Jeffrey Wildstein Email & Phone Number

Weston, Massachusetts, United States

When my father passed away in 2020, I found myself responsible for understanding and unraveling his financial history and commitments. I took on the task of managing bills, insurance and budgeting so that my mother could continue without worry and stress over these matters. Thankfully, I had the knowledge and skills to adeptly meet the challenge, but I quickly saw that this could be a daunting task for people who did not have the background, facilities, or time to handle the multiple demands of daily money management. I realized what a mitzvah (good deed) it would be to help others in similar situations and ease the pressures of daily money management from their lives, while giving them the respect and honor they deserve. From this was born the idea of Kavod Daily Money Management. At Kavod DMM, I combine my skills and experiences to help my clients reduce the stress of daily money management. My years of managing budgets as a nonprofit program manager gave me organizational and financial skills that I use to ensure clients stay current in their payments and have oversight of their budgets and financial status. My training and experience as an attorney (now retired from the practice of law) allows me to understand insurance and procedures, identify potential issues, and guide clients to appropriate professionals if needed for positive outcomes. My years as a rabbi caring for congregants taught me how to do all this with compassion, honor and respect, and in accordance with the highest ethical standards, for all people, whether Jewish or not. Most of all, I maintain the goal of Kavod DMM as providing professional financial assistance with personal attention and care. I look forward to our conversation to explore how Kavod Daily Money Management can help you! – Rabbi Jeffrey Wildstein

New York, New York

• Teach 130 students in different cohorts through Zoom meetings in multiple cohorts; respond to questions and reflections submitted by students; resolve technical issues with Zoom and Pathwright course program• Transfer videos of courses through Vimeo from Zoom to Pathwright• Design Trimester Three “The Jewish Story” on Jewish History and its relationship to modern life, including content development, lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, reading lists and reflection questions. The Trimester includes a session on Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Greater Boston Area

• Lead lifecycle events including weddings and baby namings• Teach classes in history, ethics and Judaic studies• Lead seders and High Holy Day services

Massachusetts, United States

• Organize and coordinate field office during “Get Out the Vote” efforts leading to Primary Day.• Represent Bloomberg campaign at Democratic Town Council meetings and community events.• Meet with prospective volunteers to schedule them for campaign activities.• Knock on doors, text and call prospective voters and supporters to recruit volunteers and build enthusiasm for voting for Mayor Bloomberg.• Prepare facilities for large events such as visit by actor Michael Douglas at campaign office.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Manage listings of department’s 200 onsite and online course offerings including accurate recording of full-time and adjunct instructors; process contracts for adjuncts and full-time faculty teaching extra courses, ensuring each instructor receives the appropriate salary based upon his or her program and time at the university• Track academic progress of over 150 students in fulfilling their requirements for their degrees; develop worksheets providing clear depiction of courses completed and needed; advise students on classes they need to take for graduation• Manage schedule of department and program meetings; create agendas; take and distribute minutes• Collect and maintain records of complete sets of syllabi of department’s classes• Assist compilation of faculty’s annual reports and transfer of this information to the university’s annual report• Provide administrative support for department director and individual program directors including scheduling, reception and provision of necessary materials

Westwood, Ma

Administration• Provide administrative management of day-to-day operations of temple, including temple calendar, budget allocations, and coordination of all facilities for a 250 family congregation offering spiritual worship, educational, and social action experiences• Manage $500,000 congregational budget• Conduct and manage adult learning program in mid-sized congregation, including budget, publicity and calendar, offering on average at least one adult learning experience per week during the program year and reaching an average of 150 participants annually. Track expenses, income and registration on Microsoft ExcelLeadership• Supervise four staff members; focus professional staff on developing and achieving annual goals• Interact with town officials and committees to resolve difficulties and challenges including interacting with the Westwood Town Manager the Medfield Superintendent of Schools, and Westwood, Medfield and Walpole School Superintendents over school calendars and Jewish holidays• Fundraise to assist operating budget and restore fiscal stability of congregation with lay leaders, raising $210,000 over five year period; raise money for specific projects and congregants in needWorship• Conduct life cycle events; holiday services to meet congregants' needs and desires, introduce interactive learning during worship, add an intergenerational service, and lead all worship and holiday servicesTeaching• Conduct and manage adult learning calendar• Teach courses specifically designed for beginning learners, including Understanding the Worship Service, Adult Learning for Beginners, and the Jewish View of Death and Dying • Teach series of 10 and 20 session Torah courses beginning with Exodus, examining issues and questions in the parashot and integrating classical and modern midrashic sources and commentaries• Teach advanced Talmud courses on Issues of Prayer and Issues of Justice, Taste of Judaism and Introduction to Judaism

