I’m a Pulpit Rabbi. This is the True Cost of Keeping Synagogues Safe

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I’m a Pulpit Rabbi. This is the True Cost of Keeping Synagogues Safe

In the aftermath of the hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, Jewish institutions in America are once again reckoning with the overwhelming financial, material and spiritual costs of keeping our communities safe.

Daniel Bogard

January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022

Daniel Bogard

Daniel Bogard (along with his co-rabbi and life partner Karen) is a rabbi at Central Reform Congregation, a 36-year-old urban, progressive community of 800 in St. Louis, Missouri. Whether in Peoria where they were community rabbis, Cincinnati where they worked at a USCJ shul, or at CRC in St. Louis, Daniel and Karen have always split both their “1.25x” job and their parenting of their three kids. Daniel has taught at both Hebrew Union College

From Hartman Rabbis, Antisemitism, Diaspora, Politics

In the aftermath of the hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, every Jewish institution in America, no matter the size, is once again reckoning with the overwhelming financial, material and spiritual costs of keeping our communities safe in a country where weapons of mass murder are available off the shelf at Walmart.

Read full article in The Forward

/ Rabbinic Leadership Initiative (RLI)