Insider Report DECEMBER
2025
Department Updates Strategy and Impact
Community Leadership Development / Engagement
• Strategy & Impact Project Manager Jessica Ghosh has been accepted into Bryn Mawr College’s Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) – a highly regarded program that equips emerging nonprofit leaders with tools in strategy, systems thinking and organizational leadership.
• Recent orientation sessions have brought together hundreds of lay leaders and professionals:
• Applications for FY27 funding across all grant processes are currently closed and being reviewed by professional staff before being shared with the relevant lay leader committees. • For FY27, the Community Impact Committee voted to put aside a portion of Jewish Community Fund funding specifically for capacity-building initiatives in the area of mental health. This inviteonly grant opportunity is meant to provide funding for initiatives that will impact the broader Philadelphia Jewish community. • The Israel team visited the United States in November. Director of Israel and Global Operations Tali Lidar joined the Philadelphia delegation to the JFNA General Assembly in Washington, DC, and Israel Program Representative Tamar Brody represented the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia at the Diller Global Leadership Conference. The Strategy & Impact team also took this opportunity to schedule several all-day strategy sessions to align on FY27 grant funding.
INSIDER REPORT
• Committee Chair Orientation (Oct. 16): 16 committees represented. • Committee Member Orientation (Oct. 30): More than 100 participants across departments and generations. • Congregational Presidents Orientation (Nov. 5): 30 presidents engaged in virtual dialogue on leadership development. • The new Leadership Essentials Workshop Series, launching in January, will offer a five-part virtual training for community leaders. Registration is now open. • Upcoming Orientation sessions: • Agency Lay Leader Gathering - Dec. 2 at 12 p.m. • Kehillah Coalition - Dec. 4 at 12 p.m. • Congregational Board - Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. • The Community Engagement team continues to build relationships with lay leaders and professionals to deepen understanding of Jewish Federation resources locally, regionally, and globally.
DECEMBER
2025