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When Zoom synagogue isn't enough, going outside could help.
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Just as the Beatles’ managers hired “screamers” to amplify excitement at their concerts, I have been imagining rabbis bringing in a soundtrack of “sighers” and “yasher koachers” to online service.“We are learning how to become better, more inclusive, and more sensitive to people’s needs,” she said. “It is our obligation to reach out to every person and make sure that nobody is without a tefila.” #highholidays #highholydays #virtualworship
Will the coronavirus pandemic make synagogues obsolete?
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RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Corona restrictions have forged innovations that could alter the way Jews pray.Fundamentally, I don't disagree with Rabbi Burkeman. Slick, glitzy, highly produced holy day productions seem contrary to Jewish values. Yet isn't excellence a Jewish value? There's a lot of gray between produced and excellent. For me, poorly produced worship services these last months is antithetical to the idea that worship is an invitation for our community to be in dialogue with God. No, I don't think God cares about production values, but I do!
Producing our High Holy Days: The Four Questions
ejewishphilanthropy.com
By Rabbi Danny Burkeman Over the last few months there have been certain Facebook posts that I have found triggering. I see the post and have an immediate visceral reaction. I am sure that many of …Read the 4 rants!
Are You Missing Your Synagogue Enough?
blogs.timesofisrael.com
From the blog of Arnold D. Samlan at The Times of Israel"But the point is that Orthodox groups have long known that formal synagogue structures and even professional leadership are not critical components for communal worship."
Regular visitors will recognize my criticism (nearly a mantra) of liberal Judaism's focus on buildings over communities. Amkraut's article points out that again, this is biting us in the tuchus. Stay tuned... we'll see how things play out!
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By Brian D. Amkraut In the world of education, whether at research universities or local elementary schools, all eyes turn to how we can bring students back to school, live and in person, navigatin…