Gil Perl
CEO of the Ades Family Foundation. Founding Head of School of the Jewish Leadership Academy. Fascinated with the Jewish future.
A Moonshot for Day School Sustainability
The Scholarship Fund at JLA
It isn't every day that new ideas are offered that truly have the potential to move the needle on Day School sustainability. And it's rarer still when what's offered isn't merely a theory or a thought, but a concept that has been put into practice and shown promising results. That explains why this article, and the related . . .
A Tribute to a Fallen Friend
Remembering Rabbi Avi Goldberg, ztz"l, on Yom HaZikaron
There have been so many losses and so much pain since October 7th. For me, this one hit closest to home and lodged permanently and irreparably in my heart.
The Pillar of Volozhin
A Three Part Series on the Life and Times of the Netziv
The following are links to a three part series on the life of the Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, given at Boca Raton Synagogue in February 2025.
Part I: The Shoemaker Who Wasn't
Part II: What Was the Rosh Yeshiva Reading?
Part III: The Zionist Father of Haredi Ideology
. . .Refusing to Bend Under the Arch
Holding our Heads High at the Arch of Titus
Seven months ago, I had the extraordinary privilege of taking our upper school students at the Jewish Leadership Academy on an eight day Jewish History trip to Italy. While there were many highlights and moments of inspiration, few were as meaningful to me as the opportunity to challenge our students to hold their heads high and . . .
Catching Up
I haven't updated this site much over the past year, largely because posting directly to Facebook allows for greater interactivity and sharing. I know that for some, though, this is still a better avenue to get a sense for what is and has been on my mind, without all of the clutter of Facebook. So I apologize ahead of time to . . .
The War in Gaza:
Understanding the Israeli Perspective
The following is a Lunch & Learn that I gave to the faculty of The Jewish Leadership Academy on April 18, 2024. Feel free to share:
The Winds of Change
Lecture Series
Here are the links to a recent four part lecture series I gave at Boca Raton Synagogue that looks at the massive shifts that occur in Eastern European Jewish society over the course of the 19th century:
The Winds of Change:
Part 2: Rav Yisrael Salanter and the Mussar . . .
