Leah Fuhr, who in recent years helped Ahavath Achim Synagogue build its programming for young adults while serving on the local boards of the New Israel Fund, J Street and American Jewish World Service, spent the largest chunk of her time this year working on Jon Ossoff’s congressional campaign as the political affairs manager. She …
Read MoreStanley and Marion Bergman are impacting the healthcare industry from two different angles. Stanley is chairman of the board and CEO of Henry Schein Inc.––the world’s largest provider of healthcare products––while his wife, Marion, practiced pulmonary medicine and critical care for more than three decades.
Read MoreOver 140 Jewish organizational leaders signed a letter encouraging Jewish institutions across the U.S. to support the goals of the Paris climate accord. “We call upon all Jewish federations, JCCs, synagogues, camps, day schools, Jewish organizations, leaders, businesses, and community members to identify ways in which we, the organized and powerful American Jewish community, can and must …
Read MoreJordan Namerow confesses that she was one of those rare kids who enjoyed Hebrew school. Namerow, who grew up in northern New Jersey, has parlayed her early affinity for Jewish education into a thriving career as a Jewish professional. Over the years, she has developed an impressive resume that has most recently earned her a Schusterman Fellowship, …
Read More“Neither war nor peace.” It is in these terms that the Casamancais describe the conflict that has long shaken this region of southern Senegal. With the lull of recent years, they hope to finally return to a lasting peace and economic development.
Read MoreMexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women Forbes 2017 contribute to improving the lives of those around them. They positively impact through actions and projects. They are also a source of inspiration for breaking any glass or concrete roof. They are the sign that gender is not an impediment to conquer any goal traced. What does represent a real obstacle to professional and …
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, I was in Haiti visiting AJWS’s grantee partner Kouraj, which is the Creole word for “courage.” What an apt name for an organization led by courageous activists who are fighting for a very simple human right that still eludes people in more than 70 countries around the world. That right is the …
Read MoreRetired Stanford computer science professor Terry Winograd is known as much for what he’s done as whom he’s taught. A renowned expert on artificial intelligence long before AI became sexy in the corner office, Winograd advised Larry Page on his graduate research at Stanford. Page repaid his teacher by asking him to advise Google, for which …
Read MoreMost of us, if not all of us, want to do the right thing in this life. But the hard truth that many activists and citizens must learn is that doing the right thing looks different to different people. Even people on the same side of the political spectrum who oppose the same politician can …
Read MoreClimates shape identity. The harsh Minnesota winters and high-altitude Colorado summers of my youth, the heat of my college semester in West Africa, and the transitions from season to season in my current home in Westchester each played a role forming my identity.
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