Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal

Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal (STAR) is a Jewish advocacy organization to support synagogues in the United States.[1]

Overview

It was founded in 2000 by Edgar Bronfman, Charles Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt.[2][3] It is headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.[4] Lynn Schusterman, the co-founder's widow, is Chairwoman of the Board.[5]

They pledged to give $18 million the first year.[2] Participants in the inaugural summit in Chicago included Shmuley Boteach, Richard Joel, and Koret Foundation interim director Mel Mogulof [2] They donate $500,000 to synagogues in the United States every year.[2]

In 2009, together with the Center for Jewish Policy Studies, it helped publish Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements by Zachary I. Heller.[6]

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References

Sidney Schwarz, Ruth Messinger, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008, p. 180
Julie Wiener, 'Will $18 million in grants catalyze synagogue revival?', in j., September 15, 2000
Dana Evan Kaplan, Contemporary American Judaism: transformation and renewal, New York City: Columbia University Press, 2009, p. 371
Star Synagogue Studies
Jeffrey K. Salkin, A dream of Zion: American Jews reflect on why Israel matters to them, Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2007, p. 95
Zachary I. Heller, Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements, The Alban Institute, 2009, p. ix

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[1] Sidney Schwarz, Ruth Messinger, Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World, Jewish Lights Publishing, 2008, p. 180

[jweekly-2] Julie Wiener, 'Will $18 million in grants catalyze synagogue revival?', in j., September 15, 2000

[kaplan-3] Dana Evan Kaplan, Contemporary American Judaism: transformation and renewal, New York City: Columbia University Press, 2009, p. 371

[studies-4] Star Synagogue Studies

[5] Jeffrey K. Salkin, A dream of Zion: American Jews reflect on why Israel matters to them, Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2007, p. 95

[6] Zachary I. Heller, Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements, The Alban Institute, 2009, p. ix