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# Yesod Europe

Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities

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- [Jewish Wisdom for the Workplace](https://yesodeurope.eu/wisdom-for-the-workplace/) - Join this weekly course from 15 November – 13 December at 15:00 – 16:30 CET AboutProgrammePresentersCostRegistration Can you lie to a donor if it is for a good cause? How do you steer people through challenging times? Does a leader always have to be strong? What do we do when all our energy has gone?
- [Fundraising: Maximising Your Success](https://yesodeurope.eu/fundraising-maximising-your-success/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 26 October 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET with Ilana Jackman AboutRegistrationPresenter About Aimed at community professionals who have fundraising responsibility, and feel that you have more to learn, this interactive workshop with fundraising coach Ilana Jackman will equip you to streamline your fundraising efforts so that you can invest your time
- [Yes, We Can Do Jewish Practices](https://yesodeurope.eu/yes-we-can-do-jewish-practices/) - Join these workshops from 1 November – 3 November at 10:30 – 11:15 CET AboutProgrammePresentersRegistration Did you decide not to lead kiddush at your last Jewish community event and instead ask somebody else? Do you feel uncomfortable leading Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals) or Havdala because you don’t feel confident with the Hebrew or the
- [Evaluating Our Work: Why and How?](https://yesodeurope.eu/evaluating-our-work-why-and-how/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 31 May 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET with Carli Lessof and Colin Bulka AboutRegistrationPresenter About How do we know if we are achieving something meaningful in our Jewish community work? How do we measure success and failure, and report this to funders and boards? How can we use the information
- [Me and My Gender – What is Gender? What does it have to do with me and my work?](https://yesodeurope.eu/me-and-my-gender-what-is-gender/) - Join a virtual training workshop on Thursday 16 June 2022, 11:00 – 14:00 CET, with Danna Bader AboutRegistrationPresenter About An understanding of Gender structures in our lives is becoming more and more important for all working fields. This extended workshop will enable participants to: Examine the meaning of the Gender structures in their workplace Explore
- [Jewish Engagement with the Modern World: A Lunch and Learn Series](https://yesodeurope.eu/jewish-engagement-with-the-modern-world-a-lunch-and-learn-series/) - Join this weekly “lunch and learn” series from 11 May – 8 June at 13:00 CET AboutRegistrationPresenters About Sometimes people think that Judaism needs to play catch-up to fit in with modern ideas. Or that the Jewish world is afraid of encountering new thoughts. In this lunch and Jewish learning series leading up to Shavuot,
- [Building Jewish learning adventures](https://yesodeurope.eu/building-jewish-learning-adventures/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 1st March 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET with David Levin-Kruss AboutRegistrationPresenter Do you want to run a Jewish learning program for your team or in your community that participants really want to come to? Do you want members of the group to have true ownership over their subject matter? Do you
- [Using Coaching Skills in the Workplace](https://yesodeurope.eu/using-coaching-skills-in-the-workplace/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 15 March 2022, 14:00-15:30 CET with Rachel Sklan AboutRegistrationPresenter About Coaching skills are not just for coaches – we can bring these skills into our everyday work to enrich, develop and challenge our approaches to people management, project management and wider communications. In this workshop we will learn
- [Using Negotiation Skills in the Workplace](https://yesodeurope.eu/using-negotiation-skills-workplace/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 9 February 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET with Michael Schnall AboutRegistrationPresenter Do you need to negotiate outcomes with your team, community partners or service providers? Would you like to understand the art of negotiation and be more effective? Through an interactive process revolving around role plays, exercises and case studies
- [Everyone can give a dvar torah!](https://yesodeurope.eu/dvar-torah/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 25 January 2022, 11:00-12:30 CET with David Levin-Kruss AboutRegistrationPresenter Have you always wanted to give a dvar Torah, a short message based on Jewish text, but weren’t sure where to start? Do you feel that you are not capable or qualified to do this? Or do you sometimes
- [The Past is not a Foreign Country: Making European Jewish History Personal](https://yesodeurope.eu/the-past-is-not-a-foreign-country-making-european-jewish-history-personal/) - AboutSession DetailsCostPresenterApply Here In each of the last twenty centuries there is a date whose relevance is still felt by Jews today. This course will introduce us to these events but, more significantly, to the big themes of Jewish existence. The content of the course will encourage dialogue, discussion and interpretation. Questions we will grapple with include: Did the Jews have
- [Chanukah and How to Be an Everyday Hero](https://yesodeurope.eu/chanukah-and-how-to-be-an-everyday-hero/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 23 November 2021, 14:00-15:30 CET with Dr Erica Brown AboutRegistrationPresenter Many of us became Jewish community professionals because we had role models and heroes. Chanukah, our festival of light, helps us use light as a metaphor for professional growth through understanding what it means to be a modern hero to someone else.
