Dr. Hal M. Lewis writes in his article that, “Our community needs to reassess our entire approach to leadership training and development, not only because an entire generation of baby boomer executives is within easy reach of retirement, but because that is what healthy organizations do, all the time.” I agree with this Continue Reading »
Mark S. Young discusses how usually Jewish learning in the classroom is considered to be boring, while Jewish experiences outside the classroom are considered to be fun and exciting. He suggests that Jewish education shifts its approach from one of formal classroom learning to one of experiential learning. He believes that in this way Jewish learning will be Continue Reading »
Dr. Steven Windmueller points out the unfortunate decline of national movements throughout the country. Particularly, he focuses on the challenges of American Judaism and its movements and organizations. At the end of his article, he makes certain suggestions for how to revive these movements. Changes include focusing more on leadership, making innovations and taking risks. Continue Reading »
In Erica Brown’s segment of “The Peoplehood Papers 8,” she writes about ageism and how it confines our Jewish community. When we don’t include the older people with the younger people we miss out on , “the chance to mentor or be mentored…the sharing of powerful life experiences that are not our own” etc. Our board at Continue Reading »
This segment of “The Peoplehood Papers 8” is all about Jewish service learning and how it can be either beneficial or detrimental to the community the volunteers are trying to serve. The article gives an example of volunteers who meant to help by painting the walls of houses but were not aware that their was a Continue Reading »
David Edell addresses the “leadership crisis” that has been affecting the Jewish Community. According to him, there has been a lot of talk about the crisis, but not enough action. He gives several suggestions of what actions can be taken to begin to repair this problem. These are great ideas that might help the “crisis” Continue Reading »
David Bernstein’s fantastic article tells of the difference between the “old professional” and the “new professional” in today’s business world. The “new professional” is open about his or her mistakes and hobbies opposed to the “old professional” who was more closed off and impersonal. In today’s world, CEOs are quirky and not conservative. Continue Reading »
Micol Zimmerman Burkeman’s article about collaboration emphasizes the importance of working together within the Jewish community. He quotes Kohelet from chapter 4 verses 9 and 10 which state, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, once can help the other up. Continue Reading »
This past week there was a wonderful event, where two Jewish youth movements joined together to compete in inter-camp Maccabiah games. The two groups, the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) and BBYO, put aside any differences and learned about each other, discussing how they could work together in the future. Collaboration is so important for improving Continue Reading »
Deborah Kaplan Polivy’s article about Sarah Clifton’s “Donor Lifecycle Map “explains the extremely useful tool for “creating a strategic fund raising plan.” The map deals with where a donor is in their lifetime not in the numbers of how much they have contributed to the organization. The map is about a person’s commitment to the Continue Reading »
