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Leadership Reflections on 20 Years of the Adam Science Foundation ASF20 20th Anniversary of the Adam Science Foundation Leadership Reflections on 20 years of the Adam Science Foundation Leadership Programme 2 ADAM SCIENCE 50 “YOURS IS NOT TO COMPLETE THE TASK”: ASF AND THE NEW SEMIOTICS OF LIQUID LEADERSHIP 3 THOSE WHO SOW IN TEARS Alex Gordon MAY REAP IN JOY Jennifer, Austen and Lisa Science, Adam’s parents 58 PLENTY OF TRAINS, BUT NOT and sister ENOUGH TRACKS Ryan Jacobson 4 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Avi Goldberg 63 A JEWISH YOUTH PARLIAMENT Michael Livingston 6 MY MEMORIES OF Leadership Reflections ADAM SCIENCE 68 WONDERING ABOUT Ashley Summerfield WANDERING - JEWS AROUND THE WORLD AND WHY OUR RELATIONSHIPS MATTER 8 SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF Daniel Needlestone JEWISH LEADERSHIP Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks 74 7 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE LONDON 14 DO LEADERSHIP GRASSROOTS “MOVEMENT” 20 20 TABLE OF CONTENTS 20 TABLE PROGRAMMES WORK? G. Pomeroy Nicky Goldman and Sam Clifford 80 MOVING FORWARD: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF YOUTH 18 LEADERSHIP THOUGHTS MOVEMENTS AND INFORMAL Steven Lewis EDUCATION TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY Sam Roberts 21 END THE LEADERSHIP LOTTERY Simi Ben Hur and Ben Ullmann 87 TAKING STEPS TOWARDS INCLUSION 24 LEADING A NEW SCHOOL Jessica Saffer Yvonne Baron 94 WAKE-UP CALL 29 PAY TO PLAY A DIFFERENT WAY Danny Stone Simi Ben Hur 98 ASF LEADERSHIP SUCCESS 32 LEADERSHIP VS. “FOLLOWERSHIP” Survey conducted Summer 2011 Livia Benisty 101 LEAD JEWISH LEADERSHIP 36 BRIDGING THE GAP FROM EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT YOUTH LEADERSHIP TO COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP: SOME QUESTIONS 103 CONTRIBUTORS’ PROFILES David Bloom 110 ADAM SCIENCE ALUMNI LIST 42 CREATING A BIG JEWISH COMMUNITY WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE BIG SOCIETY? Russell Collins IV 1 n October 1991, a remarkable young man t is often the case that parents are not fully named Adam Science died tragically in a car aware of their children’s’ interests and Iaccident at the age of 27. Iaspirations particularly when they have left their home environment and are making their He was by that time a leading young figure in own way in life. the community. Yet his story is remarkable, for prior to finishing his studies, he had very little in- This was so in the case of our late son Adam. volvement in communal affairs. At the age of 21, While we knew that he identified himself with and without any formal training, he became the a number of Jewish charities and communal DAM SCIENCE National Chair of the Young Jewish Blind Soci- organisations the extent and level of his A ety committee which he expanded to numerous involvement was something he rarely disclosed committees, and then oversaw its merger with in any detail. It was only when we had cause the Young Welfare Board Groups into Young to agonisingly trawl through his papers that we Jewish Care. became aware of the many initiatives with which he was involved. In fact we discovered that he Adam also devoted himself to Israel as Chairman had contemplated subscribing to a leadership of the London Young Leadership Division of course but postponed this due to its cost. This the Joint Israel Appeal. Adam’s work in Young then became one of the factors in establishing the Leadership led him to become a pivotal force in Adam Science Foundation with the intention that the European Young Leadership Network. no one should be constrained from participating due to financial reasons. Adam recognised the dearth of young leaders in the community and, before he died, he had The Foundation has been an immense source already started discussions to establish the of strength, comfort and pride to us. His friends definitive young leadership course. and colleagues have displayed amazing foresight and determination in seeing it has reached its After Adam died, a group of his closest friends 20th year with continued growth and success. and colleagues formed the Adam Science In its formative years a lifespan of 5 years would Foundation. By creating the definitive Young then have been considered highly satisfactory. Leadership Course to try to ensure that Invariably now when meeting people for the first young Jews are given every opportunity and parents and sister Austen and Lisa Science, Adam’s Jennifer, time and giving our family name, we are asked if encouragement to take their place at the head of REAP IN JOY THOSE WHO SOW IN TEARS MAY we have any connection with ASF. our community, Adam’s memory lives on. The Psalmist foretells that those who sow in tears may reap in joy. The knowledge that so many have benefited from their participation in the Foundation’s courses and have maintained an active role in the Jewish world enables us to cherish our son’s memory and achievements. It is our hope and prayer that the Foundation goes from strength to successful strength. 