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From the Director
“Community” takes on new
meanings in the digital age. For us
as Jewish educators the challenges
of building community are more
daunting than ever.
The publication of Robert Putnam’s now iconic bookBowling Alone in 2000 documented what manypeople already felt: that social capital was harder
than ever to build. Putnam’s book explained that althoughjust as many people were bowling at the end of the 20thcentury as had been bowling half a century earlier, fewerpeople were joining bowling leagues, and indeed, fewerwere joining civic groups of any kind. No wonder weJewish educators were finding it harder than ever to getJews with the sovereign selves that Cohen and Eisendescribed in The Jew Within to join congregations or, ifthey did, to join boards and committees in congregationalschools.
While many Jewish educators are familiar with Putnam’sBowling Alone, fewer know of his follow up study, BetterTogether: Restoring the American Community. In BetterTogether, Putnam chronicles communities in America thatwork, including neighborhood initiatives, branch libraries,unions, online communities… and churches. In portrayingtwo very larges churches that succeed in buildingcommunity, an evangelical mega-church in Orange Countyand a liberal Episcopalian church in Pasadena, he identifieda common method to the way that these churches buildcommunity: They help community members feel connectedby sharing their stories with one another.
The Experiment in Congregational Education has figuredout how to do this well. In the “Six-Part Meeting Structure”developed as part of its RE-IMAGINE project, everymeeting includes a section called “Connection” in whichboard, committee or task force members are asked to bringsomething of themselves to connect with one another andto the work of the meeting. As explained by the ECE, “Weforge a sense of community — even amid diversity — byconnecting with one another in authentic and meaningfulways...[One way] to build community is to learn moreabout each other’s lives than just names, hometowns, andfamily circumstances. By sharing memories, experiences,perspectives, and opinions about matters of importance tous and to the synagogue, we create connection.”
The RHSOE has always been good at building community.Under Bill Cutter’s and Sara Lee’s leadership, students —including most of you reading this article — became partof powerful learning communities. When alumni gathered— at early morning breakfasts at NATE conventions and atAlumni Kallot — graduates forged community acrossgenerations by using shared language and by talking aboutour shared purpose. It was easier to build community inthose days when the school was small and the number ofalumni, while growing, was not vast.
Now that our small school has matured (we have a studentbody of 17 in residence in LA with a larger number expectednext year, and the number of alumni has surpassed 350) thechallenges to community are greater. We work hard at theschool at keeping the sense of community strong even as thesize of the student body grows (and grow it will next yearand beyond, thanks to the generous scholarships madepossible by the Jim Joseph Foundation and the aggressiverecruiting efforts of our alumni).
And the Alumni Association is also hard at work buildingcommunity… and helping all of us think carefully abouthow we build community, both face-to-face and virtually.This year’s Alumni Day of Learning, attended by over 40
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From theChairpersonCindy Reich (’84)
For the past several years Ihave had the opportunity tobe a student again… this
time in a doctoral program at theUniversity of Minnesota. It’s anexperience quite different from mygraduate studies at HUC in themid-1980’s. Now I’m a “maturestudent,” going part time, able todraw on years of professionalexperience. I’ve had professors whoare younger than I, and themajority of students are closer tothe ages of my children than to myage. Fortunately my education atHebrew Union College helps memake my way. Thanks to thegraduate work I did at HUC, I feel
comfortable thinking deeply aboutbig ideas, analyzing texts, makingarguments, moving between theoryand practice. Now I’m pleased tobe able to bring some of what I’mlearning at the UofM to our workwith the RHSOE AlumniAssociation.
My doctoral studies are in ProgramEvaluation, a field that has grownsignificantly in the last few decades.According to Michael Quinn Patton,a giant in the field, programevaluation is, “The systematiccollection of information about theactivities, characteristics, andresults of programs to (1) makejudgments about the program, (2)improve or further develop programeffectiveness, (3) inform decisionsabout future programming and/or(4) increase understanding.” Theexecutive committee of the RHSOEAlumni Association is interested in
evaluating our efforts by collectinginformation from our alumni aboutwhat we do and how we do it.Through an alumni survey we hopeto hear from our alumni in order tounderstand the perspectives of ouralumni, guide future decision-making, and increase oureffectiveness. The plans forgathering information are justunderway and we haven’t yetestablished our timeline. I want tomake you aware of these plans andto request that you set aside time togive us your feedback and ideas.Thank you to all of you whoresponded to our initial effortsrelated to communication. Ipromise, based on my recentexperiences, that evaluation can berewarding and even fun. We willkeep you posted as the plans unfold,and you can look forward to hearingwhat we learn from these efforts.
