Strategies for Clergy and Lay Leadership is a new publication by Rabbi Charles Simon, and can be used by any synagogue seeking to adjust to demographic change as a blueprint for discussion and planning. It provides a step-by-step guide to inclusion, taking into consideration the unique culture of each community. To find out more, or …
The FJMC has published an Implementation Guide for its recent publication – “Jewish Men at the Crossroads.” Jewish Men at the Crossroads represents the most comprehensive collection of Hearing Men’s Voices (HMV) essays to date. The book offers thought‐provoking essays and discussion questions on topics of critical importance to men, and which can be used …
In his July 2012 article, “A Game Plan for Renewal: The Demise of National Movements and their Rebirth,” Dr. Steven Windmueller of the Jewish Institute of Religion at Hebrew Union College reports on his research showing that many religious, political, fraternal and social movements in North America are in decline. He offers several reasons including …
There is now an easier way to access the Club and Regional Officer manuals. Just log on to the website (through the Member Log on) and you’ll be presented by a new Leadership menu, and within the Leadership Menu are Leadership Documents. You’ll see the manuals as the first two entries in the table, and you’ll be …
In March, Gail and I had the pleasure of traveling to France as part of the 2014 FJMC/Masorti Olami Mission to Provence and Cotè d’Azur. The main purpose of the Mission was to build relationships with the two Masorti congregations in that part of the world, click here.
As FJMC works to build and strengthen men’s clubs and at the same time collaborate with other arms of our Movement to address the issues facing Conservative Judaism, it’s been very enjoyable and rewarding for me personally to be able to form good relationships with the leadership of these other organizations. The presidents of United …
An FJMC Keruv Rabbinic Think Tank that took place in Metuchen, New Jersey, December 2-3, 2013. Twenty-nine congregational rabbis and two Cantors were in attendance. What follows are the minutes of the FJMC Keruv Rabbinic Think Tank that took place in Metuchen, New Jersey, December 2-3, 2013. The taping process was not overly successful in …
In this thought provoking article by Rabbi Charles Simon, FJMC and Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute, they discuss what our synagogues might be like were a Conservative/Masorti synagogues choose to respond positively to demographic change implied by intermarriage. And they raise some of the issues that will have to be thoughtfully considered …
Help us light 1,000,000 candles on Yom HaShoah in memory of the children who were victims of the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles™ are now available featuring new artwork by world renowned artist and survivor, Dubi Arie. Check the Yellow Candles pages to find out information about the Yellow Candle program and see a picture of the new candle packaging. …
Chicago Jewish News Guide to Jewish Chicago, honored our very own Burton Fischman, more commonly known as ‘Captain Ruach’ for his spirited rendition of Birchat HaMazon (the blessings after a meal), as a Jewish Chicagoan of the Year for 2013-2014. To read the article, in which his FJMC is prominently mentioned, click here. And from …
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