USCJ Review - Spring 2005

Lead Articles

Building Young Adult Infrastructure: Manhattan's Ma'alot Minyan Project

From the Periphery to the Center: Kabbalah & Conservative Judaism

B'nai Mitzvah: Best Practices

With bar and bat mitzvah "parties" becoming ever more extravagant (witness the desire of non-Jewish families to join the fun), how can our rabbis, teachers, and synagogue leaders work to ensure that our youngsters (and their parents) understand the true significance of this important life-cycle event? In an effort to present "best practices," we offer the following articles.

A "Journey" for the Whole Family

The Real Test of B'nai Mitzvah Education

Looking Back

Sometimes it is helpful (and fun) to look back and see where we were and what we were doing, say, 50 years ago. In the following pages, we take a brief look at USCJ efforts to further synagogue education, synagogue architecture, and synagogue programming.

The Synagogue School: Looking Back to See the Future

Synagogue Architecture: Change and Continuity

From a Notebook to HADASH: A 60-Year (R)Evolution in Synagogue Programming

Congregations

Mitzvot and Community Building

Fusion: Tradition and Change in Synagogue Music

Traveling the Mourner's Path: A New Ceremony

Conservative Synagogues Reach Out to the African American Community