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Schustermanfellowship Biobook.Pdf Adam Lurie How does your Jewish identity affect A partner with one of the world’s leading law firms, What are you most excited If you were given a surprise day off, your leadership? Adam is an accomplished trial lawyer with an how would you spend it? exceptionally broad practice representing to gain from the Fellowship? I find tzedakah especially compelling, and it affects positively clients in their most important disputes. What are you most looking I would be with the loves of my life: my boy/girl 4 year old twins, my leadership. I seek justice for clients, do pro bono legal work, For instance, he is defending and my soon to be wife. “Where” matters little. If it were warm, and give to Jewish organizations, educational institutions and Microsoft as lead trial counsel in forward to learning? we may go to the pool, and I’d indulge in their joyful splashing, charities. As an example, as defense counsel to corporations, I a patent infringement suit, a UK the warm weather, and my family’s company. If a Friday, we would often lead clients through sensitive business related disputes. financial institution in a federal I’m most excited to gain leadership come home, clean up, and celebrate Shabbat. After the challah, When advising and advocating for them, I find that focusing foreign bribery investigation, and the kids would - as they always do - put coins in our Shabbat box on the justness (or lack thereof) of their position is effective. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo experience, and to learn how to better for the world’s “sad boys and girls.” After the kids were asleep, Such a focus better enables me to persuade the client that their in a federal civil rights suit. He execute that experience. I work hard to we would reflect on a delicious day and blessed life. position is sound, or is a loser. Likewise, focusing on justice is draws on his experience as a former lead sophisticated clients through high- very effective before opponents, judges and jurors. federal prosecutor, senior Department of Justice and congressional official stakes disputes, to be a loving husband to provide clients outstanding advocacy, and father, and to help lead my Jewish If you could be compensated for judgment and client service. Who is a leader, living or dead, who and other communities. This all takes your work with something other than you admire most and why? Adam is also a Jewish community leader. He is on the board of, and policy and advocacy tremendous time, energy and commitment, money, what would it be? co-chair for, the American Jewish Committee in DC, on the advisory board of the and there is rarely time to reflect on Nelson Mandela. He led South Africa out of apartheid despite Time. As explained earlier, I work hard to lead sophisticated Maryland / Israeli Development Center, and is an officer on the Benjamin N. Cardozo being in jail for nearly 30 years, without a formal title, becoming leadership skills. With this fellowship, I clients through high-stakes disputes, to be a loving husband and School of Law alumni board. He lives in DC with his fiance and twins. President only after apartheid was largely removed, and with have the unique opportunity to focus - like father, and to help lead my Jewish and other communities. This all few resources. Yet, he exerted influence, executed a vision, and takes tremendous energy and commitment, and especially time. never before - on enhancing my leadership persuaded others to follow. Following his Presidency, his influence While I believe I manage my time well, time is among the most skills. I’m very excited to gain this continued, and arguably grew. His philanthropy, humanitarianism valuable things to me. I want even more time with my family, to and diplomacy extended beyond South Africa and around experience, and to learn how to execute commit to the causes I care about - such as Jewish advocacy, and the world. Consistent with my answer above, Nelson Mandela that experience in every area of life. to reflect, learn and grow. Thus, compensation in the form of time incorporated tzedakah into his leadership at much as any other - in lieu of money - would be welcome. leader in history. [email protected] Washington D.C., United States of America Who is a leader, living or dead, who Ari Hart you admire most and why? What are you most “Leadership” is a popular My father. Humbly dedicated his life to serving the sick poor and excited to gain from the term these days, used in a Ari Hart is an orthodox rabbi and leader of multiple initiatives incarcerated. Could have made millions of dollars as any other Fellowship? What are that bring the Jewish community and the world kind of doctor but chose a life of service in public hospitals, variety of contexts. Tell us, together to make positive social change. He jails and clinics. Focused, successful, unassuming, loving, fair, what does leadership mean you most looking forward currently serves as Associate Rabbi at efficient. Never seen him waste time. Honest and open about the the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and hard choices he’s had to make between family and work life. to you? to learning? Director of Admissions at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School. I see leadership as drawing out the I am thrilled to have the opportunity to Rabbi Hart co-founded Uri L’Tzedek What is the greatest piece of (Awaken to Justice): The Orthodox latent good in the world to address real leadership advice you have be a part of this fellowship. I’ve been Social Justice Movement, the problems. It means seeing and naming Jewish Muslim Volunteer Alliance, received and do you use it? a need, and then seeing and naming the plowing ahead in various leadership and was the founding director of Or Tzedek, the teen institute for “Just go, and be there.” That’s the possible ways of addressing that need, capacities for several years now without Jewish social justice. A contributor leadership advice I received from Rabbi and ultimately helping others respond to a structured, guided way to step back to the Jerusalem Post, Shma Magazine, that need. It can be done through words, Haaretz magazine, the Jewish Daily Forward, Avi Weiss when I started rabbinical school, and assess how I want to grow, what and over and over again throughout my deeds, or art. and others, he was recently selected by the Jewish areas I need to work on, etc. I’m Week as one of the 36 “forward-thinking young people who career, whenever I’ve used it it’s always If you could be compensated for are helping to remake the Jewish community.” He received his ordination from Yeshivat been correct. It’s easy to not be there - to your work with something other than looking forward to learning about my Chovevei Torah in New York City. He lives in the Bronx with his better thirds Becca Linden not make the schlep to the hospital, the money, what would it be? strengths and weaknesses in a concrete and son Hodi. wedding, the rally. But being there when way. I’m also really excited to learn people are in distress, when people are I think I would be much happier if, instead of money, I were compensated with food, a simple home, good education for my from other leaders going through a celebrating, when the chips are down - kids, health care, and a small cabin in the woods. True freedom that kind of presence is what strengthens and the opportunity to lead as I truly wanted would be best similar process. I am excited to see and deepens the relationships that make realized if I knew that my family’s basic material and spiritual what will emerge from our group work. leadership possible. needs were taken care of. [email protected] Bronx, New York, United States of America Barak Hermann What are you most excited to gain from the Fellowship? If you could be compensated for Barak Hermann is the President of the JCC of Greater What are you most looking your work with something other than Baltimore. Before coming to Baltimore, Barak was money, what would it be? the Executive Director of the JCC of Central forward to learning? If you were given a surprise NJ for five years; and before that, he It would be very exciting to be compensated with housing and was the Chief Operating officer of JCC day off, how would you a living allowance to provide my family with the opportunity to MetroWest and prior to that, he was I am excited to have the opportunity to live in Israel for a year. The opportunity to work and live in Israel spend it? the Assistant Executive Director. meet smart, interesting, and dynamic and have our sons attend school and have Israeli friends would Barak began his JCC career 20 people that are as passionate as I am be meaningful to all of us. This would be a dream come true as I I would sleep in until at least 9am and years ago, at the Suffolk Y JCC on would love to connect my family with our rich history that started Long Island where he held many about the future of the Jewish people. I disconnect my email from my iphone. I when my grandparents came to Israel from Austria in the late positions during his almost nine look forward to learning new contemporary would go to brunch with my my wife Cory 1920’s as part of the third aliyah to develop the State of Israel.
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