Kesher Talk

Minyanim run amok. As dusk falls on Manhattan and I prepare to head downtown to the one-year anniversary potluck Shabbat dinner and davening at Kol Hakfar, let me share this nice snapshot of the burgeoning of independent minyanim in America's most Jewish city. I am acquainted with everyone quoted in the article, including the author, enough to say hi to, so I guess I'm where it's happening. But it can happen in your town too, as Elie Kaunfer says:

This is not a New York-only phenomenon . . . Independent minyans can exist in most major urban areas where people are looking for spirited, independent prayer," he said, citing a list of new havurot and minyans including the "D.C. Minyan" in Washington, D.C.; Tiferet in Cambridge, Mass., and groups in Berkeley, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

And Austin! The "Living Room Minyan" was just getting off the ground when I moved to NYC, and my friends tell me it's going strong. Let a thousand minyans bloom!

posted by Judith @ 11/21/2003 04:30:04 PM