http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/07/20/connecting-the-disconnected/ Synagogue 3000 Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:23:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/07/20/connecting-the-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-11696 JewishFringe » Continuity Must Read: Connecting the Disconnected Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:14:50 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=53#comment-11696 [...] Synablog highlights a speech Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR given at UCLA Hillel as part of Los Angeles’s People of the Book Festival in late April of this year that makes some concise, bold statements that ring so very truly. “It seems to me that our community has made some real miscalculations in addressing the growing demographic of young people who are completely detached from institutional organized Jewish life. One of the most unfortunate strategies has been the framing of religious messages based on a perception of what the market looks like, rather than based on where the soul is, where the soul of our community should be. So our leadership is knocking itself out to turn Judaism into something incredibly appealing to young people, something sexy and smart and glossy and attractive. At the core of that approach is a great distrust of this demographic. It is to say that we really don’t believe that there are people searching for a true, deep, authentic, spiritual, and religious connection to Judaism, so a glossy brochure is the best we can do to bring them in – this, rather than speaking about the fire, the core of what Jewish life really is about. This of course only serves to further alienate.” [...] [...] Synablog highlights a speech Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR given at UCLA Hillel as part of Los Angeles’s People of the Book Festival in late April of this year that makes some concise, bold statements that ring so very truly. “It seems to me that our community has made some real miscalculations in addressing the growing demographic of young people who are completely detached from institutional organized Jewish life. One of the most unfortunate strategies has been the framing of religious messages based on a perception of what the market looks like, rather than based on where the soul is, where the soul of our community should be. So our leadership is knocking itself out to turn Judaism into something incredibly appealing to young people, something sexy and smart and glossy and attractive. At the core of that approach is a great distrust of this demographic. It is to say that we really don’t believe that there are people searching for a true, deep, authentic, spiritual, and religious connection to Judaism, so a glossy brochure is the best we can do to bring them in – this, rather than speaking about the fire, the core of what Jewish life really is about. This of course only serves to further alienate.” [...]

]]> http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/07/20/connecting-the-disconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-11381 Jew 2.0 » Rabbi Sharon Brous on Connecting the Disconnected (x-posted from Synablog) Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:24:39 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=53#comment-11381 [...] From Rabbi Sharon Brous, cross-posted from Synablog: It seems to me that our community has made some real miscalculations in addressing the growing demographic of young people who are completely detached from institutional organized Jewish life. One of the most unfortunate strategies has been the framing of religious messages based on a perception of what the market looks like, rather than based on where the soul is, where the soul of our community should be. So our leadership is knocking itself out to turn Judaism into something incredibly appealing to young people, something sexy and smart and glossy and attractive. At the core of that approach is a great distrust of this demographic. It is to say that we really don’t believe that there are people searching for a true, deep, authentic, spiritual, and religious connection to Judaism, so a glossy brochure is the best we can do to bring them in – this, rather than speaking about the fire, the core of what Jewish life really is about. This of course only serves to further alienate. [...] [...] From Rabbi Sharon Brous, cross-posted from Synablog: It seems to me that our community has made some real miscalculations in addressing the growing demographic of young people who are completely detached from institutional organized Jewish life. One of the most unfortunate strategies has been the framing of religious messages based on a perception of what the market looks like, rather than based on where the soul is, where the soul of our community should be. So our leadership is knocking itself out to turn Judaism into something incredibly appealing to young people, something sexy and smart and glossy and attractive. At the core of that approach is a great distrust of this demographic. It is to say that we really don’t believe that there are people searching for a true, deep, authentic, spiritual, and religious connection to Judaism, so a glossy brochure is the best we can do to bring them in – this, rather than speaking about the fire, the core of what Jewish life really is about. This of course only serves to further alienate. [...]

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