Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Call for Models for (Re-)Making a Shteible

A possible laboratory for new paradigms in beyt knesset organization! From Mishkaneer:

Ladies and Gentlemen, what we have here is an opportunity. A synagogue is asking to be reinvented for the future. They own a small prayer space, in a strategic location, that is unusually flexible and accessible. It is not a large complex like most synagogues -- it's more like a shteible -- and there is no "movement" institutional affiliation or even the mandate of a rabbi. It can simply be a place to ... well, congregate! So how can we go about embracing (and stewarding) this space as a unique community resource?

Read and discuss.

1 Comments:

At 8/23/2006 1:35 PM, Blogger Yoel Natan said...

JewishFringe echoes the call.

Tonight I am meeting with the Emanuel president and his wife. Next month, I will meet JewishFringe in Chicago, where we will talk about the situation there. These are timely questions, and they resonate in so many communities where there are young Jews looking for the chevra and its venues!

 

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