What will hold American Jewry and Israel together as the traditional "crisis glue" melts down and the familiar and practiced Israeli call for aid retreats to the remote background of each community's existence? This is the question addressed by participants in a 1996 conference sponsored by the Center for North American Jewry of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Beyond Survival and Philanthropy is a collection of answers to this complex question offered by thirty-one leading Israeli and American scholars, educators, journalists, and communal leaders. They consider the cultural currents that have shifted American Jewish attitudes toward Israel from a mobilization model to a search-for-personal-meaning model and trace the historical roots of present tensions between religious and secular Jews in Israel. The views of Yehezkel Kaufmann, Ahad Ha-Am, and David Ben-Gurion are used to help differentiate between the state of exile, the sense of exile, and the recognition of exile. The place of Israel in American Jewish education and the treatment of American Jewry in Israeli schools is considered, and the backstory of recent efforts to streamline the institutional complex that raises funds for Israel and local needs in American Jewish communities is explored. Speaker of the Knesset Avraham Berg presents his view of how the changing natures of both Zionism and Judaism will affect all Jews in the twenty-first century. Sometimes agreeing, sometimes disagreeing, but always expanding upon these presentations, authors of the response essays in the volume reflect and underscore the values that precipitated this discussion: recognition of the unity of the Jewish people and of the continuing to share diverse views and opinions in order to formulate and address the crucial and sometimes radical choices that confront American Jewry and Israel.

Are you frustrated that no matter what you do, your nonprofit never gets financially ahead? Are you trying to grow your revenues, but your donor base keeps shrinking? Are you recovering from a bad financial situation? Are you attempting to build up reserves so that you can continue core services even when funding cuts come? Do you dream of financial sustainability? If so, we've written Beyond Survival: Eight Proven Techniques that Lead to Sustainable Nonprofit Growth just for you! In this fast-reading book, we show you: How to rebuild trust after funding and staff cuts How to budget for growth A new fundraising paradigm that leads to success How to implement surprising, cost-efficient techniques that can double your fundraising income Beyond Survival: Eight Proven Techniques that Lead to Sustainable Nonprofit Growth is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to grow their missions by increasing their annual grant income. As a Nonprofit Quick Guide(TM), you can read it in one sitting or grab a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money. The authors help you: Find new donors Keep existing donors Create a fundraising organizational culture You will learn how to think about fundraising and recover after a decline, You will see how to analyze budget performance, effective techniques to ensure a net surplus, and what to do to reach a healthy financial position. You will know how to motivate other people to fundraise for you. We wrap up the book by reviewing the path to sustainability. Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide series, Beyond Survival: Eight Proven Techniques that Lead to Sustainable Nonprofit Growth focuses on creating financial sustainability through intense dedication to mission and shrewd financial management. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, donor acquisition and retention, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others. If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet or grow client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide series is for you.

Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the putative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and center as real alternatives to today’s failed models of confinement and “correction.” In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms—from toolkits to personal essays—to delve deeply into the “how to” of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community-based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.

This book is only for those who dare to dream a life that is beyound survival. You will be attracted to this book only when your quest and search is to live a life that is beyound survival. As all my books are straight to this point, this book is also straight to the point and is for those who wnat to engage in spending more time doing than just reading.