Harry Kay Center for Leadership Excellence (HKCLE)
4330 Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Leadership development for the Jewish community
Director: Lauren Kaplan, 952-417-2340 or lkaplan@jewishtwincities.org
jewishtwincities.org
For more than 25 years, the Harry Kay Center for Leadership Excellence (HKCLE) has inspired and assisted emerging leaders in addressing the issues and challenges facing Jews as a community and individually. Harry Kay Leadership Institute (HKLI) brings together 40 passionate lay leaders (aged 30-45) from both sides of the river and introduces these leaders to the struggles and opportunities in the Jewish community and gives them the skills and tools to navigate them. HKLI runs for two years with an overseas mission in the middle of the program. Cohort X of HKLI began in November 2019.
Harry Kay Alumni Network (HKAN)
4330 Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
With nearly 340 Harry Kay Leadership Institute alumni in the community, we are creating opportunities for alumni to reengage with each other through leadership summits, salons, reunions and other programs.
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
4330 Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
952-593-2600
Fax: 952-593-2544
info@jewishminneapolis.org
jewishminneapolis.org
CEO: James Cohen
For over 90 years, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation has worked with people and partners across the globe to build a vibrant, inclusive and supportive Jewish community. MJF envisions a Jewish community that is empowered, engaged and inspired to realize its full potential. MJF promotes a culture of Jewish philanthropy, leverages financial and professional resources to meet local and global Jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future at home, in Israel and around the world.
Minnesota JCC
Chief Executive Officer: Michael Waldman
Board President: David Kristal
minnesotajcc.org
• Sabes Center Minneapolis
Barry Family Campus
4330 Cedar Lake Rd. S.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-381-3407
info@sabesjcc.org
Membership Sales: 952-381-3379, info@sabesjcc.org
Fitness Center Desk: 952-381-3404
Early Childhood: 952-381-3455
• Capp Center St. Paul
1375 St. Paul Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-698-0751
info@sabesjcc.org
Membership Sales: 651-255-4764, info@sabesjcc.org
Fitness Center Desk: 651-255-4774
Early Childhood: 651-255-4760
Mission: Inspired by Jewish values and culture, we ignite the human spirit through programs and services that promote well-being, foster inclusivity and strengthen our entire community. We offer exciting and innovative educational, social, cultural, recreational, fitness and communal programs to thousands of members and participants each year. As we proudly celebrate Jewish holidays and heritage, we also embrace our neighbors and provide events, programs and classes for everyone to enjoy. Our programming includes early childhood education, summer day camps, school-aged childcare, arts, culture and enrichment, senior supportive services, inclusion programming for adults with special needs, arts exhibits and workshops, and performing arts including the Twin Cities Film Festival and Humor Fest.
Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation (MN JCF)
4330 Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
952-417-2316
Fax: 763-235-6252
info@mnjcf.org
MN JCF Executive Director/Senior Director of MJF Charitable Gift Planning: Alene G. Sussman
mnjcf.org
The Minnesota Jewish Community Foundation (MN JCF) is the largest planned giving and endowment organization of the Minnesota Jewish community. MN JCF has approximately $165 million total assets under management in approximately 1,036 funds. With years of Jewish philanthropic experience under our belts, MN JCF provides individuals and families with unique expertise, advice and support, valuable tools and the professional know-how to make their philanthropic giving easier, personalized, thoughtful and tax beneficial. MN JCF offers a variety of planned giving vehicles, such as donor-advised funds. In 2021, we helped our individual and family fund holders send out over $13.9 million in grants to their favorite nonprofits locally and globally.
We also hold and grow endowment funds for over a dozen Jewish organizations, helping them have a sustained and perpetual stream of income in a cost-effective and collaborative way.
We serve professional advisers by helping them learn how to have or elevate their philanthropic conversations with clients. When advisers include philanthropy in their client conversations, they are serving their clients comprehensively, creating deeper relationships with them.
St. Paul Jewish Federation
790 Cleveland Ave. S., Suite 227
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-690-1707
jewishstpaul.org
President: Rick Linsk
CEO: Ted Flaum, 651-695-31932, tflaum@stpaulfed.org
CDO: Dan Mogelson, 651-695-3185, dmogelson@stpaulfed.org
We believe no Jew should ever feel alone. We ensure the lasting presence of an inclusive, vibrant Jewish community in St. Paul — one in which all members feel seen, understood and supported. Guided by Jewish values, the St. Paul Jewish Federation uses our comprehensive vantage point to listen to the many voices in the community and strengthen Jewish life in St. Paul. Our commitment is to the vitality and financial stability of our community at large. We work alongside individuals, organizations and synagogues within the facet of Judaism to create a robust Jewish presence in our community. We believe this entails informing our community and mobilizing to meet its needs, maintaining a connection to other Jewish communities in Israel and around the world, and ensuring all Jews feel welcome and excited to live in St. Paul.
St. Paul Jewish Federation — Planned Giving and Endowments
CDO: Dan Mogelson, 651-695-3185, dmogelson@stpaulfed.org
The planned giving and endowments department of the St. Paul Jewish Federation provides options for community members to give now or create a Jewish legacy for generations. Legacies left by members of our community help sustain vital programs, services, and institutions that assist the vulnerable and advance Jewish life locally, in Israel and around the world.
Twin Cities Young Adult Leadership Action (YALA)
Contact: Gabe Herstig
gherstig@jewishtwincities.org
Facebook: facebook.com/yalatwincities
Instagram: instagram.com/yalatwincities
Young Adult Leadership Action (YALA) is a community hub that supports the growth of young Jewish adults and organizations in the Twin Cities in the areas of leadership, volunteerism, philanthropy and community connection. YALA stewards the growth of individuals, supports the community organizations making their growth possible and believes in fostering long-term relationships to involve Jewish young adults and volunteers today and for years to come.
Women’s Philanthropy of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation
4330 Cedar Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
jewishminneapolis.org
Contact: Jen Bucklew, 952-417-2313, jbucklew@jewishminneapolis.org
Inspired and guided by our tradition of tzedaka and tikkun olam, Women’s Philanthropy of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation is dedicated to building and sustaining Jewish communities — in Minneapolis, Israel and more than 70 countries across the globe. The passion and dedication of women not only strengthen our vibrant community, they send a powerful message to our daughters and granddaughters.
Women’s Philanthropy of the St. Paul Jewish Federation
790 Cleveland Ave. S., Suite 227
St. Paul, MN 55116
jewishstpaul.org
Contact: Amy Yoelin, Financial Resource Development Associate
651-695-3186
ayoelin@stpaulfed.org
Inspired by Jewish values, Women’s Philanthropy broadens and deepens engagement in Jewish life to strengthen Jewish identity, foster dynamic connections with Israel and care for all Jews in need. We are sisters and daughters, mothers and friends, compassionate and committed women at every stage of life and career who are fulfilling the work of making the world a better place.
Yesod Leadership Development
Yesod is an eight-week executive leadership development program for seasoned leaders in the Minneapolis Jewish community. The curriculum was created out of a collaboration between Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), Dr. Erica Brown and the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning. The Minneapolis Jewish Federation will offer this leadership development opportunity to targeted groups of lay leaders and Jewish communal professionals alternately.
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