I am wondering how common the situation I just encountered is in American synagogues. I am not a member of the local synagogue, which is the only one in 100 miles in any direction. (Which strikes me as ridiculous Were a massive university town). Every time I consider it, I run into a wall. Like this one. My mother died yesterday, and last night I realized I needed to go to shul today to say kadish. I went to the website, and services are in the event calendar, which is locked to membership. I get the security need, but really? Shabbat services are behind a member wall?? I started clicking every link on the site and eventually found the newsletter section (not behind a wall), and discovered that this shul only has Friday night services— on Saturday they let the conservadox folks hold a lay-led service, but not the usual rabbi-led reform service.
It is beyond my comprehension that a shul serving a local population of 170,000 (so perhaps 3000 Jews) only has Friday night services.
Is this common??
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