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Administration

ADM.01 Administration
ADM.02 Governance & Organization Survey - Beth Shalom, Kansas City, MO
ADM.03 Disaster Planning for Synagogues - Frenkel & Company, Inc.
ANN.03 Full Annual Report - Temple Israel Center, White Plains, NY
ANN.05 From Strength to Strength: 110th Anniversary - Agudat Achim, Schenectady, NY
ARC.01 Architests - Who to Select As Your Architect
ARC.02 Synagogue Architecture and Interior
BAR.21 B'nai Mitzvah Guidelines (35 Pages) - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
BOA.01 Board of Trustee - Responsibility/Training/Orientation Program
BOA.02 Board of Trustees Handbook 2000 - Anshe Emet, Chicago, IL
BOA.03 Board of Directors Handbook - North Suburban Beth El, Highland Park, IL
* BOA.04 Board of Trustees Handbook: Strategic Plan - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
BUD.01 How to Develop a Budget
BUI.01 Building Fund - Brochures
BUI.02 Building Fund - Campaign
BUI.06 Building Use: Rules/Forms
BUI.05 Building Ambience in Your Structure
BY.01 By-Laws of Congregation Beth Tzedec, Calgary, AB
CAN.01 When A New Cantor Joins the Staff - USCJ Publication
CAN.02 Duties of a Hazzan - Cantors Assembly, NYC; Shaar Shalom, Toronto, ON; Shaarey Zedec, Winnipeg, MB
CAP.02 Capital Campaign (Color Brochure) - Beth El, Montreal, QB
CAP.03 Capital Campaign & Synagogue Renovation - Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
CAR.01 Caring For Your Synagogue: A Working Manual - USCJ Publication
CAT.01 Catering Contract, Question/Answer
COMM.02 Developing Effective Committees
COMM.03 Committees and Committee Structure - Nevah Shalom, Portland, OR
COMM.04a Nineteen Committees: What They Do, How They Do It - USCJ Publication
COMM.06 "Mitzvah" Menu: Things to Do For the Shul - Beth El, Stamford, CT
COMM.07 How Our Shul is Governed: A Model for Synagogue Guidance - Dr. Richard Lederman, Director, USCJ Great Lakes and Rivers Region
* CONG.01 Congregation in Crisis:Road to Reconciliation/Case Study (1999) - Brith Shalom, Houston, TX
CONN.05 Model USCJ Congregation/Rabbinic Contract
CONN.10 Synagogue By-Laws (Sample) - Bet Shira, Miami, FL
CONN.11 Managing Conflict: Motivating Volunteers - Distributed at the USCJ Biennial Convention by Robert Hill and Jan Baron of NAASE
CONN.12 By-Laws/Constitution - Beth Israel, Flint, MI
CONN.13 Constitution/By-Laws (2002) - Sons of Israel, Briarcliff Manor, NY
CONN.14 Constitution/By-Laws - Waterbury, CT
CONN.15 Constitutional By-Laws - Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
CONN.16 Sample Constitution - Beth El, New Rochelle, NY
* CONN.17 Constitution/By-Laws - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
DED.01 Dedication of Stain Glass Windows - Rabbi Joseph Hirsch
DED.02 Dedication Ceremony for a New Synagogue - B'nai Israel, Basking Ridge, NJ
DED.03 Dedication of Sanctuary - Orangetown Jewish Center, Orangeburg, NY
DED.04 Dedication of Expanded Facility: Fund Raising & Dedication - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
DED.05 Groundbreaking Ceremony - Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, OH
DED.06 Dedication of New Building & Transfer of Torahs - Agudas Achim, Austin, TX
EMP.01 Employee Manual - Springfield, MA
EMP.02 Employment Manual (22 Pages) - Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA
EMP.03 Employment Manual (27 pages) - Brith Shalom Knesset Israel, St. Louis, MO (2004)
* EMP.04 Teacher Handbook (2003)
EVA.01 Teacher Evaluation for Success - Cong. Abraham Hillel Moses, W. Bloomfield, MI
EVA.02 Nursery School Director Evaluation/Job Description - Cong. Abraham Hillel Moses, W. Bloomfield, MI
EVA.03 Executive Director Evaluation/Job Description - Cong. Abraham Hillel Moses, W. Bloomfield, MI
EVA.04 Youth Director Evaluation/Job Description - Cong. Abraham Hillel Moses, W. Bloomfield, MI
EVA.05 Religious School Evaluation/Job Description - Cong. Abraham Hillel Moses, W. Bloomfield, MI
EVA.06 Performance Review Form for Synagogue Professionals/Clergy - Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON
EVA.07 Personnel Evaluation Form - Beth El, Bethesda, MD
EVA.08 Cantor Evaluation - Agudath Israel, Ottawa, ON
EVA.09 Rabbinic Evaluation - Emanu-El, Reno, NV
EVA.10 Evaluation Form (Education/Youth) - Beth Sholom, Spokane, WA
EVA.11 Support Staff Evaluation - Adat Ari El, Los Angeles, CA
* EVA.12 Performance Appraisal for Clergy/Professionals - West End Synagogue, Nashville, TN
EXE.01 Executive Director: Responsibilities and Job Description
GAB.01 Gabbai's Handbook
GRO.3 Groundbreaking Ceremony - Temple Emunah, Lexington, KY
GUI.08 Sexual Harassment Policy - USCJ Publication (2004)
GUI.09 Review and Assessment of Professionals and Leadership - USCJ Publication (2004)
HIG.03 High Holiday President Speeches
HIG.05 High Holiday Planning Guide - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
* HIG.10 High Holy Day (Total) Information Booklet - Beth Israel, Owings Mills, MD
HOL.05 Holiday Curriculum: Outline for Teachers, RH/YK, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot - Michael Korman, B'nai Torah Religious School
INT.01 Welcoming Interfaith Families - Temple Emanuel, Newton Centre, MA
JEW.06 "Tuning In" Judaism - A Program of Outreach Through Music - Town & Village Synagogue, New York City
KAS.15 Kashrut Supervision: Rules for Kitchen - Rabbi Paul Drazen
LEA.13 Job Descriptions: All Congregational Professionals - Beth Sholom, Cherry Hill, NJ
LEA. 14 Job Descriptions of Professionals/Clergy - Tifereth Israel, New Bedford, MA
LEA.15 Job Descriptions: Executive Director & Support Staff - B'nai Moshe, W. Bloomfield, MI
LEA.16 3 Samples: Job Description/Contracts for Educational Directors
