A New Immigration

American Judaism is going through the process of three immigrations. Any single one of them is enough to topple established ways of thinking. All three together present us with the largest single challenge since the days when Great Immigration at the turn of the twentieth century brought over two million Jews here...

Shout out

Jul 1 -

Now that the earthly trial of Bernard Madoff has come to an end with a sentence of 150 years in prison, he will await his next trial -- the heavenly one.

Check out Ron Wolfson's op-ed on Bernie Madoff and join the discussion on Synablog, http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=149

Jun 21 -

Why?” we ask, when people act outrageously, “Why in the world would you do that?”

The weekly parsha offers insight into contemporary synagogue life...

 

 

 

 

May 11 -

Ron Wolfson describes a recent visit to Congregation B’nai Amoona in St. Louis and the 'second bar mitzvah' of Rabbi Bernard Lipnick. Join the conversation, http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=134

May 10 -

Rabbi Rami Shapiro weighs in on the Synagogue 3000 Spirituality Study. An interesting response!

Apr 28 -

A new feature of S3K's site, Ron's Cool Ideas...

As I visit different synagogues, I pick up little ideas, things that people do, that resonate. As I come across the really 'cool' ones, I'm going to report them in this ongoing column of "best practices." Enjoy!

Ron Wolfson