There are three categories of learning for Eit Ratzon 2022. Please see below for a list of each class that falls under those three categories.
- Sessions for Rabbis in New Positions
- Sessions for Rabbis at Any Age/Stage/Career Area
- Leadership Series - Rabbis and Lay Leaders Together
Sessions for Rabbis in New Positions
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Description: Create a personal plan to intentionally leverage your first 100 days in your new role. |
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Wednesday, August 10th, 3:30-5pm ET // 12:30-2pm PT | Navigating Rabbinic Partnerships - Seniors & Assistants Together | Craig Scheff & Paula Mack Drill | Non-RA Rabbis (USCJ or not): $18 |
Description: Start your relationship with open communication about work preferences, strengths, growing edges, and more, as we learn from one of the best rabbinic partner teams! (Please note that at least one rabbi on your team will need to be an RA member to attend.) | |||
Sessions for Rabbis at Any Age/Stage/Career Area
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Supervision Skills |
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Learn how to build and support your team. |
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Engaging with Your Rabbi Emeritus/a |
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Description: Tradition & Change: How to honor & include an emeritus/a while also forging a new path for your community. |
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Stress-Reducing Leadership |
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Description: Choosing mindfully how we show up to a variety of situations. |
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Part I: Tuesday, August 16th, 2-3:30pm ET // 11am-12:30pm PT
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Rabbinic Leadership in a Chaotic World (Parts I & II) | Hayim Herring |
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Description: Before COVID-19, healthy communications between rabbis and volunteer leaders were problematic. Technology aided and hindered communications, and rabbis and volunteer leaders often had ambiguous and conflicting ideas about their respective domains of authority. Expectations for innovation were already accelerating, but COVID turbo-charged the demand for change. We might understandably long to return to a more predictable pre-COVID "normal." Still, nostalgia will distract rabbis from the unprecedented work they face: redefining an authentic “new normal" that will likely be short-lived and give way to the next "new normal." Part I: Communicating with Your Board in a Time of Social, Political, and Medical Upheaval Part II: Moving from a Strategic Planning to a Strategic Action Mindset |
Leadership Series - Rabbis & Lay Leaders Together
This program is entirely free, and is co-sponsored by the RA and USCJ.
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Goals & Evaluation |
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Description: Start the year with our brand new RA/USCJ Collaborative Goal-Setting & Evaluation handbook! The evaluation of the rabbi’s performance should reflect mutually agreed-upon goals and collaborative work toward the achievement of those goals. When congregations assess their leaders within the framework of the organization’s overall effectiveness, all parties will be able to celebrate success and identify areas for improvement in a manner that is both respectful and holy. This workshop will unveil our new tool and show you how to use it to have a successful working partnership. |
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Nourishing the Nurturers |
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Description: Craft a mutually agreed-upon success plan to care for your rabbi as your rabbi cares for you. |
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Craft a Story: Lead a Community |
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2-3:30pm ET // 11am-12:30pm PT | Maintaining Dignity & Respect in Hard Conversations | Jacob Blumenthal, Bill Lebeau, Cheryl Peretz | Free |
Description: It’s important to clarify how we speak with each other when things are good so that we can also communicate during challenging moments. This unique workshop will offer us an opportunity to plan now for situations later. | |||
Thursday, August 11th, 2-3:30pm ET // 11am-12:30pm PT | Reading Your Organization's Budget as a Development Tool | Barb Gelb | Free |
Description: The budget of your organization tells a story and shapes your priorities. Go beyond the specifics of reading a budget as we craft a management tool that will impact your organization’s development. |