Mission statement

The Gendler Grapevine Project’s mission is to celebrate and perpetuate the inspiring leadership of Rabbi Everett Gendler by offering financial and informational support for innovative, effective, replicable, and lasting initiatives within the Jewish community that promote environmental sustainability and social justice.

About Us

The Gendler Grapevine Project is a six-year initiative that promotes activities within the Jewish and interfaith communities that honor and support the values maintained by Rabbi Everett Gendler. The Project recognizes and celebrates the deep connections between Jewish tradition, social justice, and the environment by empowering individuals and communities to spiritual and practical application of these values.

Through clusters of well-publicized targeted grants administered by a donor-advised fund at the Jewish Communal Fund of New York, the Gendler Grapevine offers financial and informational support for innovative, effective, replicable projects at summer camps, synagogues, Jewish professional associations, interfaith outreach programs, and the like.