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Fall 2002

  • Security – a Communal Priority

  • High Holiday Security Planning

  • Circles of Defense

  • Building Security

  • Threat Assessment for Events

Spring 2002

  • Creating the Synagogue Trip or Mission to Israel

  • Congregational Programming for Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim

  • Three Factors to Connect Your Shul to Israel

  • The Role of the Synagogue Israel Committee

  • Channeling the Strength of Community to Raise Funds for Israel

Winter 2001

  • The Transformation of the Synagogue

  • Synagogue Response to the Missionary and Cult Problem

  • Creating Partnership to bolster Synagogue

  • Concerts as Fundraisers

  • Programs to Ease the Funeral and Burial Process

  • Columbus Synagogue Celebrates Centennial

  • Shul is Cool for Kids

Spring 2000

  • The Synagogue as a Place for Building and Strengthening Jewish Family Relationships

  • Jewish Relationships Shabbat Succeeds at New Jersey Shul

  • (Hershey’s) Kisses from the Jews of Lancaster

  • A Celebration of 100 Years of Synagogue Trends

  • A Celebration of Biblical Proportions

  • Accentuate the Positive: Urban Synagogue Draws on its Environs

  • A Guide to Creating a Synagogue Shidduch Committee

Winter 2000

  • Safeguarding Your Sefer Torah

  • The Sefer Torah:   A Legacy of Our Past, Preserved for our Future

  • Go to Shul – It May Save Your Life

  • Getting the Message: the Synagogue and the World of Communication

  • Protecting your Synagogue with Insurance Coverage

  • Jacksonville Summer Kollel

Spring/Summer 1999

  • Boca: Come for the Sunshine, Stay for the Torah

  • The Kansas City Community Kollel

  • Improving the Quality of our Synagogue Services

  • Chesed in Plain View (NY)

  • Even a Torah in the Aron Needs Mazal

Winter 1999

  • Grant Me This – Synagogue Fundraising

  • Outreach as Inreach Reaches an Unexpected Goal (CT)

  • For Russians with Love

  • Lincoln Square Synagogue Kollel Awarded UJA-Federation Continuity Grant

Spring 1998

  • Doing More With Less

  • Conflict in the Synagogue

  • The Life of a Kehilla – Restructuring Synagogue and Communal Life

Winter 1998

  • Fundraising for Your Shul

  • One Synagogue’s Development Program

  • A Primer on Cultivating Volunteers in Your Community

  • Computerized Phone Systems for Your Synagogue

Spring/Summer 1997

  • Strategic Planning for the Synagogue

  • Productive Meetings

  • Designing Winning Synagogue Programming

  • Employing the Developmentally Challenged

  • Community Guide to Visiting the Sick

Fall/Winter 1996-7

  • How to Deal with (Repetitive) Synagogue Meetings


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