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JESNA's 30th anniversary (2011) annual report. newly updated April 2012.
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Innovation and TransformationFrom Generation to Generation
30th Anniversary Annual Report 2011
www.jesna.orgJewish Education Service of North America
JESNA’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report Berman Center for Research & Evaluationii
Office of the Executive
Donald Sylvan, Ph.D. President
Kate Lutzner, J.D.Assistant to the President and Office Manager
Lippman Kanfer Institute
Jonathan Woocher, Ph.D. Chief Ideas Officer Director, Lippman Kanfer Institute
Reyzl GeselowitzAcademic Year Intern
The Berman Center for Research and Evaluation
Renae Cohen, Ph.D. Director, Berman Center for Research and Evaluation
Shira Rosenblatt, Ph.D. Associate Director
Lauren Raff, M.P.H. Senior Project Manager
Miri Rozenek, M.A. Research Associate
Learnings and Consultation Center
Leora Isaacs, Ph.D. Vice President, Programs and Organizational Learning
Director, Learnings and Consultation Center
Steven Kraus, M.A. Education Consultant
Devorah Silverman, M.S.W., M.A. Education Consultant
Jenny Aisenberg, M.A.Knowledge Development Manager
Dena Wachtel Stein, M.A.Project Manager
Hannah PosenLCC Academic Year Intern
Institutional Advancement
Ellen Goldstein Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Rika Levin-Reisman, M.B.A.Chief Marketing Officer
Violet LuccaWebmaster
Finance
Ralia WagnerChief Financial Officer
Olga Avezbakiev Accounting Assistant
Milana Isakova Accounting Assistant
Office Management
Shavon Hicks Operations Department Assistant
Israel Office
David Resnick, Ph.D. Director, Israel Office
ChairCass Gottlieb
Honorary ChairMandell L. Berman
Vice ChairsSandra O. Gold, Ed.D.
Gary Gross
Searle Mitnick
Carol Robbins
Philip Schatten
Howard M. Wilchins
SecretaryCarol Brennglass Spinner
Assistant SecretaryEllen Kagen Waghelstein
TreasurerFred Claar
Assistant TreasurerSaby Behar
Board MembersAnn Berman
Jeffrey Corbin
Seymour Epstein
Beverly Bloom Fellman
David Fishman
Edward Frim
Amy Kaufman Goott
Dr. Gil Graff
Dr. Maury Hoberman
Rabbi Idit Jacques
Temma Kingsley
Shelley Kreiger
Dr. Richard Krugel
Patty Mason
Cheryl Moore
Cynthia Morin
Jo-Ann Price
Charles Ratner
Michael Rosenzweig
Robert H. Sachs
Marty Scheck
Kyla Epstein Schneider
Elaine Schreiber
Stephen Seiden
Robert Sherman
Gary Shiffman
Shirley Solomon
Dr. Blanche Sosland
Eve Kresin Steinberg
Gail Weinstein
Arnee R. Winshall
Dr. Lois J. Zachary
Ex OfficioDonald A. Sylvan, Ph.D.
Life MembersRobert Arnow
Helene Berger
Arthur Brody
Billie Gold
Neil Greenbaum
Joseph Kanfer
Mark Lainer
Mark E. Schlussel
David Steirman
Diane Troderman
Bennett Yanowitz, Esq. z”l
Staff Members (as of December 2011)
Board Members (as of December 2011)
Learnings & Consultation Center | Lippman Kanfer Institute 2011 | www.jesna.org1
When JESNA was created, its founders knew that Jewish
education needed a national agency both to lead and to
serve the best interests of the communities that comprise
our national system. Today, those roles remain central to
our mission, but our understanding of how best to fulfill
them has evolved and grown. In fact, for the last two
years, we at JESNA have been imagining a future marked
by innovation and change even as we have been expanding
our own portfolio of change initiatives.
As we prepared to celebrate our 30th anniversary this past
year, we knew that we would need to create a new Mission
Statement (printed in its entirety on the back cover of
this Annual Report) that demonstrated the breadth of
our ambitions for Jewish education, and the core beliefs
that underlie all of our work. As you will see in the pages
that follow, the ideas embodied in our newly-ratified
statement do indeed guide our endeavors every day.
We started by examining what truly is at the root of
our passionate commitment to Jewish education. It
is not enough to be satisfied with imparting facts or
treating Jewish education as an insurance policy against
intermarriage and assimilation. The richness and beauty
of Jewish tradition and history should infuse our lives with
purpose and meaning. We at JESNA seek to transform
and strengthen Jewish education so that it can fulfill
those needs for learners of every age and stage of life.
We understand that nothing less than transformation of
Jewish education is necessary to meet the challenges that
face North American Jews living in a diverse and open
society.
In order to accomplish our mission, we have always worked
with educational, communal, and philanthropic leaders
and social entrepreneurs from across the spectrum of
ideologies and settings. These alliances and partnerships
multiply many times the impact of our efforts and allow us
to focus our resources on the areas in which we excel—as
thought leaders and advocates, as evaluators and guides,
as capacity-builders, and as champions of innovation.
JESNA has been blessed over the past thirty years with
both lay and professional leaders of great foresight
and imagination, and we were so grateful to have an
opportunity to honor some of them this past June at
a gala celebration, highlighted by the announcement
of a new "Fund for the Future" at JESNA launched with
the support of our honorees and their families. We look
forward to working with them and with all of you in 2012
and beyond to fulfill the promise of that future for Jewish
education.
On Behalf of Our Leadership
Cass Gottlieb, Chair Don Sylvan, President
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
Emma Goldman
JESNA’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report Berman Center for Research & Evaluation2
Shaping the “continental conversation” about Jewish education’s future
JESNA’s commitment to transforming Jewish education
is driven by a vision of a vibrant Jewish future. In a world
where old models are no longer sufficient to maintain
even the status quo, we see the potential to nurture
a community of passionate, lifelong Jewish learners
through new frameworks of more entrepreneurial and
collaborative Jewish education.
