I was in the hospital having delivered my first-born, and the rabbi called with his congratulations. That was just the beginning of his thoughtful kindness

Mijal Bitton and attorney and author David French explore what it means to be a voice of conscience who calls out excesses in one’s own partisan home.

Elana Stein Hain and Mark Gerson discuss the differing models of leadership demonstrated in Jeremiah 28, and how they are evident in America today.

Two-part rabbinic elective offering a close reading of the Book of Judges

What price do we pay for intervention, and what price do we pay for indifference?

Shalom Hartman Institute graduation ceremony for Rabbinic Leadership Initiative Cohort VI, July 2019

Let’s support even those stumbling out of the gate, and help them formulate the voices we will need for the work ahead.

Leadership in the 21st century and the responsibilities of Jewish leadership, the dialectical relationship between leaders and their constituencies

The paradigm shifts and challenges that will face the Jewish community in the next five to ten years.

Sensitivity to the values embraced by a Jewish sovereign society need not constitute some kind of admission that the body of Israel is less important than its soul.

The agenda for leadership transition in the Jewish community simply cannot be created and dictated entirely by the existing and departing leadership.