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The crisis we’re ignoring: Who’s caring for the people who hold up the Jewish world?

JL;DR SUMMARY Barry Finestone, CEO of the Jim Joseph Foundation, highlights a looming crisis within the Jewish community: the burnout facing the essential professionals who maintain Jewish life. 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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LeadershipJewish CommunityProfessional DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyCommunity SupportJim Joseph FoundationNorth AmericaWork Life BalanceBurnout

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United States
"They are the connective tissue of Jewish life in North America."

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