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Women’s Leadership Institute expands reach across country

In the three years since the launch of the Women’s Leadership Institute, participants have added several programs to the Valley’s Jewish communal landscape, including a family camp experience, a teen leadership program and Passover seders for individuals with special needs.

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Valley breast cancer survivor starts support group with Jewish focus

Facing a cancer diagnosis with four young children, Knight felt a strong urge to connect with the Jewish community. She called the nearest Reform synagogue. As it happened, the synagogue’s membership director answered and told her that they ran a breast cancer support group. She invited Knight to come meet with them that evening.

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RABBI ELANA KANTER: CULTIVATING LEADERS

“It came to my attention that on certain boards of our community women are underrepresented,” says Rabbi Elana Kanter, director of the Women’s Jewish Learning Center in Scottsdale. “I really believe that our strength as a community depends very much on having enough women in leadership roles, together with men. To have women underrepresented in our day and age is not good for anybody, … it’s not good for the whole Jewish community.”

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Institute celebrates first year’s leadership cohort

The Women’s Jewish Learning Center (WJLC) and PJ Library hosted a “Celebration of New Leadership” June 7, at The New Shul in Scottsdale to congratulate their first leadership cohort of the Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) on completing their year of study.   

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Women’s Leadership Project to Launch in Fall

A new yearlong leadership training program for women will launch this year as a result of a collaboration between The Women’s Jewish Learning Center (WJLC) and PJ Library.

The Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), developed and led by Rabbi Elana Kanter, WJLC director, is designed to train a new cohort of communal leaders by providing a formal leadership training curriculum and matching the women with mentors.

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WJLC Hosts Holiday Webinars for Young Parents

The Women’s Jewish Learning Center in Scottsdale will hold a “Make ‘em Magical!” Jewish holiday webinar about Hanukkah at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. The webinar is for young parents and will teach how to make home celebrations meaningful.

Future webinars will focus on Tu B’Shevat, Purim, Passover and Shavuot. Cost is $75 for series or $25 per session.

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