"Working with teens at a JCC in Scarsdale, New York, I fell in love with the Jewish communal world."

"But after 31 years as head of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston, I can tell you that the primary role of a Federation is to mobilize the communitys enormous human resources."

"As my teacher Sidney Vincent, a revered Cleveland Federation leader, commented in the early eighties."

"Many American Jews already send their kids to overnight camp. What would it take for them to shift to choosing a Jewish camp? Many American Jews are already paying for private schools for their children. How might we make it significantly easier and more appealing for more of them to choose Jewish day school? Day schools consistently produce not only educated Jews, but the people who will become the next generation of communal leaders. How can Federations facilitate the creation of scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that will be eligible for financial support under the recently passed Educational Choice for Children Act. As Nathan Diament explains in strategic detail elsewhere in this issue, the new legislation is a potential game changer for the affordability of Jewish day schools. The Jewish community must devote substantial resources and infrastructure to making the most of this unprecedented legislation. What would it take to expand opportunities for high-quality adult Jewish education? Given the outsize role it can play in motivating whole families to more engagement in Jewish education and communal life, it seems like a no-brainer for Jewish Federation attention and investment. If your last memory of Jewish education was your own reluctant attendance at middle-grade afternoon Hebrew school, you arent likely to encourage your children to take Jewish learning seriouslynor will you be able to compellingly transmit a commitment to Jewish ideas, behaviors, and community. My experience in Boston demonstrates to me that a serious mo…"