- [Communication Plans for Marketing](https://yesodeurope.eu/communication-plans-for-marketing/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 15 December or Thursday 16 December 2021, 11:00-12:30 CET with Zoe Steel AboutRegistrationPresenter Are you looking to cut through all the smoke and mirrors to develop great communication plans? Do you want to discover the basics of marketing communication, from understanding your audiences to telling a story that
- [Negotiation Skills Virtual Training Workshop](https://yesodeurope.eu/negotiation-skills-virtual-training-workshop/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 17 November 2021, 18:00-19:45 CET with Michael Schnall AboutRegistrationPresenter This Negotiation Skills workshop is designed to build participants’ confidence in navigating challenging conversations and applying collaborative, value-creating approaches to negotiation, based on methodology developed at the Harvard Negotiation Project. Through an interactive process revolving around role plays, exercises
- [Line-managing staff](https://yesodeurope.eu/managing-staff/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 19 October 2021, 11:00-12:30 CET with Colin Bulka AboutRegistrationPresenter Are you a line-manager in a Jewish community professional role, looking to improve how you manage your staff? Would you like to take on a staff management role in the future and want to boost your skills? Do you
- [Conflict Management at Camp and in Life](https://yesodeurope.eu/conflict-management-at-camp-and-in-life/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 13 October 2021, 18:00-19:45 CET with Menahem Kanafi AboutRegistrationPresenter Conflict is part of all personal interaction – but whether it is hurtful and damaging, or empowering and productive depends on how we manage it. As camp leaders, we are confronted with different sorts of conflict every day –
- [Beyond the classroom – How Jewish values can energize your Jewish organisation](https://yesodeurope.eu/beyond-the-classroom-how-jewish-values-can-energize-your-jewish-organisation/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Wednesday 23 June 2021, 11:00-12:30 CEST, with Raymond Simonson, CEO of JW3 and Rabbi David Levin-Kruss, Yesod’s Jewish Learning Director AboutRegistrationTrainers ABOUT As professionals working for our Jewish communities, how do we ensure that Jewish values are an integral part of how we create and deliver Jewish experiences and
- [Find Your Voice: Assertiveness in the Classroom](https://yesodeurope.eu/find-your-voice-assertiveness-in-the-classroom/) - Join a Virtual Training Workshop on Tuesday 13 July 2021, 12:00-13:30 CET with Rachel Sklan AboutRegistrationPresenter We all struggle to be heard, some of us more than others. Rather than just accepting this trait as a part of ourselves, how can we build a more secure, transparent and articulate version of ourselves? Through looking at work

## Pages

- [Yesod Homepage](https://yesodeurope.eu/) - Programmes Professional Development Fund Enabling you to create vibrant, meaningful Jewish life by developing your professional skills Discover More Professional Development Workshops (online) Practical learning opportunities for Jewish community professionals across Europe. Discover more Senior Professionals’ Forum A peer network connecting senior leaders of Jewish communities across Europe. Discover More Yesod Europe and the Jewish
- [Kaplan Fellows @Yesod Europe, Cohort V, 2026–2027](https://yesodeurope.eu/kaplan-fellows-yesod-europe-cohort-v-2026-2027/) - Building leadership capacity in Jewish communities across Europe. A year-long professional development programme designed for talented and creative European Jewish community professionals, who want to make a meaningful difference in their communities and maximise their leadership potential. Over the course of the year, participants take part in three in-person seminars, including one joint global seminar
- [Senior Professionals' Forum](https://yesodeurope.eu/senior-professionals-forum/) - A peer network connecting senior leaders of Jewish communities across Europe. Yesod Europe facilitates the Senior Professionals’ Forum, bringing together CEOs and Directors of Jewish communities across Europe. Through a combination of in-person seminars and online meetups, participants share experiences, challenges, ideas, and best practices from their communities and professional work. If you are a
- [Mentoring](https://yesodeurope.eu/mentoring/) - Do you think you might benefit professionally from having a mentor? Are you curious to learn more about what mentoring is and how it could support your development? Yesod Europe will help you understand the principles and potential benefits of mentoring. If mentoring aligns with your needs, we will do our best to identify an
