Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network connects individuals who are leading contemporary efforts to re-imagine Jewish life and community. Kenissa helps organizations build capacity and supports a network to help these emerging communities of meaning thrive. Communities of meaning are networks of individuals that are inspired by an idea or a practice that enriches their lives and/or significantly improves conditions in the world for others. Read more »
There is no longer one pathway into Jewish life. Innovators in the KenissaNetwork are charting new pathways.
Any organization that hopes to speak to the next generation of American Jews needs to advance innovative themes or "portals" by which Jews might enter into Jewish life:
- Chochma, engaging with the wisdom and practice of our inherited Jewish heritage;
- Kedusha, helping people live lives of sacred purpose;
- Tzedek, inspiring people to work for a more just and peaceful world;
- Kehillah, creating intentional, covenantal communities that bind people to one another and to a shared mission; and
- Yetzira – the human ability to imagine/invent/create ideas, science, art and culture.
Click here to access Rabbi Sid Schwarz’s essay “Jewish Megatrends”,