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alumni on March 1st, focused on the theme of community.We learned from educators, including but not limited toour alumni, who have succeeded at building community inways large and small. Under the visionary leadership of JoyWasserman, a virtual Community of Practice open toalumni is in the making. And next year, alumni will meetin person at an Alumni Kallah (February 10-12, 2012 inSimi Valley, CA) to once again build face-to-facecommunity across the generations.
We hope you will make your plans now to be part of thisevent where — among other things — we will honor ourfounders and builders, Bill Cutter and Sara Lee, as theycomplete their years of phased retirement at the College.
We wish you much success in all of your efforts to buildcommunities both real and virtual so that we and ourinstitutions can be “better together.”
Michael
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A Year of Learningand Building
Deborah Niederman (’93)Alumni Affairs Coordinator
I have just returned fromour Alumni Association’s2011 Leadership TeamMeetings where we focusedon Professional Learning,Institutional Advancementand Community Building.The articles in this issue of Tikshoretfocus on those same areas. You will findreflections on our Leadership TeamMeeting, Virtual Book Group, and theDay of Learning which connected over40 alumni virtually on both the LA andNYC campuses and included a panel ofalumni to address the issue of buildingcommunity.
This year’s Alumni Breakfast at NATE hosted over50 alumni, the largest alumni gathering since wehonored Sara on her retirement. There we
acknowledged the many on-campus projects that ouralumni support, including the Sara S. Lee Seminar, the
Cutter Colloquium and theAlum-in-Residence program. Werecognized the contributions ofour many alumni in the work ofNATE, the conference co-chairsMelissa Buyer (’00) and Beth Young(’02), the out-going presidentMindy Davids (’90) and incomingpresident Lisa Lieberman-Barzilai(’87). We have much to celebrateand it is always a great joy to beable to do so.
As Cindy Reich (’84), our Alumni Association Chairperson,wrote about in her column, we are working hard to createan ever more meaningful organization. At our meeting weidentified several new initiatives that we hope will do justthat. Please don’t wait to be asked, look at the workinggroup projects described below and consider how youmight like to become a part of our work. Our association
functions as it does only because of theefforts of many volunteers. We wantand need your passion and creativity.We want to hear from you about howyou wish to be involved.
Please feel free to contact me<[email protected]> or Cindy<[email protected]> if you wish to
explore ways to get involved.
NATE Breakfast — Michael fulfills the long-standing tradition of introducing all alumni present.
Mindy Davids and some of her previous interns at the NATE Breakfast.
Lisa Langer ’94 our 5771Alumna in Residence
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Working Group UpdatesEducator-in-Residence and Alumni-in-Residence:Debra Sagan Massey (’99) and Lesley Silverstone (’86)
The working group, in partnership with the faculty, hasinvited Michelle Lynn Sachs (’96) to serve as the Educator-in-Residence for our second Cutter Colloquium in the fallof 2011.
Honorary Doctorates Advisory Committe:Barry Lutz (’84) and Audrey Friedman Marcus (’76)
This working group has just completed their review ofalumni profiles from the class of 1987 and hasrecommended that a number of our alumni receivehonorary doctorates next year. Over the last two yearsAudrey and Barry have been contacting alumni of severalclasses to explain the Honorary Doctorate process.
Student Recruitment:Lori Sagarin (’84) and Debra Cotzin Kellner (’04)
The working group chairs are working with therecruitment staff at HUC to support the new HUC on theRoad recruitment programs and have develop a programfor alumni to guide applicants through the applicationprocess. Last year every applicant that worked with analumni guide completed the application process.
Continuing Alumni Education:Tamara Lustgarten-Gropper (’94) andRenee Rubin Ross (’99)
Under the coordination of this working groupsubcommittees have supported several learning initiatives,including; the Day of Learning, the virtual book groups andan RHSOE Alumni Community of Practice. They are eagerto have more alumni join them in this working group.
