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Listening to Jews
Discussed in this essay: Les Back (2007) The Art of Listening. Oxford: Berg Books. Since last May I have been researching Jewish communal leadership in the UK since the early 1990s with Ben Gidley, my...
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The Problem With Dialogue
Introduction One of the stated aims of New Jewish Thought is to improve the quality of dialogue between Jews. This is no easy task. Few Jews enjoy the bitterness that arises from communal divisions,...
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Making Jewish Communities Work
By Daniel Anderson Whilst reading Andrew Mawson’s recently published, and deeply inspiring, book ‘The Social Entrepreneur – Making Communities Work’, I found myself continually asking how can we apply...
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A Close Look at Jewish Organisational Culture
The story that broke recently about former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s use of political ties for personal business use is not a mere technicality. This is not about legal loopholes or trivial...
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New Jewish Thought Policy Paper 1: Shalom @ Schul
This paper can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking here. By Jonathan Hoffman Rabbi David Soetendorp Professor Ruth Soetendorp I: INTRODUCTION The three authors of “Shalom@Shul” came together as a...
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New survey on Israel
The Institute for Jewish Policy Research is running a major survey on UK Jewish opinions about Israel. Here’s the details from the JPR website: The Institute for Jewish Policy Research has been...
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Innovative ideas from Dan Sieradski
Dan Sieradski, the American serial Jewish social entrepeneur, is currently blogging a series of ‘ideas to tranform the Jewish future’. He is posting one idea a day for 31 days here. So far, most of...
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