Priority 3: Get Digital Right

Temple Emanuel is a place to find people, purpose, and connections. Getting digital right will leverage technology to strengthen relationships and ensure that each member gets the content they seek in the way that feels right for them.

COVID changed how people engage with the Synagogue. It required Temple Emanuel to create new ways for congregants to still share in community. For example, members who are ill or uncomfortable driving at night can attend services, listen to speakers, or say kaddish. We need to further build and enhance methods of connection that are aligned with how members want and need to engage.

In addition, our members increasingly consume Jewish content—about Israel, about challenges and opportunities in American Jewish life, about the weekly Torah portion or regular Talmud study—in short, on demand bite-sized podcasts. We need to do more of that.

By smartly utilizing livestreaming, Zoom, social media, mobile apps and other digital tools, more people will discover and participate in everything Temple Emanuel has to offer: to learn Torah, to pray, to be inspired, to find community, and go out into the world and make a difference.