Havurah Initiative

Why are you interested in starting a havurah?

What do you hope involvement in this havurah will give you and other participants? Alternatively, what are the goals for this havurah? Or how will this havurah meet a currently unmet goal or communal need?

What kind of activities do you envision doing in your havurah?

How do you imagine bringing Jewish values and/or practice into your havurah? What will be the Jewish infusion for this group? What will make this group a distinctly Jewish group?

How will you go about recruiting for this havurah? What is your recruitment plan?

Have you already identified participants? How many?

What is your plan to have leadership shared among the havurah members?

Creative name for your havurah?