In Jewish tradition, a meaningful relationship is created on two things: learning together and opening up to one another in a sincere way.
4 Me will be a group of local emerging professional leaders of Jewish organizations that will gain inspiration in their work through Jewish ideas and text. Each session will be infused with learning that will address leadership, vision, and strategy. 4 Me will create a network of allies that provides a space to explore professional dilemmas.
The program will relate to the four domains of leadership: mental, physical, spiritual and emotional.
Session Facilitators: Chaya Gilboa, Director of Jewish Engagement, Leichtag Foundation and Heather Wolfson, CEO & Founder, Maven Coaching and Consulting
Dates: February 14th 9-11am; March 13th 9-11am; April 3rd 9-11am; May 8th 9-11am; June 5th 9-11am
Cost: $136 for 5 classes, individual classes not for sale
Participant Profile/Eligibility:
- By application
- Professionals in middle leadership (5+ years of experience and in a role of influence) of local (San Diego county) Jewish organizations
- Served in role for at least one year and has been working in the San Diego Jewish community for at least two years
- Ability to commit to all sessions
- Willingness to learn and share
Stacie and Jeff Cook understand commitment. They live it.
Black, Jewish and Queer. These three identities weave the fabric of who I am, but it took a long time to believe that they could exist together.
Lee and Toni Leichtag established the Leichtag Foundation in 1991 following the sale of their business. Lee and Toni were lifelong entrepreneurs with a passion for innovation and for supporting talent. They believed that only with big risk comes big reward. Both born to families in poverty, Toni to a single mother, they strongly believed in helping those most in need and most vulnerable in our community. While they supported many causes, their strongest support was for young children and the elderly, two demographics who particularly lack voice in our society.
Lifelong Baltimoreans, Rabbi George and Alison Wielechowski and their sons, 11-year-old Lennon and 9-year-old Gideon, are more than pursuing the good life in Southern California. Having moved to San Diego more than three years ago, they are fulfilling a lifelong dream.
You would think that as the executive director of San Diego LGBT Pride, Fernando Zweifach López Jr., who uses the pronoun they, has done all the coming out they possibly can. A queer, non-binary individual who has worked for many years on civil rights issues, López also speaks openly and often about their father’s family, Mexican-American migrant workers who tilled the fields of rural California.