At Temple Sholom in Broomall, the perils of the COVID-19 pandemic helped the congregation establish the path it is on today. As Director of Membership and Programming Sarah Beth Podell explained, the shul reevaluated its relationships, strategies and role in the community when the world shut down and everything changed.

“It was sort of time to rebuild and do so strategically, and to reestablish all of the partnerships and make sure that we were committing in ways that were not just showing up at one-off events or the events that we always did,” she said, specifically referencing Temple Sholom’s intention to forge relationships with other houses of worship, Jewish or not.

“How do we help model dialogue for our students and for our community? So much of the world is struggling with dialogu

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