“Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop drinking, at least for a time”
Prohibition took effect in January, 1920, and, all at once, people really did stop...
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“One of the things I love most about attending synagogue is that people are all there as worshippers”
One of the things I love most about attending synagogue is that people are...
“This ‘failure to communicate’ doesn’t strengthen synagogue life; instead, it encourages more members to leave the synagogue complaining about the lack of relevancy to their own lives”
On each Shabbat, many worshipers open their siddurim and proceed through the service with...
“My fear now…is that all the talk about politics has chased away the spiritual seekers”
My fear now – and it was a fear back then, expressed by others...
“The question, however, is whether the Synagogue, itself, particularly in its present form, can cope with the crisis which faces American Jewry”
The Synagogue is one of the major forces in Jewish life in America. The...
“To focus on the price of [synagogue] membership re-enforces the idea that it has a price, which perpetuates the mindset that puts downward pressure on that price”
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Criticism of the synagogue-as-vendor model is not new. But the most common critiques miss...“The synagogue-as-vendor model is ultimately self- defeating, even at the most pragmatic level”
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The synagogue-as-vendor model is ultimately self- defeating, even at the most pragmatic level. That...“What would a more fundamental restructuring of the synagogue look like? What would it mean for synagogues to truly leave the vendor model behind?”
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What would a more fundamental restructuring of the synagogue look like? What would it...“…synagogues that wish to break with the vendor model must rethink their organizational structure”
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…synagogues that wish to break with the vendor model must rethink their organizational structure....The “logic of building spiritual community is exactly the opposite” of the “basic tenet of the marketplace”
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The basic tenet of the marketplace is that one succeeds by offering consumers more...