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Women’s Summit
Yesterday, JOI hosted the Women’s Summit for a More Welcoming Jewish Community. We had hoped to draw in 75 women volunteer leaders and Jewish communal professionals to discuss the critical need of serving unengaged Jewish populations, including those from intermarried households. We reached our goal of 75 women and then
some – we had over 100 women in attendance!
Yesterday’s gathering is evidence that people want to do more to welcome newcomers and engage those on the periphery. Through interactive skill-building sessions and networking opportunities, we hope everyone left with new ideas for how to better reach out and welcome in. The overwhelming attendance was great, but it’s only one measure of success. We will consider the Women’s Summit a true success only when these ideas are implemented back home at the synagogues, JCC, and other Jewish institutions represented. The greatest successes of the Jewish community are not behind us. They are ahead of us.
We want to thank all those who made the day possible – the attendees, the speakers, the JOI staff and all those who gave us generous financial support, including the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York, the Albin Family Foundation, Fern K. Hurst, and Lauri M. Tisch. We look forward to continued discussions and working together to build a more welcoming Jewish community.
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