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Field notes from the people building modern kehilot.

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Three years inside Beth Habad, synagogues and Jewish nonprofits — what works, what doesn't, and how to build communities that last beyond a single leader. No theory, no jargon. Direct from the field.

Featured · Vision7 min

Faith and hishtadlout: why managing your kehila is also avodat Hachem

A common confusion: that effort betrays a lack of bitahon. The Rebbe rejected this explicitly. Hishtadlout is not the alternative to faith — it is its concrete expression.

Mendy Rouah · Apr 29, 2026

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Operations9 min

Financial management for a Jewish nonprofit: budget, pledges, serenity

You can have the most engaged community in the world. Without serious financial management, it collapses anyway. Here is the playbook used by associations that stop living in permanent urgency.

Mendy Rouah · Apr 26, 2026

Fundraising7 min

After the gift: the silent loop that decides if they give again

A donation does not end when the money arrives. That is where it begins — and the next 30 days decide whether you have a one-off donor or a fidèle who comes back stronger.

Mendy Rouah · Apr 24, 2026

Community8 min

From donor to fidèle: why belonging always comes before the gift

A community cannot be funded by occasional donors. It needs fidèles — people who give time, attention and energy, and naturally also money. Here is how that transformation happens.

Mendy Rouah · Apr 21, 2026

Fundraising9 min

Why the old fundraising model no longer works for synagogues and Beth Habad

Crowdfunding did not kill local communities — but it changed the math. Here is why your monthly campaigns are not solving what you think they are solving.

Mendy Rouah · Apr 18, 2026

Vision14 min