Kallah:Shaina Wasserman (’06), Tami Weisman (’10) and KarenStrok (’00)
The working group chairs are hard at work planning theFebruary 10th-12th, 2012 kallah. Please put the date inyour calendar now!
Communications:Tamara Lawson Schuster (’92)
This new working group has brought together the SocialMedia and Website working groups under one umbrella tolook at our current communication tools and how we canuse them more effectively. They are designing aninteractive website to promote the work and communitybuilding efforts of all our working groups and ourassociation.
In alignment with our new focus on institutionaladvancement we have renamed our membership workinggroups:
Outreach to Students:Sharon Amster Brown (’00) and Julia Witkow (’07)
This working group will continue to host student lunches,send letters and gifts to students in Israel and create newinitiatives to reach out and to include students in theprogramming and activities of our association.
Community Building:Susan Cosden (’94) and Jane West Walsh (’85)
This working group will address new projects to help keepour ever-growing community of alumni connected to eachother in both virtual and personal ways.
Save the dates for our next Alumni Virtual Book Group:Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow by Chip Conley,
Led by our esteemed colleague Dr. Michelle Lynn-Sachs.
Thursday, May 5, 1-2 pm (EST) Part I • Thursday May 26, 1-2 pm (EST) Part 2
To register for both sessions, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/950596978
This book, highly recommended by Michael Zeldin, is an intriguing read from the business world. Alumni who havealready read the book say it is a compelling read with many applications to our work. Peak describes the miracle ofhuman potential and demonstrates what can happen when those we work with live up to their full potential.
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On Telling OurStories and Saying,“Hello” : Reflectionsfrom the Day ofLearning
By Renee Rubin Ross
If I had to boil down our daylongdiscussion of the complexities ofbuilding community into two
essential ideas, they would be, “tellour stories” and “say hello.”
Now let me explain.
About six months ago, we opened ourSustaining Alumni Education workinggroup meeting with a question: share arecent moment when you experienceda strong sense of community.
In asking the question, what Ianticipated was that each personwould describe how they felt cared forand supported, and indeed, this wasthe case. Participants on the call spokeabout the support that they receivedcoordinating the first day of religiousschool or a family camp, the way thatfriends and congregants showed theirlove and care after a parent’s death orbefore the birth of a child, and therealization that their current homewas the longest place that their familyhad lived, and it was becoming a truecommunity for their family.
But something also emerged that Ihadn’t anticipated. For almosteveryone on the call, feeling part of acommunity contained a memory of atime when he or she had felt like anoutsider. It may have been anawareness of the difference betweenlast year, when someone was new to aparticular community, and this year,when he or she had begun to buildstronger connections. It may havebeen the difference between having
less in common with other communitymembers, and then somethingchanging so that he or she had morein common. The point was, everyonecarried a memory of the challenge,and perhaps some loneliness and pain,that comes in the process of buildingcommunity.
I was surprised. Personally, I’ve movedsix times in the past 12 years, so I’vehad multiple experiences of feelinglike an outsider and buildingcommunity over time. But I tend tothink that everyone else has deeperroots and has been in (fill-in-the-blankcity) for a while, and feels easily athome. The perspectives on the callsuggested a more complicated reality.I learned something from theconversation, and I felt closer to theother members of the working group.
Rabbi Lydia Medwin (’08) told us a similarstory in her presentation at the Day ofLearning. Her story was about acommunity organizing project inwhich no one was really listening toone another. The group was trying toaccomplish something, but before itcould even get started, it was about tobreak down.
Then the group did the followingexercise: each person was asked to tellsomething about the community thatthey came from. In hearing these
stories, people started to see eachother as people. They started toconsider each other’s origins, and becurious about each other’s lives, andmost importantly, to want to listen toeach other and connect.
So what did I take from both of theseexperiences? Before we try to“accomplish something,” we need tosee each other as people. Buildingcommunity, one cup of coffee at atime as Lydia reminded us, involveshaving a deep sense of who the peoplein the community are.