But transformation can’t begin without earnest and
enthusiastic conversation among educators, institutional
leaders, innovators, learners, families, and funders.
Catalyzing, informing, shaping, and creating spaces for
a “continental conversation” about Jewish education’s
future is central to our work. Over the past year, JESNA
has fostered this evolving discussion in person and online
with:
• paradigm changing events like the Jewish
Futures Conference; ;
• global online networks, like the Jewish Education
Change Network, which has over 800 members;
• the Lainer-Masa Fellowship (co-sponsored by Masa
Israel) and Enriching LIFE (sponsored by the Covenant
Foundation) programs, which connect talented
young educators with each other and mentors;
• ongoing collaborative planning and visioning
for change with the chief Jewish education
officers from dozens of communities (ADCA);
• monthly dynamic presentations and
discussions via webinars and at national and
local gatherings around North America;
• an ongoing flow of articles, op-eds, blog posts,
and Twitter feeds that highlight new issues,
challenges, opportunities, and models for ensuring
that Jewish learning is engaging, inspiring, and
impactful for a new generation of Jews.
Education is the movement from darkness to light.Allan Bloom
Learnings & Consultation Center | Lippman Kanfer Institute 2011 | www.jesna.org3
Our dedication to continuing this conversation in 2012
involves expanding the Jewish Futures Conferences (in
collaboration with our partners at the Jewish Education
Project), helping launch a new network of central
agencies and program innovators to accelerate change
in complementary education, and inaugurating the first
national effort to empower parents to become active co-
creators of the educational opportunities and experiences
their families seek. ❚
Build capacity and empower practitioners in the field
People-power is the engine for inspiring learners of
all ages in their lifelong Jewish journeys. JESNA helps
educators grow at every stage in their careers.
JESNA and Masa Israel’s Lainer-Masa Fellowship leverages
the profound impact of semester abroad programs on
young Jewish adults. During their time in Israel, Fellows
are exposed to new perspectives on Jewish and Israel
education while simultaneously honing their leadership
skills. Over the past 19 years, more than 60% of the 800+
program alumni have brought their passion and expertise
to the field as Jewish professionals and educators. This
year, JESNA and the Covenant Foundation expanded the
experience with the Enriching LIFE program, which pairs a
cohort of early career Lainer-Masa alumni with educational
luminaries and fellow alums to support innovation in their
professional settings.
The Alliance for Continuing Rabbinic Education (ACRE)
advances the ongoing professional development of
rabbis across the spectrum of faith, stimulating new and
best practices among its members. Similarly, the North
American Association of Community and Congregational
Hebrew High Schools (NAACCHHS) both supports
and challenges educational leaders to devise and
employ technology, the arts, learning by doing, on-site
experiential learning and other innovative approaches
to engage teens in 50 schools across the country. And
the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Awards honor and provide
stipends to Jewish educational leaders, while also offering
networking and professional development opportunities
through top-flight webinars and a community of practice.
Looking ahead, JESNA is set to launch Teach It Forward,
which will train, support and provide college-age camp
counselors with placements that apply the experiential
education techniques they develop during the summer in
year-round settings.
In addition, JESNA's Berman Center is responsive to
the realities of a changed economic climate, where
expectations for accountability have increased while
budgets have decreased. JESNA's Berman Center has
expertise and experience working with practitioners
and organizational leaders to help them build their skills
in evaluative thinking and methodologies. These skills
become crucial as practitioners often need to weave
evaluative thinking into their proposals, programs, and
assessments. With guidance from the Berman Center,
practitioners gain confidence and skills to use evaluative
thinking and evaluations into their important work in
the field. ❚
Information cannot replace education.Earl Kiole
JESNA’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report Berman Center for Research & Evaluation4
Provide evaluation, guidance, and hands-on support to leaders committed to productive change and advancement
Innovation also requires accountability and empirically
measuring impact. Evaluation allows leaders to create
meaningful change, as well as build their skills in evaluative
thinking and methodologies. As a trailblazer in the field of
program evaluation, JESNA’s Berman Center for Research
and Evaluation in Jewish Education has evaluated scores of
programs in the Jewish communal and educational sectors
since 1992.
These evaluations helped to strengthen innovative
programs, including those that provide online, interactive
platforms for student engagement; those that bring
together previously isolated professionals to learn, share,
and grow together through communities of practice;
those that incorporate the arts into programming in
schools; and, those that develop collaborations across
different institutions in communities to foster meaningful
Jewish experiences.
In 2011, Berman Center clients were program providers,
funders, central agencies for Jewish education, and
Jewish Federations that included:
• The Covenant Foundation
• Torah Umesorah
• Bureau of Jewish Education (BJE) of Greater Los Angeles
• The Schusterman Rabbinic Fellowship Program
• Jewish Education Center of Cleveland (JECC)
• Partnership for Effective Learning and
Innovative Education (PELIE)
• Interfaith Family (Chicago)
• Federation CJA: West Island Jewish Family Learning Centre
• AJU - Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI)
• UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
• The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.Albert Einstein
Learnings & Consultation Center | Lippman Kanfer Institute 2011 | www.jesna.org5
However, our commitment to building community capacity
doesn’t stop there. JESNA helped launch the WOW!
Project and Yachad, two community-based initiatives
in Columbus and Minneapolis by evaluating how well
existing educational opportunities in these communities
met the needs of the full range of populations they
sought to serve. Through the “family” of WOW! projects,
JESNA is enabling cities in Canada as well as both coasts
of the United States to engage greater numbers of
children, teens and families in satisfying and impactful
complementary educational experiences by enhancing
what exists and expanding the range of program options
to meet the needs of 21st century Jewish learners.
The Lippman Kanfer Institute is working with the United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and all arms of
the movement’s leadership as they seek to redesign
Conservative Jewish learning to engage greater numbers
with greater impact by making it more learner-centered
and better integrated across a variety of communities and
educational settings. ❚
I chose the Berman Center because of its specific
experience in evaluation in educational settings from
an objective perspective. The way they modeled the
exercises on the actual work of the professionals
meant the staff walked away with something they
could use immediately. Our experience with the
Berman Center was a good investment.
