Synagogues and Spiritual Communities
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Resources
Now More Than Ever: Why Support Institutions of Jewish Learning and Leadership During a Pandemic?
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
January 8
Religious Nonprofits Scramble to Get Enough Donations to Match the Surge in Community Needs
Description - News Article
Source - Washington Post
December 28
Pinched by the Pandemic, Congregants Are Cutting Synagogue Dues from Their Household Budgets
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
December 28
Facing the Future: Mapping the Marketplace of Jewish Education During Covid-19
Description - Report
Source - Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education
November 2020
COVID-19 Impact Studies: Building Resilient Jewish Communities
Description - Research
Source - Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
Fall 2020
In LA, a High-Profile Merger Prompts Questions Over the Future of the Synagogue
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
November 29
What Does “Reopening” Even Mean? One Synagogue’s Experience Reopening the Sanctuary Doors
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
November 24
JCC Staff, Funding and Facility Status Survey Highlights
Description - Report/Survey Results
Source - JCCA
November 18
Collaboration and Creativity in a Time of Crisis: An Update on the Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund
Source - JFN webinar
October 28
Synagogues Around the Country Held Virtual High Holiday Services for the First Time This Year. How Did It Go?
Description - News Article
Source - Tablet
October 7
Among Jews, the Young and Highly Educated Bear COVID’s Emotional and Economic Toll
Description - Op-Ed from Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
Source - The Forward
High Turnout at Virtual Rosh Hashanah Leaves Rabbis Relieved, but Money Woes Persist
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
September 23
‘Memento Mori’: The Unpleasant Reminder That Makes Us Better People
Description - Article by JFN's Andrés Spokoiny
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
September 24
American Judaism Is Ready for Disruption – and Covid Has Accelerated the Need for It.
Description - Op-Ed
Source - The Forward
September 21
A Tale of Two High Holidays: Why Orthodox Jews Are Going to Synagogue While Everyone Else Is on Zoom
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
September 18
41 Percent of Congregations Have Seen Giving Drop Since Pandemic Began
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
September 16
Jewish Organizations Must Address the Pandemic Parenting Gender Gap
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
September 14
Amid Layoffs and Funder Bailouts, the Jewish Nonprofit World Is Fearing 2021
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Insider
September 9
What Synagogues Streaming High Holiday Services Can Learn from the Political Conventions
Description - Op-Ed
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
August 31
The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Been Buffeting American Jewry for Months. What Lies Ahead?
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
September 1
Synagogues Once Saved Judaism, Now They are Needed to Save Jews
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
August 26
Back to Business: Guide for Reopening Jewish Institutions
Source - Secure Community Network (Convened by Jewish Federations of North America & Conference of Presidents)
July
Giving to Faith-Based Nonprofits Likely to Hold Steady or Increase, Survey Says
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 30
The Pandemic’s First High Holiday Season Has Synagogues Wondering: Will People Pay Dues?
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 30
What We’ve Learned about Congregations and Movements During the Pandemic
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
July 30
An Enduring Feature of the Pandemic So Far: Jews Are Flocking to Online Classes
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 22
Religious Groups and Schools Got the Most PPP Loans
Description - News Article
Source - Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 21
Jewish Community Response and Impact Fund (JCRIF) Awards $10 Million to 20+ Jewish Organizations
Description - Announcement
Source - Jewish Community Response & Impact Fund
July 20
Will “Voluntary” Synagogue Membership Dues Survive COVID-19?
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
July 13
1,000 Jewish Groups Received at Least $500 Million in Government Loans. Some Laid off Staff Anyway.
Description - News Article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
July 8
Are We Ready for the Spiritual Transformation This Plague Will Unleash?
Description - Article
Source - Tablet
July 10
Which Jewish Groups Got the Biggest Coronavirus Loans from the Government — and Why?
Description - News article
Source - The Forward
June 8
The Coronavirus Is Killing Off American Jewish Institutional Life
Description - Article
Source - Tablet
June 7
Jew It at Home: A New Business Model for Jewish Institutions
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
July 2
Tech-Savvy Faith-Based Groups Thrive in Pandemic, Widening a Fundraising Digital Divide
Description - News Article
Source - Inside Philanthropy
June 26
Will Our Post-Corona Vision Include Engaged Interfaith Families?
Description - Op-Ed
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
June 4
A ‘Super Fund’ Aims to Keep Jewish Nonprofit World From Sinking
Description - News article
Source - New York Jewish Week
June 2
Synagogues Demur as Trump Demands that States Let Houses of Worship Reopen
Description - News article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 22
Thinking About Reopening? 10 Things Synagogue Leaders Should Consider
Description - Article
Source - eJewish Philanthropy
May 26
As Pandemic Set In, Orthodox Union Furloughed 125 Staffers — a Quarter of its Workforce
Description - News article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 19
Union for Reform Judaism Announces Layoffs and Furloughs
Description - News article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 13
The Biggest Jewish Coronavirus Relief Fund Will Soon Start Giving Out Loans
Description - News article
Source - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
May 12
The Plan for Reopening Houses of Worship After the Coronavirus Crisis
Description - Op-Ed
Source - Center for American Progress
May 6
The Pandemic Is Forcing Synagogues to Reinvent Themselves
Description - News Article
Source - The Forward
May 6
Resources for Clergy: Coronavirus and Your Congregations
Description - Article
Source - Union for Reform Judaism
March 20
$9 Million in Emergency Funding for Jewish Life Projects
Source - UJA-Federation of New York
April 23
Nonprofit Funding Proposals
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