While I almost always write my own job description—not neatly fitting into existing frameworks—I think you can only do that for so long before fatigue…
Summer 2016(5776)
The Art of Advocacy: Maury Litwack
To me, the question of leadership is not necessarily about how I find fulfillment or the impact I want to have. It’s about asking, “Why…
Oh, sure, I knew all about leadership. I knew that the trait theory was passé and would turn up ludicrous hypotheses; for instance, that through…
Everyone has his or her own mission. You follow the dots that God has given you and you go with it. There are women who…
My beloved high school Navi teacher, Rabbi Ebstein, z”l, a survivor who tried hard to make the messages of the ancient prophets relevant to our…
By Aviva Weisbord 1. Take responsibility: We lead because there’s something that needs to be accomplished. 2. Offer a vision: People join when there is…
Modest. Radical. Pious. Revolutionary. Staunch traditionalist. Proto-feminist. All of these words have been used to describe this woman. Even more than eighty years after her…
If you drive around different parts of the US long enough, you are likely to encounter two bumper stickers asserting two contradictory ideas. One states,…
With mass shootings and terror attacks in the news with frightening frequency, it is only natural for the average civilian to want to be able…
A few months ago, Jessica, a thirty-year-old woman,1 called the offices of the Beth Din of America. She said she was getting married in one…
