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Dr. Benjamin M. Jacobs is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, Class XI. He is the Assistant Professor of Social Studies, Education and Jewish Studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.  He can be reached at bjacobs@nyu.edu. There are 2.6 seconds remaining in overtime at the 1990 NCAA East Regional Final between Duke and UConn. Duke, trailing by a point, calls time

Nina Bruder is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, Class V and the Executive Director of Bikkurim: An Incubator for New Jewish Ideas, which identifies promising, innovative, Jewish ideas in their early stages of organizational formation and nurtures them from start-up to sustainability.  She can be reached at ninabruder@gmail.com. I recently had the opportunity to apply a lesson learned from a family context to a work context. My

Stephen Gynberg is a member of the Wexner Heritage Program Los Angeles 09 group.  Stephen is a filmmaker and writer.  His latest film is the award winning feature  documentary,  A Life Ascending.  He can be reached at sgryny@me.com. My parents flew to Los Angeles this past Yom Kippur to be with my family.  My mother brought her mandel braut as usual and my father brought his Torah.  That was a

Jenny Solomon is an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, Class X. Jenny serves as a rabbi, teaching, counseling, and leading prayer at Beth Meyer Synagogue in Raleigh and in the greater Triangle Jewish Community. She is also building the first community mikveh in Eastern North Carolina. She can be reached at rabbijsolomon@gmail.com At a recent colloquium on the pursuit of happiness at Emory University, Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

  Marci Levine Dollinger is an alumna of the Wexner Heritage San Francisco 08 group. She is an involved member of the Bay Area Jewish community, as a teacher and volunteer at Brandeis Hillel Day School and through her involvement at Congregation Rodef Sholom, the Osher Marin JCC, and Jewish Family and Children’s Services.  Marci can be reached at mdollinger@aol.com. Sometimes, leadership moments are private and intensely personal.  At my

Carrie Harris is an alumna of the Wexner Heritage Program, NewYork/Wachtel.  Carrie is a member of GoldmanHarris LLC, a law firm specializing in zoning and historic preservation.  Carrie is active in Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, writes occasionally for The Jewish Week, and has created a multimedia (photography/poetry/dance) program about Jews in Spain.  She can be reached at charris@goldmanharris.com. When I finally got married four years ago, it was to a Jewish

Shuli Passow is a Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alumna.  Her pastoral care field work as a first year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary inspired these reflections.  Prior to JTS, Shuli served as the Director of Community Initiatives at the Jewish Funds for Justice.  She can be reached at shuhead@gmail.com Above my desk, in my former office, was a print of a phrase that expresses a foundational concept of my

Valerie Thaler, an alumna of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program (Class VIII), is Assistant Professor of History at Towson University in Maryland; she is also a member of the graduate faculty for the MA programs in Judaic Studies and Jewish Communal Service (affiliated with the Baltimore Hebrew Institute). Valerie can be reached at vthaler@towson.edu. The day this article was due (Oct. 22, 2010), was my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, a

Jodi Mintz Ginsberg is a member of the Montreal 09 Wexner Heritage Group.  She is President of Home and School Solomon Schechter Academy. Jodi is a food distributor and can be reached at jm@unifood.com.  In an effort to prevent “bullying,” I was recently in school speaking to a group of grade 2 children about acts of kindness. My seven year old daughter Samantha had also taken part in this class

Rabbi Jennie Roseenn is a Wexner Graduate Fellowship Alumna, Class IV.  She is the Program Director for Jewish Life and Values at the Nathan Cummings Foundation.  Jennie can be reached at jennie.rosenn@nathancummings.org. It happened nearly twenty years ago, and I hope I will never forget it.  I had just finished my first year of rabbinical school and was serving as the student rabbi of a congregation on Cape Cod for