Jonathan WoocherJONATHAN WOOCHER is Chief Ideas Officer of JESNA and heads its Lippman Kanfer Institute: An Action-oriented Think Tank for Innovation in Jewish Learning and Engagement. Before assuming his current position this year, he served for 20 years as JESNA’s CEO. Dr. Woocher is the primary author of the Lippman Kanfer Institute’s Working Paper, “Redesigning Jewish Education for the 21st Century,” which outlines key design principles to maximize Jewish education’s relevance and effectiveness in a rapidly changing world. Prior to coming to JESNA in 1986, Dr. Woocher served on the faculty of Carleton College in Minnesota and Brandeis University. Dr. Woocher is the author of Sacred Survival: The Civil Religion of American Jews and numerous articles on Jewish education, community, and religious life. He earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in religion from Temple University.