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“I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

Helen Keller
Thursday, 08 May 2008 00:00

Partnerships

Partnerships have been a central operating principle of JESNA since its inception. A list of the most noteworthy of these partnerships includes:

  1. UJC - We have coordinated on projects and community service activities with the Jewish Peoplehood and Identity and consulting arms of UJC in areas ranging from comprehensive community planning to day school support to providing training and support for members of the Rabbinic Cabinet to "peoplehood" education.
  2. UJC, JCCA, Hillel - We are working together on a major initiative aimed at building stronger Jewish connections with and among "next generation" young adults.
  3. ADCA (Association of Directors of Central Agencies) - JESNA both partners with and staffs ADCA, the representative organization of central agencies continent-wide. We work together on ways to strengthen central agencies and their professionals, including meetings, newsletters, training and professional communities of practice.
  4. PEJE (Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education) - PEJE, JESNA, and UJC meet regularly to coordinate responses to local community issues affecting day schools.
  5. PELIE (Partnership for Effective Learning and Innovative Education) - JESNA helped to give birth to PELIE, a funder partnership to improve "complementary" Jewish education and is now working intensively with PELIE to implement a strategy to identify and disseminate "best in class" models of part-time Jewish education in two large-scale pilot programs, one in San Francisco and one in New York City.
  6. The Covenant Foundation - Since it was founded in 1990 as a supporting foundation of JESNA, we have worked closely with the Crown Family and the staff and Board of the Covenant Foundation in its quest to cultivate excellence, effectiveness, and creativity in Jewish educations through grants, awards, and special projects.
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