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Design Thinking

by John Lewsen, February 28, 2025

Design Thinking for Lay Leaders Leveraging Creativity for Problem Solving and Growth As part of the recent URJ Leadership bootcamp that I wrote about last month, I also signed up…

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Building Connections

by John Lewsen, February 1, 2025

Connecting and community building through small group activities: How member-led small groups can provide the glue that sustains commitment. Last Sunday, I had the privilege of attending an online Leadership…

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Pathway’s Newly Completed Affordable and Fully Accessible Apartments

by John Lewsen, December 31, 2024

Adding new units to our Pathway affordable housing portfolio has been a long journey. This is why, on December 17, I was thrilled to attend a significant milestone in the…

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Wrapping Up Our Living Torah Project

by John Lewsen, November 30, 2024

As many of us respond to “Giving Tuesday” fundraising telephone calls, e-mail solicitations, and snail mail packages – if only Canada Post was not still on strike – I again…

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