57: Finding Ways to Reinvent Yourself with Rabbi Meirav Kallush

Rabbi Meirav Kallush is the Director of Israel Education at Golda Och Academy Day School in West Orange NJ, here she has the privilege of sending the Freshman class to a 10-day visit to Israel and the Senior class to a 3- month walking/hiking trip, allowing them to explore Israeli society. Meirav was ordained in 2014 by the Israeli Rabbinic program at Hebrew Union College Jerusalem. Prior to Rabbinical School she served as a shlicha for the Reform Movement and RSY-Netzer in the UK, she worked as the director of education for the Jewish Agency’s young shlichim department and the Amitim Program. Aside from living in New Jerey and London, Meirav lived in Jerusalem, Pittsburgh, Japan and spent most of her childhood on a small Kibbutz called Masu’ot Yitzhak. 

 

Gems:

  • Enjoy the blessings.
  • Educators allow learning to be more fluid.
  • Education is not just about content; it’s giving your students tools they can use for life.
  • Find ways to reinvent yourself.
  • Bring G-d into conversations and experiences that we offer to our students.
  • Where does Hashem become part of your daily life?
  • Which name do we use to speak about G-d?
  • Express gratitude.
  • Education should never end.
  • Our role as educators is also changing. 
  • Share your own journey.
  • Embrace the challenges.
  • There must be a daily encounter with Torah.

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