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Many congregations host Membership Open Houses before the High Holy Days to introduce you to the joys of being a part of a synagogue family.  Every year the Synagogue Council places a full page ad in The Jewish Advocate listing the Open Houses.  This year’s ad was placed on the back page of the Sept. 9^th issue of the Advocate.  We encourage you to attend one or more of these open houses and experience first hand what our many and varied communities have to offer.

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JCRC's Sukkah Sunday

Sunday, October 9, 2016
Rain date: Monday October 10
_{(Two different work shifts are available)}

Sukkah Sunday is an opportunity for area Jewish teens to perform the mitzvah of assisting people in setting up their sukkahs.
If you are a Sukkah-seeking individual/household who has a sukkah but are unable to set it up without assistance, or if you’re a Jewish teen looking to join the sukkah assembly team, then Sukkah Sunday is for you!!  We are also looking for adult volunteers to lead teams of sukkah-builders.

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Hebrew College has published an excerpt from the remarks of our Associate Director, Marilin Lipman, when she accepted a Torchbearer Award at Synagogue Council's Annual Tribute Celebration in June. We are pleased to say her speech shined a bright light on our central mission of Jewish pluralism.

Hebrew College
August 1 at 9:50am · Newton Center
Humans of Hebrew College ‪#‎HumansHC‬

"It’s not a mission that rotates significance or is in competition with other initiatives like youth programs, adult learning, connection to Israel, disability and inclusion, teen engagement, sexual orientation, attracting young adults to Judaism, synagogue membership, and the overall goal, Jewish continuity. Pluralism is all of those things, and all of those things fall under the umbrella of pluralism. Without providing validation and encouragement, and fostering understanding and respect for the many ways of being Jewish, our people will fragment into even smaller groups than the full Jewish population is now—which is pretty small. So keeping us together, continuing to harvest common ground is the only way for the many important initiatives I listed above to flourish. You need numbers to have adult learning make a difference; you need numbers and inspiring programs for all types of Jews in order to, for example, stir the souls of young people to find themselves Jewishly."

(Marilin Lipman, Me'ah`98; Synagogue Council of Massachusetts Torch Bearers Award recipient)

Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills
Synagogue Dedication

^{Rabbi Alfred Benjamin Blowing the Shofar at Milton Town Center}

^{David Bernat, Executive Director of SCM Delivers Closing Blessing}