The nervousness about the downward turn in the global economy pervades almost every conversation in the nonprofit world these days. In Israel, the weakened U.S. dollar has struck many organizations deep in their bellies as the funds they raise abroad are now worth 30 percent less than four months...

My mother’s father, Meyer Cohen, was something of a mythical character in our lives. Born (apparently) in Kiev in 1890, he was already in his 20’s when he immigrated to the United States. Married to Nechama (Nellie) Goldin in his 30’s, he was never much of a career man. He sold...

When Dave Burnett, a 2005 recipient of the Charlie Award, a participant in ROI and Leading Up North and a dear member of our CLI family died in a tragic hiking accident on a Jordanian hillside two weeks ago, the light in our lives dimmed as if the grid of Jewish leadership had...