The Hidden Promise of Generational Politics
New from Mishkaneer:
Creative multi-generational solutions are quite attainable. We tend not to attain them because we tend not to look for them in the first place. With the young-adult generations being relatively undetermined at present, with regard to organized Jewish community and what it's good for, yet eager to be challenged to leadership, I see a golden opportunity to propose the challenge of imagining functional multi-generational models.
Read the complete piece: l'Dor v'Dor
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posted by Yoel Natan @ 11/14/2006 10:39:00 AM
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B"H
"Which all begs the question: Where will Generations X and Y go to pursue an organized Jewish community life that suits them, while the synagogues scene is internally dominated by a power struggle between Boomers and pre-Boomers? The most obvious quick answer is, Israel and the Internet, but I think the question deserves deeper consideration."
Two things, right off the bat that I would add--
Except in the smallest of communities, x'ers and y'ers tend not to align with ONLY one jewish communal outlet (ie: synagogue) The concept of pouring our precious time, energy and fiscal resources into a single institution is aberrant to those of us who associate with the Klal more than the local kehilla. Second, and related, most synagogues push and push and push JOINING THE SYNAGOGUE AND PAYING DUES-- something we run flee from as fast as we can. Not the donating money part, which we do often and generously (when we have it) but the institutionalized mechanisms of fees for services in synagogue life.
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