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WHAT IF? This page is reserved for the discussion of interesting, new, possibly off-the-wall ideas for re-inventing Jewish Education.

[|Hebrew Learning Circles] An example of family/community centered education with a menu of options.

WHAT IF? We joined communities, not synagoguges. That would mean that EVERYONE in that community could take advantage of all the tefillot/programs/educational options offered by ALL synagogues...based on selecting best fit...rather than where someone was a 'member'. After all, aren't we ALL members of the Jewish community in which we live? The problem is that we've been trained to think in only terms of synaogogue communities. There are people who would never go to a synagogue they 'didn't belong to' even if there was a great school/program/shiur there. What is wrong with this picture? //Ruth Schapira//