The calendar says the school year should end. However, many Jewish educators, witnessing the effects of the pandemic on their students, and now civic unrest, are challenging the calendar’s norms. Instead of closing down the year, they are asking, “How might we continue to engage our students through the summer?”

Reflections on lessons learned in a network of network weavers

Is grit the key to success for social entrepreneurs? Ariana Katz suggests that the answer lies elsewhere. 

Synagogues engage one-third of the United States’ Jewish population. What role might they take to serve the spiritual, communal and religious needs of the other two-thirds (the majority) who don’t choose synagogue membership as an expression of their Judaism? Cyd Weissberg explores.

Cyd Weissman interviews Avi Rubel, a successful social entrepreneur, about taking risks when launching a new venture. 

Cyd Weissman interviews the founder of Hot Dudes Reading to glean lessons on marketing, sustainability, and collaboration.

“Fail Forward” is the mantra of entrepreneurs. Take risks. You will fail, guaranteed. Learn from it. Once a little smarter, boldly launch again. Entrepreneurs believe, as Robert Kennedy did, “to achieve greatness, you have to fail greatly.”

Launching a Jewish start-up? Todd Shotz says there are signficant advantages to going the way of a for-profit company.

Rabbi Sara Luria says there are four things you can do to stay strong in the early days of a startup.

Profile of Rabbi Sid Schwarz's approach to creating entrepreneurial Jewish structures

Profile of social entrepreneur Lynn Lancaster, co-founder of Sababa Surf Camp.