Dr. Eri­ca Brown is a writer and edu­ca­tor who lec­tures wide­ly on sub­jects of Jew­ish inter­est. She is schol­ar-in-res­i­dence for the Jew­ish Fed­er­a­tion of Greater Wash­ing­ton, DC and a con­sul­tant to oth­er Jew­ish orga­ni­za­tions. Dr. Brown is the author of In the Nar­row Places, Con­fronting Scan­dal, Spir­i­tu­al Bore­dom and Inspired Jew­ish Lead­er­ship, and co-author of The Case for Jew­ish Peo­ple­hood. Her ​“Week­ly Jew­ish Wis­dom” col­umn has appeared reg­u­lar­ly in The Wash­ing­ton Post. More at www​.lead​ing​with​mean​ing​.com.