SULAM: Leadership Training for Vice Presidents and New Presidents
Sulam has trained more than 932 congregational presidents in just 16 years.We are proud to offer two locations for synagogue leaders who have recently been elected president or vice president who plan to serve as president within the next one or two years. In the Torah we are told that Jacob dreamed of a sulam - a ladder. Today, the challenge of the sulam represents an opportunity. With faith in God, dedication to Torah study, mitzvah observance, and the synagogue, we are encouraging the development of new synagogue leadership. Ensure the continuity of Conservative Judaism in your synagogue by sending your leaders to Sulam this year. Call Rabbi Moshe Edelman at 646 519-9290 or email him at edelman@uscj.org.
Sulam 36, March 4-7, 2010, meets at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
Sulam 27, April 22-25, 2010, meets at the Pearlstone Conference and Retreat Center in Reisterstown, Maryland.
This year, the price has been reduced; it will cost $695, not including transportation; a grant rebate is available. For details, look at the brochure: Sulam 36/37 Leadership Training for Synagogue Vice Presidents and New Presidents.
At Sulam you will learn to:
- Build your membership… Retain your current members.
- Develop a quality board of trustees.
- Determine the characteristics of synagogue leaders.
- Strengthen your ability to focus committees on their goals.
- Motivate volunteers to step forward.
- Write a synagogue mission statement.
- Build a positive lay-professional team.
- Implement change in the synagogue with less tension.
- Study Jewish views on leadership in the Torah and Talmud.
- Develop programs with "Mitzvah Motivation."
- Solve situations and problems by networking with other leaders.
- Introduce successful programs in your congregation.
- Involve members in Jewish living at home through the synagogue.
- Become a confident synagogue, community, Conservative Jewish role model.
For more information, call Rabbi Moshe Edelman at 646 519-9290 or email him at edelman@uscj.org.
