How One Small Congregation Welcomes Strangers
Learn how Beth El Congregation in Harrisonburg, VA, maintains the tradition and spirit of welcoming the stranger that the URJ calls "audacious hospitality."
Learn how Beth El Congregation in Harrisonburg, VA, maintains the tradition and spirit of welcoming the stranger that the URJ calls "audacious hospitality."
Belin Award-winning Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, TX, applied the idea of breath and soul (nefesh) to monthly learning opportunities around social justice themes.
Temple Emanuel of the Merrimack Valley in Lowell, MA, won a 2019 URJ Belin Award for its LGBTQ+ “Uninitiative,” a series of audaciously hospitable actions to welcome and support the congregation’s LGBTQ+ community.
What specific aspects of improving our sacred community do you feel most compelled to take on? With whom do you want to perform this work, and how do you plan on assembling your team?
Looking for innovative opportunities to engage your teens around the High Holidays? These 10 ideas come directly from the source – youth professionals across North America.