REFORM JUDAISM


   PYRAMID PUZZLE   

(All answers can be found in the Summer 1999 issue.)


  1. Approximate number of Reform congregations holding Torah study sessions on erev Shavuot, a traditional time for study of Jewish texts, as participants in the UAHC Tikkun Leil Shavuot project.
  2. Approximate number of years the UAHC headquarters resided at 838 Fifth Ave. in New York City.
  3. Number of UAHC congregations in North America, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, and Puerto Rico.
  4. Approximate number of pieces of sheet music, songsters, and other materials published by Transcontinental Music Publications, the largest publisher of Jewish choral music in the world.
  5. Approximate number of years in which "mikveh" has been an essential part of Jewish life.
  6. The number of the Psalm which reads in part: "They who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy."
  7. Amount of donations raised by UAHC synagogues to aid relief and reconstruction efforts for communities in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala that were devastated by Hurricane Mitch last fall.
  8. Number of psalms "donated" thus far by Congregation Beth HaTaphila in Asheville, NC as part of an innovative temple fundraising project.
  9. Number of acres of land, lake, island, fields, hills, and forest comprising Camp George, the newest UAHC camp institute in the heartland of Ontario, Canada.
  10. Number of new congregations affiliated with the UAHC during the 1998-99 year.


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