“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been,” as Henry Kissinger said. However, for those of us emerging into the adult environment so strongly referred to as “the real world,” some of us are a little apprehensive about what that means. “Where they have not been,” could describe many locations, many milestones, and many experiences that we ourselves have yet to arrive. In this age of readily available information, it is still easy to feel a little lost and small in a world that is much bigger than ourselves.
Thoughts of Emma Pulley, Jacksonville FL, L2G Alumni 2017.

This program offers a joint leadership study program consisting groups of Young Professional Adults in each community and cross-communities. The program takes advantage of current communication technology to engage Israelis & American paired together for a Havruta (one-on-one learning sessions). The program encourages people to connect across geographical, cultural and religious denominational boundaries. The program seeks to establish strong friendships while developing leadership skills through texts the counterparts learn together about their Jewish heritage and identity, and their responsibilities as Jews to their own community and to the worldwide Jewish community.

The program includes five months of study sessions - there will be ten in total. Five sessions will be one-to-one with your matched partner. Five sessions will be full group sessions with all American and Israeli participants.

The course will begin in Mid-November 2021.

For further information, please contact your local Federation staff:
Pinellas Maxine Kaufman 561-889-6877

or Email Becca@JewishGulfCoast.org

Registration due NO LATER THAN October 20, 2021.