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meti57b

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2. We have .....
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 11:04 PM
Aug 2012

at every service, a member of our Board of Directors inside the door of the sanctuary, handing out siddurs and Etz Hayim and greeting everyone who comes through the door.

At the kiddush after the service, I think it could be difficult to tell who is a visitor and who just shows up once a year, that you don't recognize. It's a little embarrassing to greet someone with a big "welcome", and then find out they have belonged forever but just don't usually show up.

Good question though, I'll have to ask.

We are "Conservative".

Nobody spoke to me but a Jew for Jesus. Twice. [View all] Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 OP
It sucks. Betsy Ross Aug 2012 #1
We have ..... meti57b Aug 2012 #2
one conservative, one reform. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2012 #3
Have you thought about letting THEM know? Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #4
I wrote letters to both temples. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #8
That is unfortunate Meshuga Oct 2012 #5
My spouse wanted to convert the second time, at the Classical Reform synagogue. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #6
I am so sorry for your experience Meshuga Oct 2012 #9
We never converted, never joined, never paid dues. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #10
LOL Meshuga Oct 2012 #11
I want to emphasize that the rabbi was cool. He was not the problem. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #12
That is usually the case Meshuga Oct 2012 #14
I would have made a good Reform Jew but they blew it. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #13
And that is a huge problem with the movement Meshuga Oct 2012 #15
Thanks! High five to ya!! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #16
A Beit Din is a Jewish court Meshuga Oct 2012 #17
Oh okay!! Cool! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #18
No that is something else Meshuga Oct 2012 #20
I knew a mikvah is a ritual bath--no stinkin' converts!! Clean ones! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #22
Thanks so very much for the badly needed humor!! Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #19
No, thank you for the needed humor! :-) Meshuga Oct 2012 #21
The classical reform rabbi did NOT reject me--the Board did. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #7
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