And one last point made by myclassmate and colleague Debra SaganMassey (’99). Debra reminded us of theimportance of families being known ina community; specifically of sayinghello to parents in a pickup line andknowing their names. The idea wassimple and profound. I couldn’t helpbut think about the idea of“strangers”: when we don’t knowpeople’s names, or when our namesaren’t known, we are strangers. In ourworld of moving and mobility, we areoften strangers, and others are oftenstrangers, more than we realize. Icame away from the Day of Learningthinking about this: A challenge ofbuilding community is to moveourselves and others from strangersto people whose stories are heard andknown.
Alumni discuss essential questions related to building community.
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RHSOE Community of PracticeBook Club
Sue Huntting (’80)
“Out in the field,” as we call the place where wepractice what we learned at the RHSOE, can be avast and lonely place. Other than meeting up at
conferences (when budgets allow), it can be difficult tostay connected to the intellectually stimulating RHSOEenvironment that grounds our professional work everyday. Living on the west coast of Florida, I usually feelquite far “out in the field,” but my recent experience withthe Alumni Virtual Book Club put me back in touch withcolleagues and exposed me to new ideas that are alreadyinforming my thinking and my work.
As the brainchild of the Sustaining Alumni EducationWorking Group of our alumni association, the Virtual BookClub met online twice, about 10 days apart, to discussDaniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers Will Rule the Future. Michael Zeldin describes thebook as one of the “hot books” educators have beenbuzzing about; and as Even Fein shared, she used it withthe clinical faculty. How fortunate, then, to have Eve as ourbook club facilitator, along with Julie Lambert (’97).
It was remarkable to be able to sit in front of a computerscreen, viewing a list of participants from all over NorthAmerica, raising our hands with a click of a button andtalking to each other over the phone while notes of whatwas being said were appearing on the screen. It was anexperience that has tremendous potential to keep usconnected and to extend our learning as a uniquely trainedcommunity of practice.
If you have not yet read Pink’s book, run — don’t walk.Though already almost five years old, his argument iscompelling and challenging. Using as a metaphor the kindof differentiated thinking we associate with the left andright hemispheres of the brain, Pink argues that we aremoving away from a past that placed more value on left-brain knowledge-based thinking into a present and futurethat measure success through right-brain thinking, or theability to command a new set of aptitudes: design, story,symphony, empathy, play and meaning. At a time ofabundant social and cultural options, the outsourcing ofroutine transactions overseas and he automation ofinformation collection and many services, Pink contends
that the aptitudes he outlines are crucial in order fororganizations to thrive in the 21st century.
In my opinion, he is right. His examples of where we were,compared to where we are, ring true. In synagogue andJewish communal life, what we offer must also haveaesthetic appeal. What we do must provide context,deepen understanding, and enrich lives. We have to learnto help people connect the dots in their lives in order tofind their own meaning and be willing to engage theirplayful sides, even when exploring the sacred. We knowthis makes educational sense. Now we also know it makesgood business sense.
Having a virtual discussion with other RHSOE alumniabout how they see the implications of Pink’s arguments intheir own work “out in the field” brought us back togetherin real time, if not real space. Consider joining the nextvirtual book group discussion on Peak: How CompaniesGet Their Mojo from Maslow, by Chip Conley (Jossey-Bass, 2007,) facilitated by Michelle Lynn-Sachs (’96) on May5th and May 26th.
Save the dates for our next Alumni Kallah, February 10-12, 2012, at Brandeis Bardin Institute.The Leadership Team meeting will take place February 9-10, 2012.
Faculty Bookshelf:For Your Continuing Professional Learning
This new “bookshelf” has been initiated by theContinuing Alumni Education Working Group in theirefforts to provide for your continuing professionalgrowth and we hope will become a valued part of eachissue Tikshoret. For this issue we approached Isa forher recommendations.
Here are a number of pieces I’ve read in recent months:
Tours that Bind, an ethnography of Birthright Israelby Shaul Kelner. A close look at the good, bad and uglyof Birthright Israel, set in the context of Diasporatourism worldwide.
Nicole Greninger’s article on different approaches tot’fillah in three different religious schools, in the mostrecent issue (vol 76 #4) of the Journal of JewishEducation. Very important for anyone responsible fororganizing t’fillot, regardless of setting.
The article on Ha’aretz by David Remnick in theFebruary 21 issue of the New Yorker. A fascinating(though depressing) look at the evolution andcontinued challenges facing this important organ of(what’s left of) the Israeli Left.
