Creating Sacred Communities - Leading Practitioners Share Lessons Learned

by Ron Wolfson, Rabbi Brett Kopin

Creating a sacred community is one of the most important tasks facing congregational leaders – rabbis, cantors, educators, executive directors, and lay leaders – in the twenty-first century. This unique book presents a master class by frontline practitioners who share cutting-edge lessons learned from their success in shaping sacred communities. Renowned educator and congregational innovator Dr. Ron Wolfson, with his student and colleague Rabbi Brett Kopin, invites the reader into his senior seminar teaching rabbinical school students the art of leading a relational sacred community in settings ranging from synagogues to independent minyanim to Hillels. Each chapter features actual transcripts of the conversations between the outstanding Master Class Contributors and the students.

Genres: Religion, Jewish

224 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Dr. Ron Wolfson

Reviews

[Ben Vos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some real gems resulting from great experience and coherent thought are contained in this book, useful for designing community cohesion and growth. I say this as someone who works in the Anglo Jewish community. For orthodox, British Jewish rabbis though, I do not think it is quite as relevant. The experience of reform and conservative clerical staff in the United States is very different from that of their orthodox equivalents here. Great stuff tho and I made notes which I am tidying up and keeping!