Judaism Unbound Episode 348: Jewish Gathering - Rachel Gildiner
Rachel Gildiner, the CEO of Gather, Inc. -- a nonprofit that is committed to reorienting how Jewish professionals and organizations define success -- joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation about what it means to prioritize people, over programs, in Jewish life.
[1] Learn more about Rachel Gildiner by clicking here. Explore the work of Gather, Inc. by heading to GatherBetter.org, and check out Gather DC by heading to GatherDC.org.
[2] For a piece exploring Gather’s expansion to the San Francisco Bay-area, see this piece in J Weekly, written by Jordan Greene. For a Washington Post piece spotlighting Gather DC’s Yom Kippur observance, click here.
[3] A few past episodes of Judaism Unbound, which explore Washington DC’s Jewish life from a few other angles, were referenced in this episode. Listen in to any or all of them by heading to
Episode 177: Spreading the Good (Jewish) News - Shira Stutman I,
Episode 181: The New Synagogue Project - Joseph Berman, Lauren Spokane
[4] This episode continues threads that began in the previous week’s episode, featuring Ron Wolfson. Listen in to that conversation by heading to Episode 347: Relational Judaism - Ron Wolfson.
[5] Gildiner gives shout-outs to two books. Purchase Emergent Strategy, by Adrienne Maree Brown, via this link, and purchase Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, by Paul Hawken, via this link.
[6] For a (VERY) deep dive into the story of Resh Lakish and Yochanan — who were referenced in this episode when discussing the idea of chevruta — see “‘Either a hevruta Partner or Death’: A Critical View on the Interpersonal Dimensions of Hevruta Learning,” an essay by Elie Holzer.
