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Scenario

When religious communities face fundamental questions about their future direction

Our synagogue's rabbi retired and the search committee is split between candidates who represent very different visions of what Jewish practice should look like in our community. The conflict is bringing up deeper questions about tradition versus adaptation that we've been avoiding and some families are already talking about leaving.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The choice of spiritual leadership becomes a mirror reflecting the community's unresolved tensions about how to remain faithful to tradition while responding to contemporary challenges.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Norse and Germanic paganism?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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