David H.—I’m delighted to welcome Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath as an adjunct fellow at the Z3 Institute of Jewish Priorities.
Samantha will be working on a book project about how Jewish parents can raise proud, committed, and knowledgeable kids in a world far more challenging than the one they grew up in. Parenting is the most crucial link in the chain of Jewish life, where both instinctive attitudes and a core base of knowledge are imbued from our earliest years. Combining cutting-edge research, interviews, modern stories, and traditional texts, this work will offer an anchor for parents seeking guidance in what may the most important project in their lives: Raising the next generation of Jews.
Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath: Raising Jewish Kids in an Uncertain World
Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath is a lifelong Jewish educator and learner. She is the Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning at The Jewish Education Project, and is a nationally recognized expert on Jewish identity, antisemitism and Israel education. Samantha is the author of #antisemitism: Coming of Age During the Resurgence of Hate, a finalist for the 2022 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Education and Jewish Identity. She is an adjunct lecturer at Gratz College, regularly writes for a variety of Jewish publications and is the cohost of the podcast Adapting: The Future of Jewish Education. Samantha is an alumna of the University of Pittsburgh, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Gratz College. An Israeli-American who has lived and taught throughout the Jewish world, Samantha lives in New York with her family.
We are proud to give her project an intellectual home and look forward to sharing Samantha’s work as it develops.
Please join me in welcoming her to the Z3 Institute.
Save the Date: Z3 Conference 2026
The Z3 Conference is returning to Palo Alto on November 1, 2026. I’ll be there as well as many of the writers and scholars associated with the Z3 Institute. Tickets will go on sale September 1!