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.
Topics: Community Building, Congregational Development, Money and Values, Synagogue Administration, Transitions Type: How to
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.
Topics: Community Building, Congregational and Organizational Life, Congregational Development, Reconstructionism Today, Transitions Type: RT Article
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.
Topics: Congregational Development, Reconstructionism Today, Reconstructionist History, Philosophy and Theology, Transitions Type: RT Article
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.




