Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal
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Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal (STAR) is a Jewish advocacy organization to support synagogue
s in the United States
.
, Charles Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt
. It is headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
. Lynn Schusterman
, the co-founder's widow, is Chairwoman of the Board.
They pledged to give $18 million the first year. Participants in the inaugural summit in Chicago
included Shmuley Boteach
, Richard Joel, and Koret Foundation
interim director Mel Mogulof They donate $500,000 to synagogues in the United States every year.
In 2009, together with the Center for Jewish Policy Studies, it helped publish Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements by Zachary I. Heller.
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Overview
It was founded in 2000 by Edgar BronfmanEdgar Bronfman
Edgar Bronfman may refer to:* Edgar Bronfman, Sr. , Canadian businessman and former long-time president of the World Jewish Congress* Edgar Bronfman, Jr. , CEO of the Warner Music Group...
, Charles Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt
Michael Steinhardt
Michael H. Steinhardt is an American investor and philanthropist active in Jewish causes. He was one of the first prominent hedge fund managers, and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He founded Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co., a hedge fund, in 1967...
. It is headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 44,126 people, 20,782 households, and 10,557 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,122.5 persons per square mile . There were 21,140 housing units at an average density of 1,975.0 per square mile...
. Lynn Schusterman
Lynn Schusterman
-Biography:Lynn Schusterman was born in 1939. She attended the University of Miami, but dropped out before graduation. She is the widow of Charles Schusterman, the founder of the Samson Investment Company....
, the co-founder's widow, is Chairwoman of the Board.
They pledged to give $18 million the first year. Participants in the inaugural summit in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
included Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley Boteach
Shmuel "Shmuley" Boteach is an American Orthodox rabbi, author, TV host and public speaker.Among other books, Boteach wrote Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, published in 1999, which openly discusses intimacy and sexual intercourse...
, Richard Joel, and Koret Foundation
Koret Foundation
The Koret Foundation, along with the Koret Fund, is a private foundation based in San Francisco, California. The foundation was organized in 1978 by Joseph and Stephanie Koret, along with Tad Taube, their family friend and Chief Executive Officer of their women's sportswear company, Korett of...
interim director Mel Mogulof They donate $500,000 to synagogues in the United States every year.
In 2009, together with the Center for Jewish Policy Studies, it helped publish Synagogues in a Time of Change: Fragmentation and Diversity in Jewish Religious Movements by Zachary I. Heller.