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Mazel Tov & Milestonesbve lzm
Isa Aron, our teacher, who along with her co-authors, StevenM. Cohen, Lawrence A. Hoffman and Ari Y. Kelman, wonthe 2010 Jewish Book Council’s National Book Award fortheir book, Sacred Strategies: Transforming Synagoguesfrom Functional to Visionary (The Alban Institute). Thebook was the winner of the Education and Jewish Identitycategory and recognized as finalist in the ContemporaryJewish Life and Practice category. Steven M. Cohen andLawrence A. Hoffman are HUC faculty members at HUC inNYC. Dr. Ari Kelman, the third co-author, is the son of Dr.Stuart (former RHSOE professor) and Vicky Kelman.
Mara Braunfeld (’06) and her husband Daniel on the birth oftheir daughter Ronit Bina Braunfeld on January 28, 2011.
Brad Cohen (’10) and his wife, Claire, on the birth of theirson Elie Lev Cohen on January 24, 2011.
Debra (’04) and Rick (‘05) Kellner on the birth of their daughterShira Danielle on December 21, 2010.
Tali Zelkowicz (’00) and her husband Benny on the birth oftheir daughter Gavriel Kinor on December 4, 2010.
hkrbl vnrkzRena Yael Polonsky, ('08) on the death of Sylvia Polonsky, hergrandmother.
Debi Rowe (’80) on the death of her mother, Jan Mahrer.
Bob Tornberg (‘75), his wife Julie, and their daughter ShoshieKing-Tornberg (‘04) on the death of Julie’s father Herbert J.Cohn.
Don’t be shy. Please email us your personal and professionalupdates to share with fellow alumni at <[email protected]>
In Memoriam: Joel Goldman, z''l
January 24, 1958 — August 20, 2010
Lori and Joel Abramson ’91
It is just so very difficult to imagine our liveswithout Joel Goldman, z”l. We met Joel and hiswife Orly as they were about to join us in Los
Angeles for the second and third years of the MAJEprogram at the Rhea Hirsch School. It was clear fromthe beginning that Joel was a force to be reckonedwith, a whirlwind of energy, and a visionary andpassionate educator. He and his whole family alsobecame very close personal friends of ours.
Joel was born and raised in Morton Grove, Illinois andmade aliyah with his entire family in the early 1970’s.Joel completed high school and four years in the Israeliarmy before beginning his career in education.
Joel succeeded in combining his love of education withhis passion for Israel and Zionism, and constantlysought bigger and more exciting ways to draw youth,college students, teachers and colleagues into his visionof the Jewish people. His impact on the world of Jewisheducation was felt in both the U.S. and in Israel. Hefounded the seminar department of the DiasporaMuseum. He served as a guide for the UFC MissionsDepartment and as a teacher in the Alexander Muss
High School in Israel program. He completed anundergraduate degree in the History of the Land ofIsrael at Tel Aviv University and was a 1991 graduatethe Rhea Hirsch School of Education at Hebrew UnionCollege in LA. He was a member of the faculty of theOranim School of Education of the Kibbutz Movementand directed the Oren Kibbutz program for collegestudents.
Joel served as Educational Director of Atidim, a nationalprogram designed to enhance teen excellence in theperipheral regions of Israel. In the past year, Joel servedas the founding director of Kesher Israel programs, aninnovative educational start up that designs andimplements creative leadership training programs forIsraeli teens and develops innovative ways of teachingIsrael to Diaspora Jewish schools, congregations andcommunities. Joel had also begun coursework towards aPhD. in Educational Leadership and Change fromFielding Graduate University.
Joel left an indelible mark on the thousands of peoplehe touched, with his poignant storytelling, flair for thedramatic, sweet voice, and compelling personality. Hewas a wonderful and loyal friend, who stayed in touchwhen they moved back to Israel, welcomed us on all ourvisits, and supported and encouraged us in our aliyah.
We mourn with Orly and their three sons, Dor, Yadinand Eden, and send them our heartfelt condolences.May Joel’s memory be for a blessing.