Executive Director, The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life
We knew that JESNA did good work with evaluation,
and we selected them as our evaluators because the
team demonstrated its understanding of the program
and our needs. I loved working with the lead Berman
Center staff person. She is responsive, knows what
she is doing, and we have a nice rapport. She knows
that we are meticulous on our end -- she is patient
with us, which is wonderful too. The final product
showed that they knew where we were coming from.
Project Manager, large Jewish nonprofit organization
JESNA’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report Berman Center for Research & Evaluation6
• Don Abramson
• ACRE
• American Jewish
World Service
• Dr. Saul Andron
• Anonymous
• Harlene Appelman
• Rabbi Justus Baird
• Joanna Ballantine
• Matt Bar, Bible Raps
• Jayne and Harvey Beker
• Helene Berger
• Howard L. Berman
• Sara Berman
• Elise Bernhardt
• BJE Los Angeles
• Joanne Blauer
• Joni Blinderman
• Karen Bloom
• Larry Boxt
• Lorraine Braun
• Thomas Braunstein
• Jane and Arthur Brody
• Samuel Bronfman
Foundation
• Hon. Sherrod Brown
• Nina Bruder
• Jason Brzoska
• Rachel Brumberg
• The Charles and
Lynn Schusterman
Family Foundation
• The Charles E. Smith
Jewish Day School
• Joyce and Fred Claar
• Sarah Clarkson
• Elaine Cohen
• Michele and Marty Cohen
• Cheryl Cook
• Faith and Jonathan Cookler
• Rhea Coskey
• Marion Dienstag
• Meredith Dragon
• Joshua Elkin
• Claire and David Ellman
• Dr. Seymour Epstein
• Eli Faber
• Helen and Ian Fagan
• Lisa Lainer-Fagan
and Brian Fagan
• Elana and Avi Feder
• Ron and Jacqueline
Ann Feder
• Irwin S. Field
• Jeremy Fingerman
• Renee and Steven Finn
• David Fishman
• Jewish Community
Foundation of Los Angeles
• Erica Frederick
• Sheila and Bob Friedland
• Deb Friedman
• Jean and Jerry Friedman
• Wayne L. Firestone, Hillel
• Elaine and Murray Galinson
• Brenda and Samuel Gewurz
• Judy and David Gitlin
• GOJO Industries
• Sandra and Arnold Gold
• Billie and Martin Gold
• Scott Goldberg
• Idana Goldberg
• Judith Gold Bloom
• Paula and Jerry Gottesman
• Cass and Sheldon Gottlieb
• Dr. Gil Graff
• Richard Gray
• Blu and Yitz Greenberg
• Harold Grinspoon
Foundation
• Cari and Gary Gross
• Rochelle and Harley Gross
• Barbara and Steve
Grossman
• Regina Grossman
• Dr. Sharon Guten
• Hazon
• Ilona, Keith and
Gary Himmel
• Udi and Yakov Horowitz
• Ada and Jim Horwich
• Dr. James Hyman
• Lisa and Nammie Ichilov
• Ilan Ramon Day School
• InterfaithFamily.com
• Andrea Jacobs
• JDub Records and
Jewcy.com
• Jewish Community
Board of Akron
• The Jewish Education
Project
• Chancellor Arnold Eisen
and Dr. Adriane Leveen
• The Jim Joseph Foundation
• Elana Joffe and Mike Cohen
• Dr. Helene Kalson
Cohen and Tim Cohen
• Martin Kaminer
• Janette Kanfer
• Jaron Kanfer
• Pam and Joe Kanfer
• Rabbi Jan Katzew
• Ketti Kanfer Zigdon
• Mamie Kanfer Stewart
and Justin Stewart
• Marcella Kanfer Rolnick
and Josh Rolnick
• Tobee and Leonard Kaplan
• Rabbi Amy Katz
• Keshet
• Sue Klein
• Iris Koller
• Alissa and Steve Korn
• Marc Kramer
• Shelley and Michael Kreiger
• Jeffery Kress
• Cynthia Lagdameo
• Eric Lagdameo
• Alice and Nahum Lainer
• Ellie and Mark Lainer
• Lee and Luis Lainer
• Lynne and Jeff Lainer
• Natasha Lainer
• Steven Lainer
• Sheila Lambert
• Rose and Morton Landowne
• Lasko Family Foundation
Thank you! 30th Anniversary Gala
Learnings & Consultation Center | Lippman Kanfer Institute 2011 | www.jesna.org7
• Lasko Joint Investments
• Laura and Gary Lauder
• Rabbi Marion Lev-
Cohen and Prof. Steven
M. Lev-Cohen
• Caren Levine and
Don Argintar
• Rabbi Joy Levitt
• Renanit Levy
• Mandel Center for Studies
in Jewish Education,
Brandeis University
• Anya Manning
• Heather Martin
• Deborah and Searle Mitnick
• Rachel Mohl Abrahams
• Cheryl Moore
• Cynthia Morin
• Selina Morris
• Alyssa Mucci
• Jim Mulroy
• Richard E. Neal
• New Community
Jewish High School
• Ophardt Hygiene:
Ruth Ophardt
• Wendy Paler
• PEJE
• PELIE
• Nitzan Pelman
• Sydney Perry
• Dr. Deborah Kaplan Polivy
• Bruce Powell
• Yossi Prager
• Jo-Ann and Michael Price
• Project Kesher
• Audrey and Albert Ratner
• Ilana Horowitz Ratner
and Charles Ratner
• RAVSAK
• Morris Reifman
• Toby Reifman
• Tamar Remz
• Janice and Benjamin Reznik
• Adele and Herbert
Reznikoff
• Helen and David Rifkind
• Peggy and Ed Robin
• Carol and David Robbins
• Bill Robinson
• Linda and Al Rosenblatt
• Ben and Esther
Rosenbloom Foundation
• Dr. Wendy J. Rosov
• Heather Saracheck
• Joseph Saracheck
• Cheryl Fishbein and
Philip Schatten
• Hili and Marty Scheck
• Elaine S. and Saul Schrieber
• Peggy and Murray Schwartz
• Wendy and Jeffrey Schwarz
• Susan Sherr Seitz
and Brett Seitz
• Shaker Auto Lease, Inc.
