Alan Edelman Community Quotations

The town hall meeting is a concept we created to help us make sure that every member of the community can come in and give their opinion.

This is a way for every member of the community to come in and participate in the process of improving the quality of some aspect of our community programming.

They say 50 to 52 percent of the adult population is not affiliated with a synagogue, but, at the same time, 75 to 80 percent of children receive a Jewish education. The challenge to synagogues and the community is how to engage these families when they are participating; give them something other than their kid's Bar/Bat Mitzvah; so they will continue participating in synagogue activities after the Bar/Bat Mitzvah is over.