2 3 years since Adam Science, my old involved in the ASFLP since inception; those who have managed the friend from Carmel College and course including for the last 6 years, Nicky Goldman and Sam Clifford; 20good friend to many of you, died in alumni who have maintained connections and assisted in the continued a car accident and 20 years since we set up the evolution and growth of ASFLP; and all those lay and professional leaders Adam Science Foundation with over 20 of his and Jewish organisations who have supported ASFLP over the years and close friends in my living room in Belsize Park. whom we thank wholeheartedly, including Steven Lewis (new Chairman Avi Goldberg Goldberg Avi The time has flown by and I certainly did not of Jewish Care), one of our original founders and good friend of Adam’s. expect the Foundation to still be flourishing when we designed and started the leadership In particular, along the way we have been assisted by two organisations: course as a memory to a key part of what Adam from 1998 the UJIA, who provided management and support services and stood for and wanted to achieve – involvement the Pears Foundation, which has supported the development of the course and empowerment. and in particular of our alumni led by Richard Kneller and now Simi Ben Hur and Ben Ullmann. We look forward to developing our partnership with Involvement because he wanted to involve as LEAD: Jewish Leadership Excellence and Development going forward. many young Jewish people as he could in the Jewish community, either directly or through his We now have over 200 alumni, many of whom are and have been active famous weekends in Bournemouth (in the days in the community since they finished ASFLP. We have numerous major before low cost airlines!); and Empowerment successes in many walks of Jewish life some of which are reflected in the because he wanted young Jewish people to set up essays herein. We are proud of them all. One of whom is your compere this MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR and run as many committees for as many charities evening, Carolyn Bogush, who attended ASFLP in 1995 and who was one of as they could. those instrumental in the development of Limmud, an organisation that was much smaller 20 years ago, which now attracts thousands of Jewish people The leadership course, ASFLP, was of course Adam’s each year and which Carolyn has chaired since January 2010. brainchild but he never had time to implement it. We had to do that for him. ASFLP flourished because we It is a poignant moment in the history of the ASFLP. Sad for those of us established some key principles at the outset which who remember Adam from Newcastle, Study Group, Carmel College, we have not waivered from. We offered access to Young Jewish Care (formerly Young Jewish Blind Society) or Young key communal leaders and a shadowing scheme to UJIA; reflective for those who attended the course; and a sense of pride enable young people to meet with these leaders and for those of us who have seen ASFLP become the pre-eminent young gain access to their charities and their workings; it Jewish leadership course in the country. was selective as we tried to find the next lay leaders; it was cross-communal as we strove to touch and However, for this to continue and for our principles to continue, we need benefit from all aspects of the community; it was your help. We last held a formal fundraising event for the course 10 years free and still is to this day, except for a fascinating ago and we hope you will agree that training future young leaders is and inspiring trip to Israel or another key city in the critical to the development of British Jewry. USA which participants contribute to. All of these key principles still apply today. Enjoy the evening, for we have brought together for you two outstanding examples of leadership - Professor Ron Heifetz, one of the pre-eminent Of course, none of this could have been achieved lecturers on leadership in the world and author of a number of leading without a great team, in particular Anna Josse, who books on the subject, all the way from Harvard University in the USA; and actually set up and managed the ASFLP for the Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, who of course needs no introduction but who 20 first few years and has remained actively involved years ago attended our inaugural fundraiser not long after his inauguration since then, coaching and mentoring others who as Chief Rabbi and who is now attending our 20th anniversary in his final followed in her footsteps; Ashley Summerfield, year as Chief Rabbi. We are delighted that the Chief Rabbi has written a lifelong friend of Adam’s, who has been actively for us an inspired piece for all aspiring and current leaders.
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