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Leadership Forum

Ruth Messinger, President, American Jewish World Service

The Hornstein Leadership Forum brings innovative Jewish leaders into an intimate setting with Hornstein students, faculty, and alumni for conversations about what makes a Jewish leader. Leaders speak personally and "off-the-record," focusing on the life, people, education (formal and informal), and experiences (planned and unexpected) that made and shaped them as Jewish leaders. Leaders share their vision for the coming generation of Jewish leadership, and pose "real-life" scenarios from their experiences, challenging students to think through with the leader and one another possible responses. The Hornstein Leadership Forum enables students to begin to discuss with Jewish leaders what "leadership" really involves, in all its complexity and promise. And it begins the conversation and networking that enables present and emerging Jewish leaders to begin to know one another.

2009-2010 speakers included:

• Erica Brown, Scholar in Residence, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
• Jehuda Reinharz, President, Brandeis University
• Rabbi Stephanie Kolin, Temple Israel, Boston
• David Levy, Associate Director, Prozdor; Editorial Board, Jewschool.com
• Myra Kraft, Chair, Combined Jewish Philanthropies Board of Directors

2008 - 2009 speakers included:

• Rabbi Andy Bachman, Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY
  
• Charles Bronfman, Chairman, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Inc.
• Deborah Lauter, Civil Rights Director, Anti-Defamation League

2007-2008 speakers included:

• Shlomo Lifschitz, President, Oranim Educational Travel
• Rabbi Mark Sokoll, President and CEO, Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston
• Larry Moses, President, Wexner Foundation
• Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Leader, Chabad
• Jerry Silverman, President and Editor, Foundation for Jewish Camp
• Tahl Raz, President, Jewcy.com