Commission On Interreligious Affairs
of Reform Judaism

Congregational Programs and Resources

Congregational Activities / Programming

Below are some examples of successful congregational interfaith programs:

Creating Interfaith Coalitions

Joint Social Action Projects

Creating Community Partnerships

Educational Programs

Youth Programs

Creating Interfaith Coalitions:The Interfaith Alliance of Central California
An interreligious coalition created in response to a flood of missionaries in the public schools.

Multicultural Group of Greater Hartford
An interfaith coalition which developed out of a joint volunteer project between a synagogue and church.

Joint Social Action Projects:Jury Diversity
A joint project between a synagogue and an AME church to help increase the diversity of juries in their community.

InterFaith Works! - Respite Care to Foster Care Parents
A program carried out by several congregations to provide a day of activities for foster care children, thus allowing foster parents time off to catch up, rest, and renew themselves.

Creating Community Partnerships:

South Bronx-Port Washington Community ADD "Partnership"
A partnership between two communities that brings together their schools, organizations, and congregations through a variety of projects.

Educational Programs:

An Interfaith Adult Education Class
Offer a joint study program with another faith community. For example, at Congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound, Texas, Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis and Reverend David Williams of the First Baptist Church of Flower Mound instigated a joint 13-week study program in which participants studied the Ten Commandments from both the Jewish and Christian perspectives. The first class, "What are the Ten Commandments? Looking at the texts we have," served as an introduction, while the second class, "Commandments-What do they mean to Jews and Baptists," set up the rest of the sessions, each of which focused on a different commandment.

Youth Programs:Breaking the Circle of Hate
A program designed to sensitize youth to anti-Semitism and racism.

Walking Together
An NFTB-sponsored program designed for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim 4th-6th grade school children and their parents. to discuss, explore, and question their religious traditions, exposing misunderstandings, and finding commonalties.

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