Posts By: Irwin Kula

A Memorial on Rabbi Steven Shaw z”l as a Founder of CLAL 

by Irwin Kula • November 5, 2019

Rabbi Steve Shaw z”l, one of the most creative and influential Jewish communal leaders of the last five decades passed away last week at the age of 76. Steve together with Elie Wiesel z”l and Rabbi Yitz Greenberg co-founded Clal in 1974.  Yitz, the first and long-time President of Clal offers a powerful memorial note about […]


We Remember Them…

by Irwin Kula • August 22, 2019

From Rabbi Irwin Kula’s Wisdom Daily Piece in memory of September 11th, published September 11, 2014   As we observe the 13th anniversary of 9/11, we feel a range of emotions. We feel sad and heartbroken for those who lost loved ones. We are grateful, if not surprised that there have been no terrorist attacks on […]


Glean’s Elan Babchuck Speaks At TEDx

by Irwin Kula • November 29, 2018

We are excited to share with you Elan Babchuck’s recent TEDx talk in which Elan eloquently mixes data, story and wisdom informed by his powerful biography and his learnings and work on innovation and religion.


Mission To Morocco

by Irwin Kula • November 13, 2018

Recently, I served as a scholar in residence on a week- long mission to Morocco with the senior leadership of the Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. The mission met with leadership of the Moroccan Jewish community (including Jackie Kadosh the president of Marrakech’s 2,000 member, pictured above), visited Jewish schools and learned about the rich […]


A Meeting With Clay Christensen

by Irwin Kula • October 25, 2018

Irwin Kula, Clal’s president, reflects on a recent meeting with Clayton Christensen, the founder of the theory of disruptive innovation.


Rabbi Irwin Kula Reflects On Pluralism After Clal’s Trip To Aspen

by Irwin Kula • August 8, 2018

As America’s polarization grows, Rabbi Irwin Kula reflects on how a recent trip to Aspen with Clal’s board became an opportunity to explore and understand this troubling situation and how to address it.