Innovation and TransformationFrom Generation to Generation

30th Anniversary Annual Report 2011

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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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