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Six New Yorkers Who Made the City a Better, Cooler, Fairer Place in 2023By Ginia Bellafante, featuring Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and Ruth Messinger, Global Ambassador for American Jewish World Service (The New York Times) December 29, 2023With donations surging into Israel aid, U.S. nonprofits pivot their fundraisingBy Jay Deitcher, quoting Reuben Rotman, president and CEO of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (eJewish Philanthropy) November 3, 2023Op-Ed: The shofar’s call to remember Mahsa AminiBy Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women (The Jerusalem Post) September 15, 2023Op-Ed: From avoidance to engagement: What I learned by bringing American Jewish social justice leaders to IsraelBy Abby Levine, executive director of the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable (eJewish Philanthropy) September 12, 2023Op-Ed: I led an antisemitism training for workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses. Here’s what I learnedBy Rabbi Margo Hughes-Robinson is the New York organizer for T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. (the Forward) September 7, 2023MAZON absorbs campus hunger group Nazun, which will go back to being ‘Challah for Hunger’By Esther D. Kustanowitz (eJewish Philanthropy) August 7, 2023Coming full circle, Mayyim Hayyim CEO returns to mikveh where she immersed to convertBy Esther D. Kustanowitz (eJewish Philanthropy) July 19, 2023Op-Ed: American Jews’ priorities are clear, so why don’t we see them?By Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder and CEO of Dayenu, and Abby J. Leibman, president & CEO of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (The Times of Israel) July 18, 2023Looking out to the wider world, Orthodox Union launches Rwanda relief missionBy Haley Cohen, quoting Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder & president of Uri L’Tzedek (eJewish Philanthropy) July 18, 2023Op-Ed: How Jewish educators can address the youth mental health crisisBy Rabbi Daniel Brenner, vice president – education for Moving Traditions (eJewish Philanthropy) July 13, 2023Op-Ed: The rabbinical question behind the climate questionBy Aiden Pink, rabbinical school climate organizing fellow for Dayenu (eJewish Philanthropy) July 12, 2023Op-Ed: Jews, Israel and antisemitism — Biden plan is a good startBy Audrey Sasson, executive director of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) (New York Daily News) July 9, 2023‘It’s all happening again’: 20 years after genocide in Darfur, ethnic violence returnsBy Gabby Deutch, quoting Ruth Messinger, Global Ambassador at American Jewish World Service (AJWS); Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism and; Serena Oberstein, CEO of Jewish World Watch (Jewish Insider)July 6, 2023Nearly 20 NYC yeshivas failed to provide education requirements, probe showsBy Nolan Hicks, quoting Beatrice Weber, executive director of Yaffed (Young Advocates for Fair Education) (New York Post) June 30, 2023Rallying the Jewish community for abortion accessBy Glenn Northern and Shira M. Zemel, co-directors of the the National Council of Jewish Women’s Jews for Abortion Access campaign (eJewish Philanthropy) June 27, 2023From Kabul to a Denver shul, HIAS program helps synagogues sponsor refugeesBy Jay Deitcher, quoting Mark Hetfield, president and CEO, and Isabel Burton, senior director of community engagement initiatives, both at HIAS (eJewish Philanthropy) June 26, 2023Fellowships look to facilitate, improve entry of Jews of color into communal leadership rolesBy Jay Deitcher, quoting Rabbi Becky Jaye, program manager for Emor, a Jewish think tank, at T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and April Baskin, the Roundtable's first director of racial justice (eJewish Philanthropy) June 19, 2023At White House Pride event, a sunny reprieve from a fog of antagonismBy Jesús Rodríguez, featuring Maharat Rori Picker-Neiss, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (The Washington Post) June 11, 2023Op-Ed: I Barely Escaped My Hasidic Community. To Do So, I Had To Leave 6 Of My Kids Behind.By Beatrice Weber, executive director of Yaffed (Young Advocates for Fair Education) (HuffPost) Jun 9, 2023Senser Foundation looks to help nonprofits stay up to date digitallyBy Jay Deitcher, quoting Meredith Jacobs, CEO of Jewish Women International (eJewish Philanthropy) June 7, 2023Biden plan to combat