Empowering synagogue leaders to build strong Sacred Communities
There is an interesting article in Sunday’s New York Times about Roman Blum. Mr. Blum was a Holocaust survivor who became a successful real estate developer. He and his wife didn’t have any children. He outlived his wife, and recently …
A $40 Million Estate With No Will Or Relatives!!! Read more »
It was the 1960s in Belmont, Massachusetts. In suburban Boston. The very next town to Watertown. Our front door was always unlocked. It was a time when kids came home from school for lunch. There weren’t many marathons back then. …
My grandmother came from Ostropolia, Ukraine. She arrived in the United States as a teenager some time around 1920. She was the oldest child in her family, with two brothers and two sisters. She worked and saved her money. When …
Immigration Today: Would I Be Living In New Jersey? Read more »
Every synagogue has a congregant like Jack. He and his wife have been members since they moved to the community more than 40 years ago. He is a past president, organizes the synagogue’s cadre of volunteers at the local hospitals …
Synagogue leaders have often asked me whether they should engage fundraising counsel to conduct a feasibility study. The leadership knows that they need to raise several million dollars to renovate the building and to start an endowment fund. Why can’t …
Conducting A Feasibility Study: A Necessary Step to Campaign Success Read more »