This past workshop we got to hear from Israeli Defense Forces
commander Lior Gross, participated in an eye-opening J-Serve event on
illiteracy, and started to plan our Community Week for the Israel Summer
Seminar. Lior Gross is the leader of the Paratroopers Brigade Reserves for the
IDF and is the commander of the IDF Junior Command Preparatory School in Haifa.
His discussion with us was about what it takes to be a great leader. He didn’t
talk about the typical leadership skills, such as responsibility, commitment,
and communication. Instead he talked about learning how to love yourself. He
taught us that you need “love yourself 11 out of 10” to be the most effective
leader you can be. Lior opened up to us, telling us about his life story and
revealing that he didn’t truly love himself the most he could until recently.
That is when he became the best leader, and the best person, that he could be.
Next, we were joined by
Josh Neuman, who works for BBYO and helped lead the San Francisco J-Serve
event. With the help of our JC’s Philip and Rachel, and Diller Alumnae Rachael
and Michaela Katz, Josh directed a program about illiteracy in America. We
built used book donation boxes for our different communities, played a fun jeopardy
game about reading and literacy statistics, and came up with pitches for
programs that would increase the literacy rate in America. These activities
opened our eyes to the severity of the illiteracy problem in America and gave
us a new perspective on the issue.
We finished the workshop with an introduction to Community Week
for our ISS. We brainstormed some themes for the week and came up with a
mission that encompassed all four of the Diller pillars. This workshop was
really interesting and touched on some topics most of us had never thought
about before. Next up is the NAS and I can’t wait!
-Gabe
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