{"product_id":"rethinking-synagogues-a-new-vocabulary-for-congregational-life-9781580232487","title":"Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critical and challenging look at reinventing the synagogue, as the centerpiece of a refashioned Jewish community. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"America is undergoing a spiritual revolution: only the fourth religious awakening in its history. I plead, therefore, for an equally spiritual synagogue, knowing that any North American Jewish community that hopes to be around in a hundred years must have religion at its center, with the synagogue, the religious institution that best fits North American culture, at its very core.\"\u003cbr\u003e--from Chapter 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSynagogues are under attack, and for good reasons. But they remain the religious backbone of Jewish continuity, especially in America, the sole Western industrial or post-industrial nation where religion and spirituality continue to grow in importance. To fulfill their mandate for the American future, synagogues need to replace old and tired conversation with a new way of talking about their goals, their challenges and their vision for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this provocative clarion call for synagogue transformation, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman summarizes a decade of research with Synagogue 2\/3000--a pioneering experiment that reconceptualized synagogue life--providing fresh ways for synagogues to think as they undertake the exciting task of global change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Lights Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580232487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist","brand":"Lawrence A. Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561908801717,"sku":"9781580232487","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2dd1cfbf-fd16-4bcc-b87f-a1d92d564b7e.jpg?v=1670942789","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rethinking-synagogues-a-new-vocabulary-for-congregational-life-9781580232487","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}