The Relational Judaism Handbook: How to Create a Relational Engagement Campaign to Build and Deepen Relationships in Your Community

by Ron Wolfson, Nicole Auerbach, Lydia Medwin

"The Relational Judaism Handbook" is designed for Jewish leadership - both professional and lay - to create and implement a Relational Engagement Campaign, a comprehensive strategy for building and deepening relationships throughout the synagogue, JCC, Hillel, or other organization. The book presents a step-by-step guide to help boards and staff plan and implement an effective strategy for strengthening connections between the leadership of the organization and its members, between members and each other, and between each person and the Jewish experience itself. Filled with many successful Spotlights on Best Practice and Case Studies from leading practitioners, this interactive guide will help you improve the welcoming ambience and high quality experience offered to members and guests, as well as give you detailed instructions on how to build a robust small-groups initiative to engage your people. Extraordinarily practical, "The Relational Judaism Handbook" is a must-read for boards, clergy, executives and staff who want to make Relational Judaism come alive in their community.

Genres: Judaism

Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Dr. Ron Wolfson

Reviews

[Larkin Tackett · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's all about relationships. This may be one of the most important books I read in my role as temple president. In the Forward, Rabbi Rick Jacobs cites that the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Breslov: “a person reaches in three directions–inward, to oneself; up to God; out to others. The miracle of life is that in truly reaching in any one direction, one embraces all three.” There is so much wisdom, promising practices, and structure to consider here. “Engagement is about building a vibrant, inclusive community where we feel strongly connected to our congregation because we are actually connected to each other.”

[Phil Levy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific Concepts for Engagement of Jewish Communities

This book provides practical strategies for relationship building within Jewish communities. Very readable and approachable content written an articulate style.

[Sharon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much of this book only applies to larger congregations, but i did find some wonderful nuggets that I can use as well.