Sep 13, 2018

Tweet of the Day






These types of shuls are not trying to keep Judaism relevant to their membership and they are not trying to keep their membership interested in Judaism. They are interested in keeping their membership as paying members, so they are finding ways to provide interesting experiences that have nothing to do with Judaism. These synagogues are being converted into country clubs and yoga studios.


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4 comments:

  1. Sickening! The news regarding what's happening within Judaism becomes more frightening with every passing day. Think

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  2. The issue of disenfranchised youth is an old one and a cross-denominational one. Even among the frum shuls, some have resorted to Carlbach-style "slichos" to woo younger attendants. I'm not equating the two problems since there are obvious differences - just pointing out that one is a microcosm of the other. This is the state in which we live in this Ikveta Dimshiha era.

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  3. While you can certainly question their actions, it is not clear to me what your basis is for questioning their motivations.

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  4. Not sure how this is different than the scene in Uman.

    Main difference, I think, is that Millenials looking for this "high" don't go as far as to abandon their children for several days.

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