Friday, April 9, 2010

A really good article

Someone on slate (or maybe it was HuffPo, I can't remember) referred to the Ipad as a solution to a problem that didn't exist (yet). Sometimes I feel like synagogues, at least as we perpetuate and realize them today, are kind of like ipads. Are we focused too much on the institution that we forget to ask the question of what said institution is supposed to actually do? It's an important question. and if you're at all interested in synagogues or what it means to create meaningful Jewish community, you need to read this. Right now. It asks all the right questions.

So let me ask you this question: what is the purpose of the synagogue? What is your ideal synagogue (or Jewish community)? And what would it take to make the community you do affiliate with your ideal congregation?

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