Beyond Listening: Fostering Belonging through Relationship-Based Engagement
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Join The Jewish Education Project and Gather, Inc. for a two-part workshop series on cultivating belonging through the lens and practice of Relationship-Based Engagement.
Since October 7, data emerging from across the Jewish world shows that more people are entering into Jewish spaces seeking knowledge, community, and comfort. As we meet new faces and re-encounter familiar ones, how might we center relationship-building in order to create spaces of belonging and connection? In this workshop series, we'll take a deep dive into where our people are in their Jewish and personal journeys in this moment. We'll then explore how we might better meet our people where they are through several practices of Relationship-Based Engagement.
These webinars will not be recorded.
About Gather, Inc.
Gather, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization committed to helping more people realize the Jewish life they seek. They train change agents in the Jewish world to bring a relationship-centered approach to every aspect of their work, a practice they call Relationship-Based Engagement. In doing so, they seek to reorient how Jewish professionals and organizations define success: the depth and breadth of relationships they build with and among their community members. Gather, Inc. is committed to working with partners and within communities to position relationship-based engagement at the heart of how Jewish community is built and sustained.
Sarah Fredrick
Sarah Fredrick (she/her) is Gather, Inc.'s Director of Trainings. She previously served as GatherDC's Northern Virginia Community Director, where she led grassroots young adult engagement and strategy development. Sarah is a relational engagement expert specializing in facilitation and coaching. She is passionate about collaborating with organizations, individuals, and communities to re-envision more meaningful, accessible, relational approaches to Jewish life. Sarah lives in Washington, D.C., where she also works as a freelance musician.
Eliana Rubin
Eliana Rubin is a queer and trans educator and artist based in New York City. She aims to help people better understand themselves and the world around them, and is deeply grateful to do so through her work at Keshet.
Prior to joining Keshet, Eliana worked at The Jewish Education Project as their Education Manager for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEI+B). Through her work, The Jewish Education Project reached over one thousand educators, fostering DEI+B actions and thought processes across the country. Eliana received her Master of Educational Leadership from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and her BFA in Drama from NYU / Tisch.
Eliana is a musician and theatre maker. She intertwines her love of Jewish education with the arts through her original educational modality, Jewiscals (Jewish musicals), short musical numbers based around our sacred texts. She will never say no to a bag of movie theater popcorn.
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- Educator Training
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Teen Engagement
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