Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network connects individuals who are leading contemporary efforts to
There is no longer one pathway into Jewish life. Innovators in the Kenissa Network are charting new pathways.
Check out some new ideas in our
Read a groundbreaking study by Dr. Tobin Belzer on the work of Kenissa
“Jewish Communal Transformation: A Look at What’s Happening and Who is Making it Happen”
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”,
