By Ayelet Kalfus The night started with song. The words of Shehecheyanu, the Jewish blessing for gratitude at experiencing something new, washed over the crowd as Naomi Less sang: “Blessed are You who has enabled us to reach this moment.” We weren’t singing in...
By Yocheved SidofLast week, I was invited to serve as a facilitator of conversation at a monumental event celebrating female social entrepreneurship in the Jewish community: Change: Powered by Women, Inspired by Jewish Values hosted by the Jewish Women’s Foundation of...
JOFA Blog BY ALIZA LIFSHITZ“I was told it was part of the job.”These words, repeated over and over again, haunted accounts of harassment, assault, and abuse in Jewish communal organizations, leaving the room of over 250 Jewish professionals horrified and...
Town Hall Meeting Puts Spotlight On Harassment By Shira HanauThey were survivors of a different kind.One by one, eight Jewish men and women stepped to the microphone last Thursday night at UJA-Federation of New York’s headquarters in Midtown and read anonymous stories...
