JVN Blog

I was talking to a friend recently about life and work and we both agreed that there are too many people stuck in a job they don’t like. This is a real shame. Life is full of unexpected twists and turns and it is a waste spending years, months, even days doing something which you […]

Why: Thanking volunteers is possibly the best way of keeping them involved. A recent JVN survey revealed that regularly thanked volunteers are more motivated – “The professional staff regular thank me for my contributions, which is lovely” – than ones who are not – “It would be nice if the organisation to thank me occasionally for my […]

Well after 22 years as wife of the Chief Rabbi, we are at the next stage of our lives, gazing out of a New York apartment at the thick snow and bright sunshine. The sun does shine here most of the time, but it certainly gets cold! Over the years I had the real privilege […]