Chief rabbi addresses student leadership summit

Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein opened the inaugural Sandton Sinai Inter Jewish Day School Student Leadership Summit on 12 March with a powerful message about the “epidemic of bullying” at our schools. Goldstein called on young leaders to stand up and be proactive in the battle against bullying.

Jewish schools nationwide were invited to send a delegation of students and teachers to the summit, held at Sandton Sinai, with the theme “Lighting up leadership”.

Hirsch Lyons, King David Linksfield, King David Sandton, King David Victory Park, Torah Academy, Yeshiva College, and Sandton Sinai participated in the summit, which focused on self-development and interpersonal leadership skills through two interactive workshops led by Darren Basserabie, a clinical psychologist and executive coach.

“To be a Jew is to be called on to lead,” said Lara Salkinder, the principal of Sandton Sinai Primary School, opening the summit and quoting Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

Morah Batya Slasky, the head of the Jewish Studies department at Sandton Sinai, compared the passing of the flame of leadership to our quest to illuminate the world in the hope of bringing Moshiach through acts of goodness and kindness.