The Next Dor Conversation
October 24-25, Clinton Inn Hotel
Tenafly, New Jersey
If you missed it (or just want to relive it), audio of the main sessions available at NextDor Online, pictures on Flickr
Next Dor is about engaging Young Jewish Adults (YJA’s) where they are – personally, professionally, geographically, and spiritually, but aspires to bring them where they want to be.
Join us for a conversation about…
- The emerging lessons and implications from our on-the-ground engagement work in 2009-2010
- The distinctive features of this relationally based engagement model
- The challenges facing congregations as centers of young adult engagement
- And, ultimately, how S3K is building the Next Dor Network and how you can become a part
Synagogue 3000’s Next Dor (Next “generation,” in Hebrew) initiative engages young Jewish adults (YJAs) using advanced and innovative thinking growing out of the research, experience, and experimentation at a half dozen sites throughout North America. To date, Next Dor’s six pilot congregations have pioneered methods of engagement in diverse locales; Washington D.C., St. Louis, Marin County, Miami, Atlanta and New York. Among other YJA engagement projects, Next Dor stakes new ground by a distinctive ethos and combination of features …
- It emphasizes building long-term commitment to Jewish life rather than momentary programming
- It espouses the principles of relational organizing (personal relationships are intrinsic to building community) Its approach is avowedly non-judgmental (everyone is welcome)
- It embraces social justice as critical to providing meaningful opportunities for involvement It builds long-term engagement through lasting friendships It builds spirituality, understanding that people seek meaningful lives
- It is marked by inter-personal and intellectual honesty (no conversations are out of bounds)
- It is grounded in the belief that Jewish tradition is innately enriching
- Its operations are congregationally based
Join Synagogue 3000 for, “The Next Dor Conversation.” The Next Dor Conversation takes place on October 24-25, 2010, at the Clinton Inn Hotel, Tenafly, New Jersey.
The Conversation begins at 4:00 PM Sunday, October 24 and continues through 4:00 PM Monday the 25th. This is a conversation rather than a conference – not to lecture at but to interface with those who are successfully engaging YJA’s and those committed to the next generation.
The Conversation meets at the Clinton Inn Hotel, 145 Dean Drive, Tenafly, NJ 07670, (201) 871-3200, easily accessible from both Newark and LaGuardia airports. The cost is $375 per team of up to six participants (meals are included and student discounts are available). We highly encourage you to bring at least two representatives and encourage you to consider at least one of those to be a YJA from your community. Rooms are $109 plus tax per night. Be sure to identify yourself as part of the Synagogue 3000 group when making your reservation.The conference fee also includes the first year’s introductory subscription to become a Next Dor Affiliate for qualified synagogues.
Next Dor for those dedicated to the next generation
Sunday: |
4:00P | Opening Ritual |
4:30-5:30 | How did we get here? Steven Cohen presents the first Next Dor survey |
5:30-6 | Hors d’ oeuvres / meet and mingle |
6:00-7:30 | Our first year experience: The Next Dor pilot sites present, Q&A |
7:45 | Dinner |
8:45 | Larry Hoffman presents The Next Dor Vision |
9:15 | Josh Nelson, Michelle Citrin, Shira Kline – musical program |
Monday: | |
7:30-8:30A | Shacharit (two tefillah options, Next Dor and traditional) |
8:30-9:00 | Breakfast |
9:00-9:30 | What do senior rabbis say about Next Dor? Susan Talve and Danny Zemel tell us. |
9:30-10:15 | Introducing our experts and Open Space |
10:15-10:30 | Break/snack |
10:30-11:20 | Open Space 1 |
11:20-11:30 | Break/snack |
11:30-12:20 | Open Space 2 |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
1:45-2:30 | Open Space 3 |
2:30-2:45 | Break |
2:45-3:15 | What do board members say about Next Dor? Jim Grien tells us |
3:15-3:50 | Next Dor – Ron Wolfson explains how you’re now part of this new frontier |
3:50p | Closing ritual |
Join the S3K team and our pilot site professionals,
- Rabbi Rachel Bregman, Atlanta
- Jim Grien, Atlanta
- Marc Hurwitz, Miami
- Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Westchester, NY
- Rabbi Noa Kushner, Marin County
- Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz, Miami
- Jon Prosnit, Westchester, NY
- Vanessa Ressler, Miami
- Yoni Sarasson, St. Louis
- Rabbi Susan Talve, St. Louis
- Rabbi Danny Zemel, Washington D.C.

