Hayim Herring

Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D., is an author, presenter and nonprofit organizational futurist, with a specialty in congregations and nonprofit organizations. Since moving to Minneapolis in 1985, he has served as a rabbi of Beth El Synagogue, a senior federation executive, and executive director at a national synagogue foundation. Hayim has worked with over 300 rabbis and congregations of all sizes and denominations throughout North America on a wide range of issues, including continuing rabbinic education, volunteer leadership development, governance, strategic planning, organizational foresight and innovation. A prolific author, his most recent publications are Keeping Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation on Rabbinical Education, edited with Ellie Roscher (Avenida Books, 2014); Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today: A Guide for Study and Action (a workbook published by UJA-Federation/Synergy in cooperation with The Alban Institute, 2013); and Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today. Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life (Rowman and Littlefield/Alban Books, 2012) and Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World: Platforms, People, and Purpose, with Dr. Terri Elton (Rowman and Littlefield, Fall 2016), which shares emerging practices for leading and organizing congregations and nonprofits in our increasingly networked lives. In his forthcoming book, Connecting Generations: Bridging the Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial Divide (Rowman and Littlefield, May 2019), Herring offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.

As a rabbi with a Ph.D. in Organizational Management, Hayim is uniquely suited to bring outside perspective and research, coupled with real-world experience, to inspire congregations and organizations to achieve their greatest impact.