Comments on: Real Leaders Are Not Loved By All http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog/real-leaders-are-not-loved-by-all/56 Star Synagogue Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Rabbi Kerry Olitzky http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog/real-leaders-are-not-loved-by-all/56#comment-726 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:09:34 +0000 http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog/real-leaders-are-not-loved-by-all/56#comment-726 You make an impt and insightful comment about leadership. I believe that today's leaders will also have to be sensitive to the issues of creating an inclusive Jewish community. (Please see our www.BigTentJudaism.org) for more details. So how is this relevant to the Purim story? We forget that Esther, a Jewish woman, married King Ahashuerus, not a Jewish man. Thus, the saving of the Jewish people in ancient Persia could not have happened without the heroism of Esther and Mordecia but also without the strength, power and influence of Ahashuerus. Sometimes leadership means using a different prism to look at the world around us. For a fuller explanation, feel free to explore JOI's blog at www.joi.org. Rabbi Kerry Olitzky You make an impt and insightful comment about leadership. I believe that today’s leaders will also have to be sensitive to the issues of creating an inclusive Jewish community. (Please see our www.BigTentJudaism.org) for more details. So how is this relevant to the Purim story? We forget that Esther, a Jewish woman, married King Ahashuerus, not a Jewish man. Thus, the saving of the Jewish people in ancient Persia could not have happened without the heroism of Esther and Mordecia but also without the strength, power and influence of Ahashuerus. Sometimes leadership means using a different prism to look at the world around us. For a fuller explanation, feel free to explore JOI’s blog at www.joi.org.

Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

]]> by: Counting Members OR Having Members Who Count « Ma Hamatzav? (Was’ Up?) http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog/real-leaders-are-not-loved-by-all/56#comment-658 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:31:24 +0000 http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog/real-leaders-are-not-loved-by-all/56#comment-658 [...] March 12, 2008  My friend Rabbi Hayim Herring recently wrote a piece on the Co-STAR blog entitled “Real Leaders Are Not Loved By All.” Hayim reminds us that the final sentence of the book of Esther says, [...] […] March 12, 2008  My friend Rabbi Hayim Herring recently wrote a piece on the Co-STAR blog entitled “Real Leaders Are Not Loved By All.” Hayim reminds us that the final sentence of the book of Esther says, […]

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