LeaderFolk
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!
Episodes
October 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 skills and passion for justice were developed and n...
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October 9, 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
http://minndakjcrc.org/letters
@jcrcminndak
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October 2, 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.org
https://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/eli-talks/the-new-wanderers-god-millennials-and-jewish...
www.werepair.org
https://jewsofcolorinitiative.org/
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/eli-talks/the-new-wanderers-god-millennials-and-jewish...
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September 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
@tacklingtorah for both Instagram and Facebook, and www.tacklingtorah.com
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September 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.org
http://thankyouforcomingout.com
http://dubbsweinblatt.com
http://transformati...
https://www.keshetonline.org
http://thankyouforcomingout.com
http://dubbsweinblatt.com
http://transformati...
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August 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/
www.tamarghidalia.com/
www.edotmidwest.org/
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August 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
https://olamtogether.org/
https://olam.swoogo.com/FocalPoint2020
@olamtogether
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August 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/
http://www.judaismyourway.org/
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August 7, 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.org
www.facebook.com/righteouscrowd
www.righteouscrowd.org
www.facebook.com/righteouscrowd
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July 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.org
www.facebook.org/wearesvivah
www.facebook.com/groups/SVIVAHhearsyou/
www.instagram.com/wearesvivah
our email: connect@svivah.org
www.svivah.org
www.facebook.org/wearesvivah
www.facebook.com/groups/SVIVAHhearsyou/
www.instagram.com/wearesvivah
our email: connect@svivah.org
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July 24, 2020 • 36 mins
Miryam Kabakov, executive director of Eshel, joins Sara and speaks about her Jewish journey and her work to support and advocate for LGBTQ+ individuals in the Orthodox Jewish community.
http://eshelonline.org
http://funorthodox.com
https://yenteovertherainbow.com
https://jewishwomen.org/initiatives/collective/
http://eshelonline.org
http://funorthodox.com
https://yenteovertherainbow.com
https://jewishwomen.org/initiatives/collective/
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July 17, 2020 • 42 mins
Amanda Katz, executive director of the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, joins Sara to discuss power-based violence, the challenges of continuing to serve vulnerable community members from afar and managing work-life balance during the pandemic.
http://www.jcada.org
facebook.com/JewishCoalitionAgainstDomesticAbuse
twitter.com/JCADA_ORG
www.instagram.com/jcada_org
www.facebook.com/amanda.c.katz
www.linkedin.com/in/amandackatz
www...
http://www.jcada.org
facebook.com/JewishCoalitionAgainstDomesticAbuse
twitter.com/JCADA_ORG
www.instagram.com/jcada_org
www.facebook.com/amanda.c.katz
www.linkedin.com/in/amandackatz
www...
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July 10, 2020 • 30 mins
Kelly Cohen, director of JumpSpark, speaks passionately with Sara about innovation in Jewish teen engagement and how teenagers are not just the Jewish leaders of our future, but are Jewish leaders in our current moment.
@JumpSparkATL (Facebook and Instagram)
Roadtriptocollege.org
JumpSparkATL.org
https://www.parshastorybookproject.com/
@JumpSparkATL (Facebook and Instagram)
Roadtriptocollege.org
JumpSparkATL.org
https://www.parshastorybookproject.com/
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July 3, 2020 • 36 mins
Karen Erlichman joins Sara this week to discuss how her work as a Jewish communal professional intersects with her work as a therapist and a spiritual director. We also explore the feeling of being an outsider within the Jewish community and what our organizations and spaces can do to become truly welcoming.
https://karenerlichman.com
www.jewishstudioproject.org
Twitter: @KEreplenish
Instagram: @kereplenish
https://karenerlichman.com
www.jewishstudioproject.org
Twitter: @KEreplenish
Instagram: @kereplenish
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June 26, 2020 • 45 mins
Dana Levinson Steiner joins Sara to talk about developing new generations of creative Jewish leaders and what it means to cultivate diverse leadership in our organizations.
Twitter: @DSteinerACCESS
Instagram: @dlsteiner87
AJC Instagram: @ajc.global
Twitter: @DSteinerACCESS
Instagram: @dlsteiner87
AJC Instagram: @ajc.global
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June 19, 2020 • 33 mins
Caroline Rothstein, internationally touring performer, poet, and Jewish leader, speaks openly with Sara about creating cultures of consent within our Jewish communities. Using this framework of consent as a jumping-off point, we explore the complicated ways that Jewish identity intersects with white supremacy and how transparency and consent create spaces for our fullest, most authentic selves.
Website: https://www.carolinerothstein...
Website: https://www.carolinerothstein...
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June 12, 2020 • 36 mins
Stephanie Goldfarb, director of community engagement for Honeymoon Israel Chicago, joins Sara for a discussion about her intersectional work at Honeymoon Israel and how grassroots Jewish projects, like Stephanie's Seven Species Supper Club, can be powerful communal touchpoints.
www.honeymoonisrael.org
instagram.com/foodfarb
www.honeymoonisrael.org
instagram.com/foodfarb
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June 5, 2020 • 30 mins
Why does this moment, from the killing of George Floyd to the subsequent protests nationwide, resonate more strongly and activate our communities more viscerally than previous examples of police brutality or violent racism? This is just one question that we pose to Beckee Birger this week. Beckee also speaks about her amazing work developing future generations of justice-oriented, Jewish philanthropists through her work as the Prog...
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May 29, 2020 • 37 mins
Carrie Bornstein, executive director of Mayyim Hayyim, swings by to talk about her experiences taking over for a founding executive director (Fun fact: She took over for Aliza Kline, our first ever LeaderFolk guest!), becoming a surrogate as an ED, and managing family-life boundaries as a Jewish leader.
http://Mayyimhayyim.org
http://Risingtideopenwaters.org
http://Theresnoiinuterus.wordpress.com
http://Mayyimhayyim.org
http://Risingtideopenwaters.org
http://Theresnoiinuterus.wordpress.com
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May 22, 2020 • 40 mins
Sara Shapiro-Plevan, co-founder of the Gender Equity in Hiring Project and the founder of Rimonim Consulting, is a leader when it comes to improving and implementing gender equity in Jewish communal leadership. Her background as a congregational educator serves as an important foundation for her work and her conversation on this week's episode.
https://www.facebook.com/jwequity/
https://www.instagram.com/genderequityinhiringproject/
https://www.facebook.com/jwequity/
https://www.instagram.com/genderequityinhiringproject/
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