• Steve Shaw
• Susan and Scott Shay
• Robert Sherman
• Mark Silk
• Gerrald Silverman
• Jerry Silverman
• Arlene and Norm Silvers
• Carla Singer
• Jane Slotin
• Carol and Irv Smokler
• Tony Snider-Kortleve
• Allen M. Soden
• David Sokol
• Shirley and Allan Solomon
• Samuel and Helene
Soref Foundation
• Neil and Blanche
Sosland Foundation
• Carol and Art Spinner
• Eve Kresin Steinberg
• Anne and David Steirman
• Sterling National Bank
• Debbie and Jeff Swartz
• Anne and Don Sylvan
• Adam Tilove
• Anne Toback
• Diane Troderman and
Harold Grinspoon
• Joshua Troderman
• UJA Federation of New York
• Ukeles Associates, Inc.
• Susan Wachsstock
• Charles Wantman
• Marlene Wasserman
• David Wax
• Randi and Charles Wax
• Francine Lavin Weaver,
18 Pomegranates
• Debra Weinberg
• Gail Weinstein
• Jean and Rick Wentz
• Bruce Whizin
• Sue and Howard Wilchins
• Dan Wilchins
• Arnee R. and Walter
A. Winshall
• Michael Wise
• WithrumSmith+Brown, PC
• Diane and Howard Wohl
• Susie and Dr. Ron Wolfson
• Ben Woocher
• Sherry Woocher and
Dr. Jonathan Woocher
• Bennett Yanowitz z"l
• Zev Yaroslavsky
• Dr. Lois J. Zachary
• Bil Zarch
Thank you! 30th Anniversary Gala
JESNA’s 30th Anniversary Annual Report Berman Center for Research & Evaluation8
Pirkei Avot 6:2Only one involved in Torah is truly free.
Drive educational innovation to the center of Jewish life
Happily, there is no shortage today of Jewish educational
innovators. Less happily , much of this innovation remains
at the margins of Jewish education, reaching far fewer
individuals than it should.
With ongoing relationships with dozens of today’s most
creative educational innovators and a 30-year history
of incubating and nurturing some of the most exciting
sources and supporters of innovation in Jewish education
– the Covenant Foundation; Bikkurim: An Incubator for
New Jewish Ideas; DeLeT (Day School Leadership through
Teaching); PELIE (the Partnership for Effective Learning
and Innovative Education) – JESNA is uniquely positioned
to move programs and institutions from innovation to
broad-scale transformation and has the practical know-
how to make it happen.
• Through projects like WOW! and Yachad, JESNA is
showing communities how to embed innovative models
of supplementary education for pre-b’nai mitzvah
children and teens into their local education systems.
• Through DigitalJLearning, in partnership with the
Jewish Education Project and supported by the Avi Chai
Foundation, 18 day schools are receiving support and
guidance to venture into the world of online learning,
bringing the benefits of more educational options
and customized learning to hundreds of students.
• Through publications like the Compendium of
Alternative Models of Complementary Education
Programs, QuickBytes, weekly digests highlighting
innovative programs from the Jewish Education
Change Network, General Assembly programs featuring
prominent innovators, and education news updates
on our website, JESNA is ensuring that educators
and volunteer leaders have access to the best current
information about promising new directions in
Jewish education and the people behind them.
• Through knowledge gained from research and
evaluation, funders and practitioners can pull out
key lessons for their implementation, understand
the actual and potential impact of their work,
and engage in an exploration of how to adapt,
replicate, or bring a program to scale.
In the coming year, JESNA plans to do even more to
drive innovation to the forefront in Jewish education.
We will be networking education innovators from across
the continent, and launching an Innovation Accelerator
that uses state-of-the-art approaches to documenting
and disseminating innovation to help communities,
institutions, and funders learn about, network with, and
efficiently adopt and adapt the best innovative programs
and solutions in key arenas of education. ❚
Model effective use of web-based technologies and social media to the field
Despite being more connected than ever before, it’s
sometimes difficult to bring people and ideas together
effectively. That’s why staying ahead of the curve and
applying the best new media practices to all of our
projects is a key to our continued success.
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At JESNA, we believe that a website shouldn’t be just a
glorified brochure. Instead, we adopt a holistic approach
when conceiving and implementing new projects for
the web that always includes opportunities for user
participation, either via social media outlets or directly
on a JESNA-managed site. When creating a new web
presence for our partners at the Network for Research in
Jewish Education, we built in spaces for both members
of that organization and the public to participate in their
ongoing conversations. A new database for ADCA has
allowed its executive directors and employees across
the country to update and manage this directory by
themselves, and connect more easily with members who
have similar jobs and responsibilities.
In the world of Web 3.0, online and face-to-face
experiences complement and reinforce one another. The
second annual Jewish Futures Conference at the JFNA
General Assembly, focused on the theme of learners
as “prosumers” (ie: co-creators of their educational
experience), used technology to enrich and expand
the experience in a number of ways, from a video
competition to identify new visions and voices, to a
Facebook page to stimulate and capture conversations,
to real-time audience polling and a Twitter feed during
the Conference, to live-streaming the entire event across
the globe in order to reach hundreds of participants
who could not be physically present in Denver. Another
JESNA-sponsored GA session, "You Are There: Experience
the Future of Jewish Education," provided participants
with a chance to experience a half dozen of the most
innovative programs in Jewish education today. JESNA
and its partner, the Jewish Education Project, created a
website and invited colleagues throughout the field to
submit their recommendations of innovative programs
and organizations.
