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Holy People, Holy Place Images of the Synagogue and its Leadership in Progressive Judaism
Author(s): Palmer, Barry
Date: 2002
Topics: Synagogues, Main Topic: Other, Volunteering, Jewish Organisations, Jewish Leadership, Reform/Liberal/Progressive Judaism
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to enable rabbis, honorary and paid officers of synagogues, and those who train and support them, to gain a clearer understanding of the demands upon synagogue leaders. No leadership role can be understood without an understanding of the institution or organisation which is led. The demands of running a school or a theatre or a government department or the proverbial whelk stall are different, because the aims, ethos, scale and context of each enterprise is different; though they all include certain generic skills like planning, budgeting and holding intelligent conversations. The paper therefore sets out to explore how can we most usefully describe progressive synagogues as institutions.