Creating Communities with Dr. Dean Bell

About this episode

Host Rockne Roll speaks with Dr. Dean Bell about the challenges of community building in Jewish life and the impact of polarization.

On this episode, host Rockne Roll speaks with Dr. Dean Bell of the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership about the challenges of community building in Jewish life. They discuss how polarization has affected efforts to create community across divides and what history can show us about this work. They also discuss looking at resilience as a developable skill and a tool for dealing with fast-paced change. Learn more at Spertus.edu. Check out the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland's young adult Israeli-style Friendsgiving at jewishportland.org/israelifriendsgiving.

People in this episode

Host: Rockne Roll

Guest: Dr. Dean Bell

Topics covered

• community building
• polarization
• resilience
• Jewish life
• leadership

Keywords

• community building
• Jewish life
• polarization
• resilience
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

Places: Portland

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