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 the聽fall聽2025聽issue of鈥疓leanings, a publication of The William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education.
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Relationship-Based Engagement聽聽
To聽Allie Conn聽Kanter, being an educator 鈥渂y example鈥� starts with knowing yourself and who you want to be to those you聽encounter.聽From hands-on engagement experience in campus work to her current work at Hadar, she understands聽how聽diverse the pathways聽can be聽to Jewish education.聽
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Designing聽and Building聽for Engagement聽
鈥淢any people feel that there are a lot of barriers to Jewish life,鈥� said Rabbi Charlie Schwartz, co-founder of the聽Lehrhaus聽Jewish 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.聽
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Making Meaning Through Broad Engagement聽
Rabbi Yael Buechler finds opportunities for Jewish education even聽when shopping聽at聽Target. Her work as a聽day聽school rabbi, small business owner, and influencer聽draws on her enthusiastic and creative love of Jewish life.聽
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Impact Through Community聽
鈥淭he best help you can give people is to be in relationship with them,鈥� said Rabbi Anne Ebersman. As director of聽hesed聽and聽tzedek聽at the Heschel School in Manhattan,聽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.聽聽
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