WHY MORE THAN 120 SYNAGOGUES & MINYANIM
HAVE JOINED THE SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF MASSACHUSETTS
1. Synagogue Administration/Training
- Central purchasing consortia
- Conferences on administration and financial management
- Information on computerization, insurance, phone/internet support
- Leadership training for administrators, youth educators, and other key leadership
- Seminars on membership, leadership, fundraising, security
2. Service to the Community
- Partner in CJP’s Commission on Jewish Learning & Living
- Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts
- Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
- Kashruth Commission
- Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh & Educational Center
- Beth Din (Rabbinic Court of Justice)
- JF&CS Family Table: Greater Boston’s Jewish Food Pantry
3. Transdenominational Study/Dialogue
- Unity Mission to New York
- Unity Shabbaton
- KOLOT women’s study group
- Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture
- Women's Dialogue Groups
4. The Synagogue Connection
- Synagogue affiliation programs
- Annual Dues Survey
- Synagogue Directory, printed and online (with handicap access information)
- Clearinghouse for religious information
- The central synagogue resource for the entire community