Benefits of Membership in the Synagogue Council
5 Good Reasons
Why over 120 Congregations have joined the
Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
- Synagogue Administration/Training
- Central purchasing consortia
- Conferences on administration and financial management
- Information on computerization, insurance, phone/internet support
- Leadership training for administrators, youth directors, and other key leadership
- Seminars on membership, leadership, fundraising, security
- Service to the Community
- Partner in Boston's Commission on Jewish Continuity & Education
- Jewish Chaplaincy Council of Massachusetts
- Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
- Kashruth Commission
- Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh & Educational Center
- Beth Din (Rabbinic Court of Justice)
- Project Ezra (Christmas Day feeding program)
- Family Table: Greater Boston's Jewish Food Pantry
- Interdenominational Study/Dialogue
- Annual Unity Mission to New York
- Annual Unity Shabbaton
- KOLOT women's study group
- Annual Connie Spear Birnbaum Memorial Lecture
- Women's Dialogue Group
- The Synagogue Connection
- Synagogue affiliation programs
- High Holy Day services for unaffiliated adults
- Outreach to New Americans from the former Soviet Union
- Administer CJP fund providing interpreters to synagogues for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Information and Referral
- Synagogue Directory (with handicap access information)
- Clearinghouse for religious information
- The central synagogue resource for the entire community
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