Kerry Leaf


Kerry Leaf (she/her) is the director of North American Board Engagement and URJ Legacy Giving for the Union for Reform Judaism. She partners with exceptional lay leadership from congregations throughout the United States and Canada, facilitating their work with URJ staff, partners, and affiliates to strengthen congregations, promote communities of belonging, engage our youth, support a democratic and pluralistic Israel, and mobilize action for tikkun olam (repairing the world). Kerry also served as past president of five non-profit boards, but her most challenging and rewarding volunteer presidency was of her former synagogue. She is currently a member of Am Shalom and Congregation Hakafa, both located in Glencoe, IL.
A Prayer for the New Year
Judgment Days
What Does It Mean to Be a “Typical” Anything?
What’s a “typical” New Yorker? A typical Israeli? A typical Baby Boomer? A typical millennial? A typical Jewish person? A typical immigrant? A typical member of any political party? A typical gender-related characteristic?
How to Honor a Parent Who Can No Longer Remember Your Birthday
Judaism places great importance on memory. But where do our obligations to remember leave those in our community who cannot remember, for whom memory is a distant dream?