http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en nrubin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T19:04:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/baltimores_climate_healing_shabbat/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/baltimores_climate_healing_shabbat/#When:18:17:28Z On the weekend of October 24 and 25, people the world over will be thinking “350”. That is the number of carbon dioxide parts per million in the atmosphere at which all contemporary life flourishes, at which humans and our nourishing world thrive. The world is now hovering around 390 parts per million, and moving up, way out of kilter… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue, News - Local 2009-10-08T18:17:28+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/judaism_meets_green_lifestyle_charitable_giving/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/judaism_meets_green_lifestyle_charitable_giving/#When:20:00:54Z Protecting our environment and preserving our natural resources are key components of a green lifestyle. Taking political or individual action to fight pollution, supporting organic agriculture, and leaving a small “carbon footprint” are all essential and commendable. In addition to environmental issues, today green living also addresses social responsibility through charitable giving. “Green” now speaks to caring… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue, News - Local 2009-04-09T20:00:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/three_baltimore_synagogues_sign_green_deal/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/three_baltimore_synagogues_sign_green_deal/#When:20:00:38Z
]]>Three local congregations recently signed up with the Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network to become “green” synagogues. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation was the first to sign, followed by Temples Oheb Shalom and Emanuel, according to Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, who directs BJEN, a consortium of synagogues and environmental activities. “The goal is to engage the congregation and its congregants… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue, News - Local 2008-12-18T20:00:38+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/vine_country/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/vine_country/#When:19:00:34Z A thick autumn fog enveloped Temple Emanuel of Maryland on a recent weekday morning. Wet leaves clung to each other in scattered piles on the front lawn of the temple’s campus as cars and trucks whizzed by on slippery, congested Connecticut Avenue. A persistent drizzle fell on this stately, tree-lined Montgomery County hamlet near Washington, D.C., and a… News - Cover Story, News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue 2008-11-20T19:00:34+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/willow_creeks_young_voices/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/willow_creeks_young_voices/#When:03:00:00Z
]]>Final installment of a three-part series on the Chicago area’s Willow Creek Community Church South Barrington, Ill. In a coffee shop called Dr. B’s in the shopping mall-like atrium of Willow Creek Community Church, five young men — ranging in age from 18 to their late 20s — sat in plush lounge chairs shortly before services and chatted… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue 2008-05-23T03:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/associated_head_on_willow_creek_lessons/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/associated_head_on_willow_creek_lessons/#When:18:00:00Z
]]>Second installment of a three-part series on the Chicago area’s Willow Creek Community Church What can Jewish organizations and institutions learn from a mega-church? Quite a lot, according to Marc B. Terrill, president of the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. Mr. Terrill has spent more than a decade studying the business model of the Willow Creek Community… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue, News - Local 2008-05-15T18:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/willow_creek_rising/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/willow_creek_rising/#When:19:00:00Z “Come on already, Mom!” In a spacious, busy parking lot in this northwest Chicago suburb among patchworks of rolling farmlands, nondescript office parks and sprawling housing subdivisions, an 8-year-old boy looked over his shoulder and flashed an expression of severe annoyance at his yawning, sluggish mother. “Let’s go! Let’s go!” the boy, wearing a T-shirt, baseball cap, jeans… News - Cover Story, News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue 2008-05-08T19:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/congregation_bnai_jeshurun_in_manhattan/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/congregation_bnai_jeshurun_in_manhattan/#When:14:31:00Z
]]>Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon has heard the criticism before. The gentle, soft-spoken senior spiritual leader of B’nai Jeshurun — an unaffiliated synagogue on the Upper West Side considered a national model for Jewish rejuvenation and innovation — doesn’t flinch when hearing that some people criticize his congregation’s services for being geared more toward pulling heartstrings than stimulating intellects.… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue, News - Local 2008-03-14T14:31:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/opening_the_soul/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/reinventing_synagogue/opening_the_soul/#When:20:00:00Z
]]>The late Friday afternoon sun sank slowly as a line of people began to form outside the doors of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun. The midwinter chill clung to soon-to-be worshippers as they chatted, laughed, shifted their feet, turned off their cell phones, glanced over at the noisy rush-hour traffic on Broadway, and occasionally gazed at the clear, indigo blue… News - Special Reports, Reinventing Synagogue 2008-03-06T20:00:00+00:00