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"Height" A Poem by Julien Strong
Tamar shared this beautiful poem, and it made us all think of Everett. It particularly reminded ...
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Thinking of Everett
Today would have been Rabbi Everett Gendler's (z"l) 95th birthday. As the Earth displays its ...
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Be thou a blessing
A couple of weeks ago, Rabbi Gendler's (z"l) family and friends gathered in the Berkshires at ...
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In remembrance there is life
Today is Rabbi Everett Gendler's (z"l) yahrzeit. I assume that like many of you, as I move ...
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It's the little things - Thinking of Everett
Yesterday was the first day of Nisan. Everett (z"l) died on 1 Nisan last year. Naomi, Tamar, ...
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A Tallit of Many Colors
About a month ago, I learned that my uncle, Rabbi Gendler, was given one of the first five ...
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I'm looking for stories about Rabbi Gendler
I'm doing some writing about Rabbi Gendler and am looking for vivid, detailed memories people ...
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Follow-up conversation with Rabbi Everett Gendler and Ambassador Andrew Young
In April, I had the honor of speaking with Rabbi Everett Gendler and Ambassador Andrew Young. ...
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A Conversation with Rabbi Gendler and Ambassador Andrew J Young
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking with Rabbi Everett Gendler and Ambassador ...
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2019 Comprehensive Report
Since our first grant cycle in 2013, the Gendler Grapevine Project has supported 43 innovative, ...
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Hazon's Capstone Project Update
Hazon's capstone project, Teva Lessons for the Classroom and Beyond, has already been a great ...
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Hazon's Ritual Craft Making Project
When I picked up my daughter (age 12) up from Sunday school last week, she got in the car, ...
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Announcing Our Capstone Initiatives
While the Gendler Grapevine Project is moving into its sunset phase, we have been busy behind ...
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Project Spotlight: New Roots' food justice work continues and expands
New Roots continues to do great work through their Gendler Grapevine Project. They assembled ...
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Project Spotlight: Ganei Beantown's Boston Jewish Food Conference
Ganei Beantown is using their Gendler Grapevine Project grant to develop and implement a new ...
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Project Spotlight: Canfei Nesharim
Canfei Nesharim's Gendler Grapevine Project initiative is to create 8 teaching modules for ...
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Family Gardening Workshop in Washington DC
Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center is sponsoring an event called "Beans, Basil, and Bees: A ...
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Project Spotlight: Oshman Family JCC
Oshman Family JCC's (OFJCC) Gendler Grapevine Project is to create Youth Service Havurah (YSH), ...
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Project Spotlight: Temple Sinai DC's Civil Rights Trek
We recently shared the transcript of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last interview, which was ...
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How Rabbi Gendler's matzo ball soup recipe made it to the New York Times
In 2006, I was eating lunch with my mom on a bench outside of Back Alley's on Martha's ...
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Today is the 50th Anniversary of Dr. King's Last Interview
My apologies. I shared this blog post yesterday; however, because it was so brief, the email ...
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The 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's Last Interview is March 25
March 25 is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's last interview. This interview was ...
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Project Spotlight: New Roots' Youth Food Justice Corps
New Roots' 2017-2018 Gendler Grapevine Project's initiative, the Creation of a Youth Food ...
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The Tree That Sustains All Life
This year, Tu B'Shvat begins Tuesday, January 30 and ends at sundown on Wednesday, January 31. ...
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Program Spotlight: In For Of's Olam Ubuntu Youth Leadership Program
With funding from the Gendler Grapevine Project and Kreiger Foundations as well as support from ...
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Rabbi Gendler's Reflections - a shared post
Today is Martin Luther King Day. We are sharing a post that Rabbi Gendler wrote in April 2013. ...
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Project Spotlight: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah’s Jewish-Muslim Dialogue
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah’s (YCT) Gendler Grapevine Project included sending YCT student Sam ...
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Project Spotlight: Jewish Farm School's Shorashim - Rooted in Justice
Jewish Farm School’s initiative, Shorashim: Rooted in Justice, is a teen-focused series of ...
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Project Spotlight: Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism’s Plan Bee
The goal of Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism’s (HCRJ) Gendler Grapevine Project ...
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Project Spotlight: Edlavitch DCJCC's Environmental and Food Justice Family Workshop Series
The Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center's (EDCJCC) Gendler Grapevine Project initiative ...
