NewsWelcome to The Samuel Bronfman Foundation press room. Here you’ll find links to recent press releases and media coverage about the foundation and our grantees.
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| 10-16-11 YEARNING FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE? LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENTS Civility has had a bad run of luck lately. That students have become society's voice of reason bodes well for the future of civil discourse, but it hardly guarantees it. So here are three nonpolitical, fairly budget-neutral ways to keep today's deliberative and inclusive twenty-somethings from becoming tomorrow's dogmatic, intransigent thirty-somethings. Read More |
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10-07-11 BRINGING OURSELVES TO THE WATER ON YOM KIPPUR As we come upon Yom Kippur, we ask ourselves hard questions: how have we failed others? How have we failed ourselves? How have we been insufficient in repairing the world? There is always something to learn, a new way of looking at an old problem. We are reminded every Yom Kippur that change is always possible Read More |
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06-22-11 WITH CELEBS AND MONEY, LIMMUD FSU BENDS THE RULES TO WIN With more than $1 million in funding and with conferences in Israel, America, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and, soon, Moldova, Limmud FSU may have achieved the impossible: a way of making Jewishness attractive to young Russian-speaking Jews around the world. Read More |
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06-21-11 HILLEL ISRAEL CELEBRATES WITH HILLELUYA Hillel Israel held its first Hilleluya gala this past Monday evening in Tel Aviv. The event was a public celebration of Hillel activities in Israel. During the evening Hillel Israel honored outgoing CEO Rabbi Yossie Goldman for 25 years of dedicated service, and granted, for the first time, the Hillel Israel Award for contribution in leading Jewish renewal across Israel. Read More |
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06-21-11 FIRST ANNUAL 'HILLELUYAH' CELEBRATES JEWISH RENEWAL Professionals and students from across Israel, and around the world, gathered in Tel Aviv on Monday night for the first annual "Hilleluyah," to celebrate the work of Hillel Israel, the Israeli division of the world's largest Jewish campus organization. Read More |
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06-14-11 REPORT: JEWISH STARTUP SECTOR RESILIENT Although Jewish startup organizations may themselves be small, a new report presented at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles on June 6 says that the Jewish startup sector attracts nearly $200 million in funding every year and, as a whole, is strong and growing. Read More |
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06-07-11 SHALOM HARTMAN INSTITUTE SCHOLARS TEACH AT SAMUEL BRONFMAN FOUNDATION Shalom Hartman Institute scholars made several presentations at the May 2011 "Why Be Jewish Gathering" sponsored by the Samuel Bronfman Foundation in New York City. The Foundation partnered with Shalom Hartman Institute of North America to facilitate conversations and text study sessions on the theme of Nationhood, Peoplehood and the Question of Collective Identity. Read More |
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