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September 22, 2023

Reports of the Death of the Synagogue Have Been Highly Exaggerated

But the problems are real, and need new solutions.

This Yom Kippur, countless American Jews who rarely engage in communal prayer the rest of the year will show up to synagogues. Many of these institutions are thriving, but many face a host of problems stemming from a changing Jewish population, among them that fewer Jews are purchasing memberships. Matthew Schultz set out to understand the decline of American synagogues, but came to realize he was looking at a very different phenomenon:

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September 22, 2023

  1. When It Comes to Peace with Israel, Many Saudis Have Religious Concerns

    Popular priorities don’t match the diplomatic conversation.

  2. UNESCO Can’t Admit a Biblical City’s Connection to Jewish History

    Jericho is now a world heritage site in the “state of Palestine.”

  3. The Israeli Right Seems to Be Pointing toward a New Way of Avoiding Constitutional Crisis

    Changing rhetoric about checks, balances, and judicial reform.

  4. Reports of the Death of the Synagogue Have Been Highly Exaggerated

    But the problems are real, and need new solutions.

  5. A High Holiday Prayerbook Dedicated to an American Jewish Soldier in Dutch

    David Meyer Wald, of blessed memory.