Program Areas
Jewish Learning and Engagement
Substantive Jewish learning that contributes to greater engagement in Jewish living and/or deepened Jewish identity.
Substantive Jewish learning that contributes to greater engagement in Jewish living and/or deepened Jewish identity.
"Study is great because it leads to action."
-- Kiddushin 40b | תלמוד גדול שהתלמוד מביא לידי מעשה
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Enlivening and Enriching Jewish Community
Creating welcoming, meaningful, and engaging Jewish community.
Creating welcoming, meaningful, and engaging Jewish community.
Judaism, as a religious civilization, should include art, music, language, literature and philosophy, in addition to religious practices.
-- Mordechai Kaplan (paraphrase) “The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens.” -- Leviticus/Vayikra 19:34 | כאזרח מכם יהיה לכם הגר הגר אתכם |
Accelerating Effectiveness of Innovators in Jewish Life
Developing the effectiveness of innovators - people and organizations
Developing the effectiveness of innovators - people and organizations
“Do not only teach a person to fish, but seek to change the fishing industry.”
-- Anonymous, based on Maimonides Mishneh Torah, Laws of Gifts of the Poor |
Jewish Action for Tikkun Olam
1) Jews "repairing the world" for other peoples.
2) Pursuing social justice for underserved Ethiopian Israeli and Arab Israeli populations.
1) Jews "repairing the world" for other peoples.
2) Pursuing social justice for underserved Ethiopian Israeli and Arab Israeli populations.
"...And through you all the people of the earth will be blessed."
-- Genesis / Bereishit 12:3 "Justice, justice shall you pursue." -- Deuteronomy / Devarim 16:20 | ונברכו בך כל משפחת האדמה
צדק צדק תרדוף |
In addition to these program areas, the Foundation supports the local Jewish community of our hometown, Akron, Ohio.
The Foundation also supports basic Jewish needs through the Jewish Community Board of Akron (JCBA) and the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), which provide planning, collaboration, fiduciary oversight, and on-the-ground connectivity.
The Foundation also supports basic Jewish needs through the Jewish Community Board of Akron (JCBA) and the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), which provide planning, collaboration, fiduciary oversight, and on-the-ground connectivity.
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?”
-- Pirkei Avot 1:14 “If there is no flour sustenance), there is no Torah. If there is no Torah, there is no flour (sustenance).” -- Pirkei Avot 3:17 | אם אין אני לי מי לי
אם אין קמח אין תורה אם אין תורה אין קמח |