antisemitism demands reforms across the executive branch and beyondBy Ron Kampeas, quoting the joint statement issued by six local grassroots affiliates: Jews For Racial & Economic Justice, Jewish Community Action, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Detroit Jews for Justice, and Carolina Jews for Justice (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) May 25, 2023Op-Ed: If some synagogue schools are sinking ships, we’re coming with lifeboatsBy Shuli Karkowsky and Pamela Barkley, chief executive officer and vice president of program (respectively, at Moving Traditions (eJewish Philanthropy) May 12, 2023Slingshot Fund releases new ‘10 to Watch,’ with a focus on mental healthBy Judah Ari Gross, which includes JALSA’s Jews of Color Leadership and Engagement Initiative (eJewish Philanthropy) May 11, 2023Dallas conference teaches new approach to care for Holocaust survivors, elderly trauma victimsBy Jay Deitcher, quoting Reuben Rotman, president and CEO of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (eJewish Philanthropy) May 10, 2023Jewish Council for Public Affairs names Amy Spitalnick, who sued Charlottesville rally organizers, as its CEOBy Ron Kampeas, quoting Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, and Maharat Rori Picker-Neiss, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) May 8, 2023JCPA taps Amy Spitalnick to lead newly independent organizationBy Judah Ari Gross, quoting Maharat Rori Picker-Neiss, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (eJewish Philanthropy) May 9, 2023Jewish institutions awaken to climate crisis, with hundreds pledging actionBy Asaf Elia-Shalev quoting Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, founder and CEO of Dayenu, and Jakir Manela and Risa Alyson Cooper, CEO and chief climate officer (respectively) of Adamah (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) May 3, 2023Major new push to address ‘critical shortage’ of preschool teachers takes shapeBy Judah Ari Gross (eJewish Philanthropy) May 4, 2023Jewish environmental organizations help Jews cope with ‘climate anxietyBy Ruben Brosbe, quoting Rabbi Zelig Golden, executive director of Wilderness Torah, Madeline Canfield, organizing coordinator for the Jewish Youth Climate Movement, a project of Adamah, and Rabbi Laura Bellows, director of spiritual activism and education for Dayenu (eJewish Philanthropy) April 21, 2023From ecology to entrepreneurs, Leichtag Foundation is farming the Jewish futureBy Esther D. Kustanowitz, featuring Coastal Roots Farm (eJewish Philanthropy) April 14, 2023Some Jews keep a place empty at Seder tables for a jailed journalist in RussiaBy Nina Kravinsky, quoting Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder & president of Uri L’Tzedek (NPR, Morning Edition) April 5, 2023Op-Ed: To end child marriage, we must weed out its root causesBy Rabbi Elizabeth Richman, associate director for Jewish engagement and advocacy, and Sarah Green, senior policy advisor for sexual health and rights, both at American Jewish World Service (AJWS) (eJewish Philanthropy) March 29, 2023The battle for Jewish hearts and minds returns to the printed pageBy Andrew Silow-Carroll, quoting Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson, who as director of Emor, T’ruah’s affiliated think tank (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) March 26, 2023Op-Ed: Greater than the sum of its parts: How two different organizations came together on LGBTQ+ and disability inclusionBy Gateways and Keshet staff and mentioning Eshel (eJewish Philanthropy) March 27, 2023Op-Ed: Congress must pass proposed federal program for kidney donors!By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, founder & president of Uri L’Tzedek (The Times of Israel) February 28, 2023Boston’s groundbreaking community mikveh is closed after burst pipe causes damageBy Jackie Hajdenberg (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) February 15, 2023Op-Ed: Rethinking the Jewish community relations propositionBy Steven Windmueller (eJewish Philanthropy) February 13, 2023Op-Ed: Roots on routes: Connecting ancestral migration stories to modern movementBy Analucía Lopezrevoredo, founder & executive director of Jewtina y Co., and Eddie Chavez Calderon, campaign director at Uri L’Tzedek (The Jerusalem Post) February 5, 2023UpStart and Giving Group Community boost initiatives in new collaborationBy Esther D. Kustanowitz, featuring Mayyim Hayyim (eJewish Philanthropy) January 3, 2023