tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123924743583572207.post3088670576235449675..comments2023-11-24T03:47:26.226-05:00Comments on A Good Question!: Lech Lecha: Walking the WalkRabbi Yair Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509035332105271598noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9123924743583572207.post-35764587296951399172013-10-24T17:31:37.056-04:002013-10-24T17:31:37.056-04:00Been plowing through the text of the Pew Report th...Been plowing through the text of the Pew Report this week, as the findings seem consistent with my own assessment of myself and how my attachment to Judaism has taken a number of transitions over fifty or so year. Somebody, or more accurately a lot of people, afforded me a pretty decent education which goes on to this day. But along the way, that acquired knowledge and understanding came into conflict with a fair amount of experience. A few Sacred Cows got schected for good reason. There is always elements of moving from and heading to.<br /><br />The Pew Report as I understand it seems very consistent with the two landmark books of this year, Sid Schwarz's Jewish Megatrends and Ron Wolfson's Relational Judaism which describe how Jewish life has become more personalized. Neither of these folks are really organizational Darwinists in the classic sense. Megatrends in particular includes essays largely from people who have been very much a part of the Jewish organizational system. Where they differ from the synagogues and Federations whose participation has depleted over a generation is the recognition that attachment to an organizational mission has to be earned and they go about with innovative alluring programs to do just that. Contrast this with the prototypical Federation or synagogue macher who just assumes that there must be something inferior about the individual who had an adverse experience with their organization. And while Ron and Sid and the Megatrend essayists want the organizations to adapt to the people but valuing relationships over programs, they recognize that the Jewish world is really big and they can demand no more loyalty to them than the citizens of Ur could demand of Avram.furrydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556282999141152154noreply@blogger.com