sid.schwarz Articles, Megatrends Book Tour building spiritual communities, communities of meaning, emerging Jewish communities, new paradigm, social entrepreneurship
Twice in the past year I have published articles in eJP to introduce the work of the New Paradigm Spiritual Communities Initiative. Last week we had our second annual National Consultation, welcoming another 50 “creatives” into this unique network and we used the opportunity to re-brand the project as Kenissa: Communities of Meaning Network (http://www.kenissa.org/). […]
sid.schwarz Articles, Featured, Megatrends Book Tour
I recently had the opportunity to spend some time at the annual gathering of Ohala, the rabbinical association of the Jewish Renewal movement, and at a shabbaton led by students studying at Aleph, the rabbinical training program of the movement. Although I knew quite a few people at the conference, I came as an outsider. I […]
sid.schwarz Articles, Megatrends Book Tour
Jewish Megatrends: Rabbi offers a new way to think of ourselves: “tribal,” and “covenantal” Gary Rosenblatt New York Jewish Week, 5/22/2013 Rabbi Sidney Schwarz recalls the exact words of a comment from a liberal rabbinical student that disturbed him profoundly. “We were at a retreat, and he said to me, ‘I didn’t go to […]
sid.schwarz Articles, Megatrends Book Tour
Rabbi’s Message for American Jews: Change or Die Interview with Lauren Markoe posted on the Religious News Service (RNS) Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, ordained in the liberal Reconstructionist tradition, sees a divide between generations of American Jews that could spell disaster for the community. One generation he calls “legacy” or “tribal” Jews — those who built […]
sid.schwarz Megatrends Book Tour
In the past two weeks we held a beautiful book launch at my home shul, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in Bethesda, MD and then I did events in New York and Boston. The New York event was held at the JCC of Manhattan, directed by my good friend, Rabbi Joy Levitt who is also […]
sid.schwarz Megatrends Book Tour
I’ve just completed the first segment of a national book tour which will take me to ten cities over the next few months. Jewish Megatrends: Charting the Course of the American Jewish Future (Jewish Lights) was published March 1st and I just returned from my second trip to the West Coast where I spoke at […]
sid.schwarz Megatrends Book Tour
I thought writing a new book was a big undertaking! In some ways that was less challenging than launching a new website, which we are doing today, Feb. 28, 2013. My new book, Jewish Megatrends, has been long scheduled for release on March 1, 2013. I knew that it was important to create a more […]