Program Suggestions, 5750-5763

Please note: To order pre-5763 publications, e-mail Rabbi Moshe Edelman.

Program Suggestions 5763
(Click above to view a collection of H.E.L.P. files in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format).

H.E.L.P. booklets began as a project of Rabbi Paul Drazen, Executive Director of Mid-Continent Region USCJ, when he was the rabbi of Beth El Synagogue in Omaha, Nebraska. The project was created to inform and empower members with easy access to information on Jewish customs. Click above to review booklets available in PDF format, ready for printing on your computer. The books were written by Rabbi Drazen with assistance from Cantor Emil Berkovits and, in some cases, members of Beth El in Omaha.

The collection includes a lifecycle series of valuable "forms," "how-to" instructions for synagogue services; and lmanagement forms to make record keeping accurate and program planning effective.

Program Suggestions 5762
Mitzvah Day - and Beyond: Gimilut Hesed, Social Action and Social Justice. (46 pages.) Successful congregational events, projects, learning occasions to fultill the many mitzvot of "acts of compassion." Cost: $2.50.

Program Suggestions 5761
Adult Education: Scholars-in-residence, lecturers, musical programs (40 pages of recommendations.) Cost: $2.50.

Program Suggestions 5760
A new compilation of successful fundraising programs. Cost: $2.50.

Program Suggestions 5759
An exciting presentation of Mitzvah Gorreret Mitzvah for a three-year cycle. To be used for developing personal mitzvah growth for adults and involvement with Chesed Committees. Excellent for Solomon Schechter Schools, USY groups and especially parent-student growth in mitzvah motivation. By Amy Jackson. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5758
The focus is on Family Education and the process of home to synagogue, to home. Intergenerational projects which create encounters in Jewish learning and living. Published in cooperation with the Commission on Jewish Education. By Lonna Picker. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5757
Second booklet for the Jewish Living Now Campaign for your congregation. Descriptions and instructions for a campaign in Tzedakah and Tefillah; complements the 5756 ideas. By Rabbi David Kunin. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5756
Designed to help your congregation develop the USCJ Jewish Living Now Campaign. Includes an implementation guide for the program. Descriptions and instructions for a campaign for Kashrut, Talmud Torah and Shabbat. By Rabbi David Kunin. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5755
Building a Shared History of Being Jewish. By creating programs that connect Jews with each other, we build a history. Mitzvah Mania Day, Hagaddah Happening, Ritual Arts Festival, Nostalgic Nosh and more. By Harlene Winnick Appelman. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5754
Deeds of Lovingkindness is a comprehensive Social Action Guide for programs and events to create a sense of communal responsibility. Lists resource organizations. Includes Blood Drive, Food Collection, Volunteer Project on December 25, Earth Fair, AIDS Care Team. By Janet Dundee. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5753
Enhancing Your Synagogue's Religious Program. Shabbat Fair, Shabbat and learning, holiday observance ideas. The synagogue as a model community. Responding to intermarriage. Israel in the synagogue's program. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5752
Community and Spirituality. Programs that guide the congregation to build a sense of community on the holidaysóPurim, Pesah, Yom HaAtzmaut and TuB'Shevat. The synagogue as a spiritual home for new parents, strangers and newcomers; and loving humanity. By Rabbi Barry Starr. Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5751
Centrality of Mitzvot. Program ideas that reflect the relationship of human beings, one to the other, and our relationship to God. By Rabbi Barry Starr.Cost: $2.50

Program Suggestions 5750
Building a Better Shul: Creating a User-Friendly Synagogue. Twenty-five programs that worked. Initiatives in Torah study, Sukkot and Shavuot activities, aufruf and baby naming programs, Shabbat and Kashrut programs that welcome people. Membership outreach approaches. By Rabbi Moshe Edelman. Cost: $2.50

Synagogue of Excellence, Vol. I and Vol. II
Innovative congregational programs supported by a grant from the USCJ Rapaport Family Endowment Fund. Limited supply available.