num_pages: 86
description: Formerly a URJ Press title.Synagogue A Sacred Trust is a practical roadmap on how to be a successful synagogue board member and how synagogues can create successful boards. Author Daniel S. Schechter uses his experience as a synagogue trustee and president to full advantage in detailing his concept of what constitutes "Jewish values" and how to incorporate them into the decision-making process. He also provides a practical nuts-and-bolts approach to board membership in discussing such issues How to improve and evaluate synagogue board performance Preventing trustee "burnout" Ways to improve working relationships with religious leaders How best to build a "synagogue community" Development and long-range planning The board and the budget Daniel S. Schechter writes from his experience as a synagogue trustee and president and as a vice chair and executive committee member of the URJ. He has served as editor and publisher of Trustee magazine and authored a column in the Journal of the National Association of Temple Administrators and Trusteeship in a Great Tradition. Schechter has also served as codirector of the CCAR's liturgy development project and chaired the Park Ridge Center for the study of health, faith, and ethics.
language: English
title: Synagogue Boards: A Sacred Trust
titlecomplete: Synagogue Boards: A Sacred Trust
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Behrman House