As Teens Defect from Shul, Congregations Find Ways to Revamp Programming

... country, ours has struggled to retain kids after the bar mitzvah," says Rabbi Leora Frankel of Community Synagogue in Rye, N.Y., a Reform congregation. Frankel has helped her shul "radically" reinvent its offerings: "Historically the only options ...

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