2007 - United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

More documents

Recommendations

Info

The success of Tiyul To Shul is attributable in part to its enjoyable character and the spirited manner in which the program is advertised in the weeks leading up to the event. Yet Tiyul To Shul also works because it bypasses the question of whether or not it is religiously permissible to drive to services – indeed, the very existence of designated “Park-and-Walk” areas acknowledges the ubiquitous reality of auto travel in suburban life. Instead, in the spirit of New Urbanism, which seeks to design neighborhoods in which cars are peripheral and walking is primary, Tiyul To Shul reflects the latest trend in urban planning – even as it harkens back to an ancient truth about the symbiosis between Shabbat and community. GOLD CONGREGATION HAR SHALOM Over 900 Potomac, MD Submitted by Michael L. Simmons 301-299-7087 The end of Kaddish ceremony at Congregation Har Shalom, as developed by Paula Jacobs, is recited immediately following the mourner’s last Kaddish at the Minha service (in the chapel). Following the service, the mourner provides dinner, a se’udat mitzvah, for those attending services. Following the se’udat mitzvah, the Ma’ariv service is held in the synagogue’s chapel. The enhancement of the end of Kaddish ceremony as developed by Paula Jacobs, with a se’udat mitzvah, has enriched the observance this ceremony. It has become standard practice for all mourners observing 11 months of Kaddish at Congregation Har Shalom to participate in the end of Kaddish ceremony and sponsor the se’udat mitzvah. It is hoped that the use of Paula Jacobs’ end of Kaddish ceremony at the Minha service, followed by a se’udat mitzvah, will be adopted by other USCJ member congregations and that the sincere meaningfulness of the ceremony and se’udat mitzvah will be shared in other congregations. SILVER NORTH SUBURBAN SYNAGOGUE BETH EL Over 900 Highland Park, IL Submitted by Ali Schlamowitz 847-432-8900 Here at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El we have instituted a new monthly Shabbat minyan, the Teen Minyan. A Teen Minyan Committee, led by the USY Religion/Education Vice President, was formed to organize the minyan and assess its goals and target groups. This committee developed a mission statement shown below: In order to encourage increased religious participation, we, the Teen Minyan Committee, will establish a consistent and separate minyan at North Suburban Synagogue Beth El devoted solely to teenagers. This alternative minyan will seek to create a meaningful Shabbat experience in new and innovative ways. A ritual subcommittee was also formed to discuss various halachic issues, including whether or not to make this minyan fully egalitarian, to read the triennial cycle or full kriyah, etc. After discussion with our clergy, it was agreed that this minyan would be fully egalitarian and would read triennial cycle. The regular Teen Minyan Committee currently boasts 13 members who meet on a monthly basis to review their system of assigning parts of the service as well as the goals and visions of the Teen Minyan and whether or not they are being met. We had our first Teen Minyan on January 10 th , 2004 with 42 attendees… a complete success. Since then the Teen Minyan has been running for three years, with 10 Shabbat minyanim a year. These services will vary to provide our Youth exposure to all facets of Shabbat Services. We have Shabbat Shacharit minyans with lunches afterwards, or Mincha/Ma’ariv/Havdalah. These late services will often lead into the Saturday night USY program. Additionally, Teen Minyan has begun to branch out, and has had special programming including leading the congregation’s Tashlich service, having their own Sukkah walk, and running a full Shabbaton. SILVER TEMPLE EMUNAH 500-900 Lexington, MA
Submitted by Joshua Furman 781-861-0303 In an effort to increase Shabbat participation among our youth at Temple Emunah, we introduced two Shabbat-focused programming initiatives in the fall of 2005. Aimed at our 3 rd to 6 th grade population, these two programs synthesize both formal and information educational approaches. They have dramatically revitalized the Shabbat experience for our pre-bar and bat mitzvah students, one of our most important constituencies in the effort to assure Jewish continuity. We added Torah trope to our kitah daled (4 th grade) religious school curriculum, training our 4 th graders to read Torah at a Junior Congregation service at the end of the year. We have found that our students are empowered by learning to read Torah on Shabbat, and many of them have continued to do so as 5 th graders this year. We also created a new Shabbat afternoon informal program, called K.N.I.S.H. (Kadima Noar Interactive Shabbat Hang-out), which features a special “kids-only” Kiddush lunch, Shabbat songs and games. Thanks to these two programs, our Shabbat attendance numbers have increased significantly, and there is a great deal of energy and excitement among our students and their parents at the prospect of spending Shabbat at Temple Emunah. SILVER TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM 250-500 Oakland, CA Submitted by Mark Bloom 510-832-0936 It is our belief at Temple Beth Abraham that when it comes to worship, even in the context of the Conservative movement, one size doesn’t fit all. As a result, we have created a variety of different approaches to Shabbat prayer to touch that variety of people in our congregation and community. These include traditional Shabbat services, Rock and Roll Shabbat, Shabbat Unplugged, Raza d’Shabbat (a Kabbalah-based service), the Pardon the Interruption Learner’s Service, Share-a-Shabbat, Tot Shabbat and Shabbat Mishpacha. Each of these services touches a different segment of our community, and we are extremely proud of how our variety has spiritually touched so many lives. We are proud to be a part of S.T.A.R.’s “Synaplex” program, where this variety is emphasized, but we were doing this before we were affiliated with the program in any way. Perhaps what is most impressive about this is that all this happens at a synagogue of less than 400 families. Our basis is, of course, the traditional Saturday morning service and our heimish Kabbalat Shabbat service. These are well attended and feature a great deal of congregational singing, with musical accompaniment on Friday nights. All services are egalitarian and intergenerational. What follows is a plethora of different kinds of creative services that touch the traditional and the innovative, the young, young-at-heart and everything in between. SILVER HAR ZION TEMPLE Over 900 Penn Valley, PA Submitted by Joshua Perlmuter 610-667-5000 “Dear God, this is a special place. It is special because I’m here, because other Jews are here, because You are here. I’m here to pray to You with this congregation. So please help me to say and sing the words as if they were mine.” Har Zion Temple is a special synagogue and the Thursday Morning Minyan is the pride of HZT, the member congregants, the clergy and the community in general. Har Zion Temple has transformed a routine Monday/Thursday week-of-the-B/BM aliyah to the Torah into an extraordinary experience. Beginning as much as a year prior to the bar/bar mitzvah, and for some teens extending for years after the bar/bat mitzvah, our teens are taught the value of finding community through prayer by participation in the Thursday Morning Minyan. Cajoled, encouraged and prodded by the clergy, dozens of B’nai Mitzvah show up each Thursday morning to both lead and join in worship with the adult members of the Kahal. Each week, the vatikim (post B’nai Mitzvah)
Page 1:
THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIV
Page 4 and 5:
THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIV
Page 6 and 7:
Temple Beth El Allentown, PA Gold 2
Page 8 and 9:
KADIMA USY North Suburban Synagogue
Page 10 and 11:
The Emanuel Synagogue West Hartford
Page 12 and 13:
Network/Steinhardt Foundation and t
Page 14 and 15:
etreat in the spring of 2008. This
Page 16 and 17:
ather than Chinese-American, and of
Page 18 and 19:
100-250 San Leandro, CA Submitted b
Page 20 and 21:
mornings after Minyan. Teachers for
Page 22 and 23:
Members rely on The Bulletin as the
Page 24 and 25:
nourishment to feed the minds of it
Page 26 and 27:
advertisements for the Jewish Theol
Page 28 and 29:
HONORABLE MENTION COMMACK JEWISH CE
Page 30 and 31:
While serving as a marketing device
Page 32 and 33:
isolated Jewish community. We striv
Page 34 and 35:
100-250 Jacksonville, FL 904-268-04
Page 36 and 37:
3. Establishing an Endowment for Ed
Page 38 and 39:
Friday Night Live, all the programs
Page 40 and 41:
SILVER CONGREGATION B’NAI SHOLOM
Page 42 and 43:
in program entitled, “A Walk Thro
Page 44 and 45:
Learning is a journey and a process
Page 46 and 47:
Our school provides learning and po
Page 48 and 49:
continually stressing Jewish values
Page 50 and 51:
Over 900 Roslyn Heights, NY Submitt
Page 52 and 53:
Living Facility with which the syna
Page 54 and 55:
provide experiential, educational,
Page 56 and 57:
I. The idea of parents and children
Page 58 and 59:
Tech, Lifecycle University, and Kal
Page 60 and 61:
250-500 Schenectady, NY Submitted b
Page 62 and 63:
Submitted by Rance Block 610-435-35
Page 64 and 65:
The cookbook has garnered critical
Page 66 and 67:
twice yearly. Each year an award is
Page 68 and 69:
Education Group, Holocaust Survivor
Page 70 and 71:
The Congregation Beth David Mission
Page 72 and 73:
Developmental Disorders (Autism and
Page 74 and 75:
made a two-year commitment to (1) a
Page 76 and 77:
GOLD TEMPLE EMANUEL Over 900 Newton
Page 78 and 79: ewarding process of creating our ow
Page 80 and 81: president of the synagogue to the c
Page 82 and 83: 8. The synagogue does not sponsor a
Page 84 and 85: 301-299-7087 Congregation Har Shalo
Page 86 and 87: contain all that bursting joy yeste
Page 88 and 89: students Hanukkah menorahs, Yom HaS
Page 90 and 91: included additional training with B
Page 92 and 93: (Israel), Shmirat Shabbat (Shabbat)
Page 94 and 95: able to identify new and prospectiv
Page 96 and 97: Our next program in January 2006 wa
Page 98 and 99: In September a database of young me
Page 100 and 101: We have committed and productive co
Page 102 and 103: as a means to not only help raise f
Page 104 and 105: cantorial concerts involving amateu
Page 106 and 107: Before she died in 1995, the mother
Page 108 and 109: the Shabbat table Friday night. In
Page 110 and 111: parties who have an interest in our
Page 112 and 113: We had been hit with potentially de
Page 114 and 115: GOLD CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM 100-2
Page 116 and 117: HONORABLE MENTION TEMPLE BETH AHM 2
Page 118 and 119: members participate. This year we d
Page 120 and 121: Council are described below. We hop
Page 122 and 123: GOLD CONGREGATION HAR SHALOM Over 9
Page 124 and 125: main input for the weekly Website u
Page 126 and 127: could possible be coming from to Co
Page 130 and 131: welcome their peers into the “fol
Page 132 and 133: We also have a cadre of dedicated s
Page 134 and 135: congregants who had never previousl
show all

2007 - United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?