Virtual Museum

Letters & Statements

• Mission Statement (1987)
• Edgar M. Bronfman’s letter introducing the Fellowship (1987)
• Edgar M. Bronfman’s letter reflecting on 20 years of the Fellowship (2007)

Miscellaneous

• Application Press Release (1991)
• Summer Shiurim Topics (2006 – 2015)
• Annual Report (2013)
• Annual Report (2014)
• Annual Report (2015)
• 30th Anniversary Lunch Program (2017)
• 30th Anniversary Main Program with Schedule (2017)
• Divrei Torah written by Bronfmanim (2014 – Present)
• Pictures of T-Shirts Designed by Each Fellowship Class (1987 – Present)
• Time and Creation: Art and Poetry for the High Holiday Season, from the Bronfman Fellowship Community (2020)
• 2020 Year at a Glance (2021)
• Gala Program (2023)
• The 36 Ways Bronfman Celebrated Its 36th Anniversary (2023)
• Strategic Plan for 2023-2025

• Are You Part of My Story? Becoming a Community of Interpretation, by Rebecca Voorwinde, Executive Director; and Rabbi Mishael Zion, Former Co-Director and Faculty)
• Long-term Relationships: The Case for Alumni Engagement, by Rebecca Voorwinde (Executive Director)
• The Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel: Wise Investing in the Jewish Future, by Professor Joseph Reimer
• Creating a Space for Questions about Identity in Jewish Education in Israel, by Neta Polizer (Amitim Faculty & Manager of Fellowship Year Experience)
• Why the Mifgash Matters, by Neta Polizer
• Network-Weaving with Becky Voorwinde (interview)
• The Alumni Experience, Reversed, by Aaron Steinberg (Deputy Director: North America)
• Exploring the Future of Alumni: Raising Expectations, by Aaron Steinberg
• The Expert Within: Engaging Alumni in a Selection Process, by Dr. Shira Fishman (’94)
• Choosing Amongst the Chosen People: The Challenge of Selection, by Rebecca Voorwinde
• With Friends Like These: Supportive Communities Enable Creativity, by Benjamin Greene
• Reprogramming Tisha b’Av: The Rabbi and the Hacker, by Rabbi Mishael Zion
• Summer Loving: BYFI’s LGBT Journey, by Idit Klein (’89)
• The Bronfman Fellowship featured as a case study in the Schusterman Alumni Playbook
• Alumni Outreach Strategy Resources webinar, with Rebecca Voorwinde and See3 CEO Michael Hoffman
• Theories of Transformative Learning in Jewish Education: Three Cases, by Professor Jon A. Levisohn (Bronfman Faculty)
• Exploring the Future of Alumni, Part II, by Aaron Steinberg
• Four Things to Do Before Heading Off to College (Advice from Bronfmanim) by Stefanie Weisman (Communications Associate)
• The Bronfman Fellowship Announces First-Ever Visiting Artists, by Jake Marmer (Education & Programming Director)
• Zooming Our Way to Transcendent Encounters, by Jake Marmer
• Embracing Plan B: Why Bronfman is Deciding Now not to Have Its 2021 Summer Program in Israel, by Rebecca Voorwinde
• Reinforced by Its Own Medium: The Virtual as the New Category of Human Experience, by Jake Marmer
• Blessing for Taking Off Masks, by Jake Marmer
• A ‘new normal’ for in-person seminars, by Aaron Steinberg, June 2021
• Contemporary arts and Jewish education: From theory to practice, by Jake Marmer, Nov. 2021
• Linguistic Hospitality as an Opportunity to Practice the Skills of Peoplehood (p. 63), by Daphna Yizrael and Becky Voorwinde, Sept. 2023.

Articles About Edgar M. Bronfman

• Edgar Bronfman’s Enduring Contribution to Jewish Youth, by Rebecca Voorwinde (Executive Director)
• Edgar M. Bronfman: A Modern Talmudic Jew, by Rebecca Voorwinde and Mishael Zion
• Why Be Jewish? by Matti Friedman (’94)
• Why Be Jewish? by Judy Batalion (’94)
• How Edgar Bronfman Changed My Life (Without Meeting Me), by Matti Friedman (’94)

Articles About Amitei Bronfman (Israeli Fellowship)

• My Journey with Amitei Bronfman, by Limor Alon (’04)
• Diversity and Development: The Impact of Amitei Bronfman, by Shai Shalev (’05)

Articles About the AVF (Alumni Venture Fund)

• Your Organization’s Best New Asset: A Giving Circle, by Joelle Asaro Berman
• The Alumni Advisory Board Model: Empowering the “Next Generation” Now, by Naamah Paley (’02)
• Engaging Alumni Reaps Benefits, by Tamar Snyder
• Israeli Novy God? What a Russian Holiday can Teach Israelis, by Rabbi Mishael Zion (Former Co-Director and Faculty)

Bronfman 25th Anniversary Retrospective – 2012 (click to view)  

Bronfmanim Magazines, 2008 – 2013 (click to view)