Synagogue Life

Maple Glen Shul to Explore Many Ways of Going Green

Congregation Beth Or, in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia's Kehillah of Bux-Mont, will host a free "Eco-Expo" on Sunday, Jan. 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the synagogue, at 239 Welsh Road in Maple Glen. Lisa Brown, one of the coordinators of this inaugural event, emphasized that while the expo coincides with the Jewish holiday...

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Mikveh's Suddenly Out of Hot Water

After recently spending $10,000 for renovations and upkeep, supporters of the Joseph and Martha Melohn Bucks County Mikvah in Bensalem thought they were in the clear for a time. But a recent notification from the local water department left members of the mikvah -- as well as the synagogue with which its affiliated -- feeling like they'd been sunk in...

Synagogue Life

At Conservative Confab, Prayer's on Radar Again

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Bryan Schwartzman

Do Conservative Jews need a new, perhaps even jazzier way to pray? Rabbi Steven Wernick, executive vice president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, apparently thinks so. During his much-anticipated installation speech at the USCJ's biennial gathering, which concluded earlier this week in Cherry Hill, N.J., he called for the immediate creation of a movement-wide task force to tackle...

Synagogue Life

Movement to Examine Needs of New Era

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Bryan Schwartzman

As the congregational arm of the Conservative movement continues its structural overhaul -- brought on, in part, by a decline in membership and a $1.3 million budget deficit -- roughly 500 people are expected Sunday for the organization's biennial convention, this year held in Cherry Hill, N.J. Over the past year, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism has been seeking...

Synagogue Life

If You Dream It

Coaching? It's about that vision thing -- and wishful thinking

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Rachel Levy Lesser, JE Feature

Oprah has one and now 30 members of Congregation Adath Jeshurun's Sisterhood have one, too -- a "vision board," a collage made of the things that you want to have, be or do in your life. These boards were created as part of an interactive workshop held recently at A.J. led by Jill Magerman, co-founder of Atrio Professional Life Coaches...