Sally Gottesman is the founder and president of The Eleemosynary Group, consultants to non-profit organizations based in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
.
Career
Gottesman is the Chair of Encounter and was the cofounder of
Moving Traditions and served as Founding Chair of the Board. Gottesman served on the Board of Directors of
American Jewish World Service
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit international development and human rights organization that supports community-based organizations in 19 countries in the developing world and works to educate the American Jewish com ...
, Bikkurim,
Jewish Women's Archive
The Jewish Women's Archive (JWA) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to document "Jewish women's stories, elevate their voices, and inspire them to be agents of change."
JWA was founded by Gail Twersky Reimer in 1995 in Brook ...
, Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn, American Friends of Yedid, and Storah Telling.
Gottesman received her B.A. from
Wellesley College
Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...
and her master's degree in Public and Private Management from
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
. She was formerly a consultant for
KPMG
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and New York Regional Director of the
New Israel Fund
The New Israel Fund (NIF; ; ) is a United States–based NGO established in 1979. It describes its objective as social justice and equality for all Israelis. The New Israel Fund says it has provided $300 million to over 900 Israeli civil society ...
.
Through her work with Moving Traditions, she started the ''Bat Mitzvah Firsts'' project, which conducted surveys over the Internet to collect stories of women's experiences. With the results of the survey, Moving Traditions and The
National Museum of American Jewish History
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum at 101 South Independence Mall East (S. 5th Street) at Market Street in Center City Philadelphia. It was founded in 1976.
History
With ...
have collaborated to organize a traveling exhibition, ''Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age'', featuring the story of how, in less than a century, individual girls, their parents and their rabbis challenged communal values to institute this now widely practiced Jewish ritual of the Bat Mitzvah.
[It's a (Bat) Mitzvah" Chutzpah Magazine http://www.chutzpahmag.com/archives/2098]
Gottesman writes regularly about philanthropy and progressive Jewish issues.
Publications
Articles and works include:
Young Women Changing the World (2002) ''The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life''
On the Board: Influencing Rabbinic Training from a Distance (2003) ''Jewish Family & Life (JFL Media)''
Male/Female Marketing: The Challenges to the Jewish Community (2004) ''The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life''
Mega does not Equal Male (2006) ''The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life''
Bat Mitzvah Firsts ''The Jewish Week''
''JInsider''
A Conversation with Sally Gottesman ''Moving Traditions''
References
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Businesspeople from New York City
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American women business executives
American business executives
Wellesley College alumni
Yale University alumni
Jewish American activists
Living people