A guide designed to assist you in the process and discipline of long-range planning to help your congregation achieve its future goals.

The nuts and bolts of making bylaws, constitutions, and policies. Includes templates and a Think Small section.

It is the responsibility of Board Members to ensure their synagogue is an ethical stronghold and thus enter into a brit kodesh - sacred covenant.

This guide encourages synagogues to consider the ways in which they can organize and utilize their wealth of human potential to build and strengthen their community.

A detailed overview of everything you need to know in your new role as a trustee of your Reform congregation.

Create synagogue institutions that function with clear awareness of the past and present so they can be managed with proactive deliberation rather than reactive disorder.

Learn the basics of preserving your congregation's heritage.

A guide addressing the particular areas in which the synagogue and its clergy can provide comfort and assistance to its members during times of loss.

Examples of Union congregations' funeral and cemetery policies.

Identity theft and protection of personal information have become very important topics in today's technological world, and congregations are not immune to these concerns. The Federal Trade Commission recently laid out their "Red Flag" rules and there is a new Massachusetts regulation in effect that is aimed at protecting personal information.

A primer for any congregation engaging in advocacy.

Updated in 2011, this publication offers some guidance regarding certain financial and legal requirements congregations must meet in order to accomplish its mission.

Ethical issues are always a struggle and this guide sheds some light on ethics-based Jewish teaching.

Learn how to make your synagogue's mission statement meaningful and reflective of your congregational community.