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Carmi Schwartz shares insights from his extensive experience in the Jewish community and discusses key issues facing American Jewry.

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast , we talk to Jewish communal executive Carmi Schwartz about lessons he’s learned in his 90-plus years as a member and leader of the Jewish community. In this episode we discuss: —What draws a professional to Jewish communal work rather than business pursuits or Torah scholarship? —How does one imbue organizational and Zionist work with religious Jewish content? —What has it been like to directly witness the Jewish community’s tensions around driving on Shabbat, patrilineal descent, and recognition of non-Orthodox conversions? Interview begins at 10:20. Tune in to hear a conversation about all of the forks in the road that brought us to this moment in American Jewish history. Carmi Schwartz is a longtime leader in the North American Jewish federation system. He served as Executive Vice President of the Council of Jewish Federations (CJF), one of the organizations that later merged into today's Jewish Federations of North America. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions with Jewish federations in Metropolitan New Jersey, Baltimore, Utica, Miami, and Montreal. References: No Country for Old Men (2007) For more 18Forty: NEWSLETTER…

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