| Author | : Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2015-03-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781459693357 |
New Membership & Financial Alternatives for the American Synagogue
| Author | : Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky |
| Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2015-02-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238289 |
Open wide your mind and your community to fresh concepts of synagogue financial and spiritual success. "[A] welcome addition.... Replete with examples of synagogues, independent minyanim and spiritual communities that have developed creative and sometimes surprising strategies ... that ameliorate what many observers believe are obstacles to recruiting and engaging Jews into their spiritual communities." from the Foreword by Dr. Ron Wolfson The concept of the "dues-based membership model" in synagogues was once an innovation. Now that model is in decline and sweeping change is required in order to reverse the downward trend in synagogue participation. This groundbreaking book provides synagogue and communal leaders with a useful process and the ingredients necessary to consider important changes in the synagogue, including: Thoughtful new models for membership and synagogue finance Examples from successful synagogues, bolstered by illustrations from the private sector Practical steps for change and implementation With checklists for exploring and adopting alternative models from nationally recognized congregational consultant Debbie Joseph.
New Membership & Financial Alternatives for the American Synagogue
| Author | : Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky |
| Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 202 |
| Release | : 2015-01-28 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238203 |
Provides synagogue and communal leaders with a thoughtful process and the ingredients necessary to consider important changes in the synagogue. Includes provocative new models for membership and synagogue finance; examples from successful synagogues, bolstered by illustrations from the private sector; and practical steps for implementing change
Successful Synagogue Fundraising Today
| Author | : Rabbi David A. Mersky |
| Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2016-03-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238564 |
A practical, step-by-step approach to fundraising programs and systems that can help your synagogue achieve growth and sustainability. Outlines ways to create excitement about new models of fundraising, set up a comprehensive development program, train volunteers and staff, and find and engage current and prospective donors.
Jewish Spiritual Parenting
| Author | : Rabbi Paul Kipnes |
| Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2015-07-20 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238211 |
Spiritually nourishing approaches to help you become more insightful, inspired parents and raise soulfully engaged children. Kipnes and November share their hard-won parenting techniques and spirit-filled activities, rituals and prayers to help you cultivate strong Jewish values and cherished spiritual memories in your own family.
Naming God
| Author | : Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD |
| Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2015-06-02 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238173 |
An illuminating in-depth exploration of the complexities--and perhaps audacity--of naming the unnameable. One of the oldest and most beloved prayers--known even to Jews who rarely attend synagogue--is Avinu Malkeinu ("Our Father, Our King"), a liturgical staple for the entire High Holy Day period. "Our Father, Our King" has resonance also for Christians, whose Lord's Prayer begins "Our Father." Despite its popularity, Avinu Malkeinu causes great debate because of the difficulties in thinking of God as father and king. Americans no longer relate positively to images of royalty; victims of parental abuse note the problem of assuming a benevolent father; and feminists have long objected to masculine language for God. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors--men and women, scholars and rabbis, artists and thinkers from all Jewish denominations and from around the world--wrestle with this linguistic and spiritual conundrum, asking, "How do we name God altogether, without recourse to imagery that defies belief?" Contributors: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson - Rabbi Anthony Bayfield - Rabbi Will Berkowitz - Dr. Annette Boeckler - Dr. Marc Brettler - Dr. Erica Brown - Rabbi Angela Buchdahl - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove - Rabbi Joshua Davidson - Rabbi Lawrence Englander - Lisa Exler - Rabbi Paul Freedman - Rabbi Elyse Frishman - Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand - Rabbi Edwin Goldberg - Rabbi Andrew Goldstein - Dr. Joel M. Hoffman - Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman - Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur - Rabbi Elie Kaunfer - Rabbi Karen Kedar - Rabbi Reuven Kimelman - Rabbi Daniel Landes - Liz Lerman - Rabbi Asher Lopatin - Catherine Madsen - Rabbi Jonathan Magonet - Rabbi Dalia Marx - Chazzan Danny Maseng - Ruth Messinger - Rabbi Charles H. Middleburgh - Rabbi Jay Henry Moses - Rabbi Jack Riemer - Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin - Rabbis Dennis and Sandy Sasso - Rabbi Marc Saperstein - Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater - Rabbi David Stern - Rabbi David Teutsch - Dr. Ellen Umansky - Edward van Voooen - Rabbi Margaret Moers Wenig - Dr. Ron Wolfson - Rabbi Daniel Zemel - Dr. Wendy Zierler
44 Ways to Expand the Financial Base of Your Congregation
| Author | : Lyle E. Schaller |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Christian giving |
| ISBN | : 9780687132867 |
Here is a treasury of 44 proven-effective stewardship ideas by the man Leadership magazine calls "America's foremost authority on the dynamics of church life." "When all is said and done," says Lyle E. Schaller, "there are only two good reasons why anyone should be asked to contribute money to the church. The first is to help promote the giver's spiritual growth... The second reason is even simpler. Christian discipleship is Christian stewardship. How could it be anything else? How else do God's people grow in grace?" In the tradition of Schaller's many other top-selling books, 44 Ways to Expand the Financial Base of Your Congregation contains strategies tested and proven in scores of local congregations across the U.S. and Canada. The 44 strategies are humorously illustrated by Edward Lee Tucker's "Friar Tuck" cartoon characters.
American Judaism
| Author | : Jonathan D. Sarna |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 558 |
| Release | : 2019-06-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0300245386 |
Jonathan D. Sarna’s award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years. Praise for the first edition: “Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America; one so well executed, it is likely to set the standard for the next fifty years.”—Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post “A masterful overview.”—Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Historical Review “This book is destined to be the new classic of American Jewish history.”—Norman H. Finkelstein, Jewish Book World Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award/Jewish Book of the Year
Renewing the Process of Creation
| Author | : Bradley Shavit Artson |
| Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2015-09-21 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1580238335 |
In this daring blend of Jewish theology, science and Process Thought, theologian Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson explores our actions through Judaism and the sciences as dynamically interactive and mutually informative.
