Facilitating Difficult Conversations: A 3-part Workshop for Rabbis Creating Tight-Knit Community Across Lines of Difference and Conflict
Facilitating Difficult Conversations is back! Atra piloted this workshop last summer and we are excited to be offering it again this winter.
This workshop is a transformative three-part series designed specifically for Jewish spiritual leaders. In today’s challenging landscape, we understand the weight you carry as community leaders, and we’re here to support you with the essential skills and resources needed to navigate and nurture thriving Jewish communities amidst differing viewpoints.
Over three sessions, you’ll be equipped with the tools to skillfully navigate trauma, conflict, and communal healing. From active listening techniques to conflict de-escalation strategies, you’ll learn how to turn sources of tension into opportunities for Jewish connection and community building. Our comprehensive curriculum includes practical exercises, role-playing scenarios, and a “train the trainer” component, empowering you to share these crucial skills with key leaders in your community, ensuring that the journey towards community resilience is a collective effort.
Upcoming Workshop Dates
We are launching an iteration of this program at the beginning of 2026. Check back for updates.
Workshop Facilitators
Cara Raich, a former attorney, is a New York-based conflict consultant and facilitator who leads institutions, organizations, museums, religious leaders, companies, partnerships, family businesses and families through challenging situations with clarity and sensitivity. Cara’s skills include mediation, conflict resolution, facilitation, crisis management, employee relations, respectful workplace trainings, anti sexual harassment trainings and advising on governance matters. Cara is a “how” expert. She knows “how” to navigate the most stressful, conflicted environments. Cara uses this skill to lead productive conversations across lines of difference and complexity. She makes sure all voices are meaningfully heard. Cara creates order from chaos and clarity in moments of confusion so her clients can take productive action when the way forward seems uncertain.