Served by Will Soll
Neve Shalom belongs to the Network of Jewish Renewal Congregations, celebrating imaginative Judaism.
The synagogue Neve Shalom was formed in 1989 to express the following values and ideas (affirmed by the Board of Neve Shalom on July 1, 1990):
1) to celebrate Judaism and accompany each other through the passages of our lives.
2) to create a nurturing community of acceptance and support, celebrating diversity, affirming the individual, and welcoming a variety of Jewish identities.
3) to return something to each other, to the larger community, and to history in gratitude for all that we have received.
4) to participate in the creation of an imaginative model for the future of the American synagogue.
5) to encourage a Jewish spirituality at work in the world, integrating the sacred and the ordinary, the masculine and the feminine, the practical and the mystical, in a personal encounter with G-d, Torah, and Israel.
6) to teach each other and our children the traditional languages, arts, and ideas of Judaism.
7) to pray and study with joy, vitality, and holy intent.
8) to create a simplified, non-politicized structure for the synagogue, facilitated by a personal and intimate leadership.
9) to devote our best resources, both financial and human, to the substance of the synagogue, mindful that we are building a sanctuary of the spirit, supported by the free will offerings of the heart.
10) to develop a model for spiritual healing, a safe place to grow and develop, each according to one's own needs and capacities, empowered by the spiritual resources of Judaism that are taught in our sacred space.
