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Hi, so what am I taking with me from Hornstein about Jewish professional leadership?
Al Regel Echad, on one foot.
I guess that depends on where you put the emphasis is it on the J something with an ethno religious spin to it? Everything sounds better with a smile.
Each community each generation each individual perfects a recipe of success how they can
be their best selves. If I want to be a Jewish professional leader I need to actively include
Judaism in my leadership. My new favorite three letters of the alphabet, T C P. How
to make the most meaningful contribution to their cause and to solve the pressing problems
of their day. Mitzvah goreret mitzvah I love that. Jewish professional leadership is only
Jewish to the extent that I consciously make it so. And even more importantly personally
what type of Jewish life that I want to lead moving forward. I learned more about Jewish
rituals and that I want them to be a part of my life. Is it on the P as distinct from
the leaders who don't get paid not enough. And that even when we feel we're alone we're
really not. There is always something new to learn. And each community generation and
individual discovers that each recipe could be made better. Go back to our sages they
probably have something intelligent to say. First is a renewed and deeper passion for
the work that I'm doing. A bissle of torah here, a spicier case for support there, there
are many flavors. Jewish professional leadership is about striving to be challenged. A good
leader does not mean a loud leader. Taking significant knowledge of the way the Jewish
community operates and structures itself and more importantly the recognition that there
is plenty of room for growth in that area. I'm taking with me all that I have learned
about myself from the program and the faculty about the kind of work that I want to do.
I've learned that I can push myself that I can be successful at almost anything if I
put my mind to it. And the kind of impact that I want to make in the world. We've been
in the kitchen for 21 months experimenting with these recipes. Surrounded by amazing
classmates and professors and now friends from and with whom I could learn. Most importantly
for me are the relationships with colleagues who will continuously challenge me and enable
me to push myself while at the same time allowing me to do the same for them. That we are backed
up by a network of peers and colleagues and mentors that will help us through whatever
situation that we will run into. Embrace and appreciate the diversity of the Jewish people
across all spectrums. Cultural, religious, geographic. Jewish professional leadership
is about continuous learning. Just because we are finished with our education doesn't
mean we are finished learning. I've learned many skills how to supervise how to manage
my time I've learned about budgets, about creating partnerships and relationships. Whether from
studying texts with Joe Reimer, struggling to balance a Jewish mission with accounting
practices or through conversations with my classmates. I've learned that as a leader
it's okay to lean on others and ask for help. Honestly be ready for controversy and learn
how to embrace conflict because we are a complicated people. Or is it on the L? Being a leader
is hard work. Being part of a community is an effort but it can also be a labor of love.
We are going to come up against a number of problems and a number of issues over the next
couple years in our professional careers but we're going to know how to handle them we
are going to learn how to overcome. Hornstein provided me with the space in which to explore
and practice leadership. That this community needs people like all of us. Something about
vision and Moses. In Pirkei Avot the ethics of our fathers our sages ask, who is wise?
The one who learns from every person. To trust groups and the process. We have developed
our strengths and know how we can add to the diverse menu of the Jewish community. Who
is brave? The one who subdues his negative inclinations. This program has been about
pushing my personal and professional limits into new and exciting areas. To challenge
the process, kind words go a long way, saying I can't gets you nowhere. Who is rich? The
one who appreciates what he has. Being passionate and mission driven to really have the right
skills to know how to execute and implement. Tempered by our pasts and inspired by our
mentors to lead. To discover what I value and respect in leaders and as a leader to
grow my strengths and challenge my weaknesses, to feel confident in what I have learned.
To be proud to own it and trust myself enough to use it. And finally who is honored? The
one who gives honor to others. That for me exemplifies the Jewish leader. That ability
to turn a simple question into a deeper meditation, I think that is what I'm taking with me from
Hornstein. I'm taking with me the strong desire to keep pushing my limits and to continue
to learn no matter where my career takes me. And I'm taking with me all that I've learned
from an incredible talented and special cohort that I've gotten to spend the last two years
with and for all those lessons that I've learned from each and every one of them I will always
be grateful. We have already formed a community and together we will go on to make changes
that hopefully our children will be proud of. I can't wait to be part of the Hornstein
community for years to come. We are not required to finish the work before us but we can't
possibly give it up either. It's a complex world but honestly with conviction, creativity,
courage, we will all be okay. As a modest man once said, we did it. What about being a Jewish
professional, all that. Thank you. Let's get cooking. Shabbat shalom and shavua tov.
Thank you