Transitions

Planning for Change: Dollars and Sense

A guide to thinking about and implementing long-term strategic planning in your congregation as a community building process.

Growth Profile—Or Hadash Religious School (Fort Washington, PA)

This report tracks the growth history of Or Hadash's religious school. It includes history, milestones, resources and challenges.

Growth Profile—Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Religious School (Evanston, IL)

This report tracks the growth history of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation's religious school. It includes history, milestones, resources and challenges.

Growth Profile—Shir Hadash's Religious School (Northbrook, IL)

This report (updated in 2013) tracks the growth history of Shir Hadash's religious school. It includes history, milestones, resources and challenges.

Growth Profile—RSNS Religious School (Plandome, NY)

This report tracks the growth history of the religious school of RSNS. It includes history, milestones, resources and challenges. RSNS has had to impose membership caps due to the school's size limitations.

West End Synagogue Celebrates Its Twentieth Year

Reaching its 20th anniversary, West End Synagogue celebrates its communal vibrancy and diversity, along with the creativity, uniqueness, and humor of its individual members.

Dealing Creatively With Our Tensions

This article is adapted from Carl Sheingold's State of the Movement remarks at the 2004 JRF Convention in Portland. With Mordecai Kaplan as a role model and the Jewish community and JRF the result, Sheingold argues that tension leads to growth.

Growth Profile—Mishkan Shalom Religious School (Philadelphia, PA)

This report tracks the growth history of Mishkan Shalom's religious school. It includes history, milestones, resources and challenges.