In these challenging times, Professor Liz Livingston Howard’s fundraising and capital campaign classes garnered high marks from participants. Photo © Evanston Photographic Studios

Colleagues report on KJL:

	Executive Director Jane Krantz and Rabbi Ronne Friedman Photo © Evanston Photographic Studios
	Rabbi Steve Wernick
	Rabbi Yaakov Kermaier Photo © Evanston Photographic Studios
	Rabbi Shai Finkelstein Photo © Evanston Photographic Studios
	Mazel tov! The sons of Rabbi Alan Berlin, Executive Director Temple Beth-El, and Ron Segal, Rabbi Temple Sinai, celebrated their b’nai mitzvah on Shabbatot before and after KJL.  Colleagues continued their simchas singing “siman tov u mazel tov” to the proud fathers!

“Think back to your childhood experience of Hanukkah – the excitement around opening a different present each night.  KJL was a 5 day encounter with gift after gift, session after session that rekindled that sense of deep excitement and appreciation.  Every Rabbi and Executive Director should experience the magic of KJL.”
 - Ronne Friedman, Senior Rabbi, Temple Israel, Boston, MA

“…It has been a while since I was privileged to be in a classroom with such talented and expert teachers.  The material covered and lessons learned were `for a lifetime’ moving way beyond merely practical and informing my motivational core.  I commend this highly to my Executive Director/Rabbi colleagues – a great team building opportunity.” 
- Jane Krantz, Executive Director, Temple Israel, Boston, MA

“Many programs have been helpful to me as a rabbi, but KJL uniquely enables rabbis to better understand their modern roles as leaders of 21st century religious institutions by benefiting from all the current corporate wisdom and best practices.”
 - Jonathan Berkun, Rabbi, Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, Aventura, FL
 
“My background was in Strategy Consulting and Private Equity before entering the Rabbinate and despite having attended numerous conferences in the past, I have never had such a uniformly exceptional group of speakers and such a dynamic crowd of attendees.”
- Leo Dee, Associate Rabbi, Hendon Synagogue, London, UK

“A very valuable experience to imagine our work in new ways and to apply secular skills to sacred work.  It was a real thrill to be a student learning from a top notch faculty and with a very impressive group of colleagues and partners.”
 - Rabbi Steve Wernick, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, New York, NY

“KJL offered me an opportunity to have a joint experience with the Senior Rabbi, which allows us to be in a similar frame of mind when returning to tackle the issues facing our congregation.  As a bonus I learned updated and new techniques for managing the staff.”
- Mark Rubenstein, Senior Executive Director, Congregation B’nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL

“Unlike any other experience presently available to rabbis and executive directors, KJL provides excellent opportunity to examine and learn about the fullness of congregational life, in some sense, apart from Jewish tradition.  I have greatly benefited from the experience.” 
-Neil Sandler, Senior Rabbi, Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Atlanta, GA

“KJL is all about harnessing our spiritual ambitions to powerful management engines.  I feel that I now have many new and more sophisticated tools in my chest, and I am deeply grateful for it.” 
- Yaakov Kermaier, Rabbi, Fifth Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY

“The networking opportunity at KJL was invaluable.  Synagogue management is a very different complex set of activities.  What surprised me was that despite the fact the majority of the attendees were not the same denomination we had much in common.  This was truly an experience that anyone who truly cares about improving, growing and progressing their synagogue should invest their time and money in...” 
- Naomi Malakoff, Executive Director, United Orthodox Synagogues, Houston, TX

“This was by far the best professional growth experience I have had in my career.  It was an honor to learn from Kellogg faculty as well as colleagues from all denominations.”
- Rob Festenstein, Executive Director, Temple Beth Sholom, Las Vegas, NV

“The time I spent at KJL will help me to shape and define the way I look at leadership, marketing and other related areas.  It was enriching to share insights with other rabbis from other denominations.”
- Shai Finkelstein, Senior Rabbi, Baron Hirsch Congregation, Memphis, TN

Photo Galleries:

Crisis Management Photos (click to view gallery)
KJL participants in crisis: groups practice crisis management skills preparing for a press conference! 

Team Photos (click to view gallery)
Colleagues from synagogues most often participate as rabbi and executive director teams to maximize the implementation of Kellogg learning.  Here are just a few of the many teams in KJL 2009.