- [Professional Development Workshops](https://yesodeurope.eu/professional-development-workshops/) - Practical learning opportunities for Jewish community professionals across Europe Yesod Europe offers online professional development workshops and courses designed specifically for professionals working in European Jewish community contexts. These sessions are delivered online by experienced leaders and specialists in a variety of fields. They provide opportunities to develop professional skills, expand knowledge, and connect with
- [Professional Development Fund](https://yesodeurope.eu/professional-development-fund/) - Advancing Professional Excellence in Jewish Europe Through this fund Yesod supports the learning and skills development of Jewish community professionals across Europe Scope of SupportEligibilityCategories of SupportApplication Process Funds up to $2,500 (USD) will be awarded for successful applications from eligible individuals. The funds must be spent within 8 months of receiving fund confirmation from
- [Yesod Europe and the Jewish Learning Collaborative (JLC)](https://yesodeurope.eu/yesod-europe-and-the-jewish-learning-collaborative-jlc/) - Personalised Jewish learning for European Jewish community professionals. Since 2025, Yesod Europe has offered customised, free one-on-one Jewish learning for European Jewish community professionals in partnership with the Jewish Learning Collaborative (JLC), a project of Mem Global. Through this programme, participants are matched with educators for personalised learning tailored to their interests, professional context, and
- [Where we work test](https://yesodeurope.eu/where-we-work-test/) - Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities If you’re living and working in a European country to support your Jewish community, whether in a full-time or part-time position, or as a freelance Jewish educator, get in touch to find out how we can support you. While we’re able to support those living and working in the United Kingdom,
- [Kaplan Fellowship 2025-26](https://yesodeurope.eu/kaplan-fellowship-2025-26/) - Building leadership capacity in Jewish communities across Europe. A year-long professional development programme designed for talented and creative European Jewish community professionals, who want to make a meaningful difference in their communities and maximise their leadership potential. Over the course of the year, participants take part in three in-person seminars, including one joint global seminar
- [Our Team](https://yesodeurope.eu/our-team/) - Agata Rakowiecka Director Agata Rakowiecka is the Director of Yesod Europe. Agata is a native of Warsaw, Poland and was the founding Director of the Jewish Community Center of Warsaw, where she served for nine years. Prior to her work at the JCC, Agata was engaged in community building and informal Jewish education through various
- [Programmes](https://yesodeurope.eu/programmes/) - If you’re working in a full-time or part-time position to support your Jewish community, we’re working to support you. Professional Development Fund Enabling you to create vibrant, meaningful Jewish life by developing your professional skills Discover More Professional Development Workshops (online) Practical learning opportunities for Jewish community professionals across Europe. Discover more Senior Professionals’ Forum
- [Virtual Training](https://yesodeurope.eu/virtual-training/) - Do you want to join virtual training workshops that reflect the learning and development needs of professionals working in a European Jewish community context? Do you want to develop your skills, knowledge, and network through virtual training workshops delivered by leaders and specialists in a range of fields to support your everyday work? Check back
- [Communities of practice & forums](https://yesodeurope.eu/communities-of-practice-and-forums/) - Do you sometimes wish you could learn from others working in a similar role to you? Or share experiences, challenges, and best practices that you’ve developed? Our Communities of Practice & Forums are designed specifically to address these needs and to enable you to connect with peers across Europe. At Yesod Europe we’re developing and
- [Jewish Educators](https://yesodeurope.eu/jewish-educators/) - “For Jews, education is not just what we know. It’s who we are.” the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks If you’re performing any kind of full-time or part-time educational role in your community, including as a freelancer, you’re in the right place. Education – and educators – hold a special place in the Jewish religion,
