leadership steering committee Maya Bernstein, Melissa Cowen, Josh Fialkoff, Roben Kantor, Rene Kariel, Vicky Kulikov, David Krantz, Samantha Pohl, Ezra Shanken, Mae Singerman, Aimee Weiss associate editors Marc Bailes, Farrah Green, David Krantz, Rachel Krauser, Dalia Wolfson peer advisors Rafi Cashman, Addie Klein, Zev Nagel, Michal Waldfogel assistant editors Gavin Beinart-Smollen, Jane Blumental Martin, Rachel Olstein, David Russell copy editors Miriam Bader, Melissa Scholten art director Jerrin Kay photography director Naomi Zeidman photographers Tamir Kalifa, Sam Ketay, Yael Miriam, Olga Savchuk, Gayle Squires, Robert Weinberg advertising and circulation director Simi Hinden
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leadership rising up
visions for the future >> shirlee harel
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Jewish Innovation and the establishment
ultimate roi >> david brown
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Transferring Leadership
a multigenerational enterprise >> rachel ain
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Dancing at JFNA’s TribeFest in Las Vegas. Photo by Sam Ketay, JFNA.
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