Empowering synagogue leaders to build strong Sacred Communities
We all know about TV Evangelism. For many years, finding church services on local and national TV stations has been commonplace. Congregation Emanu-El in New York City has had its Shabbat Evening Worship Services on the radio for as long …
For people like you and me, there are certain tax advantages to having a mortgage on our homes. For synagogues, having equivalent debt –like a mortgage on a building due to purchase or new construction – is another story. The …
My friend Mark asked me the other day what I thought about the new dues model that is being discussed at our synagogue. It is the one that uses the concept of financial support rather than dues and where people …
David, What do you think about the new Dues Model? Read more »
No doubt, this is an important time in synagogue life. Literally, hundreds and thousands of people will be coming to synagogues throughout the world next week. In many North American synagogues, special efforts have been made to make them spiffy. …
A few years ago, during a prior Israel military conflict with Gaza, synagogues were encouraged to place a banner on their front lawn that read “We Stand With Israel”. For me, it seemed like a no brainer. Even with my …
Who’s Pulpit is it Anyway – Talking About Israel Read more »
Many years ago, I went with my parents to Shabbat Evening services. It was October, a few weeks before the upcoming state and Federal elections. It was a warm night in October in Massachusetts, and the lobby doors were open. …
I don’t think I was totally right in my blog last week that offered a fundraising toolkit for the High Holy Days. There were no problems with the Toolkit. If your congregation follows any of the 5 ideas I suggested, …
These are the transition weeks of summer. Facebook friends who live in Southern states are already posting pictures of their children on the first day of school. Our daughter who has been working at Camp Harlam will be coming home …
Is this story familiar to you? Upon arrival for a meeting with the synagogue’s leadership, the synagogue’s president shares with me that Josh Cohn, the chairman of the board and majority stockholder of SHOPHERE, a large department store chain in …
This morning, my wife Linda and I continued our ongoing conversation about moving. We love our house that we have lived in for almost 29 years. And we love Montclair, NJ as well as our synagogue community at Temple Ner …