Shefa Dreams: Shuls & Leadership

 

Shuls

 

Alban Institute's "Congregations Resource Guide"

Rabbi Ismar Schorsch: The Centrality of the Synagogue

Rabbi Moshe Edelman: "The Religious Committee as Jewish Educators"

Rabbi Menachem Creditor: "A Place in Shul"

USCJ Synagogue Resource Center

Standards for Congregational Practices

www.alexweinberg.org: a tremendous resource page with Jewish educational materials

Leadership

 

Shefa Leadership Choveret/Reader

Shefa Leadership Texts

Guide for Board Members

Role of Synagogue Committees

Sample Mission Statements 

Crafting a Contract Between Shul and Professional

UJA of N. NJ's "Shul Biz" newsletter, part of their Synagogue Leadership Initiative

CONTACT — the journal of the Jewish Life Network/ Steinhardt Foundation

Synagogue Skills

 

How to get an aliyah to the Torah (video)

Lifting, Wrapping and Carrying the Torah (video)

How to take an aliyah (video)

Cantor Jack Chomsky's guides to: Torah Trope and Haftarah Trope.

A Sample Kabbalat Shabbat from Rabbi Menachem Creditor.

SixThirteen.org: A wonderful Friday Night davenning resource created by Chavurat Kol Zimrah.

VirtualCantor.com: The purpose of this site is to promote the proliferation of Nusach and to make a Nusach readily accessible to those who have a
desire to learn and a desire to deepen their Judaism.
Davenning Files from the DC Minyan: Several MP3 files recorded (with the great help of Kehilat Hadar).

Ellie's Torah Trope Tutor will teach you the tunes for each of the Torah cantillation marks for Torah and Haftorah, Megillah and High Holiday Torah reading.
Navigating the Bible II offers audio recordings of all Torah readings, complete with vocalized Hebrew text, a copy of the text without vocalization, transliteration, and translation.

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

 

Being Klei Kodesh for the 21st Century

You Are Someone’s Rebbe

GOD IS IN THE TEXT: THE DRASHAH AS A TEACHING TOOL

My Life as a Dog Rabbi

Getting The Rabbis We Need

Faithful Innovation and the Conservative Rabbinate

Leadership vs. Authority: The Role of the Rabbi

Rabbinic Education in the 21st Century

The Soul of A Rabbi’s Work

Ethics of Leadership

Rabbi Menachem Creditor

 

   ● Priorities and Prophecy

   ● Innovation and Invention (shma)

   ● Personal Status and Jewish

      Leadership

   ● Expectations for the Modest

   ● The Dissatisfied Mystic
   ●
Why I Fight

   ● The Necessity of Windows

   ● Peace and Quiet

   ● Prayer for Building an Aron Kodesh

 

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Torah Scroll Exchange Program

 

 


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