LEA.19 Leadership Institute: 9 Month training Program to Build Future Leaders - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
LEA.20 Creating a Community of Leaders - Robert Feldgaier, Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON
LEA.21 Leadership Lesson: Yitro to Moshe - Dr. David Lederman
LEA.22 Leadership Workbook - Temple Beth-El, Stamford, CT
LEA.23 Leadership Development: Stages and Components - Har Zion, Penn Valley, PA
LIB.01 Libraries: A Manual for Starting, Revitalizing, Enhancing a Synagogue Library - by Polly Wilkenfield, USCJ Publication
LIB.02 Library: Operation - Resources Programs - B'nai Israel, Rumson, NJ
LIB.03 Library: Program/Mission - Temple Israel, White Plains, NY; Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
LIB.04 Basic Conservative Library
LON.01 Long Range Planning: Surveys
LON.02 Long Range Plan - Ohav Shalom, Albany, NY (700 families)
LON.03 Long Range Planning Guides to What, How, & Why
LON.05 Long Range PLan for Synagogue - Adat Shalom, Farmington Hills, MI
LON.06 Comprehensive Long Range Plan - B'nai Moshe, West Bloomfield, MI
LON.07 Long Range Planning - Beth Jacob, Mendota Heights, MN
LON.08 Strategic Plan: 1999-2002 - Cong. Beth Shalom, San Francisco, CA
LON.09 Long Range Planning Process: 1994 - Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI
MAN.01 Managing a Synagogue Office - Michael L. Simmons, F.S.A.
MEM.02 Techniques to Reach New Members
MEM.03 Membership Brochures
MEM.04 Building an Effective Membership Committee: Ideas & Exercises
MEM.07 Membership - Public Relations
MEM.08 Membership Retention
MEM.09 Membership "Owners Manual" - Pride in Our Total Program
MEM.10 Membership: Integrating New Members
MEM.11 Membership: New Members Orientation
MEM.12 Membership: The Welcoming Interview
MEM.13 New Member Outreach: Prospective Programs Throughout the Year - B'nai Jacob, Woodbridge, CT
MEM.14 Membership Retention Idea - Beth Ahm Israel, Cooper City, FL
MEM.31 A Membership Survey: Location & Design - Samu-El Or Olam, FL
MEM.33 Owner's Manual: A 30 Page Description of Synagogue Life - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
MEM.34 New Members Kit/Application - Ohav Shalom, Albany, NY
MEM.35 Membership Brochure: Head, Heart & Hand - Agudath Israel, Caldwell, NJ
MEM.36 Free Membership for a Year - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
MEM.38 Membership Brochures - JCC of West Hempstead, West Hempstead, NY
MEM.39 Membership Opinion Survey - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
MEM.42 Membership Brochure - B'nai Israel, Basking Ridge, NJ
MEM.43 Membership Form/Tzedakah Form
MEM.44 Membership Information Packet (Full Color) - Shaare Zedek, St. Louis, MO
MEM.45 Membership Newsletter Year in Review 2001-2002 - Beth Tzedec, Calgary, AB
MER.01 Guide & Survey to Mergers
MER.02 Making a Merger Work - Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
MIS.05 A Synagogue's Vision: Mission, Values and Goals - Beth El, Springfield, MA
MOD.01 Model Applications
ORG.02 Organizing A New Conservative Synagogue
PAR.06 Parliamentary Procedure for Effective Synagogue Work - Beth El, Richmond, VA
PER.01 Personnel
PER.02 Personnel Practices
PLA.01 Planning the Future: A UAHC Publication
POL.01 Policy Manual for Congregations - Beth El, Yardley, PA
POL.02 Prohibiting Sexual Misconduct - Chizuk Emuna, Harrisburg, PA
PRE.03 Combating Prejudice and Intolerance - Beth El, Pittsburgh, PA
PRE.08 President's Speech for Yom Kippur 5763 - Beth El, Richmond, VA; Beth Tzedec, Calgary, AB
PRE.09 President's Speech: Kol Nidre 5763 - Beth Tzedec, Calgary, AB
PRE.10 Presidents' Speeches for High Holy Days 2003
PRE.11 More Presidents' Speeches for High Holy Days 2003
PRE.12 Ideas and Stories for High Holy Day Speeches
RAB.01 Rabbinic Search
RAB.02 Rabbi Evaluation
RAB.03 Rabbinic Search Committee: Questionnarie - Olam Tikvah, Fairfax, VA
RAB.04 A Rabbinic Search Approach Guided by RA/USCJ: Rabbinic Profile, Analysis, Proper Scheduling - Kesher Israel, PA
RAB.05 Rabbinic Evaluation for Success: Job Description, Process
RAB.06 Rabbinic Evaluation - Agudath Israel, Ottawa, ON
RAB.09 Senior Rabbi Search - Beth Ami, Santa Rosa, CA; Herzl Ner Tamid, Mercer Island, WA
SEC.01 Security & Synagogue
STR.01 Strategic Plan Work in Progress - Beth El Keser Israel, New Haven, CT
STR.02 Outline for Strategic Planning - USCJ Pacific Southwest Region
STR.03 Strategic Plan: 1998-2002 - Park Synagogue, Cleveland, OH
STR.04 Strategy Gets Results - Beth El, Stamford, CT
STR.05 Strategic Planning - Shaare Tefila, Silver Spring, MD
STR.06 Synagogue Strategy for a Congregation - Linda Stanger
STR.07 Strategic Planning: Synagogue Re-Location - North Hills Synagogue - Cincinnati, OH
STR.08 Developing a Strategic Plan (and a Case Study) - Martin Israel, Beth El, Stamford, CT
SUR.01 Survey - Membership
SUR.02 Congregational Survey & Profile (Sample)
SUR.03 Congregational In House Surveys (3 Samples)
SUR.04 Synagogue Needs and Status Profile - Bellmore Jewish Center, Bellmore, NY
SYN.02 Synagogue - Self Evaluation
SYN.03 Creating Synagogue Archive
SYN.04 Synagogue Art
SYN.08 Synagogue Management: Benefits of the PC
SYN.09 Owners Manual: Synagogue as Beit Tefillah, Beit Midrash, Beit Knesset (30 pages) - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
TOR.02 Torah Protection Registration
TOR.27 Torah Protection Registry - New York, NY
VOL.01 Developing and Training Volunteers: Resource Materials
VOL.02 A Coordinator of Volunteers - Outreach in Membership - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
VOL.03 Why People Volunteer
VOL.04 Recruiting People to Work/Join
VOL.05 Volunteer Coordinator: The Benefit to a Congregation - Beth El, Springfield, MA
WED.03 Wedding: Planning Guides

