Beit+Am+Unwritten+Assumptions

This page will hold a list of our unwritten and soon to be re-written assumptions.

__Rewriting that has been completed (Examples) __ Beit Am doesn’t have any young adults //Beit Am is a nice mixture of young and old//

I can’t come to a potluck if I don’t have anything to contribute //Everyone is welcome at a potluck and we’ll share what we have//

Beit Am has a serious financial problem //Beit Am is in a healthy financial position//

Beit Am is only important so I can go to High Holiday services //Beit Am is an important Jewish resource to the extended Corvallis community throughout the year// __ Rewrite __ ELLIE Religious life at Beit Am is not connected to the rest of my life I’m going to feel uncomfortable at Beit Am if I’m not a Zionist Judaism is no longer relevant to my life It takes forever to be accepted by the community Beit Am is too cliquish Beit Am is a traditional and dry institution It’s not ok to come if you don’t belong Board meetings are not fun Beit Am is only important because of VJCCS If I don’t have kids, there is no place for me at Sunday School RICHARD Beit Am is not as welcoming as the UU Beit Am will never fulfill its financial goals You have to be Jewish to be on the board Non-Jewish parents can’t participate in a child’s Bar/Bat mitzvah Beit Am drains its volunteers Beit Am is essentially a conservative organization Beit Am isn’t Jewish enough Jewish learning at Beit Am is just for children Beit Am is essentially a very liberal place Beit Am is unwelcoming DAVID There is no real davening at Beit Am Beit Am services are basically conservative Judaism and more conservative than I am used to You’re not welcome at B’neiMitzvah if you don’t know the kid Beit Am is less important than soccer etc. Beit Am is mostly really Jewish people Beit Am is really expensive Board meetings are contentious Everybody at Beit Am is over 50 Shabbat and other Jewish life happens at Beit Am only (not at home) I don’t know the new families (from an older voice) BARBARA Jewish learning for kids happens on Sunday mornings There are not enough observant Jews at Beit Am Beit Am does not have a wealthy membership I need to know Hebrew in order to participate in Beit Am I can’t afford it No place for kids unless they participate in Sunday School People think children are annoying at services There is only conventional davening at Beit Am You should only come to Beit Am if you believe in God Beit Am is riven with political strife (too much politics) I don’t belong to Beit Am because I don’t believe all that mumbo jumbo

__Needs Discussion __ Beit Am has nothing to offer me because I’m not religious Beit Am is an extremely diverse Jewish community Majority of membership is interfaith or intermarried couples Beit Am needs to satisfy all Jewish needs Beit Am needs to welcome Jews of all streams of observance Although we have over 100 members Beit Am is really only 20 families Beit Am provides endless opportunities for cooking and eating Beit Am is really growing There’s too much focus on religion at Beit Am Board and other meetings are not spiritual/religious endeavors Beit Am expects too much of its volunteers Beit Am is lay led Beit Am is a volunteer driven organization Non-Jewish parents can’t carry the Torah Beit Am is always needing volunteers Beit Am isn’t a synagogue Beit Am is a Jewish community center and not a synagogue or a congregation Beit Am is mostly interfaith couples Beit Am is full of Zionist propaganda Beit Am doesn’t need a new building Beit Am is in dire need of a new building Beit Am is run by the same old people Kids should go to Sunday School whether they like it or not

__Uphold __ Beit Am has a cool new Rabbi Many people at Beit Am can teach Torah and lead prayer Beit Am is a wonderful place with lots of interesting people Beit Am has incredibly talented membership