It was not hard to take a back seat to my own spiritual growth. As a youngster, I dutifully attended High Holiday services but felt that it was a pretty boring endeavor. The overwhelming feeling of formality blocked any emotional response on my part. The hazzan (cantor) chanted in an operatic voice, sometimes so dramatically, that it was actually jarring. Synagogue was an ‘event’ that I was attending. There were all the trappings of a Broadway show: everyone was dressed up, t

In my memory, there has never been so much Jewish content available online, for free. Podcasts, interviews, seminars, webinars, zoom rooms, concerts, and lectures (did I cover everything?) are just a click away. Many synagogues are successfully navigating uncharted waters by developing engaging online content. Others are still struggling with the technological challenges. The big question is whether this new mode of participating in Jewish content will take up residence in ou