...only interdenominational, synagogue-based organization of its kind in all of North America.
With over 120 dues paying member congregations, the Synagogue Council -- a joint venture of the Union for Reform Judaism (Northeast Council), United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (New England Region), Orthodox, and Reconstructionist congregations in Massachusetts -- is a successful 25-year experiment in community-building.
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UPCOMING AT SCM
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Join us to celebrate the Synagogue Council and to thank three innovators of creative, pluralistic Jewish educational endeavors for their unique accomplishments: Arlene Remz, Aliza Kline & Rabbi Bradley Solmsen. These special individuals will be honored at our Annual Meeting on Monday, May 17 at 7:15 PM at Temple Shalom of Newton. | |
Daf Yomi: Weekly Talmud Study -- February 5-March 26 Join Jesse Hefter for our fourth year of group Talmud study as we learn the page of Talmud being studied each Friday by people all around the world! We will study together for 8 Friday morning sessions. |
The Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture is an annual event sponsored by the Synagogue Council for Mission alumni and members of the broader Jewish community as a way of addressing issues related to K'lal Yisrael with a speaker of national or international prominence. This year we are proud to welcome Rabbi Steven Weil, newly appointed CEO of the Orthodox Union, as our Birnbaum speaker on March 18th. |
Synagogue-of-the-MonthOur Featured Member synagogue for March 2010 is Temple Beth David of Westwood. We are pleased to recognize the synagogue in celebration of its 50th anniversary. Read on for details about Temple Beth David. |
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MAKE YOUR SYNAGOGUE GREEN!
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| The Synagogue Council is proud to support the Boston chapter of COEJL, The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, in a statewide initiative to "pledge" to "green" synagogues in Massachusetts. Click here for details. |
Canfei Nesharim, the leader of a Torah-based environmental movement, makes a connection between traditional Jewish sources and modern environmental issues and promotes ongoing dialogue about our Torah responsibility to protect the environment. Click here to view a weekly drash on the environment, entitled Eitz Chayim Hee: A Torah Commentary for Environmental Learning and Action.
According to the Mishnah, in the hour when the Holy One created the first human being, God took Adam before all the trees of the Garden of Eden and said: ÒSee my works, how fine and excellent they are! Now all that I created, for you I created. Think upon this, and do not corrupt and desolate my world; for if you corrupt it, there is no one to set it right after youÓ (Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:28). Faced as we are today with global warming and other environmental perils, we must ask ourselves: How can we make environmentally sound choices that preserve life? For the full text of an article entitled, "Action: Blueprints for Green Living" by Jane E. Herman that appeared in Reform Judaism's Spring 2009 issue, click here.