Welcome to the website of resources developed during Synagogue 2000/3000’s twenty-year run as a catalyst for excellence in synagogue life.
"... it’s not enough for synagogues and other Jewish institutions to unilaterally decide that they are now “inclusive” because they mean well and genuinely want to include previously marginalized Jews in their activities and leadership. Instead, synagogues and Jewish institutions can be called inclusive only when previously marginalized individuals themselves declare their institutions to be inclusive."
The Jewish Identity Institute: finding strength in otherness
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At first, it could have been just another Jewish program on Zoom during a pandemic. But as the screens and faces popped into the meeting, it immediately became clear that this wasn’t a conventional Jewish gathering. There were faces of individuals...We know that historically people over-report their participation in religion and congregation membership. That makes this recent Gallup survey look even worse.
Majority of Americans don’t belong to a place of worship in historic decline, poll finds
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It’s the first time in eight decades Gallup found the majority of Americans do not belong to a place of worship.Yep...
For many synagogues, live-streamed services are here to stay after the pandemic
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‘You can’t put the genie back in the bottle,’ one Conservative rabbi said of virtual services.
Windmueller gives us a glimpse of the upcoming Pew Jewish community study. All of these need to be on our synagogue radar screens so I'll highlight:
- US birthrates are down significantly
- Young adults are marrying even later than the previously shown
- Diversity is critical and effects the Jewish community
- COVID 19 will have an ongoing financial effect on the economy
- COVID 19 has bolstered religious affinity
- The New American Religion - political America
- Branding is Everything
- COVID 19 tested and changed Leadership
- Is Antisemitism the New Normal, probably yes
A few before Pew: <br>some insights and trends concerning the Jews
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Later this spring, the Pew Research Center will be issuing its latest demographic findings on the state of American Jewry. This latest survey follows its 2013 analysis of Jewish Americans, providing a further analysis of the changing profile of our...It pains me that any Jew is "marginalized." Why aren't we enabling these kinds of communities in our synagogues?
A place at the table –<BR>A report from TischPDX: Unaffiliated Jewish Leadership Incubator
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The What and the Why: In May of 2018, Rabbi Ariel Stone, Kalyn Culler Cohen and I met to discuss a local phenomenon in our hometown of Portland, Ore.: the abundance of young Jewish organizers, activists and individuals creating Jewish...