2011 saw JESNA leading the way into new platforms,
making jesna.org’s rich resources mobile compatible and
incorporating QR codes into our print campaigns. Though
many organizations only count Facebook and Twitter
among their social media endeavors, the continued
vibrancy of the Jewish Education Change Network "Ning,"
a global network of forward-thinking educators that
disseminate, discuss and empower each other through
webinars and social sharing of web resources, showed
a commitment to using the right tool for the right job.
JESNA hosted 70 webinars and virtual meetings this year.
These diverse gatherings brought together Grinspoon-
Steinhardt winners, ACRE leaders, and staff members on
both coasts to our consulting clients across the continent.
We now have over 6,000 active contacts receiving our
newsletters and information about our innovations. ❚
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We are grateful to these farsighted supporters, whose acts of loving- kindness will enable us to fulfill our commitment to Jewish education, not just now, but into perpetuity. Like the Ner Tamid itself, their passion to give every Jewish child the gift of a rich and wondrous
heritage can burn without interruption. We extend our thanks as well to Dr. Richard Krugel and the late Boris Shteinshleifer for the endowment funds they have
created to benefit JESNA.
Commitments of $1,000,000 or more
· Madeleine and Mandell L. Berman
· Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation
Commitments of $500,000 or more
· Ellie and Mark Lainer, Simha Lainer z”l
· Audrey and Albert Ratner, Forest City Enterprises
· The Sosland Foundation
· Rabbi Isaac Toubin Memorial Fund
Commitments of $100,000 or more
· Jane and Arthur Brody
· Irene and Edward H. Kaplan
· Helene Berger
· Sylvia and Sidney Busis
· Cheryl Fishbein and Philip Schatten
· Billie and Martin Gold
· Jaynie Schultz
· Anne and David Steirman
· Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon
· Howard M. Wilchins, in memory of Peggy Wilchins
· Donna Yanowitz and Bennett Yanowitz z”l
For more information about planned giving opportunities, please call us at 212-284-6886.
Fund for the FutureAs part of our 30th anniversary, JESNA has established a venture capital fund: The Fund for the Future, which will allow us to serve as a powerful force for change as we pursue innovative strategies to improve Jewish education. The Fund will be overseen by a multi-generational blue ribbon committee that will include our 30th Anniversary honorees and their families as well as JESNA leaders and other respected experts in Jewish education and innovation.
Founding Donors of The Fund for the Future
· Madeleine and Mandell L. Berman
· Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation
· Ellie and Mark Lainer
· Diane Troderman and Harold Grinspoon
· Robert Arnow
· Cass and Sheldon Gottlieb
· Genesis Philanthropy Group
· Anne and David Steirman
· Anne and Donald Sylvan
· Francine Lavin Weaver, 18 Pomegranates
· Ann Bear
· Mark Bernstein
· Perry Binder
· Judith Gold Bloom
· Joyce and Michael Bohnen
· Rachel Brumberg
· Jason Brzoska
· Terrie, Robert, and Bertha Chudakoff
· Roxanne M. Cohen
· Laura Katz Cutler
· Margit David
· Alan Edelman
· Seymour Epstein
· Ellen and Richard Goldstein
· Judith Harrison
· Elizabeth Hellman
· Lee M. Hendler
· Mary Anne Herron
· Miriam Prum Hess
· Judah and Esther Hexter
· Leora and Ron Isaacs
· Douglas Kahn
· Tobee and Leonard Kaplan
· Iris Koller
· Jeffrey Kress
· Stephan Krieger
· Mr. and Mrs. William Krueger
· Rabbi Vernon Kurtz
· Sheila Lambert
· Rabbi Marion Lev-Cohen and Professor Steven M. Lev-Cohen
· Mary J. and Scott R. Levin
· Rika Levin-Reisman and Mark Reisman
· Frederic Masback
· Karen S. Moss
· Judith Stern Peck
· Heidi and Kenneth Regal
· Paul Resnick
· Linda and Al Rosenblatt
· Toby Rubin
· Hili and Marty Scheck
· Larry Schlenoff
· Gloria Schusterman
· Susan and Scott Shay
· Shirley Solomon
· Debra Weinberg
· Sue and Howard Wilchins
· Diane and Howard Wohl
· Richard Zelin
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With Deepest Gratitude to Our Supporters
Contributors of $250,000 and more
· Madeleine and Mandell L. Berman
· Lippman Kanfer Family Foundation
Contributors of $100,000 to $249,999
· Anonymous
· Ellie and Mark Lainer
· The Lasko Family Foundation
Contributors of $50,000 to $99,999
· The Covenant Foundation
· Harold Grinspoon Foundation
· Irene and Edward H. Kaplan
· The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life
· Anne and David Steirman
Contributors of $25,000 to 49,999
· Anonymous
· Joseph S. Kanfer
· MASA Israel Journey
· The Sosland Foundation
· Diane Troderman
Contributors of $10,000 to $24,999
· Robert H. Arnow
· Helene Berger and Ady Berger z”l
· Joyce and Fred Claar
· The Crown Family
· Cass and Sheldon Gottlieb
· Cari and Gary Gross
· Blanche and Neil Sosland
· Francine Lavin Weaver, 18 Pomegranates
· Arnee R. and Walter A. Winshall
· Donna Yanowitz and Bennett Yanowitz z”l
Contributors of $5,000 to $9,999
· The Russell Berrie Foundation
· The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies
· Cheryl Fishbein and Philip Schatten
· Sally and Richard Krugel
· Lee and Luis Lainer
· Kyla and Mitchell C. Schneider
· Sharon and Stephen Seiden
· Shirley and Allan Solomon
· Carol Brennglass Spinner
· Anne and Donald Sylvan
· Sue and Howard Wilchins
Contributors of $2,500 to $4,999
