CCAR Journal

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Future of the Synagogue

Amy L. Sales

CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly

Winter 2009 Issue

 

This article imagines possibilities for the future of the synagogue by examining the forces currently pushing on the institution. As part of the nonprofit sector, the synagogue is subject to the same trends affecting all nonprofit agencies. As a congregation, it is affected by the weakened Judaic knowledge, values, and belief of the rising generation.The successful synagogue of the future will understand these forces and respond proactively.

 

Reprinted with permission.