Why Transparency & Public Forums

Hello Everyone:

We will be back to you shortly with some important perspectives on the whole UJA education initiative - perhaps by later next week. Also, we want to share with you our very own initiative that we would like to launch.

In the meantime, we would like to ask you to consider the question of transparency and corporate governance at the UJA. In our view, our respect for people in leadership positions, even with those we disagree with, would be elevated if our leaders would:

1. Govern transparently.
2. Receive constructive criticism without reacting defensively.
3. Defend their views publicly and in a forum where ideas circulate and percolate.

Do you agree with our views? Do you think that the UJA is sufficiently transparent?

Even the UN welcomes public submissions (click here for an interesting example).

It is our position that the UJA should establish a forum for community members to share and discuss matters of interest to them and which impact our lives as members of the Jewish community. We're conducting one here, on this forum.

Please register and comment and please invite everyone you know to join and participate.