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Adult Education

ADU.01 Adult Education - Courses
ADU.02 Adult Education - Interest Surveys
ADU.04 Adult Education Beit Midrash - Chizuk Amuno Congregation, Baltimore, MD
ADU.05 Adult Education for Senior Citizens - Syracuse Federation
ADU.06 Adult Education - Hebrew Marathon
ADU.07 Adult Education - Home Study
ADU.08 Adult Education & Philosophy - Dr. Morton K. Siegel, Commission on Jewish Education, Revised 2004
ADU.10 Adult Education 95-97: Classes/Curriculum, Special Program - Beth El, New Rochelle, NY
ADU.11 Adult Education Courses/Curriculum - Temple Israel, Albany, NY
ADU.12 Adult Education Report, Courses - Summit JCC, NJ
ADU.13 Adult Education Report, Announcements, Courses - Ohev Shalom, South Orange, NJ
ADU.15 Adult Education (New) Program, Curriculum - JCC of Paramus, NJ
ADU.16 Adult Education (New) Curriculum, Programs - Olam Tikvah, Fairfax, VA
ADU.17 Comprehensive Program - Adult Education, Classes, Skills, Institutes - Beth El, Bethesda, MD
ADU.18 Adult Learning: "How Awesome This Place?" - Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA; Saul Bendit Adult Institute, Beth El, Bethesda, MD
ADU.19 An Adult Education Cluster - Rabbi Jerome Epstein
ADU.20 The Joys of Being Jewish: Cultural Arts/Adult Education - Congregation Neveh Shalom, Portland, OR
ADU.21 Adult Education: Enrichment Program - Beth Ahm, Aberdeen, NJ
ADU.22 A Total Program: 17 Courses - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
ADU.23 Adult Education: A Total Program - Neve Shalom, Metuchen, NJ
ADU.24 Adult Education: Courses, Classes, Concepts - Variety of Synagogues
ADU.25 Torah at Beth Tzedec - Beth Tzedec, Toronto, ON
ADU.26 Excellence in Adult Education - Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
ADU.27 Scholar-in-Residence Sample Program - Bellmore JC, Bellmore NY
ADU.28 Adult and Family Programs - Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, CA
ADU.29 Torah University: Adult & Family Education - Kol Ami, Tampa, FL
ADU.30 Beit Aharon: Adult Education (Full Program Brochure) - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
ADU.31 Jewish Cultural Arts: Scholar-in-Residence - Beth El, Rochester, NY
ADU.32 Lifelong Learning (Adult & Family Learning) - Ohav Shalom, Cincinnati, OH
ADU.33 The David Story: Adult Education About King David (Classes, Art) - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
ADU.34 Torah Above All Else: A Year of Learning (13 page color brochure) - Beth Tzedec, Toronto, ON
ADU.35 Fall/Winter 2002 Adult Education Program Brochure - Jewish Center of Princeton, NJ
ADU.36 Adult Education - Temple Shalom, Bridgewater, NJ
ADU.37 Adult Stories: Courses, Lecture Studies - Beth Shalom, San Francisco, CA
ADU.38 Adult Education: A Learners Community (brochure) - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
ADU.39 Chez Torah: A Feast for Your Soul - Shomrei Torah, West Hills, CA
ADU.40 Torah University - Shelter Rock Jewish Center, Roslyn, NY
ADU.41 Feast of the Mind: A Jewish Sampler - Adath Jeshurun, Minnetonka, MN
ADU.42 Festival of Psalms (Scholar-in-Residence Program) - B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek, CA
ADU.43 Distinguished Lecture Series & Adult Education - Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
BAR.01 Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Curriculum & Program
BAS.02 Basic Judaism: Curriculum and Outline - Hartford, CT; Washington, DC
BUI.03 Building Dialogue Between Jews and African-Americans
* CHE.09A Guidelines for Cheva Kadisha - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
* CHE.09B Report from Death and Mourning Commission
CONN.07 Should I Convert to Judaism - Rans Hillel
CONN.08 Conversion Institute: Course Outline, Curriculum - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
CONN.09 Institute in Basic Judaism - Experiential Jews by Choice Project
DAF.01 Daf HaYomi: Home Daily Study - Beth Jacob, Mendota Heights, MN
DIV.01 Jewish Law of Divorce - Rabbi E. Gershfield
