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In conjunction with Unity Day and in memory of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, we will be holding a videoconference call with Rabbi Shai Held (bio below), to enable our alumni, fellows and members, from Israel to California and beyond, to come together online in the spirit of the day.  The session will be 36 minutes long, so even the busiest people in our network can deepen their learning.

The Wexner Foundation is pleased to offer a videoconference with WGF alum (Class 3) Yosef Abramowitz and WIF alum Shuli Nezer (Class 20) on the recent Paris Climate Conference (COP21). The call will be facilitated by Angie Atkins, Director, Wexner Heritage Alumni, and will be open to your questions and comments. It will be exclusively accessible to members of the Wexner network. We will start with the following questions and

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Moshe Elad, alum of the WIF (Class 6), on his recent publishing, Core Issues of the Israeli Palestinian Dispute. (Haifa: Pardes Publishers, 2014). Jonathan Gribetz, alum of the WGF (Class 16), on the release of his new book, Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter.(Princeton University Press).   Dalit Horn, alum of the WGF (Class 25), on joining Shalom Hartman Institute as Director of Program Administration.  Matt Reingold,

Pictured: Larry Moses, Senior Philanthropic Advisor and President Emeritus of The Wexner Foundation, was honored by the Jewish Communal Service Association at the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2013 General Assembly in Jerusalem.  Larry Moses was honored with the Mandelkorn Distinguished Service Award, which annually recognizes significant and sustained contributions by professional leaders in the Jewish Community to Jewish community organizational life.  The award is named for Ben Mandelkorn, founding

The Wexner Foundation is pleased to announce that it has just accepted its second cohort of Columbus Jewish teenagers to the Wexner Service Corps (WSC).  The second cohort includes 10 members from the inaugural cohort, who will participate in a Senior Leadership Cohort of the WSC, joining 25 additional new members.  The new members of the second cohort will be juniors or seniors in the 2014-2015 academic year and represent

IN MEMORIAM: Our deepest condolences to the Rifkind family on the death of David Rifkind, WHP Alum (Los Angeles 2).  CONGRATULATIONS TO: Rafi Cashman, WGF Alum (Class 22), on becoming Head of School at Netivot HaTorah Day School. Zev Eleff, WGF Alum (Class 22), on being a 2016 National Jewish Book Council Award finalist for his book, Who Rules the Synagogue?: Religious Authority and the Formation of American Judaism. Fran

  צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף–לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ    אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ    Justice, justice shall you pursue, in order that you may live and inherit the land which Adonai your God has given you. —  Deuteronomy 16:20   “The destiny of the Jewish people is in our hands.  The premise is pretty simple.  The big ‘what,’ our destiny, our purpose, collectively, is Tikun Olam.  We are here because we

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Foundation Partner Alisa Doctoroff on being named to the 2015 Forward 50. Vicky Glikin, WGF Alum (Class 22), on her appointment as Senior Cantor of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, TX.  Jennifer Gorovitz, WHP Alum (San Francisco 06), on joining the New Israel Fund as Vice President for Operations and Administration. Jamie Hackel Hyams, WHP Alum (San Francisco Pro), on joining the Hebrew Free Loan of San Francisco as Director of

CORE18 Leaders Lab, a new and exclusive social entrepreneurial boot camp for Jewish leaders ages 19-25, is being co- chaired by  actor Mayim Bialik, of The Big Bang Theory, UK Chief Rabbi Emeritus Lord Jonathan Sacks, and Dr. Tal ben-Shahar, who taught Harvard’s hugely popular course “Positive Psychology and Leadership.”       CORE18 gives young Jewish leaders a platform to build themselves, their ideas and their communities through a high-powered

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Udi Adiri, an alumnus of The WIF (Class 24), on his promotion to Deputy Head of the Budget Department in the Israeli Ministry of Finance. Warren Bass, an alumnus of The WGF (Class 8), on his new position as Senior Editor at The Wall Street Journal. Shani Bechhofer, an alumna of The WGF (Class 3), and her husband, Yosef, on the engagement of their son, Daniel Yerucham, to