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Jewish civil society: From fragmentation to integration

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish civil society is facing a critical need for integration rather than maintaining the false dichotomy between security and community engagement, as highlighted by leaders like Bret Stephens and Jonathan Greenblatt. 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 IdentityJewish LeadershipPhilanthropyCommunity EngagementDiaspora JewsIntegrationCivil SocietySecurityGovernance Reform

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East Hills, New York, United States
"Michael Schlank is the executive director of the Sid Jacobson JCC in East Hills, N.Y."
Israel
"Consider Israel: No Jewish society faces greater external threat or deeper internal polarization, yet Israel has cultivated one of the most dense nonprofit and volunteer ecosystems in the world"

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