Since the advent of moder­ni­ty, the human con­di­tion has been chang­ing and evolv­ing, a process that has accel­er­at­ed rad­i­cal­ly in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry. These trans­for­ma­tions are rev­o­lu­tion­iz­ing Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties through­out the world and pos­ing momen­tous ques­tions for indi­vid­ual Jews and Jew­ish lead­ers alike. While Judaism has under­gone many changes in its four thou­sand years of his­to­ry, there’s some­thing par­tic­u­lar­ly per­plex­ing about our times, as the rise of the hyper-empow­ered indi­vid­ual chal­lenges the foun­da­tions of every cul­tur­al and reli­gious com­mu­ni­ty. Draw­ing on exten­sive research and decades of pro­fes­sion­al prac­tice in the Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty, Spokoiny seeks to answer a key ques­tion: How can Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties — and Judaism — thrive in our tumul­tuous age? While this book focus­es on Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ties, it offers valu­able insights for all those who study iden­ti­ty, belong­ing, and com­mu­ni­ty in the twen­ty-first century.