Want to Know What’s Going on With the Rabbi Search?
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min read
To all our valued DJC members! In the spirit of transparency and community care, and as we embark on the journey toward searching for our permanent Rabbi, we are starting a (monthly?) column in our newsletter titled: Want to Know What’s going on with the Rabbi Search?
To date, we have formed the rabbi search committee of 12 members plus 3 Board members. This committee represents the diversity of our DJC community to include Jews and those from other faiths and cultures, founders and longstanding members, newer members, parents of young children, LGBTQ+, queer and straight members, singles, couples and marrieds, 20 somethings and students to 70+ somethings, members engaged in our community committees of anti-racism/social justice/interfaith/education, former Board members and other DJC groups.
We are grateful to have a diverse committee that reflects the DJC membership.
The tasks of the committee:
Design interview questions and a matrix to quantify/qualify candidates’ responses
Based on the resumes we receive, discern who to interview
Form a smaller committee to conduct interviews. All initial interviews will be recorded on zoom. All committee members will watch the recordings and quantify/qualify candidates’ responses.
Create a short list of candidates to bring back for a second interview or to lead something
Arrange for final candidates to lead something for the entire community – a service, sermon, or educational session
Gather feedback from the community
Recommend who to hire
The Board’s HR Committee of Saara Greene, Rob Krakauer, and Nicki Weiss will facilitate the initial search committee conversation to help the committee get organized and figure out roles and responsibilities. We will keep our community informed as we progress.
The rabbi search committee members are:
Ren Bucholz
Nadya Burton
Mike Dunn
Allen Flaming
Jonah Greenhut
Josh Greenhut
Nina Harris
Lis Marks
Emil Sher
Weiwei Su
Marcia Young
Evelyn Tauben