· Anonymous
· Harvey Beker
· Jane and Arthur Brody
· Sylvia and Sidney Busis
· David Fishman
· Billie Gold
· Sandra and Arnold Gold
· The Jim Joseph Foundation
· Helen and Sam Kaplan Charitable Foundation
· Shelley G. Kreiger
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· Louise G. and Morton J. Macks Family Foundation
· Searle Mitnick
· Sidney Pertnoy
· Audrey and Albert Ratner
· Charles and Ilana Horowitz Ratner
· Robert H. Sachs
· Hili and Martin Scheck
· James A. Schwarz
· Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation
· Debbie and Jeff Swartz
· David Wax
· Randi and Charles Wax
· Gail Stein Weinstein
· Sherry and Jonathan Woocher
Contributors of $1,000 to $2,499
· American Jewish World Service
· Anonymous
· Harlene Winnick Appelman
· Saby Behar
· Sara Berman
· BFF Friendship Foundation
· BJE Los Angeles
· Rabbi Marion and Professor Steven Lev Cohen
· Michele and Marty Cohen
· Faith and Jonathan Cookler
· Claire and David Ellman
· Dr. Seymour Epstein
· Helen and Ian Fagan
· Irwin S. Field
· Renee and Steven Finn
· Jean and Jerry Friedman
· Genesis Philanthropy Group
· Brenda Gewurz
· Ellen and Richard Goldstein
· GOJO Industries
· Paula and Jerry Gottesman
· Rochelle and Harley Gross
· Ilan Ramon Day School
· Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
· Alice and Nahum Lainer
· Sheila Lambert
· Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation
· Laura and Gary Lauder
· Mrs. Patty and Rabbi Steven Mason
· Cheryl Moore
· Cynthia and Richard Morin
· David and Inez Myers Foundation
· New Community Jewish High School
· New Kalman Sunshine Fund
· Ophardt Hygiene
· Sheila and Lawrence C. Pakula
· PELIE
· Carol and David Robbins
· Peggy and Edward Robin
· Michelle and Howard Rosenbloom
· Elaine and Saul Schreiber
· Charles and Lynne Schusterman Family Foundation
· Gloria Schusterman
· Sheila Schwartz
· Wendy and Jeffrey Schwarz
· Lisa and Gary Shiffman
· Eve Kresin Steinberg
· Sarah and Ness Tiano
· Ellen Kagen Waghelstein
· Debra Weinberg
· Bruce F. Whizin
· Diane and Howard Wohl
· Miriam and Bernard Yenkin
Contributors of $100 to $999
· Donald Abramson
· Wendy and Howard Allenberg
· Susan and Saul Andron
· Stan Baratz
· Catherine Ann Bennett
· Cindy and David J. Berger
· Rosalie and Lawrence Berman
· Peiyan and Kenneth Berman
· Jeannette Bir
· Joel and Jessica Birch
· Joanne Blauer
· Judith Bloom
· Karen Bloom
· Joyce and Michael Bohnen
· Joyce H. and William E. Brodkin
· Edgar Bronfman
· Leonard Brumberg
· Rachel H. Brumberg
· Jason Brzoska
· Joan and Harvey K. Bucholtz
· Susan and Steve Caller
· Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
· Terrie, Robert and Bertha Chudakoff
· Helene and Tim Cohen
· Dr. Robert E. Cohen
· Rhea and Hal Coskey
· Laura Katz Cutler
· Margit David
Education is the mother of leadership.Wendell L. Willkie
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· Marion Dienstag
· Barbara and Daniel Drench
· Debbie Sosland-Edelman and Alan Edelman
· Education for the Future at Tehiya Day School
· Elinor and Gustave Eisemann
· Ron Feder
· Esther Feigenbaum
· Jeremy Fingerman
· John and Karen Fishel
· Rabbi Lyle A. Fishman
· Lynn D. Flanzbaum
· Ruth Frankfurt
· Amy Friedkin
· Sheila and Bob Friedland
· Ed Frim
· Miriam Futernick
· Elaine and Murray Galinson
· Jill and Ira Gansler
· Nancy Gart
· Joan Gelb
· Dr. Betsy Gidwitz
· Judy and David Gitlin
· Susan and Ronald Goldsmith
· Joyce and Neil Goldstein
· Pauline and Gersham Goldstein
· Herbert Goulder
· Dr. Gil Graff
· Rachel and Neil Greenbaum
· Blu and Yitz Greenberg
· Barrie and Michael Grobstein
· Dr. Sharon Guten
· Hazon
· Elizabeth Hellman
· Lee M. Hendler
· Mary Anne Herron
· Miriam Prum Hess
· Michal H. Hillman
· Carolyn Hoffman
· Carol and Herbert Horowitz
· Ada and Jim Horwich
· Dr. James Hyman
· Ichilov Family
· Leora W. Isaacs
· Rebecca Reznikoff Isgur
· Andrea Jacobs
· Sheryl and Robert Jawetz
· Jewish Community Board of Akron
· Elana Joffe and Mike Cohen
· Joyce Joseph
· Douglas Kahn
· The Kaminer Family Foundation
· Janette Kanfer
· Tobee and Leonard Kaplan
· Eleanor M. Katz
· N. Herschel Koblenz
· The Kohrman Family Foundation
· Iris Koller
· Alissa and Steven Korn
· Rose and Hal Kravitz
· Stephan Krieger
· Linda and Harvey Kulber
· Rose and Morton Landowne
· Gerald C. Legow
· The Blossom Leibowitz Philanthropic Fund
· Beth and Todd Leonard
· Chancellor Arnold Eisen and Dr. Adriane Leveen
· Rika Levin-Reisman
· Scott Levin
· Jacqueline and Howard H. Levine
· Magdovitz Family Foundation
· Mandel Center, Brandeis University
· Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mandon
· Silvia and Norman Mann
· Heather Martin
· Bernice E. and Jack A. Meyers
· Rita and Alan Milberg
· Sandra and Barry Milberg
· Betty G. Minsk and Malcolm N. Minsk
· Amy Morgenstern
· Dale and Michael Nissenson
· Michael Och and Golda Och z”l
· Judith Stern Peck
· PEJE
· Sydney Alderman Perry
· Deborah Polivy
· Jo-Ann Nevas Price
· Project Kesher
· Ravsak
· Heidi and Kenneth Regal
· Paul Resnick
· Ira Rezak and Brigitte Bedos-Rezak
· Janice and Ben Reznik
· Adele and Herbert Reznikoff
· Helen and David Rifkind
· Albert Rosenblatt
· Dr. Wendy J. Rosov
· Toby Rubin
· Eileen Ruby
· Larry Schelnoff
· Meredith and David Schizer
Shammai taught: ‘Say little and do much.’1:15
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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.
