Building Shabbat Community: Through Meaningful Alternative Prayer Service Experiences

"I am honored and pleased, as Chancellor of JTS, to welcome you to the FJMC's Learners' and Experiential/Interpretative minyan curriculum. This guide wisely meets people where they are. It does not assume knowledge of or comfort with the synagogue service, and yet has much to offer even veteran shul-goers. You will find helpful hints to synagogue choreography ("we rise here"), suggestions that may enhance your experience of tefilah ("some find that humming a niggun during this section is meaningful"), and precious re-assurance that your personal questions about prayer are widely-shared ("you don't need to say everything!") Ample room is left for individual prayer-leaders and participants to supply their own suggestions, interpretations, kavanot and pedagogy. " - Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor, The Jewish Theological Seminary.