EDU.01 Synagogue School Manuals
EDU.02 Solomon Schechter High School Mission, Curriculum, Program - SSDS, Long Island
EDU.03 "JET": Jewish Education Together - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
FAM.39 Jewish Family Life Education - Beth Ahm, Springfield, NJ
FAM.40 Hay Family Education Program - Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
FAM.41 Jewish Family Life Education - Temple Shalom, Bridgewater, NJ
FAM.42 Jewish Family Life Education - Morristown Jewish Center, Morristown, NJ
FAM.43 Jewish Family Life Education - B'nai Shalom, West Orange NJ
FAM.44 Jewish Journeys: Family Program & Education Guide - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
FAM.45 Program and Education Guide - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
GUI.06 Guide to Gabbai - Beth El, Vancouver, BC
HAV.03 Havurah Handbook - B'nai Israel, Rockville, MD
HAV.05 How to Start a Synagogue Havurah - Adat Ari El, North Hollywood, CA
HAV.06 Havurah: How to Start, Develop, Implement and Program - Congregation Mosaic Law - Sacramento, CA
HAV.07 Creating a Havurah - Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA
HEA.03 Healing Service
JEW.06 "Tuning-In" Judaism: A Program of Outreach Through Music - Town & Village Synagogue, New York City
JEW.07 Congregants of Excellence: A Program to Educate Jews - Shaare Tefilah, Norwood, MA
JEW.08 An Invitation to Jewish Life Conversion - The Hillel Institute, Commach, NJ
JEW.09 Jewish Living Now: 25 Successful PRograms in New Jersey Congregations (1996) - USCJ New Jersey Region
KAS.13 Kashrut: Diet for the Soul (4 Part Workshop) - B'nai Israel, Millburn, NJ
KDU.01 Kedushah
KOA.02 Best Campuses for Jewish Life - Koach
KOA.03 Programming for College Students ("Koach") - Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
KOA.04 College Outreach (New) - Temple Israel, White Plains, NY; B'nai Torah, Boca Raton, FL
KOS.05 "A Kosher Taste": Encouraging Observance of Kashrut and Use of Kosher Establishments - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
LAS.01 Lashon Hara - Gossip and Talebearing
LEA.01 Learner's Minyan
LEA.12 Synagogue Human Resource Development - Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
LEA.24 Day of Celebration: Etz Chaim Humash - Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill, MA
MEN.01 Mentoring: For Jewish Learning
MIK.01 The Making of a Mikvah in a Conservative Synagogue - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
NEW.01 Dr. Jud Newborn: Holocaust Expert, Guest Speaker, Scholar-in-Residence
ORT.01 Orthodoxy and Halakha
PRO.04 Happenings, Programs, Services - Temple Emanuel, Newton Centre, MA
RIT.04 Ritual Committee Decision to Include Imahot (text study) - Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, OH
RIT.05 Changing Role of Women in Ritual - Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON
SEN.03 The Sandwich Generation: "Caring for the Aging Parents" Jewish Perspective/Program - Har Shalom, Potomac, MD
SHA.12 Shabbat in Remembrance of Israeli MIA: Prayers/Activism - Prepared by Orthodox Union
SHA.16 Shabbat Family Dinners - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
SHA.19 Shabbat Service Guide: A Mentoring Project - Beth Tikvah, Greenacres, FL
* SHA.23 Just One Shabbos (2004): Challah Making, Cholent, Dinner, Programs - Har Zion, Philadelphia, PA
TOR.04 Torathon - An Evening of Jewish Learning
TOR. 21 Project Ezra: A Study Program to Introduce the Entire Tanakh in One Year - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
TOR.22 Torathon - Fair Lawn Jewish Center, Fair Lawn, NJ
TOR.23 A Week of Torah Study - Yad Yaakov Fund for Jewish Education, Berkeley, CA
TOR.25 The Ba'al Korei Institute - North Suburban Synagogue Beth-El, Highland Park, IL
WOM.03 Women's Rosh Hodesh - Adult Education
ZIO.01 Zionism - Script by Rabbi Robert Binder
ZIO.02 Holding the Line? Misconceptions and Differences Between Israeli and American Jews - Script by Rabbi Robert Binder (USCJ Publication)

