I grew up in a 100-200 family Reform congregation (Temple Israel of Westchester, later Temple Jerimiah). That’s the size I like. I also liked Temple Emet of Woodland Hills, which was 250 families, before it merged.
Today, it seems there is either the very small congregation, or the very big congregation. Right now, our current congregation is about 50-60 families. We looked at a potential new congregation, one of the smaller in the valley. 800. That’s an order of magnitude. It seems the 250 size family Reform congregation is gone in the San Fernando Valley.
At least we liked what we saw today.
