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Written by Maya Bernstein
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Monday, 23 March 2009 |
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Two years ago, in an Op-Ed piece for the JTA, Ari Kelman spoke about a “wave of cultural and organizational creativity that American Jewry has not experienced since the early part of the 20th century.” Jewish American young adults, finding that existing institutions do not adequately address their diverse needs, have been creating new organizations of their own, reflective of their pluralistic, progressive values, marking a shift from location and function-based institutions, to action and mission-based organizations . This movement, Kelman writes “has been quietly gaining momentum for more than a decade.”
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Ester – A Jewish Social Entrepreneur? |
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Written by Maya Bernstein
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Thursday, 05 March 2009 |
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Purim
is here! The Jewish mardi-gras; a holiday of merry-making, costumes,
and, as stated in the Talmud, Tractate Megillah, page 7b, such
excessive drinking that one cannot distinguish between the good-guy,
Mordecai, and the bad-guy, Haman.
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