The Mahloket Matters Methodology
We are living in a moment of unprecedented breakdown in civil discourse.
The inability to communicate and engage in constructive discussion has caused significant pain and dysfunction, and it is showing up at work, at schools, on the streets and in our families.
Utilizing Jewish wisdom and social psychology, the Mahloket Matters methodology seeks to foster a renewed discourse that heals divisions and offers our communities – and the world – a path forward.
Past Cohorts
- Abra P. Lee – Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Short Hills, NJ
- Alex Weinberg – Temple Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ
- Anne Berman-Waldorf – Congregation Beth Chaim, Princeton Junction, NJ
- Barbara Glickman – Ohev Shalom of Bucks County, Richboro, PA
- Beth Young – Temple Judea, Coral Gables, FL
- Carla Kopf – Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, CA
- Gina Fass – Bet Torah Synagogue, Mount Kisco, NY
- Hope Ann Chernak – Temple Kol Emeth, Marietta, GA
- Jessica Braginsky – Forest Hills Jewish Center, Forest Hills, NY
- Jessie Lavintman – Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY
- Judith Sandman – Temple Emanu-El, Westfield, NJ & Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael, Springfield, NJ
- Juliet Gardner – Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, CA
- Mason Voit – Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, Bronx, NY
- Melissa Ser – Adat Shalom Synagogue, Farmington Hills, MI
- Morissa R. Freiberg – Congregation Beth Tikvah, Worthington, OH
- Rebecca Elkus-Ferst – Temple Israel of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
- Rebecca Goodman – Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA
- Roberta Axeloons – Temple Israel of Boston, Boston, MA
- Shari Sabath – Congregation Beth El of Bucks County, Yardley, PA
- Rabbi Sharon Litwin – Temple Shaaray Tefila, New York, NY
- Rabbi Yael Hammerman – Ansche Chesed, New York, NY
- Cindy B Citron – Congregation Tifereth Israel of Bucks County, Bensalem, PA
- Rachel Barnehama – B’nai Jeshurun, New York, NY
- Debra Beland Ackerman – Congregation Olam Tikvah, Fairfax PA
- Sara Berk – Temple Beth Shalom, Needham, PA
- Ariel Boxman – Temple Shalom of Naples, Naples, FL
- Mandy Cheskis – Gesher School, Chisuk Emuna Congegation, and Beth El Temple, Harrisburg, PA
- Alisa Fineman – Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel, CA
- Wilhelmina Gottschalk – Alvin Browdy Religious School of Ohr Kodesh, Chevy Chase, MD
- Abra Greenspan – Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto, CA
- Cathy Kaplan – Kramer Religious at Beth Meyer Synagogue, Raleigh, NC
- Beri Kaplan Schwitzer – Temple Emanu’el, Dallas TX
- Janis Knight – Congregation Shirat Hayam, Swampscott, MA
- Karen Lewin – Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
- Tali Moscowitz – Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County, Bethesda, MD
- Michele Paskow – Congregation B’nai Emet, Simi Valley, PA
- Adam Schaffer – Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills CA
- Michael Schatz – Har Zion Temple, Penn Valley, PA
- Rachel Wachtel – Congregation Beth Shalom Religious School, Seattle, WA
- Andrea Kamens – Temple Beth Shalom, Needham, MA / Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Newton, MA
- Rabbi Ariann Weitzman – Bnai Keshet Reconstructionist Synagogue, Montclair, NJ
- Edward J Magiste – Temple Tifereth Israel, Beachwood, OH
- Elizabeth Singer – B’nai Aviv, Weston, FL
- Gail Greenberg – Temple Emanu-El, Oak Park, MI
- H. Lee Rosenberg – United Hebrew Congregation, St. Louis, MO
- Jennifer James – Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
- Dr. Jennifer Newfeld – Congregation Beth Sholom, Frederick, MD
- Cantor Jeri Robins – Temple Chayai Shalom, South Easton, MA
- Julie BenAvram – Westchester Jewish Center, Mamaroneck NY
- Lynn Anne Cutler – Temple Har Shalom, Warren, NJ
- Rachel Mersky Woda – Temple Beth El, Providence, RI
- Serena Solomon – Agudath Israel and Temple Beth-El, New Jersey
- Rabbi Shawn Simon Hazani – Har Zion Temple, Penn Valley, PA
- Rabbi Suzanne Brody, PhD – Ithaca Beit Midrash, Ithaca, NY
- Batya Glazer – Ohr Kodesh Congregation
- Dana Berntson – Wood River Jewish Community
- Ariana Estoque – Congregation Emanu-El
- Mel Berwin – Congregation Neveh Shalom
- Karen Morris – Congregation Dor Hadash
- Tammy Stone – Congregation Agudas Achim
- Heather Dinkin – Congregation Beth Ahabah
- Aaron Spitzer – Temple Concord; Rabbi Jacob H. Epstein School of Jewish Studies
- Ora Jezer – Congregation Beth Sholom – Chevra Shas; Temple Concord
- Cara Abrams – Congregation Shaarie Torah
- Andrea McNellis – Congregation Beth Emeth
- Jason Cathcart – Beth David Synagogue
- Lisa Levenberg – Sha’ar Zahav
- Debbie Bram – Congregation Shaare Emeth
- Jessica Bram – University Synagogue
- Cheryl Cohen – Temple Ahavat Shalom
- Lori Daitch – Beth Shir Shalom
- Nadia Gold Marlene – Meyerson JCC Manhattan
- Rebecca Gould – Oseh Shalom Religious School
- Melissa Herman – Kol Ha’Emek The Upper Valley Jewish Community
- Rosa Jonasz – Congregation Agudas Achim
- Cynthia Joy Kalish – Congregation Beth Elohim
- Shana Lee – United Synagogue of Hoboken
- Aviva Lev-David – Congregation Rodef Sholom
- Lisa Levenberg – Congregation Sha’ar Zahav
- Seth Lewis Levin – Temple Judea
- Laura Naide – Temple Emanuel
- Arnold Rotenberg – Congregation Gates of Heaven
- Civia White – Beth Sholom
- Jen Zak – Temple Sinai in Brookline