Part of future convenings, Finkel said, will involve other noted speakers, including government leaders.
And also to really see how we can accomplish that much more on a philanthropic economic development, community development side when we have more energy shared between us.
In Michigan , Finkel served on the founding outreach team of the annual Detroit Homecoming, a weekend-long gathering that brings former Detroiters back to the city for three days of events and networking.
In May , as internships, Jewish summer camps and trips to Israel were abruptly canceled due to the COVID pandemic, thousands of Jewish college students stared down a summer with nothing to do. Scrambling to keep these young adults engaged, the Jewish Federations of North America threw together the Jewish Changemakers fellowship.
Changemakers seemed like it might have an expiration date, with much of Jewish life β and the world more broadly β leaving Zoom behind. But Jewish organizations have found that some audiences still prefer meeting online, reports Lev Gringauz for eJewishPhilanthropy. Added value: For Jewish organizations, retooling these programs means accepting that online connections are no longer a begrudging necessity of , but a value-add in their own right.