- [Seminars](https://yesodeurope.eu/seminars/) - Check back for exciting seminars we are planning for 2026 More from Yesod Europe Communities of Practice & Forums Virtual Training Professional Development Fund Kaplan Fellowship 2025-26 Contact Us
- [Community professionals](https://yesodeurope.eu/community-professionals/) - If you’re working in a full-time or part-time position to support your Jewish community, we’re working to support you. Communities have always been the beating heart of Jewish identity, meaning, and way of life. From prayer to play, food to festivals, our sense of community is what binds us together. We can help you to
- [Where we work](https://yesodeurope.eu/where-we-work/) - Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities If you’re living and working in a European country to support your Jewish community, whether in a full-time or part-time position, or as a freelance Jewish educator, get in touch to find out how we can support you. While we’re able to support those living and working in the United Kingdom,
- [How we work](https://yesodeurope.eu/how-we-work/) - Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities We monitor trends and challenges in Europe and the Jewish world, as well as best practices as they emerge in the non-profit sector. We consider whether we can make a meaningful difference with our programs, initiatives, and funding. Once we commit to an area of need, we define clear goals and
- [Contact](https://yesodeurope.eu/contact/) - We’d love to hear from you Whether you’re a community professional, Jewish educator, lay leader or prospective partner with whom we could collaborate. Get in touch Please feel free to get in touch with any questions or ideas about Yesod Europe Please choose...*Professional development consultation or FundJewish learning consultation or fundVirtual trainingCommunity of practice &
- [Privacy Policy](https://yesodeurope.eu/privacy-policy/) - Yesod Europe Notice and Policy for the Collection and Use of Personal Information Yesod Europe (“Yesod Europe”) is a program of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Europe, Asia and Africa Foundation located at H-1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 7-8. II. lph. Email: info@jdc.org (“AJJDC EAA”). AJJDC EAA is the data controller. This Privacy Policy describes how
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- [What we do](https://yesodeurope.eu/what-we-do/) - Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities Do you serve in a community professional role? If so, then we serve you. We at Yesod Europe believe passionately in you and your community. You are what makes your community special. You and the other incredible people working day in, day out, to promote Jewish values, life, and culture. Without
- [Partners](https://yesodeurope.eu/yesod-partners/) - Yesod Europe’s work is made possible through the generous support of our partners. JDC is the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization, working in 70 countries to lift lives and strengthen communities. We rescue Jews in danger, provide aid to vulnerable Jews, develop innovative solutions to Israel’s most complex social challenges, cultivate a Jewish future, and
- [Resources](https://yesodeurope.eu/resources/) - Serving Professionals, Strengthening Communities We have compiled a range of resources for you to explore and use in your community work. There are many more out there, so we consider this as a starting point. It’s intended to be helpful when you’re in a hurry and would like to be guided in your search for
- [Lay Leaders & Community Organisations](https://yesodeurope.eu/lay-leaders-and-community-organisations/) - We partner with lay leaders and community organisations throughout Europe. If you’re a lay leader in your local community or run a national or local Jewish organisation, we’d love to hear from you and explore together how we can support your community professionals. Every Jewish community has its own unique character and quirks. No one
- [Who we are](https://yesodeurope.eu/who-we-are/) - Yesod Europe works with community professionals sustaining and strengthening Jewish communities all over Europe. Our dream is to see motivated, proud, connected professionals, supported by their local lay leaders and equipped with the tools they need to enable their communities to thrive. Our Team Partners
- [Learn & Connect Live](https://yesodeurope.eu/learn-connect-live/) - As the global crisis we are facing continues and deepens, Yesod is stepping up its online programming to give you opportunities for learning and connecting through the Yesod Virtual Community. Check out the initiatives below taking place next week. If there are other ways we can support you as a Jewish Community Professional please get
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