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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This conversation saddens me. A synagogue is not like a restaurant or gym or something that you can easily review on YELP (although some do).  A synagogue is a constant work in progress, its strength determined by the participation and spirit of its members. It cannot be measured by the means we use to judge other institutions in our lives. There is something qualitatively different about a religious institution, about religion altogether. It should speak to the soul, to something more than the consumer.  [b]Each person experiences religious life in his or her own way. [/b] The experience is not one to be measured or assessed, but rather, continually reflected upon, over time.  To speak of a synagogue or a synagogue's education program based on schedule misses the point.  I understand that people wish to share information, but an online forum can in no way substitute for personal experience, for truly immersing yourself in a place, in a community.

A religious institution does not exist merely to serve, but to be built by its members, consonantly improved upon by caring individuals who concern themselves with the future of a just world. [/quote]

What you said in bold. Some people are only going to approach a shul in the way that saddens you. Some will do so at the start, but then will find the community brings out that spiritual thing in them. The way I would respond to them is not to make them feel guilty for where they are now, but to try to lead them to the place that is mostly to bring out that spritual thing in them. [/quote]

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