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program. They cited her ability to iden-
tify young Jews who could make a differ-
ence in Jewish life...with a little help.
Weisman, who now provides leader-
ship coaching and consulting for indi-
viduals, organizations and companies
through the Los Angeles-based Rhoda
Weisman Talent Development, says she
is proud the PLP was able to advance
"American Jewry's best and brightest"
who "are helping to make the 21st-centu-
ry Jewish community forward thinking,
progressive, inclusive and relevant."
She says the PLP helped hundreds of
young Jewish leaders either start or take
the helm of established organizations in
both professional and volunteer capaci-
ties.
"The PLP put Generation Y leaders on
the map for the community. Nobody was
talking about 20-somethings as leaders
until we began': she said. "We were the first
organization to heavily invest in coaching
for young leaders. Now it's a hot thing, but
we were the first to do it.
"Young people should be at the fore-
"The PLP put
Generation Y
leaders on the
map for the
community.
Nobody was talking
about 20-somethings
as leaders until we
began."
— Rhoda Weisman
front of the community and be given
coaching and mentoring," she said.
"Although it's no longer active, the PLP
made an invaluable contribution. That
is a legacy that will continue to be much
more powerful beyond its years. The
product was so worth the effort!'
While the PLP opened doors and
minds to engaging and supporting young
leaders, Weisman as well as the others
who were involved say the need for a PLP
still remains.
"No one is doing what we were doing
on the scale we were doing it," Weisman
said. "We influenced other organizations
to use coaching, mentoring and very
serious empowerment and engagement
of young leaders. But there is still a gap!'
Weisman expressed deep respect for
William Davidson, who she called "the fin-
est philanthropist" as well as for his wife,
Karen Davidson, Aaron and Aronson and
the Detroit Jewish community.
A Graduate's Take
Joseph Kohane, current executive direc-
tor of Hillel at Ohio State University in
Columbus and associate director of the
University of Michigan Hillel from 1984
to 1992, headed the PLP's Midwest hub,
including Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland
and Indianapolis. The PLP had five hubs
nationwide.
Like Aronson, Kohane saw the project
as a Jewish think tank focused on the
future. In addition to the good done for
young Jews and the community, he'll
miss the professional interaction that
drove the project under the leadership
of Weisman, who he says "gets the lion's
share of credit for everything!'
"Methodologically, we never stopped
scrutinizing ourselves and working to
improve the quality of the project. It was
an honor and pleasure to be one of the
people who brainstormed the project
and then saw it make such an impact,"
Kohane said.
He added, "Many of the people I
worked with embarked on a journey of
commitment to the Jewish community,
and others solidified their commitment
and took it to new heights." 0
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story.
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