Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom - Hardcover

Artson, Rabbi Bradley Shavit

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874416434 ISBN 13: 9780874416435

Publisher: Behrman House, 2006

Synopsis

Each of us has the potential to become a truly great mentor to share the gifts of our experience, of our knowledge, of our souls. But how can we best bring these gifts to our students, our children, and our communities? How can we discover, develop, and improve our skills as leaders and spiritual guides?

Combining a rich knowledge of sacred texts with a wealth of experience as a rabbi, parent, and teacher, Rabbi Bradley Artson provides us with a road map to becoming effective mentors. With a wealth of suggestions both practical and poignant Rabbi Artson shows us how to:

• Open ourselves to those around us
• Reach out with affection
• Enhance our communication skills
• Overcome challenges to the mentoring relationship

Filled with profound wisdom, spiritual guidance, and life lessons, Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom is a powerful learning tool for all of us: rabbis and cantors, managers and executives, educators and parents who wish to understand the essence of what it takes to be a mentor and leader.

About this title

About the Author

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL, an inspiring speaker and educator, holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean's Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is vice president of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. He is a member of the philosophy department, supervises the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program and mentors Camp Ramah in California. He is also dean of Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining rabbis for the European Union. A regular columnist for the Huffington Post, he is author of many articles and books, including Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit; God of Becoming and Relationship: The Dynamic Nature of Process Theology and Passing Life s Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac (all Jewish Lights).

From the Back Cover

"Rabbi Artson's book will both touch readers deeply and educate them greatly. Jewish tradition teaches that `words that come from the heart enter the heart.' And so it is with this book."
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
Emory University

"With enormous sensitivity, Bradley Shavit Artson explores the great Jewish tradition of mentoring--of providing guidance and inspiration--showing how each of us may become a mentor, guiding and inspiring one to the other."
Professor Susannah Heschel
Dartmouth College

"A book whose pages are filled with deep Jewish passion and equally deep Jewish learning--a rare combination."
Dennis Prager
Nationally Syndicated Radio and Talk Show Host

"A remarkable guide to mentoring. Rabbi Artson shows each of us how personal and professional challenges can be transformed into sources of growth, and how each of us can help others develop into strong leaders. He reminds us of Judaism's emphasis on engaging with others and making a difference in our ever-changing world."
Ruth Messinger
President, American Jewish World Service

From the Inside Flap

To become someone's mentor is among the most valuable of gifts. Many advice books tell us to seek out mentors in our personal and professional lives. But few of us have been taught how to be mentors. How can we learn? How can we sharpen our skills? How can we bring the most of ourselves and the most of our experiences to this crucial task?

In this wide-ranging and personal book, Rabbi Bradley Artson demonstrates how each of us can be a mentor. Rabbis and cantors, managers and executives, educators and parents--we all have the potential to give the gift of our experience, the gift of our knowledge, the gift of our souls.

But what makes a truly great mentor? Is it pure knowledge? Is it life experience? Yes, Rabbi Artson argues, but also much more. Drawing from sacred texts that have inspired and enriched his own spirituality, Rabbi Artson offers a road map of how to become an effective spiritual guide and mentor.

In this book, you will find suggestions both practical and poignant of ways to offer yourself as a guide and leader for others, such as:
How to reach out with affection
How to enhance your communication skills
How to open your life to those around you
How to overcome challenges that arise in the mentoring relationship

Filled with profound wisdom, spiritual guidance, and life lessons, Gift of Soul, Gift of Wisdom is an engaging, exceptional, and wise learning tool for all who wish to understand the very crux of what it takes to be a mentor and leader.

Edition details

• Publisher: Behrman House
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874416434
• ISBN 13: 9780874416435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 197