USCJ Blog
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More Than a Melody: Finding Ruach through Music, Community and Connection
July 9, 2026 24 Tammuz, 5786By LeAnne Sporn Common secular thought in today’s world is that the younger generation just wants louder music, however, that’s not necessarily the ca
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Finding Freedom in the Wilderness: Shavuot, Sinai, and Soul Memory for a Returning Jew
July 9, 2026 24 Tammuz, 5786By: Nasiyah Isra-Ul I remember the first time I heard the saying “All of us were there at Sinai.” It was at the start of my deep dive into Judaism aft
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YALA and USY Alumni Created Community to Honor the Memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin
June 12, 2026 27 Sivan, 5786
On Wednesday, June 3rd, I had the opportunity to hear Rachel Goldberg-Polin discuss her new book, When We See You Again, with 15 YALA participants and
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A Century-Long Legacy of Giving to the Youth of Conservative Judaism
June 3, 2026 18 Sivan, 5786
Larry Cohn, the trustee of the Hannah S. and Samuel A. Cohn Memorial Foundation, comes from a legacy of leaders in the Conservative Jewish Movement s
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Beyond the Paycheck: How Synagogues Are Supporting Staff Through Membership, Tuition, and Professional Growth
May 29, 2026 13 Sivan, 5786
A recent poll of 62 synagogues offers a revealing snapshot of how congregations are thinking about staff support and where significant gaps remain. Th
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Ethics in Practice: Where Synagogue Leadership Stands Today
May 20, 2026 4 Sivan, 5786
In USCJ’s latest poll, 79 leaders across Conservative/Masorti synagogues shared a candid snapshot of how their communities approach leadership ethics.
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The Impact of the 2026 USY Alumni Lev El Lev Event
May 19, 2026 3 Sivan, 5786
On Sunday, April 19, over 110 USY Alumni and friends joined on Zoom for the second annual Lev El Lev celebration. This event was created to honor rema
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Why the Weekday Lev Shalem Siddur Matters
April 13, 2026 26 Nisan, 5786
Daily prayer is one of Judaism’s most demanding gifts — a call to show up, again and again, in search of meaning, community, and something large
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Building on Strength: A Leadership Update from USCJ and the Rabbinical Assembly
March 24, 2026 6 Nisan, 5786Dear Friends, Over the past six years, the Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism have had the unique opportunity to operate
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Ruchot Reflection 2026
March 24, 2026 6 Nisan, 5786We are living at a time of great change. Choices we make today inform how the country and the world will look for the next century. Conservative Jew
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It was Megillah Madness in NYC this Purim
March 16, 2026 27 Adar, 5786
Imagine sitting in your Purim costume davening Maariv in a chorus of 400 other Jewish young adults, preparing to listen to the chanting of the Megilla
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The Scratch-Off Card That Turns an Ancient Ritual Into a Daily Habit
March 16, 2026 27 Adar, 5786
A Scratch-Off Card Is Helping People Finish a 2,000-Year-Old Jewish Practice A small scratch-off card is helping people accomplish something surprisin
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The Rabbi Who Found Her Calling and Built a Thriving Community
March 12, 2026 23 Adar, 5786
In existence for over 100 years, Beth Israel Synagogue is one of the two small congregations in the Jewish community of Roanoke, Virginia, and the onl
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Reflections From Chidush 2025 from a Teen and a Parent
March 9, 2026 20 Adar, 5786About Chidush For the second year in a row, we held our Winter Break program in Israel, called Chidush. A Chidush is a new insight, and we wanted to e
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How One Community Reimagined Leadership Development Using Sulam for Emerging Leaders
March 2, 2026 13 Adar, 5786
Westchester Jewish Center, a growing synagogue of 460+ families in metro NYC, was one of the first congregations to run USCJ’s Sulam for Emerging Lead
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