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Can we plan for an American Jewish future?

JL;DR SUMMARY In an exploration of the American Jewish community's future, Jewish leaders and thinkers conducted "war games" to envision possible scenarios for the next 25 years. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationAmerican JewryJewish LeadershipPhilanthropyTechnologyPolitical PolarizationCommunity ResilienceFuture PlanningCoalition Building

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Austin, Texas, United States
"Phil Siegel is a serial for-profit and nonprofit entrepreneur, private equity investor and philanthropist out of Austin, Texas."
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
"Barak Sella is a fellow at the Harvard Middle East Initiative and an Elson Israel Fellow at the Jewish Federation of Tulsa, Okla."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Steven Windmueller is professor emeritus of Jewish communal studies at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles."

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