Inspired Jewish Leadership: Practical Approaches to Building Strong Communities
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 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 Eloquent insight into how Jewish history and ideals cultivate a positive foundation for the kind of leadership that inspires others to excellence. Senator Joseph I. Lieberman 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 --.