Welcome to the website of resources developed during Synagogue 2000/3000’s twenty-year run as a catalyst for excellence in synagogue life.
Disappointing, and (sadly) not surprising
Largest study ever of Jews of color reports widespread discrimination
forward.com
“Nobody has spoken to this many Jews of color about these topics,” said Gage Gorsky, who was part of the study’s research team.I wouldn't think to imply rabbi's sermons are too long, but... well...
Scrap the sermon: In the pandemic rabbis decide less is more
forward.com
It's the age of the incredibly shrinking sermon.Oh if it were so simple!
If You Don’t Love Your Synagogue, Try Something New
www.algemeiner.com
The New Synagogue, in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Ansgar Koreng / Wikimedia Commons. It is only a month until the “Days …For reals!
Transform your synagogue’s High Holy Day appeal (Then finally focus on the important stuff)
ejewishphilanthropy.com
Transform the High Holy Day Appeal now and your synagogue just might nurture a greater culture of giving. Then, defying the prognosticators of the decline of the synagogue, yours might find itself with the funding to forge ahead, fashioning a..."... 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
ejewishphilanthropy.com
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...