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Bar/Bat Mitzvah

BAR.01 Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Curriculum and Program
BAR.03 Bar/Bat Mitzvah - Policy and GuideAR/BAT MITZVAH - POLICY AND GUIDE
BAR.05 Bar Mitzvah Family Projects
BAR.06 A 13 Step Mitzvah Program for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
BAR.07 Honors Aliyah Program (HAP): Program for Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah - Beth Israel, Sunrise, FL
BAR.08 Gesher Tzar Meod - 3 Step Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program for Families - Shaare Tefilla, Silver Spring, MD
BAR.10 Handbook for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Family - Beth El, Bethesda, MD
BAR.11 Adult Education: Entry Level Hebrew/Jewish Literacy, Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah - Adas Israel, Washington, DC
BAR.12 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Guide - Bnai Torah, Boca Raton, FL
BAR.13 Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Educational Outreach - New City JC, New City, NY
BAR.14 Chesed for Bar/Bat Mitzvah
BAR.15 Bnai Mitzvah: Guide to Observance - Beth El Keser Israel, New Haven, CT
BAR.16 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Procedures & Regulations - Beth Shalom, Manchester, CT
BAR.17 Guide to the Total Bar/Bat Mitzvah - Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, NY
BAR.18 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Training Program - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
BAR.19 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Anniversary Aliya - Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
BAR.20 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Simchat Torah Celebration - Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
BAR.21 B'nai Mitzvah Guidelines (35 Pages) - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
BAR.22 B'nai Mitzvah Volunteer Projects - Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ
BAR.23 The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program: From Date to Curriculum, Services, Classes, Mitzvot & More Simcha, Honors, Dvar Torah - Boca Raton, FL (60+ page)
BAT.01 Bat Mitzvah Program and Service Outline - B'nai Israel, Basking Ridge, NJ
EDU.03 "JET": Jewish Education Together - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
FAM.06 Education Outreach to Parents
FAM.19 Family Education - Goals
FAM.21 Family Education - Making a Mensch
FAM.22 Family Education - Trip to Israel
GUI.05 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Observance Guide - Beth El Keser Israel, New Haven, CT
MIN.03 Building a Teen Minyan - Plainview Jewish Center, Plainview, NY

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Bible

BIB.01 Children's Bible Simualtions: Patriarchs and Noah
BIB.02 Dramatic Reading of the Book of Ruth - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
BIB.03 Dramatic Reading of Song of Songs - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
BIB.04 Dramatic Reading of the Book of Ecclesiastes - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
BIB.05 Dramatic Reading of Lamentations - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
BIB.06 Dramatic Reading of the Book of Esther - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
BIB.07 Dramatic Reading of "Out of Egypt " (Exodus Ch. 1-15) - West Suburban Har Zion, Chicago, IL
* BIB.08 Biblical Garden in 18 Sections on Synagogue Grounds Representing Israel, Jewish Values, Mitzvot - Congregation B'nai Zion, El Paso, TX
FAM.02 Family Education - Noah's Animals
FAM.03 Family Education - Treasure Hunt
LEA.24 Day of Celebration: Etz Chaim Humash - Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill, MA
TAL.01 Teaching Talmud
TOR.04 Torathon - An Evening of Jewish Learning
TOR.22 Torathon - Fair Lawn Jewish Center, Fair Lawn, NJ

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Birth

BAB.01 Baby Naming - Ceremony
BAB.02 Procedures for Brit Naming and Pidyon HaBen - Beth Israel, Vancouver, BC
BAB.03 Guide to Rituals of Baby Naming & Bringing a Child Into Jewish Life - Beth Israel, Milwaukee, WI
BAB.04 Baby Naming - Simchat Bat/Brit Chaim (Sample Service) - USCJ Publication
BAB.05 Laws and Customs for Brit, Baby Naming, Pidyon HaBen - USCJ Publication
BIR.01 Guide to Jewish Birth Ceremonies - Rabbi David H. Teitelbaum
BIR.02 Rules and Customs of the Priestly Blessing
BRI.01 Brit Milah and Simhat Bat - Guides - Ritual
BRI.03 Brit Milah: Ceremony, Participants, Tefillot
PID.01 Pidyon HaBen
TOT.04 Tot Shabbat Does Purim - Beth Emunah, Brockton, MA

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Budget

BUD.01 How to Develop a Budget
BUI.01 Building Fund Procedures
DUE.01 Developing a Synagogue Dues Policy
DUE.02 Synagogue Dues - A Fair Share Approach
DUE.04 Voluntary Dues Policy: Assessment - Dr. Joel Streiker, Brandeis University
DUE.05 Dues Adjustment
DUE.06 Guidelines for Talking Dues - Prepared by UAHC-CCAR, Rabbi Renni Altman, Editor
FIN.01 Financial Planning in the Synagogue
FIN.02 Financial Reporting in a Synagogue - Richard Price, President, USCJ New Jersey Region
FUN.17 Comprehensive Long Term Development Initiative - Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, ON
HOL.05 Holiday Curriculum: Outline for Teachers, RH/YK, Purim, Pesach, Shavuot - Michael Korman, B'nai Torah Religious School
KOL.01 Kol Nidre Speeches for a Campaign
KOL.02 Kol Nidre Campaign - Statement by USCJ
KOL.03 Kol Nidre Fundraising President's Speeches
LON.05 Long Range Financial Planning
LON.07 Long Range Planning - Beth Jacob Congregation, Mendota Heights, MN
MOR.01 Mortgage Burning
MEM.41 Dues Renewal, Easy Pay "Dues Plus Aliyah" - Beth Torah Adath Yeshurun, North Miami Beach, FL

