Finding a Spiritual Home
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Finding a Spiritual Home

How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue

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Finding a Spiritual Home

How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue

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About This Book

The Jewish community has lost some of the most sensitive spiritual souls of this generation. They are Jews who were looking for God and found spiritual homes outside of Judaism. Their journeys traversed the Jewish community, but nothing there beckoned them. The creation of synagogue-communities in which the voices of seekers can be heard and their questions can be asked will challenge many loyalist Jews. It will upset and enrage them. But it would also enrich them.
—from Chapter 18

In this fresh look at the spiritual possibilities of American Jewish life, Rabbi Sidney Schwarz presents the framework for a new synagogue model—the synagogue community—and its promise to transform our understanding of the synagogue and its potential for modern Judaism.

Schwarz profiles four innovative synagogues—one from each of the major movements of Judaism—that have had extraordinary success with their approach to congregational life and presents practical ways to replicate their success.

Includes a discussion guide for study groups and book clubs as well as a new afterword by the author describing developments in synagogue change projects since the book was first published.

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Publisher
Jewish Lights
Year
2012
ISBN
9781580236577
Edition
1
Topic
Teología y religión
Subtopic
Teología judía

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface: My Path
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. PART ONE: Can a Spiritually Homeless Generation Revitalize the American Synagogue?
  8. PART TWO: A Reform Congregation Wrestling with God
  9. PART THREE: An Orthodox Community That Welcomes a Plurality of Voices
  10. PART FOUR: Building Community Through Empowerment in a Reconstructionist Congregation
  11. PART FIVE: Dancing in the Aisles at a Conservative Synagogue
  12. PART SIX: The Spiritual Possibilities of the American Synagogue
  13. Epilogue. If You Can’t Find It, Create It: Ten Strategies to Transform Your Congregation
  14. Afterword
  15. Discussion Guide
  16. Notes
  17. Glossary
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. About the Author
  21. Copyright
  22. Also Available
  23. About Jewish Lights
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