Indianapolis, In

• Liaisoned with Dor Atid Young Adults program to develop and institute program ideas. Provide a point of contact, support and caring for young adults who both grew up at congregation and who are new to the area• Taught adult learning courses on Basic Judaism: Jewish Views on God and Life, Ethical Answers through the Responsa, and Looking at Jesus through Jewish Eyes. Teach Shabbat Torah study and lunchtime learning programs• Participated in Congregational One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration events• Plan and conduct three hundred attendee Rosh HaShanah Family Retreat at Goldman-Union Camp Institute on Judaism and the Environment. Collaborate with lay steering committee, lead morning and havdalah services, and teach learning sessions• Lead all worship services, including erev Shabbat, Shabbat morning, holiday and festival services, and shiva minyanim• Officiated at all life cycle events, including Brit Milah, Brit Bat, B’nei Mitzvah, Confirmation, weddings, conversions and funerals• Involved in all aspects of religious school including review and development of curriculum, advise and assist teachers with lesson plans and classroom management issues, generation of weekly lessons on Jewish values based on each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, lead services, and teach all grades including classroom visits on particular topics and in post-B’nei Mitzvah Derech Torah program • Assisted all B’nei Mitzvah students in class of approximately forty to write their Divrei Torah and other speeches for their services• Supervised youth program of Rishonim (fifth and sixth grade), JIFFTY (seventh and eighth grade), and IFTY (high school). Train and assist advisors, provide rabbinic support and contact for students, and offer rabbinic presence at local and regional events• Visited congregants in hospital, nursing homes and homes, and provide pastoral counseling

Minneapolis, Mn

Worship and Life Cycle Events• Led all services including Friday night services with monthly sermons, every-generational services, holiday and festival services, Yizkor services, shiva minyanim, havdalot, and Passover sederim• Helped develop and organize 5:45 p.m erev Shabbat worship initiative, which added Tot Shabbat, Classical Reform, Shabbat Unplugged, Hebrew, Mishkan Tefillah, and Elderly Care Facility services• Officiated at life cycle events; provided pastoral care through hospital and nursing home visits and office counseling appointmentsTeaching• Revised and coordinated new Adult Learning marketing materials leading to a one thousand percent increase from approximately fifty to five hundred enrollees in first year• Conceptualized and developed 3-session adult learning program called Jewish Learning Institute which offered an intellectual and spiritual opportunity, which was attended by approximately one hundred fifty adults in each semester session• Taught Adult Learning sessions including Torah, Talmud and Prophets Study, Liturgy, Women in the Mishnah, Israel and Shabbat, Reform Judaism: Past Present and Future, and Jewish Ethics through Star Trek• Rewrote and re-energized Confirmation curriculum focused on students’ personal beliefsOutreach• Restructured Outreach program to resume annual “December Dilemma” program on ways interfaith families cope with the numerous pressures of the Christmas season, wrote Service Survival guide to welcome and inform newcomers, and held “Outreach Shabbat” which explained the themes and meanings of Jewish prayers in an informal and open manner• Reorganized and marketed annual Introduction to Judaism course by initiating Experiential Learning Component, revising materials and reading list, and reviewing and adjusting curriculum• Established and provided rabbinic support for 20/30 Young Adults program, attended by over 150 young adults, providing a point of entry and welcoming into the congregation

Non-Profit Management For Rabbis

Rabbinic Smicha & Master In Hebrew Letters, Rabbinical Studies

Senior Thesis: Monetary Damages for Bodily Injuries: A Comparison of Talmudic Law and Modern Tort Reform. • Cora Kahn Prize for Sermon.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Reform Jewish Students at Yale, Yale Hillel Thesis: Effect of the American Revolution on Early American Jewish.