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After Death: 8 Ways to Help
July 9, 2021When both my parents and mother-in-law died within 20 months, everyone wanted to help. Yet I wasn’t ready to receive. Here are 8 ways to help that supported me until I was ready for me. Read more
Transform Your Synagogue’s High Holy Day Appeal (Then Finally Focus on the Important Stuff)
May 2, 2021Transform 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 future filled with hope and excitement. Here’s how Congregation Or… Read more
Dear Synagogue Leaders: Go Back Better (to In-Person)
April 29, 2021Addressing synagogue leaders, this letter wonders aloud about how we can go back better to in-person synagogue life, especially for our staff and clergy. Read more
Synagogue Dues are Dead: What’s the Price Point at Which Quitting the Temple is Impossible?
March 7, 2021Synagogue Dues are Dead, so what’s the price point at which quitting the temple becomes unnecessary or nearly impossible? How Congregation Or Ami transformed our funding model. Read more
After 11 deaths in 11 days, I Had it Out with God
February 4, 2021After 11 deaths in 11 days, I had it out with God. I realized with over 419,000 dead in American fromCovid-19 decimating, it was time for that conversation with the Creator. Read more
Drive Thru Judaism: An Antidote to Quarantined Community
October 27, 2020Drive Thru Judaism, a series of poignant experiences that, kept people safely in their cars, while providing poignant Jewish experiences uplifted our quarantined congregation, banishing loneliness and bringing spiritual sustenance to a community in quarantine. Read more
3 Previously Banned Behaviors to Embrace these Home High Holy Days
September 21, 2020The new normal of distanced coronavirus kehilla tefillah (communal prayer) offers new ways to enhance your Home High Holy Days. Consider these 3 previously banned behaviors to warm up your worship. They just might enhance your experience. Just please think twice before sharing them with your clergy. They might not… Read more
A Psalm for Cities on Fire
May 31, 2020A Psalm for our cities on fire, after the killing of George Floyd Read more
Testing Our Synagogue’s Vision During Quarantine: Disruptive Judaism 2
May 7, 2020When confronted with the first of many “shelter at home” quarantine orders, many houses of worship struggled with a perplexing dilemma: Who are we if we couldn’t be together? The story of one synagogue’s journey to answer that question illustrates the power of perspective and the potential of pushing through… Read more