A Rabbi and Rebbetzin discuss the opportunities and challenges of serving as Jewish leaders in the Jewish community with the goal of elevating the discourse, providing tools and resources for professional growth, and tackling thorny issues in the field of Jewish leadership.
As much as we would like life's inspiriational experiences to last forever, the reality is that the amazing shabbatons, immersive heritage trips to Poland, and uplifting 3-day learning programs come to an end. And when those experiences wind down, the participants are not able to translate the highs and impact into everyday Jewish living. How can we as program builders, facilitators, and educators do more to help our students and participants experience the highs but also integrate them back into the mundanity of a 'regular' Shabbat and a routine learning experience?
16 Feb 2023
Capturing Experiences
In every learning experience, there are participants and facilitators, speakers and listeners, lecturers and their audience, Rabbis/Rebbetzens and their congregants. How do we help our audience become owners over the learning experiences that we lead? What mechanisms can we as educators and Jewish leaders offer our audiences to enable them to capture their experiences and carry it forward beyond the experience to ensure it does not get lost?
23 Jan 2023
Your Podium Awaits
What is it that we are actually doing/impacting when are delivering a class, lecturing, or speaking? Join us for a conversation about how all Jewish leaders are challenged at times to overcome nerves, deficiencies, and feelings of being inadequate to lead and teach by exploring the very same challenge Moshe grappled with as he was thrust into a leadership position he felt unready and incapable of doing, and how he overcame these challenges. What tools do you use to increase your confidence and perspective when you are asked to speak or teach?
16 Jan 2023
Nature via Nurture
Are leaders born to lead or are they motivated, encouraged, and trained to lead? Join us for a conversation about challenging the widely-held belief that leadership is inherent by exploring the birth and development of Moshe, the central character of the book of Shemot. What do you believe about leadership and why does it matter?
30 Nov 2022
How Jewish Leaders Maintain Their Ideals
This episode explores the challenge of day-to-day tasks that Jewish leaders encounter such as answering emails, text messages, and non-essential activities, where these tasks often take away from the idealistic passion of being a Jewish leader. Approaches for mitigating, negotiating, and delegating these tasks as well as other tools and tips are shared by Ilana and Effie in this fascinating conversation!
15 Nov 2022
What do Jewish Leaders Do?
In this first episode, we introduce the idea behind this podcast: Providing tools and support to Rabbis/Rebbetzins, Educators, and Community Leaders to improve themselves, thereby enabling them to have a greater impact as guides, leaders, and educators.
1 Nov 2022
Trailer: The Jewish Leaders Journal
The Jewish Leaders Journal presents critical conversations between Rabbi Dr. Effie Kleinberg, a Senior Educator at Jewish Futures organizations and Rebbetzin Ilana Epstein, Chief of Staff at Jewish Futures and Rebbetzin at Western Marble Arch Synagogue. In these conversations, Rabbi Kleinberg and Rebbetzin Epstein explore the opportunities and challenges of serving as a Jewish leader. We cover questions such as: Are leaders born to lead or are they trained to lead? What is that we are doing when deliver a class or lecture? How do Jewish leaders stay inspired and passionate in their work?
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