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Principals from the Detroit area and Greater Michigan congregational

schools pose for a group photo at the end of their study retreat, June 14.

Retreat Focuses On
"ReJEWvination"
School principals from local Reform,
Conservative and Chabad synagogue
schools participated in a 24-hour
study retreat at the Butzel Retreat
Center in Ortonville from June 13-14.
The retreat's theme,"ReJEWvination,"
provided the school directors with an
opportunity to recharge their batteries
at the end of the school year.

Guest Scholar-In-Residence, Rabbi
Elyse Goldstein of Toronto, led five text
study sessions on spiritual subjects,
including "Women are from Genesis;
Men are from Deuteronomy" and
"Spirituality: What does God have to
do with it?"
The retreat was sponsored by
the Federation's Alliance for Jewish
Education and the Hermelin-Davidson
Center for Congregation Excellence.

Conservative Body
Restructures, Cuts Dues
(JTA) — The umbrella body for
Conservative congregations will
undergo a major restructuring that
includes a significant staff reorganiza-
tion and dues reductions.
The changes within the United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism,
which were announced Tuesday in an
internal memo, are part of the orga-
nization's new strategic plan that was
released in February.
The strategic plan itself was
designed to address concerns that
United Synagogue was not providing
adequate services to synagogues — a
complaint that led to the emergence
of the Hayom coalition of dissident
Conservative leaders in 2009.
The changes announced in the
memo include a broad restructur-
ing of United Synagogue similar to
one in 2009 by the Union for Reform
Judaism.
The current regional structure will
be replaced by "kehilla relationship
managers" responsible for the specific
concerns of individual congregations,
called kehillot.
About 27 percent of United
Synagogue's approximate 115 full- and
part-time staff positions will be elimi-
nated or replaced by new positions,
with the affected staffers either moving
into the new positions or replaced by
new hires. The reorganization comes on
the heels of a 22 percent staff reduction
over the past four years.
Several top positions have been
created, including the organization's
first chief operating officer. Others
include a chief kehilla officer to over-
see the relationship between staff
and the individual congregations;
a chief learning officer to oversee

Conservative Jewish education; a chief
resource development and marketing
officer; and a chief outreach officer to
focus on younger Jews, particularly
those in member congregations and
minyanim.
A 5 percent reduction in dues for
the 2011-12 fiscal year will apply only
to those congregations that are fully
paid up by Dec. 31.
Insiders describe the restructuring
as less about saving money and more
about addressing the concerns of con-
gregations that say they are not getting
enough for their dues.
As part of its enhanced develop-
ment efforts, United Synagogue says
it already has raised $800,000 in new
commitments over the next three
years. Also over the next three years,
the organization plans to train 5,000
lay leaders for its congregations.

No Israel Question During
GOP Presidential Debate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel was
absent as a topic during the first
Republican presidential debate in New
Hampshire.
Hopefuls Mitt Romney, Newt
Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Michele
Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick
Santorum and Ron Paul discussed the
economy, health care, social issues and
other topics during Monday night's
two-hour debate at St. Anselm College,
but a question on the candidates'
stance on Israel was conspicuously
missing.
The only explicit mention of the
Jewish state came in passing, during
one of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick
Santorum's answers when he charged
President Obama has "turned his
back" on America's allies, including
Israel.

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