Experience

The Institute of Southern Jewish Life

• President Emeritus

  • Feb 2018 - Present



Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President Emeritus/Founder

  • 2000 - Feb 2018

  Founder and President of the ISJL. Recruited national board, hires and directs staff. The ISJL brings education, rabbinic, cultural, history, musuem, and community engagement opportunities throughout ISJL's thirteen-state region.



Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • 1986 - Feb 2018

  Established to serve as a repository for artifacts of the Southern Jewish experience, the MSJE later led to the creation of the ISJL, which sustains as well as preserves Jewish life. The ISJL now incorporates the MSJE.



Henry S. Jacobs Camp

• United States
• Recreational Facilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 1970 - 2000

  Served as Director of the Union for Reform Judaism (formerly Union of American Hebrew Congregations) Henry S. Jacobs Camp for three decades. Also worked to co-found Camp Dream Street, a camping program for children with physical disabilities run by NFTY Southern on the grounds of Jacobs Camp.



Parents for Public Schools

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management

• Founding Board Member, Treasurer

  • 1990 - 1995

  Helped establish national Parents for Public Schools education advocacy organization. Served as treasurer of the board. PPS now has offices throughout the country: http://parents4publicschools.org/