USCJ Blog
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Cyber Security and Ransomware: Protecting Your Community
June 30, 2021 20 Tammuz, 5781A selection of resources to assist synagogues with their cyber security needs.
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Dedicating a Day to Honor Holocaust Survivors
June 16, 2021 6 Tammuz, 5781Consider dedicating one day to the honor and celebrate the lives and accomplishments of the Shoah Survivors who shaped our collective world for the better.
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USCJ and the Rabbinical Assembly Congratulate New Israeli Government
June 14, 2021 4 Tammuz, 5781In response to the Israeli Knesset’s election of Naftali Bennett as the country’s new prime minister, and the approval of a new governing coalition, w
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New Joint Placement Commission Statement on Interviewing
June 10, 2021 30 Sivan, 5781In light of changing circumstances around Covid-19, the Joint Placement Commission has re-evaluated the temporary interview policy instituted in November 2020.
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Virtually One-in-a-Minyan
June 3, 2021 23 Sivan, 5781The new experience of being part of an online minyan has connected one family more strongly than ever to their community.
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The Pivoting Present
May 6, 2021 24 Iyar, 5781It’s been a year of rethinking and reinventing. Our clergy are talented and skilled. Now they have become producers, directors, and stars of zoom services.
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Torah Lending Program Resources
May 6, 2021 24 Iyar, 5781Resources for setting up a program for loaning out Torah scrolls to families for use during b'nai mitzvah celebrations at home.
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The Pandemic Torah Project
April 2, 2021 20 Nisan, 5781Rabbi Betsy Forester of Beth Israel Center in Madison, WI came up with an innovative way to celebrate the Torah when the pandemic arrived in her community.
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The Musical Midrash Project
April 1, 2021 19 Nisan, 5781Mark Sherman, from Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland, has created an original way to integrate music into the Torah learning process.
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Passover Resources at Your Fingertips
March 24, 2021 11 Nisan, 5781Passover Resources all in One Place
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What I’m Really Doing When I’m Off Video During Zoom Services
March 11, 2021 27 Adar, 5781I have a confession to make. Sometimes, when I log into Zoom for Shabbat services, I'm actually eating breakfast, or washing dishes, or even on my indoor bike.
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Lights in the Dark
February 16, 2021 4 Adar, 5781Rabbi Alex Braver shares his thoughts on how to bless a vaccine. This was written over Chanukah in response to the administration of the first Covid vaccines.
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Grogger vs. Dreydel: Reflections on our Topsy-Turvy World
February 3, 2021 21 Shevat, 5781
Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, CEO of USCJ and RA, explores why he thinks the dreydel would be the better symbol for the Purim story. Read the full text here.
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USCJ’s Aimee Close Chosen for UpStart’s National Change Accelerator Program
January 12, 2021 28 Tevet, 5781The program equips the community’s intrapreneurs with entrepreneurial skills, tools, and mindsets to adapt to challenges and meet constituents’ evolving needs.
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Joint Statement on the Violent Events That Occurred in Washington DC on January 6, 2021
January 7, 2021 23 Tevet, 5781Organizations of the Conservative Movement of Judaism are appalled by the violence that took place at the United States Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
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