Early Career Professionals Learn to Shine
November 30, 2009
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Clockwise: Sasha Zolbina, Erica Frankel, Leah Newman, Gady Tenezer, Natalia Etkin, and Eric Marcus.
Early career Hillel professionals from around the world will have the opportunity to develop their
leadership skills with the launch of Hillel’s new global initiative, LAPID -- the Leadership and
Professional International Development Initiative for Early Career Hillel Professionals.
LAPID, which means “torch” in Hebrew, was conceived to nurture professionals at Hillels throughout
the world while advancing Hillel’s entrepreneurial engagement efforts. Fifteen talented individuals
were selected to participate in this initiative, designed for professionals who are excited about the
opportunity to evolve personally and professionally within the “Hillel family” and are passionate about
social justice and leadership issues. (Meet members of the first LAPID class.)
Led by Nati Sperber, Hillel’s director of program professional development, this year-long initiative will
help LAPID participants to refine and develop their work with students. Providing its professionals
with practical tools, mentorship, a unique cohort of international colleagues, and seed funding for a
leadership initiative, LAPID aims to significantly develop student leadership and social justice on their
respective campuses. LAPID participants will help students create their own tzedek (social justice)
initiatives on or off campus and in their local communities. And, to ensure personal growth
opportunities, these professionals will also explore their own identity, values and leadership potential
in a Jewish context.
“Programs such as LAPID are the result of the incredible relationships developed between our
professionals and lay leaders who share a commitment to inspiring Jewish students at Hillels
throughout the world, said Hillel Executive Vice President Scott Brown. “Thanks to the generosity and
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