Ann Pava News Today

$250 million already raised to continue university’s exponential growth in programs, facilities and students.

$250 million already raised to continue University’s exponential growth in programs, facilities and students.

/PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University, has announced the launch of Rise Up: The Campaign for Yeshiva University, an ambitious...

happening “Curiosity Over Assumptions” “Relationships Before Politics” “Plurality Over Parity” “Local Over International” “Respect for Self-Definition” “Safe Open Space” “Nimble and Responsive” These are the stated values of NewGround, a community-building organization that creates, connects and empowers Jewish and Muslim change-makers in America. NewGround works through a professional fellowship, high school leadership council and public programming.... Read more »...

Female Presidents of a Jewish Organization Reflect on Inclusivity Photo by Moyo Studio/Getty Images As many in the United States celebrate the nation’s first female vice president, we have been lifted by a spirit of diversity, democracy and inclusiveness. Those same sentiments recently emerged within the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, an organization that, for nearly a century, has been supporting communities locally, nationally, and worldwide. I recently interviewed eight former...

Jewish Ledger In Conversation with…community leader and philanthropist Ann Pava We truly believe that sending children to Jewish day school is the most important decision a family can make. In 2019, the Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford and the Hebrew High School of New England merged to create  K-12 Orthodox Jewish day school in West Hartford. The merged school, renamed the New England Jewish Academy (NEJA), serves students in the Greater Hartford...