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Zusatztext "Insists that our community can nurture leaders for this generation and beyond; practical! grounded insights inspire hope and confidence that we need not despair of infinite and endless wandering in the midbar of modern living." - Jeff Swartz ! CEO! Timberland Company "Passionate and inspired ... takes the choicest wisdom from Jewish and business texts! and applies it to the day-to-day challenges of Jewish organizational life. Everyone in Jewish leadership-professionals! students! and volunteers-should read and master this volume." - Jonathan D. Sarna ! director! Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program! Brandeis University "Lucid! appealing! brilliant ? should be required reading for those concerned with Jewish communal life today and tomorrow?. Touches the heart as well as the mind." - Sylvia Barack Fishman ! professor of contemporary Jewish life! Brandeis University; author! The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness "Deeply rooted in Jewish vision and dreams! learning and literature! optimism and the possibility of transformational leadership. This book will become the basic textbook on leadership training in the Jewish community." - Barry Shrage ! president! Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston "Accessible?. Offers a range of helpful ideas about leading Jewish organizations today." - Shulamit Reinharz ! Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology! Brandeis University; founding director! Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Informationen zum Autor Dr. Erica Brown , an inspiring writer and educator, is scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. She consults for the Jewish Agency and other Jewish non-profits, and is a faculty member of the Wexner Foundation. She is an Avi Chai Fellow, winner of the Ted Farber Professional Excellence Award, and the recipient of a Covenant Award for her work in education. She is author of Confronting Scandal: How Jews Can Respond When Jews Do Bad Things ; Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities , a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and Spiritual Boredom: Rediscovering the Wonder of Judaism and coauthor of The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One? (all Jewish Lights). She contributed to We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism— Ashamnu and Al Chet, Who by Fire, Who by Water —Un'taneh Tokef and All These Vows —Kol Nidre (all Jewish Lights). She lectures widely on subjects of Jewish interest and leadership. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and can be reached at www.EricaBrown.com. Klappentext Great Jewish community leadership helped Jews survive slavery! guided us to the Promised Land! gave us hope through exile and oppression! and gave birth to the State of Israel. Those who take on positions of leadership today know that! like Moses! Aaron and Miriam! they will have to make order out of potential chaos! forge a path for others to follow! and sustain a vision of the future in the face of skepticism. Drawing on the past and looking to the future! this practical and informative guide provides the framework for working through important contemporary community leadership issues. It takes a broad look at positions of leadership in the modern Jewish community and the qualities and skills an individual has or should develop in order to succeed in these positions. Real-life anecdotes! interviews! and dialogue stimulate thinking about leadership from a Jewish perspective! ethical leadership! conflict resolution! change management! and effective succession planning. Zusammenfassung Help sustain the Jewish tradition's legacy of community leadership by building strong leaders today.
