{"product_id":"9781580236409","title":"Rethinking Synagogues: A New Vocabulary for Congregational Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critical and challenging look at                 reinventing the synagogue, as the centerpiece of a                 refashioned Jewish community. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003e“America is undergoing a spiritual                 revolution: only the fourth religious awakening in its history.                 I plead, therefore, for an equally spiritual synagogue, knowing                 that any North American Jewish community that hopes to be                 around in a hundred years must have religion at its center,                 with the synagogue, the religious institution that best fits                 North American culture, at its very core.”\u003cbr\u003e—from Chapter 1 \u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003eSynagogues are under attack, and for good                 reasons. But they remain the religious backbone of Jewish                 continuity, especially in America, the sole Western industrial                 or post-industrial nation where religion and spirituality                 continue to grow in importance. To fulfill their mandate for                 the American future, synagogues need to replace old and tired                 conversation with a new way of talking about their goals, their                 challenges and their vision for the future. \u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003eIn this provocative clarion call for                 synagogue transformation, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman summarizes                 a decade of research with Synagogue 2000—a pioneering                 experiment that reconceptualized synagogue life—providing                 fresh ways for synagogues to think as they undertake the                 exciting task of global change.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turner Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111914193136,"sku":"9781580236409","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781580236409_p0.jpg?v=1763798451","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781580236409","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}