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Post-Election Expert Tools & Support for all Rabbis

We know this moment requires you to do so much: support your communities, lead through division and anxiety, and provide meaning amid uncertainty.

Atra is here to support you. We’re offering virtual gatherings just for Jewish clergy—reflect, connect, and plan how you’ll show up in your work. With a variety of sessions, you can choose what meets your needs or join multiple!

Upcoming sessions with remarkable faculty focus on:
Recharging Your Leadership
Torah & Wisdom for This Moment
Skills for Community & Spiritual Leadership

 

Free for rabbis, cantors, and Jewish clergy. More sessions added soon!

Questions? Email esther@atrarabbis.org.

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Recharging Your Leadership

Sitting in Uncertainty: An opportunity for rabbis to reflect and gather thoughts” with Rabbi Ana Bonnheim, Founding Executive Director of Jewish Learning Collaborative on Friday, November 15th, 12-1 pm ET/9-10 am PT

Come to reflect and talk about your personal and professional experience of the election and its aftermath. Bring questions and suggestions to the group to give and receive support as you prepare for sermons and programs for your community.

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“Pre Shabbat Processing” with Dr. Betsy Stone on Friday, November 15th, 1-2 pm ET/10-11 am PT

It’s been a whirlwind of a few weeks—with elections, community demands, and the ever-present pull of the work we do. Before Shabbat, let’s take an hour to pause, catch our breath, and connect with one another. How are we holding up, and what do we need as we navigate the weeks ahead? Join fellow rabbis for a moment of grounding and processing as we reflect together on how to balance the challenges we’re facing with a sense of purpose.

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Torah & Jewish Wisdom for This Moment

Torah for an American Reckoning with Rabbi Dan Smokler, Chief Executive Officer of Assembly on Monday, November 11th, 3:15pm ET/12:15pm PT

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Skills and Resources for Community and Spiritual Leadership

“Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times” with Rabbi Lauren Berkun, Vice President, Rabbinic Initiatives, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America on Monday, November 11th, 11 am-12 pm ET/8-9 am PT

Shalom Hartman Institute of North America and Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation are partnering to offer a session for clergy to meet this moment with rabbinic texts, adaptive leadership theory, insights from Hartman’s Courageous Leadership White Paper, and ample time for discussion.

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“Holding Compassionate Space Across Lines of Political Difference” with Cara Raich on Wednesday, November 13th, 12-1 pm ET/9-10am PT

Cara Raich, expert conflict consultant and facilitator, will lead a conversation about how to support your community in times of conflict as spiritual leader, and share core principles and tools to help guide your work in this moment.


Engaging Post Surge: Practical Strategies” on Wednesday, November 13th, 3-4 pm ET/12-1pm PT

Co-led by the Assembly team, this session focuses on brainstorming and sharing practical tools for deepening engagement with those who showed up during the holidays and are seeking meaningful connections in your community.

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Navigating Shared Leadership” on Thursday, November 14th, 3-4 pm ET/12-1 pm PT

Join Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein, Atra’s Executive Director, and Lisa Messinger, Atra’s Board Chair, for an hour of conversation, peer support, and brainstorming about navigating the challenges and opportunities that are coming up in a new year of working with your boards and lay leaders.

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Past programs: 

“Refilling our Cups: Support and Processing with Dr. Betsy Stone” on Thursday, October 31 from 3:00-4:00pm ET/12:00-1:00pm PT

This year has been a year of trauma and of growth. These Chagim have been unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. As the Holy Day season draws to a close, what have we learned? How are each of us managing our own griefs and joys? How do we recover and heal forward? Join your fellow rabbis and Dr. Betsy Stone to debrief together. 


“Oseh Shalom Bimromav: How clergy can frame and lean into Shabbat as a model to embrace this moment and unite our communities” with Rabbi Adam Gindea on Thursday, November 7th from 3-4 pm ET/12-1 pm PT

Join Rabbi Adam Gindea, VP of Programs at OneTable, for this conversation.


“Right, Left, and Not Losing Our Way: Reflecting on this Moment through Parshat Lech-Lecha” with Rabbi Avi Killip, Executive Vice President, Hadar Institute on Thursday, November 7 at 4:30-5:30 pm ET/1:30-2:30 pm ET


“You are Wrong, AND I Love You”: Torah perspectives on how we find love for those we believe are truly mistaken” with Rabba Yaffa Epstein, Senior Scholar and Educator in Residence, The Jewish Education Project on Thursday, November 7 at 12-1 pm ET/9-10 am PT

Join Rabbi Yaffa Epstein, Senior Scholar and Educator in Residence at The Jewish Education Project, for this conversation about perspectives from the Torah on how to find love across disagreement, full of thought-provoking Torah for yourself and to share with your communities.


“Using your rabbinic voice at a charged political moment” with Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein on Thursday, November 7 at 1:30 p.m. ET

Author, public moderator, and past president of Central Synagogue Abigail Pogrebin will lead a conversation with Rabbi Shira Koch Epstein about how to use your rabbinic voice in a charged political atmosphere.


“Holding Compassionate Space Across Lines of Political Difference” with Cara Raich on Thursday, November 7 at 11 am-12 pm ET/8 am-9 am PT

Cara Raich, expert conflict consultant and facilitator, will lead a conversation about how to support your community in times of conflict as spiritual leader, and share core principles and tools to help guide your work in this moment.


Atra and IJS present “Sitting into Shabbat: Steadying Ourselves in the Storm” with Rabbi Marc Margolius, VP for Faculty and Program, Institute for Jewish Spirituality on Friday, November 8th, 11-11:45 am ET/8-8:45 am PT

In this particularly stressful and disorienting time, join Rabbi Marc Margolius of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for a period of Jewish mindfulness meditation practice in preparation for Shabbat: for settling our bodies, minds, and spirits, for cultivating clarity, and for reconnecting with our souls. No analyses, strategizing, or planning — simply a time for being, breathing, and connecting with each other and the Holy One of Blessing.  


“Where Are We Today? A Clergy Processing Session” with Dr. Betsy Stone on Friday, November 8th, 1-2 pm ET/10-11 am PT

How do we hold ourselves? How do we offer comfort to those who are suffering when we are also suffering? How do we support those who are celebrating? Join Dr. Betsy Stone to process these questions and more.