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Shul Shmooze
Given by Rabbi Chaim Wasserman, SHUL SHMOOZE is a monthly series on program ideas for synagogue leaders to enrich the synagogue calendar. |
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Holy Eating?
With the harsh reality that lifestyle diseases have reached pandemic proportions the world over, what can shuls do to educate their congregants to improve their diets and be aware that in so doing they are adhering to the halachic mandate to protect one's life and body. In a conversation with Rabbi Wasserman, Dr. Robert Schwartz, PhD, clinical psychologist and professor at University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine, introduces his work over the past 25 years, a program for "Holy Eating" which blends Torah wisdom with psychological principles. |
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Aloneness, Loneliness And the Synagogue’s Responsibility
Those who are alone in the community, just what is the responsibility of a shul community towards them? The elderly, the sick, the student away at college, the soldier stationed in the armed services, the traveler on the road - what can a shul community do to assist these people? |
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Innovative Programming
Congregation Shaare Torah in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill is an old congregation (127 years old) with a constant eye towards innovative programming. |
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Yamim Noraim Checklist
YAMIM NORAIM CHECKLIST for those who are responsible for synagogue programs throughout the month of Tishrei. Some reminders and some innovative suggestions to create that warm feeling of family during this most important season of the year. |
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They Saw and Knew Not What to Do
Shul Shmooze 4: How would you handle life-threatening emergencies were they to happen in shul? |
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Children at the Seder
Shul Shmooze on keeping the children awake at the Seder and participating in the Haggadah on an educationally appropriate level. |
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Children at the Purim Megillah Reading
As children will be brought to shul for the Megilla reading, how can we balance listening to the megilla with creating a Haman ruckus, enhancing healthy participation of the children, while not taking away from the adult's obligation to hear the megilla reading. |
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