TL;DR: As we commence 2026, Global Jewry thanks its partners and supporters for making meaningful collaboration possible. Your engagement has helped foster trust, amplify voices, and strengthen cooperation across the Jewish organizational landscape. With the finalists of the Global Jewry Prizes soon to be announced, we look ahead with optimism, inviting continued participation to advance a shared, collaborative future.
As we close out 2025 and begin 2026, we want to pause and express our deepest thanks to you—our partners, supporters, advisors, and friends—whose commitment and generosity have made Global Jewry’s work possible.
The past year has reaffirmed a core truth: meaningful collaboration does not happen by accident. It requires intention, trust, openness, and the willingness to listen and work together even when it is not easy. Because of your engagement—through time, ideas, leadership, financial support, and moral encouragement—Global Jewry has continued to advance its mission to foster mutual respect and trust across the Jewish organizational landscape, creating the conditions for genuine connection, cooperation, and collaboration.
Your contributions have helped us convene conversations that might not otherwise have taken place, amplify voices that deserve to be heard, and encourage organizations to see one another not as competitors, but as partners in a shared endeavor. Together, we are beginning to model a different way forward—one grounded in generosity of spirit, shared responsibility, and the belief that our collective impact is far greater than the sum of our individual efforts.
A meaningful moment in this work is just ahead. Next week, Global Jewry will announce the five finalists for each of the Global Jewry Prizes, which were created to recognize and elevate organizations that exemplify courageous, effective collaboration. The Prizes reflect a central belief of this initiative: that working across boundaries, sharing resources, and amplifying one another’s efforts strengthens the entire Jewish ecosystem. We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped shape, support, and participate in this process.
As we look toward the year ahead, we invite you to continue this journey with us. Stay engaged in the conversations, share examples of collaboration that inspire you, connect us with leaders and organizations eager to work together, and help us expand the reach and impact of efforts like the Global Jewry Prizes. Your continued involvement—through participation, advocacy, and support—remains essential.
We enter the new year with optimism and resolve. Thank you for believing in this mission, for standing with us, and for helping Global Jewry serve as a catalyst for trust, partnership, and shared purpose. We are profoundly grateful for you and look forward to continuing this work—together.
With appreciation, warm wishes for the year ahead and may this be the week the remains of all hostages return home,
Sandy Cardin
Founder, Global Jewry
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