Congregational Development - Affiliation Process
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- Article: A Group Discussion About Money (RT Winter 1999/2000)
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article from Reconstructionism Today contains a transcript of a conference call involving Rabbi Shawn Zevit, JRF board members and synagogue representatives from the West Coast Region about the Torah of Money workshops.
- Article: A Jewish Approach To Obligatory Giving
By Bob Leventhal, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article explores our discomfort with money, offers some historical perspective and some contemporary solutions of how American congregations have set up their dues structure.
- Article: Dues And Financial Policy: Our Tax For Jewish Citizenship
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article brings a historical perspective on biblical taxation, suggesting that synagogue dues are a tax for Jewish citizenship. It also introduces the idea of "fair share" dues, where individual members' dues vary based on their income.
- Article: Kehillah Builders: Inreach, Outreach And Membership
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
This article connects effective inreach and outreach in the process of community growth. Thinking about how to grow can help a congregation figure out how to better serve its current members as well.
- Bibliography: Resources On Community Building
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A list of books and periodicals about congregational growth, outreach and inreach.
- How to: Budgets: Living Our Values In A Financial Plan
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide to exploring your community's relationship to money and creating a budget for your congregation based on your values and priorities.
- How to: Organizing Money: Capital Campaigns And Fundraising
By Rabbi Jonathan Malamy, Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A guide to values-based, community-oriented fundraising. Includes sections on general/annual fundraising, capital compaigns and solicitation.
- How to: Ways to Welcome New Members
By Rabbi Shawn Zevit
A list of ways to warmly welcome new members into your community, from partnering new members with veteran members to running special programs for members' uninvolved partners and families.
- Listserve Thread: Synagogue Membership as a Requirement for Religious School Enrollment
By Rabbi Shai Gluskin
A message on the edtalk listserv requested information about not requiring synagogue membership as a way to attract greater number of students to school with declining population. Four congregations responded. None of them have this policy past preschool classes. Consensus was that not requiring membership is generally discouraged as it doesn't serve the community building function of synagogue membership.
- Policy: Recommendation on Membership and School Enrollment
By JRF Task Force On The Role Of Non-Jews In JRF Congregations
An excerpt from Boundaries and Opportunities report on the role of non-Jews in JRF congregations, which includes the commission's recommendations on membership and religious school enrollment. A summary of the report is also available in the Online Resource Library and the full report is available for purchase from the Reconstructionist Press.
- RT Article: Becoming a Reconstructionist Affiliate
By Sam Schrager
Since 2001, Temple Beth Hatfiloh of Olympia, WA has been affiliated with the Reconstructionist Movement. This article chronicles their process and also the reasons for why their congregation overwhelmingly chose to join. This article is a great resource for prospective affiliates.
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