Growing up, the weeks before Passover were always a stressful time in our house. My mom, who is in charge of the cleaning (my dad does the shopping), takes over the house bit by bit, cleaning meticulously and generally driving everyone crazy. But, we all always understood that this period of insanity before Passover was a necessary evil, the price we all had to pay in order for us to be ready for what was, for my siblings and I, our favorite holiday.



I don’t live at home anymore, and… Continue

Being 25 and working with the Next Dor population of Synagogue 3000, it is sometimes a challenge to not make everything about me. As in – wow, I would love that, or, no, that really doesn’t resonate with me at all, or, gee, I never thought about synagogues from that perspective.



And then I remember that, about three weeks ago, I got married. And not just married, but married to a JTS rabbinical student. All of a sudden, my personal fit in this demographic gets even more tenuous than… Continue

Hi everyone!



Steven and I (as the research arm of S3K) are hard at work on our assessment plan for the Next Dor communities. As part of this effort, we are, of course, putting together a survey.



Right now we are trying to gather a large and comprehensive list of activities or programs a synagogue or Next Dor group might run to attract young adults, and we'd love your help! The ideas can be as general or specific as you'd like; related to holidays, Judaica, synagogues or… Continue