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OPINION | "The answer to poor educational technology is not abandoning technology. The answer is demanding better." By Sarah Rubinson Levy ejphil.com/5b8tb

OPINION | "The question is not whether this fear exists. The question is whether we will let it run the system, or whether we will grow the kind of differentiated, resilient leadership that can steady the ship while the waves keep coming." By Jay Strear ejphil.com/5b8ns

OPINION | "From a leadership vantage point, the current moment often appears as a set of strategic challenges and opportunities... From the ground, those same challenges appear first as added professional weight." By Alex Pomson and Allison Magagnosc ejphil.com/5b8jz

@AmbHazan, Israel’s ambassador to Singapore, has been approved to serve as the next world chair of Keren Hayesod, the foreign fundraising arm of Israel’s “National Institutions,” the organization announced. ejphil.com/5b87v

In a wide ranging interview, @WorldJewishCong President @lauder_ronald stressed the need for Jewish education and major investment in public relations for Israel and discussed his hopes for a successor. @JudahAriGross reports: ejphil.com/5b7kk

Your Daily Phil: In his final term, WJC President Ronald Lauder looks to the future • Eli Vered Hazan appointed world chair of global fundraiser Keren Hayesod • What educators are carrying now • Why Jewish education cannot afford a digital retreat ejphil.com/5b6a3

In total, 4,000 Jewish North American teens filled the venue for RootOne’s Big Tent event. Last night marked the first time since 2023 that RootOne was able to hold the event. “It sounds so simple, but when you see it out there, it comes to life.” ejphil.com/5b48z

OPINION | "At this moment in Jewish history, with Israeli society carrying burdens few of us could have imagined, I felt called to feed the hungry — now." By Rabbi @joseltzer, CEO of American Friends of @leketisrael ejphil.com/5b32j

OPINION | "Jewish students are not defined by the hatred directed towards them. They are defined by the communities they build, the responsibility they take for one another and the future they are determined to shape." By Jonah Feiglin from @WUJS_official ejphil.com/5b3vy

Over the past three decades, the awards have invested over $4.7 million into 485 changemakers, many whose impact has been felt far beyond New Jersey’s borders. ejphil.com/5b3qp

Your Daily Phil: RootOne's 'Big Tent' of joy envelops thousands of Jewish teens • Sunsetting Russell Berrie Foundation looks to the future with final Making a Difference Awards • Jewish students are choosing pride. It's time to invest in them. ejphil.com/5a2s4

OPINION | "I was taken not only by her response, but by what her answer revealed. Being Jewish, in her mind, was automatically associated with uniqueness, strength and persecution." By Anna L. Prager ejphil.com/5at2f

OPINION | "This is what Jewish early childhood education does when it works: it plants something that grows underground for years before you see it bloom. I’ve watched this happen more times than I can count." By Mimi Greisman ejphil.com/5atux

French philosopher and author @BHL closed the Contemporary Antisemitism Haifa 2026 conference with a stark warning, but also with a glimmer of hope. Speaking to eJP after his speech, Lévy reflected on why this moment feels unlike any other. ejphil.com/5asxq

OPINION | "Litmus tests betray the values of liberal Jewish education and are less effective in advancing our goals." By Rabbi David E. Stern, Rabbi Rachel S. Mikva, Rabbi Peter S. Berg, Rabbi Daniel Kirzane, Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner ejphil.com/5asg8

Your Daily Phil: Bernard-Henri Lévy's heartbreak and hope at Haifa antisemitism confab • Father of slain 'lone soldier' opens first American chapter of Israeli bereavement group • Zionism and the future of liberal Jewish education: Love, not litmus tests ejphil.com/5asbm

OPINION | "The members of B’nai Israel of Williamson taught me an invaluable lesson about American Jewry: Rabbinic leadership begins with a willingness to meet people where they are." By Rabbi Gary Zola ejphil.com/5aq9g

OPINION | "How do we confront the resurgence of antisemitism on our own soil? And how do we forge an unbreakable bond between the next generation of American Jews and the State of Israel?" By Jason Feld ejphil.com/5apps

Yad LaBanim, the Israeli organization that supports bereaved military families, is opening its first North American chapter this fall, led by David Lubin, whose daughter, Rose, a lone soldier from Atlanta, was killed in a terror attack. ejphil.com/5apjc

Antisemitism has gone global, and the newly established Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association is bringing an international reach and a sense of academic rigor to the study of the world’s oldest hatred. ejphil.com/5apaw