Kadima collective
Learning and Leading, Together.
Jewish learning is not meant to be a one-time experience. Neither is Jewish LearningWorks.
Over the years, hundreds of educators, communal professionals, and lay leaders have devoted significant time to learning with us. Through fellowships, cohorts, retreats, leadership programs, and other intensive learning experiences, they have explored big ideas, built lasting relationships, and strengthened Jewish life throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
Kadima Collective is the next chapter in your journey.
An Exclusive Community
Meaning “forward” or “onward” in Hebrew, Kadima Collective is an exclusive community of those who have made a meaningful investment in their learning through Jewish LearningWorks professional development experiences. The Kadima Collective is a place to keep going forward alongside an extraordinary network of peers.
Membership is not an application process. It is a recognition of your sustained commitment to learning, leadership, and the Jewish community. This is a collective of folks who understand that lifelong learning and leading continues onward – Kadima!
Who is part of the collective?
The most valuable part of any Jewish LearningWorks program has always been the people.
Invitations are extended to individuals who have completed significant learning experiences through Jewish LearningWorks, including fellowship participants, and others who have engaged in 40 or more hours of Jewish LearningWorks learning.
Why do we gather as a collective?
Learning doesn’t end when a program concludes, and neither should community.
Kadima Collective creates opportunities to remain connected to a curated community of thoughtful leaders and learners while continuing to access high-caliber Jewish learning, and unique field-building leadership experiences throughout the year.
Kadima Collective Benefits
Your journey with Jewish LearningWorks doesn’t end when a fellowship, cohort, retreat, or workshop concludes.
Kadima Collective offers opportunities to deepen your learning, expand your network, and remain connected to a vibrant community of leaders and learners who are shaping Jewish life today and into the future.
Learning
Engage in elevated learning experiences with leading scholars, educators, authors, and thinkers.
- Exclusive online and in-person learning opportunities for members
- Opportunities to engage with new ideas and emerging research
- Field-building meetings on timely and complex issues
Connections
Build relationships with peers who share a commitment to Jewish life, leadership, and learning.
- Curated gatherings and networking opportunities
- Alumni celebrations, reunions, and small-group experiences
- Gatherings across organizations, sectors, and generations
Access
Receive special access and recognition as part of the Kadima Collective, and as a member of the wider Jewish LearningWorks community.
- Opportunities to shape future Jewish LearningWorks offerings
- Early registration for select public programs and events
- Honor badge, member-only merch, and tokens of appreciation throughout the year
Kadima Collective Leadership
Jewish LearningWorks has always believed that leadership and learning unfold over a lifetime. Kadima Collective exists to nurture those journeys.
Kadima Collective members are among the field’s most thoughtful practitioners, leaders, and learners. Through Kadima, members will have opportunities to contribute their expertise, elevate promising practices, and help shape the future of Jewish education.
Opportunities include:
- Service on Jewish LearningWorks advisory circles focused on emerging topics and strategic priorities
- Invitations to leadership councils tasked with strengthening and advancing the field of Jewish education
- Opportunities to publish articles, case studies, tools, and research through Jewish LearningWorks platforms
- Opportunities to mentor emerging leaders and support the next generation of educators
- Participation in select listening sessions and strategy conversations that help inform future Jewish LearningWorks initiatives
Together, Kadima members help ensure that the collective wisdom of our community continues to inform, inspire, and strengthen Jewish life for generations to come.
Kadima Collective Stewardship
Membership to the Kadima Collective is offered at no-cost, yet the Kadima Collective is sustained by the community itself; leaders who believe in paying their experience forward.
Members are invited to make an annual contribution, at a level meaningful to them, to help ensure that future generations continue to benefit from exceptional Jewish learning and leadership development.
Questions?
Please contact Dona Standel, Engagement Manager, at dona@jewishlearning.works.