As the Martin Luther King Day of Service nears, the director of the PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values writes that Jewish service experiences can profoundly deepen one’s identity if the proper intention, or “kavannah,” is brought to the work. More ▸
Also weighing into the incubator debate is Rabbi Sid Schwarz, a self-described "serial entrepreneur" who spent much of the past two decades launching a synagogue (Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, Md.), a national Jewish educational organization (the PANIM Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values) and a national interfaith initiative (the E Pluribus Unum Project)…. More ▸
A veteran social entrepreneur offers some advice to the next generation and the funders that love them (at least for now). More ▸
After months of speculation, two teen-focused Jewish organizations, the Panim Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values and B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, merged on Sept. 1. Panim has become a division of BBYO that will aim to offer compelling content and experiences to Jewish institutions and teens focused on service, advocacy and philanthropy. The idea is… More ▸
The Washington Jewish Week has a story about a potential merger between the national youth group BBYO and Panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership & Values, a Maryland-based young leadership training program. By the end of the summer, reports the newspaper, BBYO will absorb most of Panim’s staff, who will then integrate the organization’s programming… More ▸
