Synagogue 3000 is pioneering the field of synagogue studies, working with partners in the fields of anthropology, congregational studies, ethnomusicology, Jewish studies, religious studies, sociology, and theology.
Cooperative Congregational Studies Project / Faith Communities Today
Synagogue 3000 is the Jewish research voice in the Cooperative Congregations Studies Partnership, which conducts the semiannual Faith Communities Today (FACT) study, the largest survey of American congregations. FACT 2005 includes a special sample of Synagogue 2000 alumni congregations, in order to generate a profile of S2K synagogues relative to congregations in the country as a whole. This information will be critical for everyone interested in the complexity of synagogue life in the new century.
Additional Resources
Research & teaching
- The Alban Institute http://www.alban.org/
- Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA), http://bjpa.org
- Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership/
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/
- Indianapolis Center for Congregations http://www.centerforcongregations.org/
Committed to the Conversation
- Emergent Village http://www.emergentvillage.com/
- Experiment in Congregational Education http://www.eceonline.org/
- The Leadership Network http://www.leadnet.org/
- Saddleback Church http://www.saddleback.org/
- Synagogue Transformation and Renewal http://www.starsynagogue.org/
Jewish Seminaries
- Hebrew College http://www.hebrewcollege.edu/
- Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion http://www.huc.edu/
- Jewish Theological Seminary http://www.jtsa.edu
- Reconstructionist Rabbinical College http://www.rrc.edu
- Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University http://www.riets.edu/
- Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School http://www.yctorah.org/
- Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University, http://admissions.uj.edu/Content/FirstContentUnit.asp?CID=18
