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SYNAGOGUE GUIDE
Live Streaming Helps Congregations Connect
By Logan C. Ritchie
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C
an’t come to synagogue? Synagogue will now come to you.
In an effort to attract members, appeal to an aging population
with less mobility, and cater to techsavvy millennials, some Atlanta synagogues are adopting technology to
broadcast religious services and lifecycle events. It just takes a few clicks.
Live streaming delivers events,
such as Shabbat services, via the Internet while they are happening. Users can watch on smartphones, tablets
or laptops from home or around the
world.
Atlanta congregations using live
streaming include Temple Kol Emeth,
Temple Sinai, Temple Emanu-El, The
Temple and Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
At Kol Emeth in East Cobb, Jon
Worly, the volunteer director of communications, uses Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to communicate with
the congregation’s 500 families.
“Our feed announces general
temple events as well as teen and youth
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events. Social media is the best way to
talk to our youth,” he said.
“We are trying to be a leader of
technology and the way people receive
information, whether that’s by email,
newsletter by mail or social media.
Whatever way they want it, we want to
give it to them,” Worly said.
More than a year ago cameras
were installed in the sanctuary to
stream major events, includin