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...
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.
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
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!
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...
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!
