ago (707+ words) Camp Lavi campers raise funds to help launch the new nonprofit under the current director. Rabbi Joshua Lookstein is a glass-half-full type of person, but this summer his optimism is being tested. Lookstein’s first question was whether Camp Lavi would…...
Ruderman, Project Shema team up to boost awareness of antisemitism’s impact on mental health on campus
2+ week, 3+ day ago (349+ words) An ‘educate, don’t shame,’ approach will be central to the program’s philosophy Kara Wilson presenting at June's SRE Network Convening in Manhattan. In their first partnership, the Ruderman Family Foundation and antisemitism education nonprofit Project Shema are teaming up to…...
Facade or foundation: Examining the ‘Jewish’ in our Jewish organizations
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (191+ words) We should look honestly at the places where our Jewish identity has become decorative rather than foundational. I’ve been sitting with one such acronym that comes from Rabbi Natan Nata Shapira, a Polish rabbi and early kabbalist writing in the…...
The power of Hebrew immersion
3+ week, 1+ day ago (321+ words) How a Hebrew immersion program at one Ramah day camp in New York has shaped Hebrew education at camps around the country. "Yom Yisrael" (Israel Day) at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack (N.Y.). In this moment, Dor did exactly what he…...