jenrolnickNov 11, 20211 minHebrew for All For several years, I have worked with b'nai mitzvah students and families to prepare Torah and Haftarah readings for the big day. I have...
jenrolnickOct 7, 20211 minWelcome to the Jewish Leadership 2.0 Blog This blog is a collection of my masters work in the areas of Jewish communal leadership and education. A wide range of topics are...
jenrolnickJul 9, 202112 minLeadership Theory and Practice Part 2: Leadership Lessons Our study of leadership this semester began with a discussion of the importance of vision (Bor, 2021a). Galperin also stresses the...
jenrolnickJul 9, 20217 minLeadership Theory and Practice Part 1: Observation, Dialogue and ApplicationsAncient and modern societies alike have been fascinated by the intricacy of dynamic leadership. Although there is no formula for...
jenrolnickJul 9, 202118 minThe Evolution of Jewish Thought: From Maimonides to Martha NussbaumI. Introduction There are certain rites of passage that Jewish people around the world share. For most, the bar or bat mitzvah ceremony,...
jenrolnickJul 9, 202112 minEvolution of the Modern American Synagogue from 2000-2020In 1956, ten families met to share their dream of forming a Jewish spiritual home in a cottage in Randallstown, Maryland. The community...
jenrolnickJul 9, 20218 minThe Role of Extra-biblical Texts in the Joseph StoryThe Joseph Story is one of the central narratives of the bible. It connects the narratives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to the Israelite...
jenrolnickJul 9, 20218 minThe Politics and Prophecy of JeremiahThe prophecies of Jeremiah are inextricably intertwined with the politics of his era. This paper will explore the role of prophets, like...
jenrolnickJul 9, 202126 minTraining Tomorrow’s Leaders: Models of Rabbinic and Legal EducationIn 1999, nineteen-year-old computer programmer Shawn Fanning and twenty-year-old Shawn Parker created Napster, a peer-to-peer file...
jenrolnickJul 9, 202123 minSalamone Rossi: A Jew among Jews and a Jew Among ChristiansThere I stood on the millennium stage of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as one of the forty members of Zemer Chai, the Jewish...
jenrolnickJul 9, 20218 minFriedl Dicker-Brandeis and Artwork by the Children of TheresienstadtMany years ago, I was invited to participate in the Connecticut State Assembly Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. In addition to chanting...