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David Strulowitz is a member of the Wexner Heritage Program, Chicago 2006. He is a financial advisor on the North Shore of Chicago and teaches spirituality classes in the Jewish community.  He can be reached at dstrulow@pinfs.com. I can’t pinpoint the exact time but around 5 years ago I began a process that can best be described as an awakening. My perspective broadened, adding greater meaning and fulfillment to my

As a teacher of negotiation, I work with students to strengthen their interpersonal effectiveness at the table. My classes offer students a number of key skills as well as the opportunity to engage in systematic preparation. Together, we try to frame opening arguments, figure out where to anchor within the zone of possible agreement, and exercise process leadership. We work to manage the pattern of concessions and to recalibrate in

David Bryfman, an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Program, is a PhD candidate in Education and Jewish Studies at NYU, writing his dissertation about the identity development of Jewish teenagers in formal and informal Jewish educational settings. He can be contacted at bryfman@nyu.edu This week I am again reminded of the Jewish maxim: “Who is wise?” The one who learns from every person” (Pirkei Avot 4:1) Based on the

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson is a faculty member of the Wexner Heritage Program.  He is the Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University, where he is Vice President. He is the author of 6 books, most recently Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom: Spiritual Resources for Leadership and Mentoring.  Rabbi Artson can be reached at www.bradartson.com Our Judaism is not merely learned. It is lived.