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LocaL happenings

Jewish Leadership Program MLI Women will be directed by Lindsay Hirsch, director secret with them to the grave. The Rubins help counsel

for Women Announced, of leadership development at Jewish Federation, along with these survivor children through this painful yet meaningful
realization as they nurture their faith while wiping away
David Levy, a nationally renowned facilitator with extensive
Applications Now Being experience in the nonprofit sector. their tears. Interestingly, many of these hidden Jews had

raised their children as Catholics, yet they would never
If you are interested in participating or would like to
Accepted nominate someone for the program, visit jewishpb.org/mli. set foot in the church. They would instead choose to
For more information or questions about MLI and other congregate in groups outside — a curious custom their
Applications are leadership opportunities, contact Hirsch at lindsay.hirsch@ kids never understood until the parents breathed their last.
now being accepted for jewishpalmbeach.org or 561.242.6638. The Rubins travel thousands of miles to stay in touch
an innovative leadership with every Jew. Their story was recounted in a beautiful
program specifically No Jew Left Behind documentary called “Outback Rabbis” that is available on
designed for women Amazon Prime Video. Their story is filled with smalls acts
who currently serve in A recent Chabad of Palm Beach Gardens Windows to of Divine Providence that subtly hint at the hidden hand
volunteer leadership the World event originated from the Great Barrier Reef in of G-d that is always at play in our lives:
roles in the Palm Northern Queensland, Australia. Special guests were Rabbi One fellow in Townsend, Australia, was interviewed in
Beaches. The Mandel Ari and Mushky Rubin, who run the Chabad Center that the documentary. A wedding planner by profession, he told
Center for Leadership services the thousands of isolated Jews who are scattered a story of clients who immediately canceled the wedding
Development and throughout the Great Australian Outback. With humor and contract when they learned of his Jewish identity. Full
Women’s Philanthropy sincerity, they described their work in reaching out to the of faith, he accepted it as G-d’s will. The very next day,
– both part of Jewish lost Jews of rural Australia. True to the Rebbe’s vision and he received a frantic call from a family looking to plan a
Federation of Palm the mission of Chabad, the Rubins are making sure that wedding on that exact date!
Beach County – are not a single Jew is left behind. In another stroke of providence, Mushky’s Israeli
proud to announce a Rabbi Ari spoke passionately about the thousands of father was in a taxi in Jerusalem with a father of a Jew
joint initiative: The Amy Garelick Jews living there who don’t even know they are Jews. After from Cairns! This unlikely meeting resulted in the Cairns
newest cohort of the the Holocaust, many survivors fled to Australia because family connecting with their Jewish roots through his
Mandel Leadership Institute (MLI) will be concentrated it was as far from Europe as possible. Traumatized from daughter. It was also fascinating to discover that one of
solely on women who volunteer throughout the Jewish the concentration camps, they vowed that their children the participants in the Zoom event is a great niece of one
community including agencies, synagogues, and Federation would not suffer as they did. In many cases, they never of the members of the Rubins’ community in Cairns!
and who have the propensity and desire for high-caliber even told their children they were Jews. Often, these rural But amid the humor and moments of revealed destiny
training to become even stronger agents of change. Australians will learn about their Jewish identity at the of the presentation, perhaps the most touching experience
Over the past three years, MLI has brought together nearly death-bed of their parents, so their parents don’t take the was when the Rubins described their entry into a Nazi
50 like-minded community members to build partnerships, museum, where they proudly declared that “the Nazis
enhance participants’ leadership skills in the context of Jewish are being presented in a museum, but the Jews are free to
values, and learn from one another. The deadline to apply for roam, alive and well!’
MLI Women is Friday, July 30, 2021. Rabbi Ari was a student of Rabbi Dovid Vigler when
“We want women in our community to feel empowered studying for his rabbinical degree in Melbourne, Australia,
to take on more leadership roles and recognize the incredible in 2003.
value and vision they provide for the future of our Jewish
community,” shared Amy Garelick, chair for MLI Women, 2021-2022 Board of Directors
a graduate of the first MLI cohort. “We encourage women
to apply and nominate each other. MLI was one of the most Appointed to JFS, JRFS
powerful learning and growth experiences I’ve had, and I’m
so excited Federation is presenting MLI through a female lens Second-year Board President Zelda Mason inducted the
so we can discuss topics and issues uniquely experienced by 2021-2022 Board of Directors for Ferd & Gladys Alpert
women in leadership.” Jewish Family Service and Melvin J. & Claire Levine
MLI Women runs from October 2021 to May 2022 with Jewish Residential & Family Service at the agency’s virtual
monthly meetings that include group learning and discussion, Annual Meeting recently.
case studies, and breakout sessions that will emphasize The Alpert JFS Board leadership includes First Vice
leadership, the idea of Jewish peoplehood, and key issues President Gary Hoffman, Vice Presidents Don Abrams
related to your role in the community. With curriculum and Jennifer Lesser, Secretary Diann Mann, and Treasurer
developed by Dr. Erica Brown, MLI participants will be Alan I. Goldberg; Immediate Past-President Michael A.
introduced to thought-provoking and practical materials that Lampert, Esq.; Past-Presidents Larry Abramson, Keith B.
can be applied to their current and future leadership roles in Braun, Carolyn Gleimer Silbey, Al Komins, and Arnold
the community. L. Lampert; Emeriti Irwin D. Lebow, Harriet I. Samuels,
and Rabbi Leonard Zucker; and Members-at-Large Jason
DelGrosso, Neil Efron, Ellie Hart, Bob Herzog, Stanley
“Bowie” Jacobson, Robert M. Keats, and Dale Rands,
joined by new members Rabbi Rose Durbin, David
Ginsberg, and Brett Sandala.
Levine JRFS Board members, led by Mason, include
Silbey as vice president; Mann and Goldberg as secretary
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