LeaderFolk

Oct 23 2020
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This is LeaderFolk: An Inclusive Look Inside the Jewish Community. Join us each week for a conversation about what it means to be a woman, non-binary or genderqueer individual working as, what we like to call, a “professional Jew.” Tune in for explorations of the unique triumphs and challenges that face these Jewish community leaders at the blurry intersection between the professional and the personal. Welcome to the table, we’re saving a spot for you!

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26. Kathryn Fleisher & Zoe Terner

Oct 23 2020 36 mins  
As we approach the second anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sara talks with Kathryn Fleisher and Zoe Terner of Not My Generation, a youth-led, gun violence prevention organization. Kathryn shares about how the Tree of Life shooting inspired her to take action and form NMG. Both young women speak about how their leadership

25. Sally Abrams and Holly Brod Farber

Oct 09 2020 35 mins  
Sally Abrams and Holly Brod Farber of the JCRC of Minnesota and the Dakotas join Sara to talk about the value of their long-lasting collaborative partnership and their latest initiative, The Letters Project. http://minndakjcrc.org/letters@jcrcminndak

24. Rabbi Jessy Dressin

Oct 02 2020 37 mins  
Rabbi Jessy Dressin is the executive director of Repair the World Baltimore and serves as the rabbi for Repair the World at the national level. She pops on to chat with Sara about generational shifts in our Jewish communities, Jewish activism, and leading from a place of authenticity and humility.www.werepair.orghttps://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/https://www.myjewishlearning.com/eli

23. Rabbi Elyssa Cherney

Sep 25 2020 36 mins  
Rabbi Elyssa Cherney (and her son Zeke!) appears on this week's episode to discuss her organization, TacklingTorah, and how to approach meaningful Jewish engagement for those whose Jewish education left off around b'nai mitzvah age. @tacklingtorah for both Instagram and Facebook, and www.tacklingtorah.com

22. Dubbs Weinblatt

Sep 18 2020 38 mins  
Dubbs Weinblatt joins Sara this week for a conversation about LGBT+ advocacy in the Jewish community and beyond. Dubbs melds their experiences as an improviser and Keshet's Associate Director of Education and Training in the New York Metro area to create meaningful opportunities for queer/LGBTQ+ individuals to share their stories.https://www.keshetonline.orghttp://thankyouforcoming

21. Tamar Ghidalia

Aug 28 2020 29 mins  
Tamar Ghidalia is a Jew of Color of Sephardic heritage. She joins Sara to speak on her work consulting on Jewish education, arts infused education, and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion as well as how she maintains her connection to her Sephardic roots through music. www.tamarghidalia.com/www.edotmidwest.org/

20. Dyonna Ginsburg

Aug 21 2020 40 mins  
While the pandemic has forced our attention closer and closer to home, increasingly hyperlocal, Dyonna Ginsburg, CEO of Olam, speaks with Sara about keeping a global perspective. https://olamtogether.org/https://olam.swoogo.com/FocalPoint2020@olamtogether

19. Rabbi Caryn Aviv

Aug 14 2020 40 mins  
After many years as a professor, Rabbi Caryn Aviv realized that the university system was restricting her priorities and the kinds of connections she wanted to build. Now on the rabbinic team at Judaism Your Way in Denver, Colorado, Rabbi Caryn joins us to speak about feminism, taking the gender binary out of the b'nai mitzvah process, and more.http://www.judaismyourway.org/

18. Amy Schilit Benarroch

Aug 07 2020 24 mins  
Amy Schilit Benarroch's Righteous Crowd is an exciting, modern way to weave tzedakah into our daily lives. Listen to hear more about Righteous Crowd and Amy's passion for Jewish education.www.righteouscrowd.orgwww.facebook.com/righteouscrowd

17. Ariele Mortkowitz

Jul 31 2020 50 mins  
Ariele Mortkowitz, the creator of Svivah, joins Sara for a joyous conversation about building an intentional community amongst Jewish women.www.svivah.orgwww.facebook.org/wearesvivahwww.facebook.com/groups/SVIVAHhearsyou/ www.instagram.com/wearesvivahour email: [email protected]