Welcome to the website of resources developed during Synagogue 2000/3000’s twenty-year run as a catalyst for excellence in synagogue life.
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has created this resource page to track and post information about the High Holidays. A great resource page for all synagogues!
2020/ 5781 High Holidays | USCJ
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The 2020/ 5781 high holidays will be different than any we've ever experienced before. But with new challenges come new opportunities. In that light, the cross movement High Holiday Task Force is offering a comprehensive and continually updated list of resources, best practices, innovations, and ide...Why use a file photo like this to illustrate such a post? It sends a completely wrong message.
Another great article from Barry Mael at USCJ
Thinking About Reopening? 10 Things Synagogue Leaders Should Consider - eJewish Philanthropy
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By Barry Mael I shared ten tips for synagogue leaders in Virtual Fundraising Today to Prepare For Tomorrow as we were starting to deal with lockdowns and Passover. It is now six weeks later and we still have shuttered buildings. Now, as our attention turns to issues regarding re-opening our physic...Yes, yes, yes! It's time to re-evaluate everything we hold as "sacred," "essential," "traditional." Most of it isn't any of these. Judaism is about thinking, creating, connecting, experimenting. My benchmark is something my teacher Rabbi Larry Hoffman wrote, "What's transcendent about that?" What indeed? Try some experimenting.
Into the Fire? Or into the Future? - eJewish Philanthropy
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By Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel and David E. Behrman A story: A congregation feels compelled by “Pandemic Shabbat” to hold its bnai mitzvah services via video conference, choosing not to postpone them until the fall in an attempt to recapture normal times. And of course no party. Service degraded? Cele...I tend to lean towards the practical, but this is a great reminder that we need to do this reopening "Jewishly"
A Jewish Values Matrix for Reopening Temple Emanuel
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After several weeks of sheltering in place, we are beginning to formulate a plan that addresses the issues involved in reopening our facili...With all due respect to my colleagues, I find many of these responses unsatisfying. Rabbis often try to out-rabbi each other with important statements and while I appreciate that in some conversations, this isn't one of them.
Statements like Rabbis Ed Feinstein, Asher Lopatin, and Elyse Wechterman appear more rooted in the lived realities of synagogues. The future of movement Judaism will lie in the answer to the question "what do you have to offer me, the local synagogue?" I'm waiting for a strong answer! forward.com/opinion/446714/will-jewish-denominations-survive-the-pandemic-30-rabbis-weigh-in/
Roundtable | Will Jewish denominations survive the pandemic? 30 Rabbis weigh in.
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We asked 30 rabbis: Is Judaism heading toward a post-denominational future?