Lisa Alter Krule | Northbrook | IL |
Jennifer Arndt | Providence | RI |
David Arndt | Providence | RI |
Victor Appell | New York | NY |
Andy Arenson | Closter | NJ |
Noah Arnow | Voorhees | NJ |
Julia Appel | Brookline | MA |
Leah Berkowitz | Durham | NC |
Rosalie Boxt | Kensington | MD |
Laurie Blitzer | New York | NY |
Dave Borden | Buffalo | NY |
Lindsey Black | Caldwell | NJ |
Karen Barth | New York | NY |
Pascale Bishop | Chicago | IL |
Jonathan Blake | Scarsdale | NY |
Daniel Brenner | New York | NY |
Michael Blum | Voorhees | NJ |
Lori Berman | Aspen | CO |
Emilie Botbol | Highland Park | IL |
Melissa Cohavi | Stamford | CT |
Melissa Conn | Los Angeles | CA |
Martin Cole | Los Angeles | CA |
Rachel Cole | Los Angeles | CA |
Ken Chasen | Los Angeles | CA |
Elliot Cosgrove | New York | NY |
Larry Cooley | Washington | DC |
Marc Disick | Stamford | CT |
Ali Drumm | Highland Park | IL |
Jamie Dubey | San Rafael | CA |
Ellen Dreskin | Kensington | MD |
David Danish | Dallas | TX |
Erika Eskenazi | DeWitt | NY |
David Elias | St. Louis | MO |
Joshua Franklin | Stamford | CT |
Avi Fink Posen | Winnipeg | MB |
Adina Frydman | White Plains | NY |
Don Friend | San Francisco | DC |
Jane Friedman | San Rafael | CA |
Catherine Fischer | Philadelphia | PA |
Jason Fruithandler | New York | NY |
Marina Fanning | Washington | DC |
William Friedlieb | Glen Cove | NY |
Bill Firestone | Springfield | MA |
Howard Goldberg | Albany | NY |
Ariella Goldfein | New York | NY |
Dru Greenwood | New York | NY |
Laurie Green | Buffalo | NY |
Tiffany Green | West Bloomfield | MI |
Sam Gordon | Wilmette | IL |
James Goldman | New York | NY |
Eliezer Greenberg | Washington | DC |
Alyssa Genshaft | Aspen | CO |
Jim Grien | Atlanta | GA |
Archie Gottesman | Summit | NJ |
Melissa Galfond | Aventura | FL |
Jessica Gurtman | Springfield | NJ |
Amy Hertz | Pittsburgh | PA |
Dena Herrin | Philadelphia | PA |
Irwin Huberman | Glen Cove | NY |
Nikki Hamburger | Providence | RI |
Marnee Horesh | San Rafael | CA |
Kathy Hecht | Franklin Lakes | NJ |
Rick Jacobs | Scarsdale | NY |
Jim Judd | Franklin Lakes | NJ |
Jennifer Kaluzny | West Bloomfield | MI |
Molly Kane | Brooklyn | NY |
Judith Kempler | Pinecrest | FL |
Renana Keynes | Kensington | MD |
Marti Kerner | Kensington | MD |
Esther Kartus | Caldwell | NJ |
Jay Kaiman | Atlanta | GA |
Lynne Kushner | Atlanta | GA |
Kathy Kahn | New York | NY |
Lanie Katzew | New York | NY |
Leora Kaye | New York | NY |
Lori Koffman | New York | NY |
Terry Kaye | Springfield | NJ |
Marion Lev-Cohen | New York | NY |
Debbie Lurie | Caldwell | NJ |
Ariel Lyons-Warren | St. Louis | MO |
Michael Laufer | New York | NY |
Lisa Lieberman Barzilai | New York | NY |