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Project Spotlight: JCC Chicago's Shabbat and Holiday Programs
JCC Chicago’s Gendler Grapevine Project, Environmental Infused Shabbat and Holiday Programs, ...
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Project Spotlight: Hazon's Ritual Craft Making Project
Hazon is a recipient of a Gendler Grapevine Project "L'dor V'dor" grant. For their initiative, ...
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Growing and Counting the Omer at the Louisville J
Guest Blog Post by Michael Fraade
שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ ...
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2017 HaBanim HaBonim Projects are Announced!
We are pleased to announce the 2017 Gendler Grapevine Project’s “HaBanim HaBonim” initiatives! ...
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Project Spotlight: IKAR and Shalhevet High School
IKAR and Shalhevet High School have been working together throughout the year to develop the ...
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1 week left! Proposals due Friday, March 31!
The proposal deadline is Friday, March 31!
Don't miss out! Get your project funded!
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Reminder - Proposals Due March 31!
Proposal deadline is Friday, March 31!
Proposals for the Gendler Grapevine Project ...
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2017 Grant Opportunity
We are pleased to announce our 2017 grant opportunity for outreach projects. This year's grant ...
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Netiya's orchards grow
Netiya is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in leading ...
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JCC Chicago Tu B'Shevat Event
JCC Chicago has announced their 2017 Urban Gardening for Tu B'Shevat event.
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"Martin, Everett, and Me" - a shared post
Today is Martin Luther King Day. Many years ago, Rabbi Gendler worked with Reverend King to try ...
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Orthodox Rabbinical School Forges Relationship with the Muslim Community
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) is doing something radical. For their Gendler Grapevine Project ...
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Project Spotlight: Beth Am Synagogue's Coming-of-Age Curriculum Project
Beth Am Synagogue is one of Gendler Grapevine Project’s 2015 New Seeds grant recipients, and ...
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It's #GivingTuesday!
It's #GivingTuesday. As you consider which organizations you will be supporting this year, we ...
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JCC Chicago Sukkot Program
As part of their larger Gendler Grapevine Project initiative, Outdoor Shabbat and Holiday ...
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New Roots' Gendler Grapevine Project is Growing!
[caption id="attachment_2139" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Happy shopper at the Gendler ...
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Project Spotlight: JCC Outdoor Shabbat and Holiday Program
JCC Chicago is a 2016 recipient of a Gendler Grapevine Project grant. The primary goal of their ...
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Project Spotlight: Rodeph Shalom's Roof Top Garden
We are happy to share an update from one of our Gendler Grapevine Project 2015 grantees, ...
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New Roots 2015 Initiative Bears Fruit
Two of our main goals at the Gendler Grapevine Project are to support initiatives that are both ...
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Springing to Life at Congregation B'nai Israel
Congregation B’nai Israel's (CBI) Gendler Grapevine Project initiative continues to thrive. ...
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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 ...
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The Forward's review of Rabbi Gendler's book
At the age of 87, Rabbi Everett Gendler, published his first book, Judaism for Universalists. ...
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Happy Passover/Earth Day!
Passover is a ritualized holiday with a set script from which we rarely deviate. So you may ...
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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, ...
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Personalizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Every year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I’m reminded not only of the civil rights movement, ...
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Project Spotlight: Rodeph Shalom Farmer's Market Youth Initiative
With the goal of addressing the important issues of food insecurity, poverty, struggling ...
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Project Spotlight: Temple Sinai's Initiative - The Open Door
Temple Sinai DC’s program, The Open Door: Supporting Refugees, has already engaged hundreds of ...
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Project Spotlight: Food and Justice in Louisville
New Roots, Inc. is bringing together communities to address the real issues of food insecurity ...
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Project Spotlight: Brattleboro Area Jewish Community Hak'hel Celebration
Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, also known as Song of the Mountains Synagogue, is located on ...
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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 ...
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Project Spotlight: Harvesting Hope at Congregration B'nai Israel
Congregation B'nai Israel's (CBI) Gendler Grapevine Project initiative centers on ...
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Gendler Grapevine Project Grantee New Roots goes to the White House
[caption id="attachment_1654" align="aligncenter" width="300"] New Roots executive director ...
