Immersed in BJ!

Throughout the Community Building Initiative, we heard BJ members say that retreats, trips, and “Shabbatons” (25-hour Shabbat programming) have been among their most transformative experiences at BJ.  Participants bond powerfully with each other and with the rabbis, and they make leaps forward in their spiritual growth.  Here’s what one anonymous member wrote in response to our [...]

A Note about the Survey

The NYU Wagner School team that developed our community-wide survey has let me know that some respondents included notes — expressing interest in some activity, or asking a question, or asking to be contacted about something. If you did so, please get in touch with the office directly. We committed that the surveys would be [...]

Survey Draws Overwhelming Response

The Community-Building Survey has been closed, and we are thrilled to report that 451 people completed the survey (online and on paper)!  This is a phenomenal response rate (about 25% of households).  It shows how dedicated BJ members are to participating in the process of creating and improving our community.   The sample closely reflects [...]

Survey Says…

Just kidding – we don’t know what it says yet.   But the survey is out as of Tuesday, January 20!  This community-wide survey, in both online and paper formats, is intended to give us some quantitative data (numbers and measures) about community building at BJ.  That will complement the qualitative data (stories, experiences, and emotions) that we [...]