2016 L’dor V’dor Projects are Announced!

We are pleased to announce the 2016 Gendler Grapevine Project's "L'dor V'dor" initiatives! The applicants drew inspiration from the life and teachings of Rabbi Gendler, recognizing that he incorporated his theories and teachings into physical and practical action that resonated with his congregants and the community. Each of our grantees proposed innovative, interesting, and engaging projects, and we look forward [...]

The Forward’s review of Rabbi Gendler’s book

At the age of 87, Rabbi Everett Gendler, published his first book, Judaism for Universalists. We are pleased to share with you a lovely review of that book written by Talya Zax, published May 15, 2016, in The Forward. In her article, Ms. Zax captures Rabbi Gendler's energy and ability to connect immediately, deep into the [...]

By |2016-05-16T00:25:28-04:00May 16th, 2016|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Happy Passover/Earth Day!

Passover is a ritualized holiday with a set script from which we rarely deviate. So you may ask: Why is this year’s Passover Seder different from other years? As you may know, this year, the first night of Passover falls on Earth Day. Everett and Mary Gendler, Passover 1996 Compared to when I [...]

Project Spotlight: Beth Am Synagogue – Coming-of-Age Education Initiative

In For Of, Inc. (IFO), a nonprofit organization created by Beth Am Synagogue in Baltimore, Maryland, strives to build relationships between members of the synagogue and the residents of Reservoir Hill, the urban neighborhood where the synagogue has stood since 1921. IFO was awarded a Gendler Grapevine Project grant to develop a “coming-of-age” education initiative [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:30:23-04:00January 26th, 2016|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Personalizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’m reminded not only of the civil rights movement, of the sacrifices so many people have made to work toward equal rights, and of the work that people are still doing to ensure that everyone is treated equally, but also of my uncle. My daughter at [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:31:15-04:00January 18th, 2016|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE, Rabbi Gendler|1 Comment

Project Spotlight: Rodeph Shalom Farmer’s Market Youth Initiative

With the goal of addressing the important issues of food insecurity, poverty, struggling schools, stressed communities, and lack of access to adequate medical care and valuable social services, Rodeph Shalom's Gendler Grapevine Project initiative is building on their Common Ground Marketplace project to create the Farmer’s Market Youth Initiative. The students' contributions to the Marketplace will be grown at [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:31:56-04:00January 12th, 2016|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Project Spotlight: Temple Sinai’s Initiative – The Open Door

Temple Sinai DC’s program, The Open Door: Supporting Refugees, has already engaged hundreds of community members in learning about today’s refugee crises in Syria and on the US-Mexico border. On Yom Kippur, Senior Rabbi Jonathan Roos offered a sermon about refugees and the Jewish responsibility to help them. You can hear a podcast of the [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:32:31-04:00January 5th, 2016|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Project Spotlight: Food and Justice in Louisville

New Roots, Inc. is bringing together communities to address the real issues of food insecurity and social justice. "Knowing part of his share cost goes to subsidize a family who cannot afford to purchase fresh food otherwise, plus understanding that both his family and the other family are eating the same exact food over [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:38:33-04:00December 8th, 2015|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Project Spotlight: Brattleboro Area Jewish Community Hak’hel Celebration

Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, also known as Song of the Mountains Synagogue, is located on 12 acres of field, forest, and stream. With the help of their grant from the Gendler Grapevine Fund, they set out to make the land more integral to the synagogue. Since receiving their grant, they have built steps into the hillside, created field [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:39:12-04:00December 1st, 2015|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments

Project Spotlight: Shir Tikvah’s Gan Tikvah – Garden of Hope

Shir Tikvah, located in Minneapolis, MN, has a big goal: to create a beautiful, sustainable landscape around their synagogue replete with rain gardens, a vegetable garden, a native plants garden, beehives, a walking trail with benches at strategic spots, and an orchard. Phase I of their Gendler Grapevine Project initiative has included the installation of four rain gardens. They worked with [...]

By |2016-11-29T09:39:42-04:00November 17th, 2015|Heard it through the GRAPEVINE|0 Comments
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