"Hope is a Jewish value. The Psalmist says ‘Hope in Adonai and be strong.’ The national anthem of Israel is Hatikva — the Hope. Yet, in the Jewish community today I hear more complaining and lamenting than I hear expressions of hope. This past week I spent a day with a group of women Jewish non-profit professionals. We gathered under the auspices of Advancing Jewish Women and the Jewish Community. Over the course of the day we identified obstacles to women’s advancement in the Jewish non-profit sector, and brainstormed ideas to overcome these obstacles..."

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By Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu, Director of Clal’s Rabbis Without Borders, from the Rabbis Without Borders blog on myjewishlearning.com