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Chesed

ACC.01 Making a Synagogue Accessible to All
ACC.02 Guidelines to Services Including the Hearing Impaired - USCJ Publication
BAR.14 Chesed for Bar/Bat Mitzvah
BAR.22 B'nai Mitzvah Volunteer Projects - Beth Israel, Scotch Plains, NJ
BIK.01 A Guide for Hospital Patients - Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum
BIK.02 Guide to Visiting the Sick: Give Me Your Hand - Jane Handler Yurow
BIK.03 Bikur Holim: Hospital Visitation - Temple Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
BIK.04 Bikur Holim Committee in Action - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
CHE.01 Gemilut Chesed: Congregational Caring Projects
CHE.04 Programs to Feed the Hungry
CHE.05 Chesed Committee: An Extensive Presentation of Committees, Promotion, Publicity, and Work of Caring in the Community - Beth Tikvah, Willowdale, ON
CHE.06 Hearing Impaired System in the Sanctuary - Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
CHE.07 "LIFT" Synagogue Accessibility - Sons of Israel, Leonia, NJ
CHE.08 Chesed Committee: Deeds of Love - Adath Israel, Toronto, ON
* CHE.09A Guidelines for Chevra Kadisha - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
* CHE.09B Report from Death and Mourning Commission
HEA.03 Healing Service
ORG.01 Organ/Tissue Donation
MIT.21 Mitzvah Mania: Gemilut Hesed - Ohr Kodesh, Chevy Chase, MD
MIT.22 Mitzvah Day: Gemilut Hesed - B'nai Shalom, Olney, MD
MIT.23 Mitzvah Mania Day - JCC of West Hempstead, NY
MIT.24 Mitzvah Mania - JCC of West Hempstead, West Hempstead, NY
MIT.25 Mitzvah Day - B'nai Israel, St. Petersburg, FL
MIT.26 Mitzvah Pledge Program - Temple Emunah, Lexington, MA
MIT 27 Mitzvah Day - JCC of Paramus, Paramus, NJ
MIT 28 Mitzvah Day 2001 - Beth El, Margate, NJ
SOC.01 Social Action: Program Ideas
SOC.02 Social ActioN: Stop the Violence
SOC.03 Social Action: Helping the Homeless - Adas Israel, Washington, DC
SOC.04 Ma'asim Tovim: Social Action/Yom Kippur, Homeless, Cooking, Delivering, Creating a Caring Community - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
SOC.08 Social Action Newsletter - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
SOC.09 Social Action - B'nai Israel, Millburn, NJ
* SOC.12 Community Social Action Programs 2004 - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
TZE.03 Tzedakah Fair - Town & Village Synagogue
TZE.04 Cafe Tzedakah: Social Action Program - Mishkan Torah, Greenbelt, MD

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Committees

ADU.08 Adult Education & Philosophy - Dr. Morton K. Siegel, Commission on Jewish Education, Revised 2004
ADU.30 Beit Aharon: Adult Education (Full Program Brochure) - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
ADM.03 Disaster Planning for Synagogues - Frenkel & Company, Inc.
BIK.01 A Guide for Hospital Patients - Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum
BIK.02 Guide to Visiting the Sick: Give Me Your Hand - by Jane Handler Yurow
BIK.04 Bikur Holim Committee in Action - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
BOA.01 Board of Trustee - Responsibility/Training/Orientation Program
BOA.02 Board of Trustees Handbook (2000) - Anshe Emet, Chicago, IL
BOA.03 Board of Directors Handbook - North Suburban Beth-El, Highland Park, IL
* BOA.04 Board of Trustees Handbook: Strategic Plan - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
BUI.07 Facilities Plan: A Full, Detailed Expansion Project - Har Shalom, Potomac, MD
BY.01 By-Laws of Congregation Beth Tzedec, Calgary, ALB
CAP.03 Capital Campaign & Synagogue Renovation - Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
CAR.01 Caring for Your Synagogue: A Working Manual - USCJ Publication
CAT.01 Catering Contract - Question/Answer
COMM.02 Developing Effective Committees
COMM.03 Committees and Committee Structure - Neveh Shalom, Portland, OR
COMM.04 Nineteen Candles: What They Do, How They Do It - USCJ Publication
COMM.06 "Mitzvah" Menu: Things to Do for the Shul - Beth El, Stamford, CT
*COMM.07 How Our Shul is Governed: A Model for Synagogue Guidance - Dr. Richard Lederman, Director, USCJ Great Lakes and Rivers Region
CONN.02 Writing a Synagogue Constitution - USCJ Publication
CONN.03 Constitution - Samples/Example
CONN.10 Synagogue By-Laws (Sample) - Bet Shira, Miami, FL
CONN.13 Constitutions/By-Laws (2002) - Sons of Israel, Briarcliff Manor, NY
CONN.14 Constitution/By-Laws - Beth El, Waterbury, CT
CONN.15 Constitutional By-Laws - Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
CONN.16 Sample Constitution - Beth El, New Rochelle, NY
* CONN.17 Constitution By-Laws - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
END.01 Endowments - Synagogues
FIL.01 Film Series - Beth El, Richmond, VA
FIN.01 Financial Planning in the Synagogue
FUN.17 Comprehensive Long Term Development Initiative - Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, ON
GAB.01 Gabbai's Handbook
GAB.02 Gabbai Guidelines - Rodef Shalom, Newport News, VA
GIF.01 Gift Shop: Synagogue - USCJ Publication
HAV.06 Havurah: How to Start, Develop, Implement, and Program - Congregation Mosaic Law, Sacramento, CA
* HIG.10 High Holy Day (Total) Information Booklet - Beth Israel, Owings Mills, MD
JEW.06 "Tuning-In" Judaism: A Program of Outreach Through Music - Town & Village Synagogue, New York City
* KOA.06 A Year of College Programming & Connecting Synagogue to Student (20 pages) - B'nai Israel, St. Petersburg, FL
LEA.20 Creating a Community of Leaders - Robert Feldgaier, Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON
LEA.21 Leadership Lesson: Yitro to Moshe - Dr. Richard Lederman
LEA.22 Leadership Workbook - Temple Beth-El, Stamford, CT
LEA.23 Leadership Development: Series and Components - Har Zion, Penn Valley, PA
LON.09 Long range Planning Process: 1994 - Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI
MEM.43 Membership Form/Tzedakah Form
MEM.49 Outreach to Gain New Members - Beth Am, Margate, FL
PAR.06 Parliamentary Procedure for Effective Synagogue Work - Beth El, Richmond, VA
PEE.01 Peer Tutor Program: B'nai Mitzvah - Beth Shalom, Spokane, WA
PER.01 Personnel
PER.02 Personnel Practices
RIT.04 Ritual Committee Decision to Include Imahot (text study) - Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, OH
RIT.05 Changing Role of Women in Ritual - Beth Tikvah, Toronto, ON
TEE.01 Commission on Substance Abuse/Teens in Crisis
STR.06 Synagogue Strategy for a Congregation - Linda Stanger
STR.07 Strategic Planning: Synagogue Re-Location - Northern Hills Synagogue, Cincinnati, OH
STR.08 Developing a Strategic Plan (and a case study) - Martin Israel, Beth El, Stamford, CT
VOL.01 Developing and Training Volunteers: Resource Material
VOL.02 A Coordinator of Volunteers: Outreach in Membership - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
VOL.03 Why People Volunteer
VOL.04 Recruiting People to Work/Join
VOL.05 Volunteer Coordinator: The Benefit to a Congregation - Beth El, Springfield, MA

