Jim Joseph Foundation

Will you join us next week for a special summer learning session to learn how to create environments where neurodivergent individuals can thrive? 🗓️ Date: Thursday, August 20 ⏰ Time: 1 pm ET/10 am PT (60 minutes + optional 15-min Q&A) 💻 Location: Zoom Speakers: • Jennie Gates Beckman, Programs and Partnerships Manager, Matan Inc • Rabbi Amy Josefa Ariel, J.D., J.D., Founder, Merchav RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gn7a7RD7

This year, Prizmah turns 10, and we can’t wait to celebrate with the entire Prizmah Network! 🎉 Throughout this year-long celebration, we’ll reflect on all we have accomplished together over the past decade while creating a shared vision for the future of Jewish day schools and yeshivas. To the educators, school leaders, parents, students, funders, community members, partners, and countless others who strengthen Jewish day schools every day: thank you. Prizmah’s work is possible because of your dedication and support. We hope you’ll celebrate this milestone with us throughout the year, and join the culminating celebration at the Prizmah Conference, March 28–30 in Phoenix, Arizona! #10Years1Network

Strengthen your leadership and business management skills that help sustain the thriving Jewish communities you work in. Leading Within the System is a 3-part summer masterclass with accomplished business executive and entrepreneur, Jennifer Moses, for rabbis navigating new roles, transitions, and complex institutions. We’ll dig into the “work beneath the work” of the rabbinate - managing power dynamics, building strong lay partnerships, and connecting vision to financial sustainability through relational fundraising. Join one session or all three, and deepen the practical skills every rabbi needs to lead resilient communities. Register today at the link 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eVH_qfNW.

Introducing 🥁 ..... A brand new professional development experience! I have a deep love for all you rabbis, educators, chaplains, Hillel professionals, engagement professionals, administrators -- everyone who's work is helping others connect -- to Judaism, to prayer, to one another, to God, and to the profound themes of this season. I know what these weeks can feel like! They are filled with sermons and lesson plans, pastoral conversations and logistics, teaching and facilitation, hopes and expectations. As Jewish professionals we spend so much time preparing others that it can be hard to notice whether we ourselves have had the chance to return. But that is exactly what Elul asks of us. Before Rosh Hashanah celebrates the world being created anew, Elul invites us into our own process of creation. While creation can be about productivity or performance, it is also, and perhaps most profoundly, about a way of becoming more present, more open, more connected to what wants to emerge within us. For the past decade, I've watched the Jewish Studio Process open that possibility for thousands of people. Creativity has never been the "extra" in this work. It is the pathway. It helps us encounter Torah not only with our intellect, but with our whole selves. It's how we stay grounded in uncertainty, listen for what is unfolding, and to discover that leadership begins not with having all the answers, but with cultivating the capacity to meet what is here. That's why I'm so excited to share Creating Anew: An Elul Intensive for Jewish Professionals. While you will leave with fresh Torah, practical tools, and new ways of teaching and facilitating, ultimately, this Intensive is about preparing yourself. It's about feeling like ✨Your cup is overflowing rather than emptied. ✨ You are supported and grounded. ✨You are woven into a vibrant web of connection—to colleagues, to Jewish tradition, to the wisdom of those who came before us, and to the Divine. ✨ You are able to enter the New Year feeling more alive, spacious, and fully yourself. ✍ Registration is now open. Join us! https://lnkd.in/gxUkCK27

What does the future of Jewish education look like from the classroom? In a new eJewishPhilanthropy article, Rosov Consulting's Alex Pomson and Allison Magagnosc share early insights from the Growing Educators and Leaders Study (GELS), a longitudinal study conducted by Rosov Consulting in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation. The article offers a ground-level perspective on the realities educators face every day. As educators navigate the impact of October 7, AI, rising complexity, and growing emotional demands, the research asks an important question: What are educators being asked to carry, and what support do they need to keep making Jewish education possible? Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gsF4AcU9 #JewishEducation #EducationResearch #ProfessionalLearning #Leadership #JewishCommunalLife

Especially after October 7, countless educators in the Jewish community struggle to engage with the realities of the ongoing conflict, and wonder how to start a generative conversation about Israel. Navigating the nuance isn’t an easy task, which is why Spertus Institute is excited and honored to become the new home of Conflicts of Interest – a program designed to help Jewish educators and communal leaders engage more effectively with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As a more-than-century-old accredited institution of higher Jewish learning, Spertus has the deep expertise and understanding of Israel education and leadership development to build on this program’s successful foundation and expand its impact. Spertus plans to serve more educators, professionals, and leaders, while identifying additional audiences, topics, and delivery models to increase its reach and depth. This initiative speaks to the Spertus Institute’s important work in Israel learning and leadership. https://lnkd.in/g4SQXFND __ Jim Joseph Foundation Schusterman Family Philanthropies