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Resource Center for Program Providers

InterfaithFamily.com's Resource Center for Program Providers

provides resources to professionals and volunteers who conduct Jewish outreach programs for people in interfaith relationships
connects program providers with each other and with program participants and alumni
advocates for expansion of outreach programs.

The Resource Center evolved from InterfaithFamily.com's Professionals Advisory Circle, which operated from February 2005 to January 2008 and held a conference/retreat in May 2007.

Program providers who participate in the Resource Center are listed on InterfaithFamily.com's Connections In Your Area system.

If you are a program provider who is interested in participating in or learning more about the Resource Center, please contact connections@interfaithfamily.com.

Resources

Resources that are or will become available include:

A program bank of materials, submitted by program providers for program providers, designed to facilitate easy replication of successful programs
Model documents, for example synagogue booklets that welcome interfaith families
Content packets of InterfaithFamily.com articles with discussion questions for use in programs
Guides and tips on program-related topics including marketing, Internet marketing, and fundraising
Articles written by program providers about their work
Substantive papers on topics of interest, for example different psychological theories of Jewish identity
Audio recordings of past conference call presentations.

Connections

The Resource Center provides opportunities for program providers to connect in a number of ways:

To each other, in a listserv, through which they can share information, ideas and advice
To program participants and prospects, in our Connections In Your Area system, through which they can publicize their organization and programs.

The Program Providers section below lists professional and volunteer program providers, with links to their pages on InterfaithFamily.com's Connections In Your Area system, making it easy for providers to find each other. InterfaithFamily.com's social networking platform, to become available later in 2008, will facilitate these connections.

Advocacy

The Resource Center advocates for expansion of outreach programs in a number of ways:

through advocacy writing, such as our November 2006 Forward op-ed (with Kathy Kahn) encouraging funders to replicate the Boston federation's funding of outreach programs
through public speaking at conferences and individual Jewish organizations
in private meetings with federation and foundation leaders.

Program Providers

Some participants in the Resource Center are professionals, part of whose job includes conducting outreach programs that target interfaith couples and families:

Phyllis Adler, Stepping Stones, Denver, CO
Debbie Antonoff, Marcus JCC, Alpharetta, GA
Jacki Ashkin, Jewish Outreach Network, Baltimore, MD
Diane Boland, Harry and Rose Samson Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
Marci Boyer, Jewish Community Center of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Paula Brody, URJ-Northeast Council, Needham, MA
Helene Broitman, InterFaithways, Philadelphia, PA
Gayle Carrol, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle, WA
Arlene Chernow, URJ Pacific Southwest Council, Encino, CA
Suzette Cohen, Mothers Circle Atlanta, Alpharetta, GA
Betsy Cowan, Barshop JCC of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Rabbi Braham David, Jewish Discovery Institute, Boston, MA
Shari Debowsky, Temple Beth Am, Miami, FL
Stephanie DiPaolo, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC
Dana Emold, Harry and Rose Samson Jewish Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
Rabbi Brian Field, Judaism Your Way, Denver, CO
Catherine Fischer, Center City Kehillah, Philadelphia, PA
Devon Fitzig, Temple Beth Emeth, Ann Arbor, MI
Ruth Goldberger, URJ Mid-Atlantic Council, Washington DC
Rabbi Sam Gordon, Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, IL
Jean Graubart, Washington DC JCC, Washington DC
Adam Halpern, Jewish Family Service, Seattle, WA
Meryl Hattenbach, Dayton Jewish Community Center, Dayton, OH
Brad Horwitz, Jewish Community Center of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Rachel Jurisz, Shalom Baby/UJA Bergen County, River Edge, NJ
Linda Kanner, InterFaithways, Philadelphia, PA
Dawn Kepler, Building Jewish Bridges, Oakland, CA
Elana Kling-Perkins, Jewish Family & Children's Service, Boston, MA
Deborah Dusansky Kornfeld, Stepping Stones to a Jewish Me, Boulder, CO
Esther Kosofsky, Nashua, NH
Aliyah Kuchinsky, Barshop JCC of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Karen Kushner, Project Welcome, San Francisco, CA
Tamara Lawson-Schuster, Genesis Eduational Series, Overland Park, KS
Debra Levenstein, Jewish Family and Children's Service of Mercer County, Princeton, NJ
Elana MacGilpin, Mandell Greater Hartford JCC, West Hartford, CT, CHAI - The Center for Jewish Life, Avon, CT
Liz Marcovitz, Jewish Outreach Institute, New York, NY
Robin Margolis, Half-Jewish Network, Takoma Park, MD
Helena McMahon, Interfaith Connection, JCC of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Linda Meisel, Jewish Family and Children's Service of Mercer County, Princeton, NJ
Mindee Meltzer, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Framingham, MA
Midge Merlin, JCC of Greater Boston, Newton, MA
Carol Morris, Stepping Stones, Denver ,CO
Judith Ning, Gateways, Albuquerque, NM
Wendy Weltman Palmer, Dallas, TX
Rabbi Rayzel Raphael, InterFaithways, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Laurie Rutenberg, Gesher, Portland, OR
Debbie Rosenberg, Project NAOMI, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Carla Rosenfeld, JCC of Northern Virginia, Fairfax, VA
Amy Rovin, Jewish Federation of RI, Providence, RI
Marjorie Schnyder, Jewish Family Service, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Gary Schoenberg, Gesher, Portland, OR
Joyce Schwartz, URJ-Northeast Council, Needham MA
Bonnie Shapiro, Jewish Education Center,Cleveland Heights, OH
Rabbi Charles Simon, Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, New York, NY
Debbie Sokobin, Greater Washington JCC, Rockville, MD
Mitch Sudolsky, JFS of Austin, Austin, TX
Carol Targum, Boston, MA
Marion Usher, District of Columbia JCC, Washington DC
Julie Warwick, Jewish Family Service, Seattle, WA
Julie Webb, URJ - Great Lakes and Northeast Lakes Regions, Northbrook, IL
Lynne Wolfe, Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs, New York, NY
Rabbi Bridget Wynne, JGate, El Cerrito, CA
Debbie Zoller, Jewish Family Service, Durham, NC