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Computers

COMP.01 Computer Communication - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ

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Death and Mourning

BER.01 Bereavement - Support Group
BER.02 Spiritual Relief: The Dying Process: A Survey
BER.03 Conference on Bereavement
CEM.01 Cemetary Rules
* CHE.09A Guidelines for Chevra Kadisha - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
* CHE.09B Report from Death and Mourning Commission
FUN.29 Funeral Practice Guide - Ohr Kodesh, Chevy Chase, MD
KAD.01 Kaddish
MOU.01 In Support of Mourners: Articles and Information
MOU.03 Funeral Directors & Ritual of Healing
YIZ.01 Yizkor Books
YIZ.03 Yizkor Appeal Speeches
YIZ.04 Community Yizkor Services - North Shore Jewish Center, Port Jefferson, NY; B'nai Aviv, Weston, FL

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Education - Formal

AID.01 AIDS - A Jewish Response - USCJ Publication
AID.02 AIDS - Jewish Response
AID.03 AIDS Awareness Education Program - Har Shalom, Potomac, MD
ADU.08 Adult Education & Philosophy - Dr. Morton K. Siegel, Commission on Jewish Education, Revised 2004
ADU.24 Adult Education: Courses, Classes, Concepts - A Variety of Synagogues
ADU.27 Scholar-in-Residence Sample Program - Bellmore Jewish Center, Bellmore, NY
ADU.28 Adult and Family Programs - Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, CA
ADU.30 Beit Aharon: Adult Education (Full Program Brochure) - Ahavat Achim, Atlanta, GA
ADU.31 Jewish Cultural Arts: Scholar-in-Residence - Beth El, Rochester, NY
ADU.33 The David Story: Adult Education About King David (Classes, Art) - Beth El, Baltimore, MD
ADU.32 Lifelong Learning (Adult & Family Learning) - Ohav Shalom, Cincinnati, OH
ADU.34 Torah Above All Else: A Year of Learning (13 page color brochure) - Beth Tzedec, Toronto, ON
ADU.35 Fall/Winter 2002 Adult Education Program Brochure - Jewish Center of Princeton, NJ
ADU.36 Adult Education - Temple Shalom, Bridgewater, NJ
ADU.37 Adult Studies: Courses, Lectures, Studies - Bet Shalom, San Francisco, CA
ADU.38 Adult Education: A Learners Community (brochure) - B'nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD
ADU.39 Chez Torah: A Feast for Your Soul - Shomrei Torah, West Hills, CA
ADU.40 Torah University - Shelter Rock Jewish Center, Roslyn, NY
ADU.41 Feast of the Mind: A Jewish Sampler - Adath Jeshurun, Minnetonka, MN
ADU.42 Festival of Psalms (Scholar-in-Residence Program) - B'nai Shalom, Walnut Creek, CA
BAR.23 The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program: From Date to Curriculum, Services, Classes, Mitzvot & More Simcha, Honors, Dvar Torah (60+ pages) - B'nai Torah, Boca Raton, FL
BAS.02 Basic Judaism: Curriculum and Outline - Hartford, CT; Washington, DC
BUI.03 Building Dialogue Between Jews and African-Americans
CHI.01 Childhood Education - CAJE
CHI.02 Children's Shabbat
CHI.03 Child Care Centers in Conservative Synagogues - Temple Adath Yeshurun, Syracuse, NY
CONN.01 Confirmation - B'nai Israel, Rockville, MD
CONN.07 Should I Convert to Judaism - Rans Hillel
CONN.08 Conversion Institute: Course Outline, Curriculum - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
CONN.09 Institute in Basic Judaism: Experiential Jews by Choice Project
CAT.01 Catering Contract, Question/Answer
CUL.02 Cults, Missionaries and Jewish Community: A USCJ Resource Guide
DAF.01 Daf HaYomi: Home Daily Study - Beth jacob, Mendota Heights, MN
DIS.02 Program to Discover Shabbat - Har Shalom, Potomac, MD
DRU.01 Synagogue Responses to Drug and Alcohol Abuse
EDU.01 Synagogue School Manuals
EDU.02 Solomon Schechter High School Mission, Curriculum, Program - SSDS Long Island
EDU.04 Special Education Program - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
* EMP.04 Teacher Handbook (2003)
FAM.39 Jewish Family Life Education - Beth Ahm, Springfield, NJ
FAM.40 Hay Family Education Program - Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
FAM.41 Jewish Family Life Education - Temple Shalom, Bridgewater, NJ
FAM.42 Jewish Family Life Education - Morristown Jewish Center, Morristown, NJ
FAM.43 Jewish Family Life Education - B'nai Shalom, West Orange, NJ
FAM.44 Jewish Journeys: Family Program & Education Guide - Marlboro Jewish Center, Marlboro, NJ
FAM.45 Program and Education Guide - Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
GUI.07 Guide to Shabbat Morning Service - Shaare Zedek, Amherst, NY
HAV.01 Havurah Resource Packet
HAV.02 Havurah General Information
HAV.03 Havurah Handbook - B'nai Israel, Rockville, MD