Doris Lessing
· Rabbi Jonathan Schnitzer
· Frank E. Schochet
· Shaker Auto Lease Inc.
· Susan and Scott Shay
· Norman Sheldon
· Lawrence A. Sherman
· Robert Sherman
· Barbara K. and Larry Shuman
· Mark Silk
· Gerrald Silverman
· Arlene Silvers
· Carla Singer
· Carol and Irv Smokler
· David Sokol
· Elene and Herbert Solomon
· Sterling National Bank
· Ann Toback
· Jacob Ukeles
· Sharon Margolin Ungerleider
· Susan Wachsstock
· Eileen and Harry Weinstein
· Harvey L. Weisberg
· Jean and Rick Wentz
· Robert Whittal
· Michael Wise
· WithrumSmith+Brown, PC
· Susie and Dr. Ron Wolfson
· Dr. Howard Woocher
· Amy Wysoker
· Lois J. Zachary
· Barbara and Barry Zemel
· Lois Zoller
Contributors of $25 to $99
· Carol Abrams
· Barbara and David August
· Louis Barnett
· Judy Baruch
· Ann and Irwin Bear
· Andrea and Randy Berkow
· Annette Berkowitz
· Mark Bernstein
· Perry Binder
· Hilda and Norman Blatt
· Lottie and Henry M. Burger
· Wendy Campbell
· Stanley Cohen and Suzanne Ducat
· Renae Cohen
· Rabbi Paul Cohen
· Roxanne Cohen
· Martin Comer
· Cheryl and Edward Dauber
· Cheryl Diamond
· Thomas M. Divine
· Robin Eisenberg
· Reuben Eisenstein
· Cheryl and Richard Fialkoff
· Bonnie Frankel
· Dennis Friedman
· Virginia and Gadi Galili
· Shelly Shor Gerson
· Sara Gladstein
· Rachel Goldenberg
· Dr. and Mrs. David Goldstein
· Jerald Gottlieb
· Andrew Halpert
· Muriel B. Handmaker
· Judith Harrison
· Mr. Albert Hepner
· Daria Hoffman
· Crystal and Mark Ilko
· Sonia ImMasche
· Hyman Israel
· Linda Jerrow
· Judith and Julian Joseph
· Stuart Kaback
· Mimi Karesh
· Daniel Katz
· Marilyn and Lawrence Katz
· Abbie Klein
· Marilyn and Jeffrey Klein
· Rose Kleinman
· Stephanie and Barry Kogan
· Rabbi Murray Kohn
· Jeffrey Kress
· Donna Kurit
· Rabbi Vernon H. Kurtz
· David Lang
· Harriet and Eric Leibovitch
· Arthur Leon
· Craig Lynch and Deborah A. Abrams
· Michael Manson
· Dr. Daniel J. Margolis
· Donald Martin
· Ona and Thomas Mastronarde
· Hermione and Sol Matsil
· Ruth Mendelsohn
· Naomi Yadin-Mendick and David Mendick
· Steven Messner and Elizabeth Prelinger
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Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta • Jewish
Community Federation of Baltimore • Combined Jewish
Philanthropies, Greater Boston’s Jewish Federation •
Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Chicago • Jewish Federation of Cleveland • Allied
Jewish Federation of Colorado • Columbus Jewish
Federation • Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas •
Jewish Federation of Delaware • Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit • UJA Federation of Greenwich
• Jewish Federation of Greater Houston • Jewish
Federation of Jacksonville • Jewish Federation of
Greater Long Beach and West Orange County • Jewish
Federation of Greater Los Angeles • Jewish Community
of Louisville • Memphis Jewish Federation • United
Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey • Greater
Miami Jewish Federation • Milwaukee Jewish Federation
Minneapolis Jewish Federation • UJA-Federation of
New York • Jewish Federation of Northeastern New
York • UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey • Jewish
Federation of Ocean County • Jewish Federation of
Greater Orange County • Jewish Federation of Palm
Beach County • Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
• Jewish Federation of Rhode Island • Jewish Community
Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and
Sonoma Counties • Jewish Federation of Sarasota-
Manatee • Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle • Jewish
Federation of Southern Arizona • Springfield Jewish
Federation • Jewish Federation of St. Louis • United
Jewish Federation of Tidewater • Jewish Federation of
Greater Washington
We also offer our thanks for the enduring commitment of the Jewish Federation system. The allocations made by
the member Federations of the Alliance and other individual Federations not
only provide sustaining support, but also serve as a testament to the strength
and value of our continuing partnership with the Jewish communities across
North America.
