Stephen Markowitz, at The Blogs

Stephen Markowitz

Sep 19, 2021, 7:30 PM

Over the past few months, some of us were fortunate to be able to reconnect in person, reuniting with our loved ones, working together with our colleagues, meeting with students and donors face to face. We touched, felt and...

Apr 23, 2020, 11:04 PM

Surviving and Thriving

As we all try and ‘pivot’ to find our way through the mess this pandemic has brought about, I have noticed a recurring theme surfacing - “surviving” and “thriving”. I have seen organizations ask themselves whether they are in survival mode or whether...

About Me

Stephen has dedicated the last 25 years to working with nonprofit organizations and educators worldwide. He has held senior positions in leading Jewish organizations including The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Torah Mitzion, The Jewish Agency and M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education. Stephen has created his own consultancy initiative based on a psychodynamic approach to personal and organizational wellbeing, under the guidance of The Institute for Leadership and Transformation (SA), affiliated with the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK). A graduate of the Hebrew University (MA Education) and WITS University (South Africa), Stephen was born and raised in South Africa, lives with his wife and four children in Jerusalem and is devoted to empowering people to get the most out of their professional and personal lives.