rabbinic transitions

[cellio]

An observation from perhaps too little data (so further data welcome): if a rabbi leaves his congregation and is seeking other employment, then it seems that one of the following things is true: (1) his next job is not with a congregation; (2) he's helping to found a new congregation; (3) he's leaving town. It appears that trying to move to another established congregation in the same city is awkward in several ways and thus rarely done.

Just something for someone thinking about the rabbinate to keep in mind: congregational life implies nomadic life.

Comments

[cellio]

New York, and probably the Boston metro area are two other places where this is possible.

Yeah, to the outsider New York is like 20 cities packed in very tightly. :-)

[magid.livejournal.com]

But Boston's not!
(she says, completely disinterestedly :-)

[cellio]

It's true; of LA, NYC, and Boston, I find Boston the most city-like (as opposed to metropolis-like), even though I know you've got suburbs and stuff just like everyone else.

I should clarify that I have visited each of these cities (or metro areas) one or two times in my life, though, so this really is an outside perspective.

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Boston is only like 3 or 4 cities packed in very tightly.

Either is better than having seven cities spread out over five times as much land as they should be. Psigh.