Located in New Albany, Ohio
Jun 2012
Rachel Kest is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship (Class 11) and is completing her 13th year at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, MA as the Director of Elementary and Family Education. Rachel can be reached at rachelkest@gmail.com. In my role as principal of a Religious School, I frequently ask parents to take on leadership roles – from being a member of the school committee to being a room
Ann Hartman Luban is an alumna of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship (class IV) and The Wexner Heritage Program (Pro-99). Ann is a Program Specialist in Community Services at Jewish Child and Family Services in Chicago and the Director of Recruitment for the Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies at Spertus. She can be reached at annluban@sbcglobal.net. We all have those things that we think about but that just never
Martine Fleishman is an alumna of the Wexner Heritage ( NY IV) Program. Martine has dedicated herself to family, friends and the Jewish communal arena promoting Israel, Jewish identity, Jewish leadership, education, human rights and social justice. Martine is the chair of the Jewish Agency’s Project T.E.N. She can be reached at mtf37@optonline.net. At 11 years old, my family and I made our first trip to Israel. I went back
May 2012
Naomi is a proud alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XIII. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Hebrew and Israeli Culture at The Ohio State University. Naomi can be reached at brenner.108@osu.edu. Recently, I was asked to answer questions and facilitate a discussion after a campus screening of the Israeli animated film Waltz with Bashir on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day. “College students won’t show up at a
May 2012
Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, Class XI. Rachel has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek since 2007. She currently serves as co-chair of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America. Rachel can be reached at: rabbirg@snet.net. When I started as the rabbi of my synagogue, the congregation had just come through a difficult period of instability of rabbinic leadership and of dysfunctional
Dara is a Recruitment Consultant for DRG and has more than a decade of experience working with Jewish non-profits. Her work at DRG is focused in the areas of both informal and formal Jewish education, and in identifying a next generation of Jewish professional leadership. She can be reached at dklarfeld@drgnyc.com In the Jewish community, the crisis of executive leadership is very acute. Hundreds of Jewish organizations will, in the
May 2012
PENINA GRSSBERG IS AN ALUMNA OF THE THE WEXNER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP, CLASS 5. PENINA IS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVE COMMUNAL VOLUNTEER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. PENINA CAN BE REACHED AT: PENINAG@OPTONLINE.NET.? Beyond loosening my stiff back, yoga offers tools for navigating leadership challenges. Set an intention. At the start of a yoga practice, students consider what they want to get from the experience. Intentionality encourages me to make personal meaning
May 2012
Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff is an alumnus of The Wexner Graduate Fellowship, (Class 13). Stephen has been Executive Director of the 14th Street Y in New York City since 2007. He also serves as Founding Director of LABA: The National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture which is housed at the Y. He writes and teaches widely on the intersection of traditional texts, the arts, popular culture, education, and Jewish communal
May 2012
Chaim Gelfand is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program (Class 8). Chaim is the the School Rabbi for the two elementary schools of the Perelman Jewish Day School in suburban Philadelphia. Chaim can be reached at rabbi@pjds.org Nearly 15 years ago, I sat in a crowded Jerusalem synagogue as the Kabbalat Shabbat service began. Studying in Israel that year, I’d prayed there with some regularity. Familiar with the
Apr 2012
Menashe Bleiweiss is a Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumnus, Class III. He is a rebbe in Derech, a division of Ohr Somayach Yeshiva, a licensed tour guide, and directs a tour guide training program at Machon Lander. He lives with his wife and eight children in Telzstone, near Jerusalem. Menashe can be reached at jsisrael@netvision.net.il Pluralists tend to feel alienated by the many hierarchies in Torah and Jewish law. They prefer