One Building, Two Rabbis, Alternating Services

Buildings & Spaces, Interviews, Jewish Synagogues, Leadership, Resources Frame, Ritual & Worship

The New Jersey Jewish News reports two interdenominational congregations are sharing one building. The two congregations will hold separate services, alternating Friday night services. They have chosen to blend organizational and administrative styles during worship. Beth Shalom is a part of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), whereas the Jewish Congregation of Kinnelon is affiliated…

Interfaith Experiences, Individual Growth

Catholic Parishes, Culture Frame, Interviews, Jewish Synagogues, Participant Observation, Religious Education/Socialization, Ritual & Worship, Theology Frame

The blog post below was written by Congregational Studies’ Team Engaged Scholar Ria Van Ryn for her college newspaper. ——————————— In a 2014 article in the Observer Rachel Renz defends her decisions to attend a Catholic Christmas Eve service and to write about her experiences in a medium representing a Modern Orthodox institution.  Renz notes with disappointment that these decisions…