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Michael Bresler

Jun 17, 2026, 11:20 PM

AI in Synagogues: Leading Through Change

Every generation of synagogue leaders faces a version of the same challenge. The world changes. Communities change. Expectations change. And leaders must decide what to preserve, what to adapt, and what to leave behind. Today, AI is part of that...

Jun 13, 2026, 12:51 AM

The Why of the Journey

This week, I walked into a hospital room that did not feel anything like the hospital room I had spent several days in last week. Last week, I spent several days in the maternity ward. It was a room full...

Michael Bresler

Jun 11, 2026, 1:50 PM

AI in Synagogues: Trust is What Matters

Trust is one of the most valuable assets a synagogue possesses. It is built slowly. Through relationships. Through consistency. Through showing up in moments that matter. People trust their synagogue with some of the most important chapters of their lives. A birth. A wedding. A loss. A difficult...

Michael Feldstein

Jun 11, 2026, 3:00 AM

More Than Just a Kashrut Organization

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For many people, the Orthodox Union is instantly recognizable for the small "OU" symbol on millions of kosher products worldwide. For more than a century, the organization has been synonymous with kosher certification, establishing itself as one of the...

Jun 6, 2026, 12:11 AM

From the Cemetery to the Maternity Ward

This Monday, I drove from one end of the universe to the other. Not literally, of course. I was only driving a few short miles from the cemetery, where I had just completed a funeral, and heading straight back to...

Michael Bresler

Jun 1, 2026, 6:50 PM

The Synagogue Is More Than a Building

Synagogues are not sustained by programs alone. They are sustained by relationships, trust, memory, and presence. In an age of AI and operational change, the real question is not how technology can replace synagogue life, but how it can...

Michael Bresler

May 31, 2026, 8:40 AM

AI in Synagogues: Starting Small Matters

For many synagogue leaders, the challenge with AI is not interest. It’s scale. The conversation can quickly feel overwhelming: New tools.New terminology.New expectations.And constant pressure to keep up with change. For synagogues already balancing limited staff time and growing communal needs, it can...

May 30, 2026, 10:02 AM

Another Baby, Another Whole World

This week, I saw something tragic. Our cousins had a baby who was born extremely premature and lived in this world for only a few minutes. My cousin and I spoke about the unique gift of breath, and how...

May 30, 2026, 12:33 AM

What Our Children Remember

Yesterday, I had two conversations that seemed separate at first, but the more I thought about them, the more I realized how connected they really are. The first was about the kosher supermarket. We were discussing how quiet the kosher...

Andrew Logan Lawrence

May 27, 2026, 3:56 PM

Shalom Y’all: A Jewish Story Older Than America

If you ask most people where American Jewish history begins, they'll say New York. Some might know about Newport. Almost no one says Georgia. And yet, just five months after the colony of Georgia was founded in 1733, a ship...

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