USCJ Blog
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Creating a Safe Space for All During the High Holidays
September 2, 2022 6 Elul, 5782Gulienne Rollins-Rishon, USCJ's Racial Justice Specialist outlines ways to make our synagogues a safe space for all participants on the High Holidays.
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Community Organizing for Jewish Leaders
September 1, 2022 5 Elul, 5782Learn with other Jewish community leaders principles for community organizing to create a more just world.
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High Holidays with USCJ on Social Media
September 1, 2022 5 Elul, 5782Ways you can participate with USCJ on Social Media during the High Holidays
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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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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, 5782Other 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, 5782Rabbi 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, 5782Dr. 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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