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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463879303321

Autore

Herring Hayim

Titolo

Tomorrow's synagogue today : creating vibrant centers of Jewish life / / Hayim Herring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Herndon, Virginia : , : The Alban Institute, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-56699-680-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

296.6/5

Soggetti

Synagogues - United States - Organization and administration

Judaism - United States

Judaism - 21st century

Rabbis - Office

Leadership - Religious aspects - Judaism

Spiritual life - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Praise for the Book; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Changing Context of American Synagogue Life; Exploring a Twenty-First-Century Synagogue; The Case for Collaboration; Remixing the Rabbinate; Pathways to Synagogues of the Future; You Have the Wisdom to Find the Way; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

In the past decade many intelligent people who care deeply about synagogues have written about them. So how is this book different from all other books? Many books take the overall mission of the synagogue as a given, and the recommendations around structure are really about incremental change. Tomorrow's Synagogue Today stimulates the reader to unleash the power of synagogues to exponentially influence people's Jewish lives. Herring offers creative scenarios to stretch the imagination about how more synagogues could become vib