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ChairCindy Reich
Past ChairJulia Berger
Vice ChairEllen Lefkowitz
National Director ofAlumni Affairs
Joy Wasserman, ex-officio
RHSOE Coordinatorof Alumni Affairs
Deborah Niederman, ex-officio
Director of the RHSOEMichael Zeldin, PhD, ex-officio
RHSOE Representatives to theHUC—JIR Council of Alumni
AssociationsLisa Langer
Rachel Margolis
Alumna Representativeto the Board of Governors
Julie Vanek
Communications ChairTamara Lawson Schuster
RHSOE Executive Committee 2009-2010/5770
LA Review of theLeadership Team MeetingCindy Reich (’84), Chairperson
And the award for best performance in a leadingrole goes to… The RHSOE Leadership Team, ofcourse.
What better place to be during the Oscars than LosAngeles, CA? On February 27 and 28, just as theluminaries of Hollywood walked the red carpet andcelebrated, members of the RHSOE Leadership Teamgathered to build community, to reflect on our work, andto dream and plan for the future. And we had our owngroup of stars — dedicated to working on behalf of thealumni association, the Rhea Hirsch School of Educationand the College-Institute.
The Leadership Team meeting is an annual gathering ofchairs of the many working groups of the RHSOE AlumniAssociation, along with members of our ExecutiveCommittee. This year we had over 20 people in attendanceincluding leaders of the Communications, SustainingAlumni Education, Recruitment, Kallah and membershipworking groups. Participants, representing a span of classesfrom 1977 to 2010, brought perspectives from their workin diverse Jewish educational settings-- congregations,preschools, day schools, national organizations, publishers,and institutions of higher education. We were honored tohave Rabbi Stan Schickler, Executive Director of NATE andRHSOE alum, at our meeting.
A centerpiece of the meeting took place in the College’sdistance learning center, allowing us to “meet” with JaneKarlin, the newly appointed Vice President for InstitutionalAdvancement, in her New York office. Led by Dr. Karlin,alumni explored the concept of institutional advancement— a combination of development, public affairs (includingalumni relations) and communication. Of equalimportance, Jane got to know the alumni of the RHSOE —our work, our commitments, and our aspirations. Togetherwe deliberated about how the partnership between alumniand the College-Institute can serve to strengthen both. Bythe end of the meeting, we developed a number of
potential initiatives that would reach out to students andalumni. Watch future issues of Tikshoret for furtherdevelopments.
Another compelling conversation focused on SustainingAlumni Education. Led by Renee Rubin Ross, co-chair ofthat working group, we began with some RHSOE-esquequestions: “In your work as a Jewish educator, whatquestions ‘keep you up at night’? and “What do you wishyou knew?” Ideas emerged about possibilities for both thecontent (e.g., Keeping up with the learning of RHSOEstudents, research in the field of Jewish ed, keeping upwith technology) and structure (e.g., online study groups,regional alumni gatherings) of professional learningopportunities for RHSOE grads, all of which will bereviewed and prioritized by the Alumni AssociationExecutive and the Sustaining Alumni Education WorkingGroup for future action.
At the heart of all of our work is communication, and ofcourse we addressed the challenges and opportunities ofusing myriad tools to strengthen our work and to serve ouralumni and the College. Thanks to the alumni whoresponded to the online survey about Tikshoret,e-Tikshoret and Facebook as means to communicate. OurCommunications Working Group, under the leadership ofTamara Lawson Schuster, will use the survey results andthe outcomes of the discussion at the meeting, to directtheir work.
I want to express my thanks to all the alumni whoparticipated in the meeting. A special thanks to DebbieNiederman and Joy Wasserman, our professional staff, fortheir contributions to the ongoing work of the AlumniAssociation. Thanks to Gregg Alpert for his assistance withtechnological matters, and for his thoughtful engagement inour conversations. We are grateful that Richard Siegel, thenew director of the newly renamed School of Jewish Non-Profit Management, took time to address the group. Thanksto Sara Lee for hosting us on Sunday evening and for herthoughtful involvement in our discussions. And last, but notleast, thank you to Michael Zeldin for his remarkableleadership of the RHSOE. We welcome the involvement ofRHSOE alumni from across the generations. If you haveideas, suggestions, comments, feedback — please be intouch. And if you have some time you’d like to devote tosupporting the RHSOE please let us know.
