The following questions were among those that emerged from our conversations. Jews in the academy. Jews and Social Responsibility. While many of us work in higher education, we recognize that the academy is not the only site of intellectual work in our society and we welcome other people from outside of it. We invite you to send us a note regarding your interest in the project.
Some subsidy is available for travel to weekends.
A seed grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation is instrumental in these activities. Over the past several years, Mifgash has gathered groups of Jewish intellectuals within and outside the academy to discuss issues of shared concern. Mifgash is now organizing a series of local weekend gatherings in North America, hosted by previous participants. The meeting in Toronto is being organized by Roger Simon and Sharon Rosenberg, of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and is scheduled for November 17-19, 1995. Limited to 15-20 participants, the weekend is designed as an opportunity for interested individuals to engage, on a formal and informal basis, issues of concern for Jewish intellectuals studying and working in university settings.