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Jul 8, 2018, 2:59 PM

Reflections From The 2018 ROI Summit

(1) Throughout my professional journey in the past decade, moving from non-profits to Government, to private sector, from working with start-ups and entrepreneurs to large corporations, then back to “start-up land”, and above all – building my own business —...

Carol Silver Elliott

Jun 29, 2018, 6:41 AM

Achievement at Any Age

I never cease to be amazed by the elders with whom we work. I am amazed by their stories, by their wisdom, by their energy and by the way they face challenges, both physical and emotional. Of course, not...

Jun 27, 2018, 3:01 PM

Sodom outlawed immigrants too

Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Ben Sales/JTA)

The US should look out -- a country that closes its doors to those seeking refuge inevitably destroys itself

Jun 21, 2018, 10:55 PM

From Hacky Sacks to Kippot: On the Importance of Always Thinking Mitzvahs

How did it happen that 50+ indigenous Mayan women in Guatemala are producing Fair Trade hundreds, thousands of colorful kippot (and some Tallitot and challah covers)? I have traveled four times with Maya Works (mayaworks.org) to see them with my...

Zachary Schrieber

Jun 20, 2018, 3:59 AM

The OU's lack of financial transparency

Illustrative: Director of the Orthodox Union's Advocacy Center Nathan Diament speaks at a press conference on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, July 16, 2014. (Courtesy)

As the Orthodox Union expands its role, it must make crystal clear that all its dealings are kosher

Elana Bekerman Frank

Jun 20, 2018, 12:11 AM

The other half: Male infertility

The Jewish Fertility Foundation helps provide funding for fertility treatments and emotional support to individuals and couples experiencing infertility. Some ways we offer support are through support groups led by licensed infertility therapists, the Fertility Buddies peer-to-peer mentorship program...

Jun 11, 2018, 3:48 PM

A fighting chance for refugee children

Here's how Afghan children in Greece got a lesson in tolerance and perseverance from an Australian Israeli

Assaf Luxembourg

Jun 8, 2018, 8:04 AM

Your Shared Zone

Throughout my professional journey in the past decade, moving from non-profits to Government, to private sector, from working with start-ups and entrepreneurs to large corporations, then back to "start-up land", and above all - building my own business -- I...

Jun 8, 2018, 12:21 AM

Dig Deep And Get Involved

“Support” is a word that has taken on various meanings recently. People say they support the president, or the army, or seemingly any political movement on any side of the equation. But I’ve found that this support does not...

Stephen M. Flatow

Jun 6, 2018, 8:26 PM

Those rocks do kill

Palestinian demonstrators use slingshots to hurl rocks at Israeli forces during clashes along the border with the Gaza Strip east of Khan Younis on May 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

US Jewry can work to diminish the projectiles' harm, starting with an investigation of Palestinian rock-throwers

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