The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
Ralph M. Sockman
· Barbara and Sol Minsberg
· Anne Molloy
· Karen S. Moss
· Bette S. Paris and Reynold F. Paris
· Harriet Perlmutter-Pilchik
· Barbara Pinsof
· Dr. Jack Porter
· Elizabeth J. Rabkin
· Betsy and Hersh Richman
· Patricia and William Robbins
· Hon. Steven D. Robinson
· Betty Rosskamm
· Edward Saltzberg
· Barbara and Richard Schreibman
· Avrum Schwartz
· Paul Schwartz
· Mr. and Mrs. Shifrin
· Doris Shneidman
· Carole Skolnik
· Rabbi Eric Slaton
· Joanne and Dr. James Smith
· Neil Smith
· Gail and Robert Stagman
· Harold Stern
· Rochelle and Robert Stone
· Bryan Styer
· Karen M. and Marshall Sylvan
· Sheila Trossman
· Adele and Jerry Trupin
· Diane and Albert Tyroler
· Rita Waldor
· Jackie and Michael Waterman
· Barbara and Alan Weisblatt
· Judy and Morry Weiss
· Mona and Eric Yorke
· Dr. Julian Yudelson
· Arnold Zackin
· Richard Zelin
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JESNA works in partnership with a diverse and dynamic array of innovators, educators, funders, and decision-makers across North America who share our commitment to excellence in Jewish education. We invite you to join with us and with them to ensure that every Jewish learner in our communities has access to the richness of our tradition—through experiences, in classrooms, in books, or online—to ensure our future as a people.
Philanthropic support for our work can similarly come in many forms:
• through undesignated gifts that
allow JESNA to allocate funds where
they are most urgently needed
• through designated gifts that allow
you to fund a specific project
• through endowments and planned gifts
that help ensure we can continue to provide
for Jewish education in the future
• through tribute and memorial gifts which honor
or congratulate loved ones on all occasions.
If your company has a matching gifts program as an employee benefit, your gift to JESNA could be eligible for such a match. The Human Resources office at your workplace can tell you more about this benefit and how it can help you increase the impact of your gift to Jewish education.
For more information on giving please call our Development department at 212-284-6897 or visit our website at www.jesna.org and look for the “Support Jewish Education” button.
Join us in our mission to advance Jewish learning and transform Jewish lives
*JESNA’s work is critical if Jewish education is to fulfill its promise for North American Jewry in the 21st Century and beyond. This list contains gift items that symbolically represent our work. Each gift is a donation to JESNA and will be used where it is needed most in our work toward the consistent excellence in Jewish education that we all seek.
A gift of $36 helps JESNA maintain our high quality of work in communities across the United States and Canada
How your contribution can make a difference*
A gift of $100 enables one young Jewish education innovator to participate in a conference where his/her project can be nurtured and developed by mentors and peers
A gift of $180 enables our staff to conduct the research and vetting that bring ten valuable new resources online for easy access by educators in your community
A gift of $250 helps us produce a two-hour “webinar” on professional development for educators, attended by key staff from Central Agencies for Jewish education in communities like yours across North America
A gift of $1,000 provides an opportunity for a college student in our Lainer MASA Israel Interns program to attend an annual retreat that reinforces their commitment to a career in Jewish education when they graduate
A gift of $10,000 or more can provide in-depth evaluation and consulting services to program providers serving Jewish children, teens, or adults in your community
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Condensed Statement of Financial Activities (Fiscal year ended June 30, 2011)
Revenues
Contributions (designated) $1,041,637
Earned Income 867,767
Federation Allocations 753,733
Contributions (undesignated) 391,101
Contributions (donated services) 47,951
Agency Dues 17,500
Fiscal Sponsorships 15,205
TOTAL REVENUES $3,134,894
Expenses
Personnel Costs $2,345,872
Occupancy Costs 391,765
Travel, Conferences & Meetings 194,569
Professional Fees 156,578
Communications & Mailings 122,120
Supplies & Equipment 99,161
Professional Fees (donated services) 47,951
Awards, Grants and Fellowships 44,000
Other Expenses 37,485
Fiscal Sponsorships 15,205
TOTAL EXPENSES $3,454,706
CHANGE IN UNRESTRICTED OPERATING NET ASSETS ($319,812)
Financial Report of ManagementThe financial statements of the Jewish Education Service of North America, Inc. (JESNA) are audited annually by an independent firm. JESNA received an unqualified opinion as of June 30, 2011, from its auditors, which found that the combined financial statements prepared by JESNA management were presented fairly in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
A copy of the full financial statements with the Independent Auditor’s Report for the year ended June 30, 2011, is filed with the New York State Department of Law, Office of the Attorney General Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271, and may be obtained upon request by writing to these offices, or directly to:
Jewish Education Service of North America, Inc. Accounting Department 318 West 39th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10018
Note: Financial activities noted above relate to operating activities for fiscal year 2011. Per Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), JESNA also recorded a non-operating expense relating to Accounting for Leases in the amount of $78,924, which will affect the total reported as "Change in Unrestricted Operating Net Assets". This is reflected in our final audit report for FY2011.
11%OccupancyCosts
68%Personnel Costs
3%Supplies & Equipment
5%Professional Fees
6%Travel,
Conferences& Meetings
4%Communications & Mailings
1%Awards, Grants & Fellowships
1%Other Expenses
1%Professional Fees (donated services)
24%FederationAllocations
28%Earned Income
33%Contributions(designated)
2%Contributions
(donated services)
1%Agency Dues
12%Contributions(undesignated)
Revenues
Expenses
How your contribution can make a difference*
Jewish Education Service of North America 318 West 39th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10018
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www.jesna.org
JESNA Mission Statement
JESNA is dedicated to building a strong Jewish future where learners of all ages lead Jewish lives infused with purpose and meaning. Functioning as a hub in a
many-spoked wheel of community federations, central agencies for Jewish education, foundations, social entrepreneurs, families, and others, JESNA transforms and strengthens Jewish education in North America across all denominations and venues. Our extensive experience in a complex landscape enables us to assemble creative new ideas and models for success with state-of-the-art knowledge to catalyze innovation and change for our partners, our clients and the entire field. Seeking always to add value, spur improvement, and nurture a culture of data-driven decision-making, we:
• Advocate and develop networks to galvanize the “national conversation” on Jewish education
• Build capacity and empower practitioners in the field
• Provide evaluation, guidance and hands-on support to leaders committed to productive change and advancement
• Model effective use of web-based technologies and social media to disseminate knowledge and know-how
• Drive valuable educational innovation to the center of Jewish life
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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.
Gilbert K. Chesterton