Group+Discussion

Galya - what is pluralism?

Micah - shared vision

Robyn - nuances with collaboration/cooperation/buy-in/ownership/consensus .... is there a hierarchy? When facilitating teams in visioning, should these terms be put out first, defined, and a goal set for which you want to achieve in the process?

Leah - role of the 'expert' weighty job of the teacher what is Jewish literacy? what qualifies as a Jewish educational experience?

Hadass - gap between vision and people in the community. Rabbi surprised when attacked by mother in discussion on shiva. problem w/ leadership - gap between vision and community. can one person impose his vision on a synagogue

Sharon - leadership and implementation of vision. differences between conversations in institutions. Beit Rabban - talking about practice and alignment w/ vision; lots of shared vocabulary - children have ownership, classroom reflection of world, WE WE WE - guiding practice. Rabbi expected personal relationship to have conveyed vision of congregation to her. not relying on explicit dialogue. What is evidence that guiding vision is successfully shared and implemented? How does leader assess this?

Dan - focus on Reimer. centrality of rabbis a problem. 3 charismatic leaders trying to bridge their vision. gap between leaders and lay. resitance to trying to implement vision in miminalist community. size of congregation an issue.

Yechiel - Pekarsky p.57, Reimer p. 80-81. notion of what is at center of learning, how does that dictate outcomes? at Beit Rabban - study of torah. do not want external outcomes. limud Torah. mitzvah dictates. intellectual enterprise. conflict in question of pluralism. diverse community, charismatic leader not representing diverse perspective. Temple Akiva - study of Judaism. creating informed Jews. "to make Jews"