Brittany Lakin Starr | Chicago | IL |
Sari Laufer | New York | NY |
Adina Lewittes | Closter | NJ |
Beverly Lerner | Cherry Hill | NJ |
Glinda Lofton | Chicago | IL |
Sara Losch | Franklin Lakes | NJ |
Richard Moline | Northbrook | IL |
Arel Moodie | DeWitt | NY |
Sarah Mack | Providence | RI |
Jill Maderer | Philadelphia | PA |
Ed Malberg | New York | NY |
Jamie Marx | Hoboken | NJ |
Chris Meyer | Franklin Lakes | NJ |
Alyssa Mollo | King of Prussia | PA |
Geri Newburge | Cherry Hill | NJ |
Mara Nathan | Larchmont | NY |
Jon Prosnit | Brooklyn | NY |
David Pasteelnick | New York | NY |
Micah Peltz | Cherry Hill | NJ |
Michelle Rich | Edison | NJ |
Vanessa Ressler | Miami Beach | FL |
Anne Richardson | Northbrook | IL |
Debbie Rosen | Caldwell | NJ |
Lauren Rosenberg | Atlanta | GA |
Steven Rein | New York | NY |
Lisa Rubin | New York | NY |
Peter Rubinstein | New York | NY |
Amanda Ross | Voorhees | NJ |
Amy Rothman | Larchmont | NY |
Sadie Rosenthal | New York | NY |
Terry Rosenberg | Jamaica Plain | MA |
Bruce Rockman | North Brunswick | NJ |
Harry Silverman | Boca Raton | FL |
Robert Scheinberg | Hoboken | NJ |
Charles Savenor | Northbrook | IL |
Rachel Steiner | Franklin Lakes | NJ |
Ian Staniloff | Winnipeg | MB |
Ben Spratt | New York | NY |
Deborah Shub | Buffalo Grove | IL |
Alyson Solomon | Santa Barbara | CA |
David Schwarz | Springfield | NJ |
Ariana Silverman | West Bloomfield | MI |
Ben Silkes | Buffalo | NY |
Alan Silverstein | Caldwell | NJ |
Amy Sutter | Philadelphia | PA |
Keith Sutter | Philadelphia | PA |
Jordan Samiljan | New York | NY |
Jeffrey Sirkman | Larchmont | NY |
Elizabeth Sacks | New York | NY |
Michelle Slonim | New York | NY |
David Starr | Chicago | IL |
Rollin Simmons | Aspen | CO |
Emily Sigal | New York | NY |
Matthew Soffer | Boston | MA |
Eva Stern | New York | NY |
Jessica Sarter | Scarsdale | NY |
Kim Schweitzer | Plainview | NY |
Michael Swirnoff | Glen Cove | NY |
Amy Small | Summit | NJ |
Shoshanna Schechter-Shaffin | North Brunswick | NJ |
Rachel Timoner | Los Angeles | CA |
Taron Tachman | Chicago | IL |
Cathi Turow | Sea Cliff | NY |
Amit Weitzer | West Bloomfield | MI |
Amit Weitzer | West Bloomfield | MI |
Gayle Wieseneck | Caldwell | NJ |
Larry Weinberg | New York | NY |
Jonathan Woocher | New York | NY |
Grace Wichmann | Houston | TX |
Ben Wolf | New York | NY |
Robert Wolkoff | North Brunswick | NJ |
Emily Young | Durham | NC |
Mimi Zimmerman | Dallas | TX |
- Michelle Citrin, Brooklyn
- Lila Foldes, Brooklyn, NY
- Rabbi David Ingber, New York, NY
- Rabbi Jill Jacobs, New York, NY
- Shira Kline, Brooklyn, NY
- Rabbi Jamie Korngold, Boulder, CO
- Josh Nelson, Brooklyn, NY
- Rabbi Brent Spodek, New York, NY