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Congregation B'nai Israel calls for action
Congregation B'nai Israel, located in Northampton, MA, has a long history of integrating ...
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Food and Social Justice in Louisville, KY
There is a lot of energy around the Gendler Grapevine Project "The Interfaith Farm to Preschool ...
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2015 "New Seeds" Projects are Announced!
We are pleased to announce our grantees for the 2015 Gendler Grapevine Project's "New Seeds" ...
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Eco Ritual Lab Interactive Summit at Hebrew College
Hebrew College, a 2014 Gendler Grapevine Project grant recipient, is hosting The Gendler ...
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Gendler Grapevine Grant Shechita Fellowship Update
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's Gendler Grapevine Project initiative continues to ...
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Everett Gendler Environmental Lecture Series at HUC-JIR
One highlight of HUC-JIR's Gendler Grapevine Project is the Everett Gendler Environmental ...
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Project Spotlight: The Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
The Gendler Eco Ritual Lab of Hebrew College, a joint project of the Rabbinical School and The ...
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Project Spotlight: Jewish Theological Seminary's Rooftop Garden and Eco-Santuary
Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), a school with a long history of being committed to social ...
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Project Spotlight: Reconnecting with our sources of food in a modern world at YCT
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's (YCT) Gendler Grapevine Project initiative will ...
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Project Spotlight: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Through their Gendler Grapevine Project initiative, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ...
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Project Spotlight: The Greening Initiative at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
In 2014, the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion's (HUC-JIR) New York campus ...
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The Harvest Continues at Camp Solomon Schechter
Camp Solomon Schechter's Gendler Grapevine Project, the Teva Learning Center, has become an ...
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New Year, New Projects!
We are excited to start the new year with the roll out of our second round of Gendler Grapevine ...
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Happy birthday, Rabbi Gendler!
Last year a small group of friends and family gathered in the beautiful Berkshire mountains to ...
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A Heavenly Earth Day
This post originally appeared May 9, 2014, on Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's ...
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Project Spotlight: Camp Solomon Schechter
Camp Solomon Schechter applied for a Gendler Grapevine Project grant with the goal of expanding ...
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Project Spotlight: Camp JCA Shalom
Camp JCA Shalom used their Gendler Grapevine grant to fund a staff fellowship position called ...
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Project Spotlight: Ramah in the Rockies
Ramah in the Rockies is a Colorado-based camp that is deeply committed to reducing their carbon ...
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Project Spotlight: Marks Jewish Community House
Marks Jewish Community House (JCH) is located in Brooklyn, NY, with a woodland campus on Staten ...
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Project Spotlight: Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake
Many of us know that simple changes, such as using energy efficient light bulbs and adding ...
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Chanukah: A Festival of Lights
Over the years, Everett Gendler has inspired many people to celebrate holidays in unique and ...
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Project Spotlight: Camp Shemesh
Camp Shemesh, a summer day camp of the Jewish Community of Amherst (JCA), used their Gendler ...
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Project Spotlight: URJ Camp Coleman
URJ Camp Coleman, located in Cleveland, GA, has always been committed to being good stewards of ...
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Project Spotlight: Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
The Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center used their Gendler Grapevine Project grant to ...
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Autumn greetings
With warm wishes, here is an autumn greeting from Rabbi Gendler.
I hope that these ...
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Project Spotlight: Eden Village Camp
Eden Village Camp’s Gendler Grapevine Project called T.I.R.E. (Tire Inflation for the Retrieval ...
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Project Spotlight: JCC Camp Chi
We are pleased to share our first of 10 Project Spotlights for 2013. We hope you enjoy reading ...
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The Outdoor Rabbi - by Claudia Kraut Rimerman
As a high school junior and senior at boarding school, I found Rabbi Gendler to be a most ...
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Sukkot Reflections
Please enjoy this post written by Tajlei Levis, former student of Rabbi Gendler and Gendler ...
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Rosh Hashanah Reflections by Rabbi Gendler, 5774
When we first asked Rabbi Gendler to write a blog-post for the Gendler Grapevine website, we ...
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Gendler Grapevine Water Bottles
We were excited to be able to give the 2013 Gendler Grapevine Projects an extra gift this year. ...
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Welcome to the Gendler Grapevine
42 years ago I was asked to contribute an essay to a cutting-edge volume called The New Jews. ...
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