National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL) is a leadership training institute, think tank, and resource center. It is an inter-disciplinary and inter-denominational movement, in which rabbis from all major Jewish denominations in North America participate. The organization is described by The Jewish Daily Forward as a "think-tank dedicated to questions of Jewish identity and religious practice...in its quest to expand the boundaries of Jewish communal life".[1]
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield presently serves as the president of CLAL.[2][3]
Rabbi Elan Babchuck is the Executive Vice President.
Etymology
[edit]CLAL is an acronym formed from the organization's English language name (Center for Leadership and Learning). It is also a transliteration of a Hebrew word that can mean community, as in the expression "Klal Yisrael" which refers to the Jewish people as a whole. It is intended to suggest the organization's stated mission to serve as a center of interdenominational cooperation in American Judaism.[4]
History
[edit]CLAL was founded in 1974 by Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and Rabbi Steven Shaw[5].
Programs
[edit]CLAL runs Rabbis without Borders.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "'Rabbi Cool' and Rock Opera Draw Stars, Upscale Spiritualists". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ↑ "50 Influential Rabbis", Newsweek, April 30, 2009.
- ↑ "CLAL Faculty, Fellows and Associates" at CLAL website (accessed June 18, 2010).
- ↑ "Kabbalah-based course offers steps to fulfillment". Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ Greenberg, Irving (February 2013). "A New Era in Jewish History" (PDF). CLAL News and Perspectives ('Special Issue'). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2018.
World Jewry today stands on the brink of a new era in Jewish history [...] CLAL is dedicated to preparing Jewish leaders to respond to the challenges [...] CLAL (formetly [sic] the National Jewish Resource Center) was founded in 1974 by Rabbi Irving Greenberg, Elie Wiesel and Rabbi Steven Shaw.
- ↑ Jaffe-Hoffman, Maayan (January 5, 2016). "'Off the Beaten Path:' Rabbis Increasingly Finding Roles Outside the Pulpit, Education". eJewish Philanthropy. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
- Clal publications on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner