JFCS 2020 Leadership Seminar Series
Exclusive Seminar Series for JFCS Leaders Only:
Courageous Leadership in Unsettling Times
with the Shalom Hartman Institute, based in Jerusalem
Join us to learn together and grapple with some of the key issues of our time.
Throughout history, our community has faced seemingly insurmountable challenges. And yet, together we have always found the way forward.
As JFCS leaders, the current multi-faceted crises raise questions as to what it means to be a Jewish organization at this moment in time. It draws us into connection with all humanity while simultaneously identifying how different communities face different challenges. Responding to this moment requires leadership that is conscious of both local needs and global concerns.
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Strategies for Strengthening Community
Tuesday, July 21; 5:00 – 6:15 pm
In this time of physical distancing, the need for community is greater than ever. Defining and building community, however, is even more challenging in the current environment. Join us for an enlightening evening with Rabbi Sarah Mulhern of the Shalom Hartman Institute, Manager of the Created Equal Project, as we explore Jewish ways of creating and building community.
Redemptive Leadership and Collective Mourning
Tuesday, August 18; 5:00 – 6:15 pm
There is a deep need for collective mourning in the face of this pandemic. The staggering loss of life, economic challenges and changes to our way of life need attention. Leaders of Jewish organizations today need to think creatively about how to carry their communities through these unprecedented times. With Dr. Sara Labaton, Director of Teaching and Learning for Shalom Hartman Institute North America, we will explore models from our tradition for thinking about the needs of community in the face of collective and individual grief.
Can Jewish Peoplehood Survive the Moment?
Tuesday, September 15; 5:00 – 6:15 pm
This year has brought historic health, economic, and social crises which present heightened challenges to Jewish peoplehood and Jewish pluralism. Can American Jews maintain pluralism in the face of disagreements over public health or a difference in tactics to overcome racism? Can Jewish peoplehood survive heightened nationalism across the globe? Please join Dr. Mijal Bitton for this concluding session in our leadership series.
With any questions, please contact Martin Tannenbaum, [email protected].
Developed and presented in partnership with the Shalom Hartman Institute.
Hartman Scholars for our Summer Leadership Program
Rabbi Sarah Mulhern is the manager of the Created Equal Project at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she teaches, researches, develops curricula, and directs educational programs on topics related to ethical leadership, gender and moral use of power. She was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College and also earned a Masters in Jewish Education from Hebrew College. Sarah has worked in a variety of settings, including pulpits, social justice organizations, mikvaot, hospitals, and in adult and youth education. Previously, she worked at American Jewish World Service.
Dr. Sara Labaton is Director of Teaching and Learning at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she serves as a conduit between the Kogod Research Center and program directors. She received a B.A. in Religious Studies from Columbia University and her doctorate from the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at NYU. Sara is a founding faculty member of Yeshivat Hadar, where she taught in a variety of Jewish settings. Her research interests include the intersection of ritual and relevance, ritual experimentation, and overcoming the binary of insider-outsider in Jewish ritual practice.
Dr. Mijal Bitton is a Fellow in Residence at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and the Rosh Kehilla (communal leader) and co-founder of the Downtown Minyan in New York City. Through her fellowship and teaching at Hartman, Mijal explores new paradigms of Jewish identity for diverse Jewish populations and expands normative concepts such as “Jewishness,” “religion,” and “tradition.” Mijal received her BA from Yeshiva University and her doctorate from New York University. In 2018, Mijal was selected for inclusion in ’36 under 36′ in New York Jewish Week.
