Gleanings: Portraits of Jewish Educational Leadership from The William Davidson School
Gleanings is the ejournal of The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education of The Jewish
Theological Seminary. Please join us in the conversation by sending your comments to gleanings@jtsa.edu.
Gleanings: Fall 2025
From the Associate Director
I welcome you to thefall2025issue of鈥疓leanings, a publication of The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education.
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Relationship-Based Engagement
ToAllie ConnKanter, being an educator 鈥渂y example鈥� starts with knowing yourself and who you want to be to those youencounter.From hands-on engagement experience in campus work to her current work at Hadar, she understandshowdiverse the pathwayscan beto Jewish education.
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Designingand Buildingfor Engagement
鈥淢any people feel that there are a lot of barriers to Jewish life,鈥� said Rabbi Charlie Schwartz, co-founder of theLehrhausJewish tavern and house of learning in Somerville, MA. Schwartz is dedicated to designing and building creative ways and spaces for Jewish life and learning to spread.
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Making Meaning Through Broad Engagement
Rabbi Yael Buechler finds opportunities for Jewish education evenwhen shoppingatTarget. Her work as adayschool rabbi, small business owner, and influencerdraws on her enthusiastic and creative love of Jewish life.
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Impact Through Community
鈥淭he best help you can give people is to be in relationship with them,鈥� said Rabbi Anne Ebersman. As director ofhesedandtzedekat the Heschel School in Manhattan,she lives that statement every day, and in her doctoral work at The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education, she has experienced how learning as a community can have tremendous impact.
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