Different times Quote by Zachary I Heller

“Revising institutional views about the synagogue Reinterpreting Jewish values Reimagining the venue of the synagogue By unshackling synagogues from leftover views about how they…

— Zachary I Heller

“While the notion is undoubtedly controversial, I argue that when a synagogue turns itself inside out, it can provide for life-cycle events and education…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

“If synagogues would reconceptualize their venue as a third place, they would feel more like a welcoming home in all aspects of their operations.21…

— Zachary I Heller

Our synagogues are spread all over the world, and we want people to respect them and look after them. And we have to respect…

— A. B. Yehoshua

Every Jewish community is different and you really can't generalise.

— Shira Haas

The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial…

— Simon Schama

There is a wide range of views within the Jewish community, so it's not monolithic.

— Barack Obama

“If we turn the synagogue inside out, the synagogue would serve a far broader audience, one that is not restricted by the traditional notion…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

“default position, synagogues need to take what they do best—if they can indeed do them better than any other institution in the Jewish landscape—and…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

“practice, the synagogue generally limits its services only to members in the area of bat or bar mitzvah. Most life-cycle events (outside of these…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

Jewish history has been in my cultural DNA since I was a child growing up in post-war London. In the midst of that dark,…

— Simon Schama

“A study of one particular current helps us to understand one aspect of Judaism, while the study of all four discussed here provides a…

— Lester L. Grabbe