HAV.05 How to Start a Synagogue Havurah - Adat Ari El, North Hollywood, CA
HAV.06 Havurah: How to Start, Develop, Implement, and Program - Congregation Mosaic Law, Sacramento, CA
HEB.02 Hebrew Language Lab & Resource Center - Ohavay Zion, Lexington, KY
HEB.03 Hebrew High School - Temple Sholom, Bridgewater, NJ
HOL.04 Holocaust Observance Programs - North Shore Jewish Center, Port Jefferson, NY
JEW.01 Jewish Toys and Games
JEW.02 Jewish Parenting Series
JEW.06 "Tuning-In" Judaism: A Program of Outreach Through Music - Town & Village Synagogue, New York City
JEW.07 Congregants of Excellence: A Program to Educate Jews - Shaare Tefilah, Norwood, MA
JEW.08 An Invitation to Jewish Life Conversion - The Hillel Institute, Commach, NJ
KDU.01 Kedushah
KOA.02 Best Campuses for Jewish Life - Koach
KOA.03 Programming for College Students: "Koach" - Beth Shalom, Livingston, NJ
KOA.04 College Outreach - Temple Israel, White Plains, NY; B'nai Torah, Boca Raton, FL
KOA.05 Off to College: Send Off Service - Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
LAS.01 Lashon Hara - Gossip and Talebearing
LEA.12 Synagogue: Human Resource Development - Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
MEN.01 Mentoring: For Jewish Learning
MEN.02 Mentoring Months - Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
MEN.03 Peer Mitzvah Mentoring - Beth Tzedec, Toronto, ON
MIS.03 A Jewish Answer to Christian Missionaries - (Chapter) by Rabbi Chaim Picker
MIS.04 Messianic Jews Are Not Jews - Rabbi J. Waxman
ORT.01 Orthodoxy and Halakha
PAR.02 Parent Education
PRE.03 Combating Prejudice and Intolerance - Beth El, Pittsburgh, PA
PUR.01 Purim Guides
PUR.02 Purim - Programs
PUR.03 Purim - Children's Service
PUR.04 Purim Service for Children or Families - Woodbridge, CT
PUR.05 Purim Extravaganza, Megilah, Contemporary Tunes - Beth El, W. Hartford, CT
PUR.06 Purim Shpiel, Sound of Shushan - Orangetown, NY
PUR.07 Purim Shpiel, Rock Around the Megillah - Orangetown, NY
PUR.08 Shalach Manot: Mitzvah & Program - Shearith Israel, Dallas, TX
PUR.09 The Four "Mem" Mitzvot of Purim - USCJ Publication
PUR.10 Purim Shpiel
PUR.11 6 Purim Skits
SHA.10 Shabbat Celebration - Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Minneapolis, MN
SHA.12 Shabbat in Remembrance of Israeli MIA: Prayers & Activism - Prepared by Orthodox Union
SYN.07 Synagogue 2000: A Vision
TAL.01 Teaching Talmud
TEF.06 Friday Night Live: Service - Beth Yeshurun, Houston, TX
TES.01 Teaching Teshuvah in the School
TGI.02 T.G.I.S. Create a User-Friendly Shabbat A.M. Worship - Beth Am, Los Angeles, CA
TIS.01 The 17th of Tammuz; Three Weeks; Tisha B'Av - USCJ Publication
TIS.02 Guide to Tisha B'Av and Readings
TOR.21 Project Ezra: A Study Program to Introduce the Entire Tanakh in One Year - Ohev Shalom, Orlando, FL
TOR.23 A Week of Torah Study - Yad Yaakov Fund for Jewish Education, Berkeley, CA
TZE.01 Tzedaka Projects
TZE.02 Tzedek (Righteousness) Projects and Ideas - Women's League of Conservative Judaism Publication
VAL.01 Value Clarification on the Jewish Family and Jewish Community - USCJ Publication
WEL.01 Hachnassat Orchim: Welcoming Guests - Source Material
WIL.01 Wills: Benefitting the Synagogue
WIL.02 Ethical Wills
WIL.04 Ethics: Ethical Wills, Programs - Women's League of Conservative Judaism Publication
YOU.06 Targeting Teens to Judaism: A Scholarship Incentive Project - Ohev Shalom, York, PA
YID.01 The Yiddish Circle - Beth El Mekor Chayim, Cranford, NJ
ZIO.01 Zionism: Script by Rabbi Robert Binder

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Family Education

ABO.01 Abortion (Controversy) - USCJ Publication
ADU.28 Adult and Family Programs - Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, CA
ADU.29 Torah University: Adult & Family Education - Kol Ami, Tampa, FL
BAR.08 Gesher Tzar Meod: 3 Step Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program for Families - Shaare Tefilla, Silver Spring, MD
BAR.19 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Anniversary Aliya - Beth Shalom, Livington, NJ
BAR.23 The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program: From Date to Curriculum, Services, Classes, Mitzvot & More Simcha, Honors, Dvar Torah (60+ pages) - B'nai Torah, Boca Raton, FL
BAS.01 Baseball - Jewish Players
BIB.01 Children's Bible Simulations: Patriarchs and Noah
* BIB.08 Biblical Garden: In 18 Sections on Synagogue Grounds Representing Israel, Jewish Values, Mitzvot - Congregation B'nai Zion, El Paso, TX
CHA.01 Chanukah - At Home
CONN.07 Shoudl I Convert to Judaism - Rans Hillel
DAF.01 Daf HaYomi: Home Daily Study - Beth Jacob, Mendota Heights, MN
DIS.02 Progra