Karyn Grossman Gershon is the CEO of Project Kesher (PK) in the US and the architect of the PK international network of feminist Jewish leaders. Project Kesher’s programs build intergenerational Jewish life, advance gender equality, and promote public health and wellness. Most recently, she has been instrumental in helping to create a gendered response to the war in Ukraine and now Israel. Karyn is a graduate of Cornell University and Northwestern University School of Law. Project Kesher’s archives and Karyn’s body of work have been included in Brandeis University Archives and Special Collections on Jewish Feminism. She has spoken extensively about women's rights and Jewish life in post-Soviet countries on public radio and at universities including Stanford, Northwestern, Columbia, and Washington University.
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Israel-Hamas War: U.S. Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Trauma With Loved Ones, Staff Caught in the Crossfire
The Chronicle of Philanthropy [October 12, 2023] -
Jewish groups condemn a strike near the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial
The World [April 25, 2023] -
First-of-its-kind Ukrainian egalitarian Haggadah launched
The Jerusalem Post [March 19, 2023] -
Despite the War, I’ll Be Hosting My Family’s Seder in Ukraine
Kveller [April 15, 2022] -
Ukraine War Turned Empowered, Independent Jewish Women Into the Displaced
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent [March 10, 2022] -
‘It’s Not Like Anything I’ve Ever Seen': Aid Groups Report Overwhelming Donor Response for Ukraine
The Chronicle of Philanthropy [March 3, 2022] -
The war in Ukraine has turned empowered and independent Jewish women into the displaced
Jewish Telegraphic Agency [March 3, 2022] -
Jewish groups condemn a strike near the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial
The New York Times [March 1, 2022] -
Here’s how to help Ukraine’s Jewish community
Forward [February 25, 2022] -
Interview about the situation in Ukraine
WBAI Morning Show [February 24, 2014] -
Chanukah Flames Fuel Women's Empowerment in FSU
Jewish Philanthropy [December 6, 2010]