Affiliates

Some participants in the Resource Center have interest in or experience with outreach to interfaith families but are not presently conducting programs for them:

Rabbi Eve Ben-Ora, JCC of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Jeanette Bergelson, New Beginnings, North Brunswick, NJ
Ellen Deutsch, Chagrin Falls, OH
Sharon Doner, Jewish Info/Referral Services, Rockville, MD
Karen Erlichman, San Francisco, CA
Sheila Feldman, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Dennis Geller, Humanist Minster Boston, MA
Lynn Golub-Rofrano, Lifelong Learning at Tifereth Israel, Washington DC
Rabbi Jay Heyman, Shalom Spiritual Resources, San Francisco, CA
Jeffrey Horner, Temple Beth Torah, Centerville, VA
Ellie Jacobs, Temple Beth Shalom, Needham, MA
Elise Klein, Stamford, CT
Rabbi Cherie Koller-Fox, Chapel Service, Boston, MA
Enid Lader, Beth Israel West Temple, Cleveland, OH
Rabbi Paul Levenson, L'Chaim Center for Jewish Learning, Newton, MA
Yael Moses, JFCS San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Rabbi David Oler, Congregation Beth Or, Deerfield, IL
Cantor Sue Roemer, Fabrangen Cheder, Silver Spring, MD
Natalie Merker Rose, JSSA, Rockville, MD
Rabbi Michael Safra, B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD
Hazzan Sunny Schnitzer, Bethesda Jewish Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Rabbi Lewis Solomon, The New Temple, Chevy Chase, MD
Devorah Smith, Long Valley, NJ
Anita Stoll, Temple Sinai DC Outreach, Bethesda, MD
Rabbi Daniel Zemel, Temple Micah, Washington DC

Resource Materials

Facebook - InterfaithFamily.com created an alphabetical listing of information about the professionals who participated in our 2007 conference/retreat. For the most updated information on a professional, please click on their link above.
Internet Marketing Tips- Our Managing Editor, Micah Sachs, offers a series of tips for improving your web site's search engine placement. Also included are instructions on how to set up a paid search (Google AdWords) account.
Conference Calls - from September 2005 to September 2007 we held quarterly conference calls, as follows:

September 24, 2007 - Guest speaker David Arnow.

June 25, 2007

March 26, 2007 - Guest speaker Sue Fiskoff.

December 18, 2006 - Guest speaker Jim Keen.

September 18, 2006

June 26, 2006

March 20, 2006 - Guest speaker Sam Gordon.

December 12, 2005 - Guest speaker Bruce Phillips.

September 12, 2005

To access any of these materials, click here.