Texts on Active Interchange
Three steps can support professionals in the work of forging shared insights that will result in bold innovation. The three steps are: Uncovering, Discovering and Envisioning. These steps […]
How to Change
Guidebooks, diagram/logic charts, protocols, and text studies.
Professional Collaboration Continuum: A Range of Collaborative Engagement
This handout provides three definitions of professional collaboration: (1) tzimtzum—withholding active participation at times, in order to empower and/or learn from others; (2) sharing professional expertise—directly sharing knowledge […]
A Systems Approach to School and Synagogue Change: The Case of Beth Am Israel, in Agenda: Jewish Education
Synagogues and their schools are seeking ways to operate as an integrated whole by focusing on systemic transformation rather than “additive change.” Congregation Beth Am Israel in Philadelphia […]
Two Congregations: Small Changes with Vanishing Effects OR Significant, Long Lasting, Far Reaching Change?
Two case studies meant for discussion are provided. The cases are about congregations that worked through the Guidebook for The RE-IMAGINE Project. Both congregations arrived at the same […]
Temple Israel of New Rochelle Vision of Jewish Education
The following vision statement is from Temple Israel of New Rochelle. It defines the educational commitments and goals of the congregation: to promote the Jewish education of all […]
Temple Israel of New Rochelle Case Study
The following case study is from the Temple Israel of New Rochelle, a RE-IMAGINE congregation in the New York area. The case study explains the background of the […]