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Synagogue 3000 publishes various types of documents to help synagogues.

Books by S3K's founders
"The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community," Jewish Lights Publishing, Spring 2006
by Ron Wolfson
S3K President Ron Wolfson tackles the issues facing synagogues in attracting and retaining members.
The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation Into a Sacred Community 
There are three major sections on: "Welcoming Ambience" - that is, how to create a culture of welcome in a congregation, "Welcoming Worship" - analysis of "seeker-sensitive" worship and why it works, and "Welcoming Membership" - how congregations can both reach out to those who are not currently affiliated with a synagogue, and how to deepen the relationship of current members to the spiritual community.
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"Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Synagogue Life," Jewish Lights Publishing, June 2006
by Larry Hoffman
S3K Senior Academic Fellow Larry Hoffman presents a thoughtful critique of synagogue life from the perspective of congregational studies, a newly emerging interdisciplinary field devoted to congregational life.
  Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life
The premise of the book is that discussions in and about synagogues usually revert to such old and tired language as "programming, dues structures, and congregants' needs" – a language that grew up mostly in post WW II suburbia, when the synagogues became child-centered and service-oriented. Membership was a given then, for Jews who were still primarily ethnic, and dependent on synagogues as places to play out Jewish identity through conversations on Israel, lox and bagel breakfasts, anti-Semitism, and even Jewish humor. The aging of baby boomers, and their imminent replacement by the next generation challenges synagogues to think differently.
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S3K Publications
R'fuah Sh'leimah
48 Songs of Healing and Wholeness from the Comfort of Jewish Tradition
R'fuah Sh'leimah   
There is no other music collection like this.

Edited by Merri Lovinger Arian and published by Synagogue 2000, R'fuah Sh'leimah was compiled in response to a growing need from synagogues of all denominations, in response to all who yearn for the nearness of God.

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