{"product_id":"rethinking-synagogues-a-new-vocabulary-for-congregational-life-paperback","title":"Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence A. Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.98 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2006)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760496443680,"sku":"9781580232487","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c66a558be037bd74253f13c94b48a60.webp?v=1780181524","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rethinking-synagogues-a-new-vocabulary-for-congregational-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}