Taking a break in the action to bring an important report from
The ORTHODOX Jewish Center of Teaneck.
A discussion took place about the possibility of the Jewish Center joining the Orthodox Union (OU).
Questions were raised as to whether the benefi ts of membership would outweigh the costs.
David Schwartz discussed the advantages of joining:
The OU can provide many services to “new growth synagogues,”
including mission statements, strategic planning, mentoring, growing membership,
program ideas and execution, youth department, Shabbatonim, committees,
support groups, fundraising and budgeting, promotion, guidance in office management,
activism, and public policy.
They have a formula for determining dues based on membership,
but they have said they will work with us,
and money will not be an deterrent to our joining.
A motion was made and seconded that the Jewish Center join the OU;
the motion passed.
MacDougal's Take:
We have never allied with any organization since the beginning of the Center's existence and stayed independent of the Conservative movement. In order to become and mainstream synagogue acceptable to all walks of Orthodoxy, now is the right time to join the OU. The Orthodox Union is an organization that is open to all different types of Jews, including those becoming more and more affiliated with Orthodoxy. This is the right move at the right time. Kudos Rabbi Lawrence Zierler and the religious committee on a job well done.
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