USCJ Blog
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Sulam for Leaders: Getting Off to a Great Start
August 25, 2022 28 Av, 5782USCJ's Sulam for Leaders has developed these webinars to help synagogue leaders plan their leadership years as we begin 5783.
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What Softball Can Teach Us About Innovative Thinking
August 24, 2022 27 Av, 5782Aimee Close, USCJ's Director of Synagogue Leadership & Innovation shares her insight on the parallels between playing softball and reaching creative new ideas.
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Life and Legacy: A Webinar Series
August 1, 2022 4 Av, 5782
A four-part web series designed to help congregations develop a legacy and endowment program.
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Special Feature: Creating Sacred Community - USCJ's Next Big Read and Virtual Conference
July 27, 2022 28 Tammuz, 5782
Read Dr. Ron Wolfson and Rabbi Brett Kopin's book before USCJ's virtual Fall Conference.
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Spotlight On: Cantor Sarah Levine
July 27, 2022 28 Tammuz, 5782
For this month’s Spotlight I interviewed Cantor Sarah Levine, the Cantor of B'nai Aviv in Weston, Florida. Read more here.
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New MRF for 2022-2023
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Spotlight On: Noah Hichenberg
June 29, 2022 30 Sivan, 5782
For this month’s Spotlight I interviewed Noah Hichenberg, the Gan HaYeled Preschool Director at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington DC. Read more here.
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Special Feature: Rabbinic Transitions
June 29, 2022 30 Sivan, 5782Transitions are rarely easy but they can be easier when done with intention. Read Rabbi Ilana C. Garber's piece on Rabbinic transitions.
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Conservative Judaism’s new narrative on Jewish intermarriage
June 22, 2022 23 Sivan, 5782
Other Jewish movements have opened their tents for a while now. It is exciting to see how the most centrist movement is navigating tradition and modernity.
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A Conservative Juneteenth Haggadah
June 7, 2022 8 Sivan, 5782A program run by and for Jewish Black Americans and those who wish to join in educational, informative, and commemorative celebration.
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Reflection on Shavuot
June 3, 2022 4 Sivan, 5782
Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg reflects on what it means to grow in our Torah learning this Shavuot and everyday.
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Celebrating “Interfaith” Weddings: How Culture Can Unite Families
June 3, 2022 4 Sivan, 5782
Dr. Keren McGinity, USCJ's Interfaith Specialist, reflects on wedding season. Read more to understand why in many ways, every marriage is an intermarriage.
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Spotlight On: Jennifer Dennis
June 3, 2022 4 Sivan, 5782
For the June issue of Leadership Connections’ Spotlight we interviewed the incoming President at Emanuel Synagogue in Oklahoma City, Jennifer Dennis.
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Balancing Judaism and College
May 27, 2022 26 Iyar, 5782Stephanie Kallish, last year's USY International Israel Affairs VP, writes about her experience at Brandeis University and finding balance in her Jewish life.
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Special Feature: Gulienne Rollins-Roshin
May 25, 2022 24 Iyar, 5782Meet USCJ'S new Racial Justice Specialist, Gulienne Rollins-Rishon.
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