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.
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.
“Where Are You with Norse and Germanic paganism?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.