R' Lawrence Kelemen | The Rabbi Training Future Leaders of the Jewish People

R' Lawrence Kelemen | The Rabbi Training Future Leaders of the Jewish People

Author: Meaningful Minute April 6, 2024 Duration: 1:30:43

Rabbi Kelemen is the founder and current Rosh Kollel of the Center for Kehillah Development, a leadership development project devoted to the growth and wellbeing of Jewish communities worldwide.

He also created the International Organization of Mussar Vaadim, a network of self-development organizations focusing on character development in more than two dozen communities in Israel and North America. 

R' Lawrence Kelemen was awarded his undergraduate degree at U.C.L.A. and did graduate studies at Harvard. He began his professional career as a downhill skiing instructor, served as the news director and anchorman for a California radio station, and then traveled to the Middle East to conduct 12 years of post graduate field research.

He is also the author of many journal articles and books, among them: Permission to Believe, Permission to Receive, Planting and Building, and To Kindle a Soul.

 

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