Charles Lenchner

Charles works to help progressive nonprofits harness the internet for social change. He grew up in Israel mostly, but has not left the United States for six years. "Wow, has it been that long? Zeke and Esther keep me strong, and I'm looking forward to the resolution of all contradictions." He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Media and Tech

Getting Beyond Outreach: Web 2.0 Judaism

By Charles Lenchner

I told the Federation rep, “You’d have to transfer power and resources from a top-down agenda to a listening agenda. You’d have to grant a voice to people who aren’t major donors yet. You’d have to message differently, write differently, even think differently about what your relationship with your constituents is supposed to look like.”

They laughed a bit and said, “That’s not going to happen.”