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The following is compiled from some old soc.culture.jewish info.

TEMPLE TRACKER (described below) was developed by Ellen Franklin, the rebbetzin
at Temple Emanuel in Providence.  I don't know how good it is but Temple
Emanuel seems happy with it.  (Of course they may be a little biased  8^{).

L'hit,
Gavriel

I don't know who is distibuting the software but about a year ago
the people at:
 
B.M.H. Congregation
560 South Monaco Parkway
Denver Colorado  80224
Attn: Rabbi Stanley Wagner
 
did a complete market survey and are now using a very good package which
covers all of your requirements and a lot more.  As far as I know, some
of the software was originally developed for churches and then adapted for
synagogues.
If you write to the good rabbi, mention my name and give regards.
 
 
                                        Lots of luck,
 
                                        Benjamin Cohen

I just got around to reading my Jewish Action (the OU) magazine
from last winter. In it is an ad for TEMPLE TRACKER
(the definitive name in synagogue administration software).
It operates on IBM PC and compatibles.
I have never used or seen it. It says for more info contact:
Ellen Franklin
Arlington Associates, Ltd.
195 Arlington Ave.
Providence, R.I. 02906
(401)-273-1341

        In reply to the request for Temple Management software for the
  IBM PC and compatibles:
        I am aware of a company in Chicago which produces and sells 
  Jewish oriented software, primarily for the Mac, but also for the IBM...
  I know that they have a number of word proccesors in Hebrew, and a
  number of educational products in both Hebrew & English.  I belive
  they also have "Temple Management" software, but you should find
  out about that.
 
        The company:  Davka Corp.
        The phone #:  1-800-621-8227
        Talk to:  Rabbi Alan B. Rosenbaum,
                  Rabbi Irving Rosenbaum
                  or anyone else I suppose...
        The address: (I think)
                845 Michigan ave.
                Water Tower Place
                Suite ???
                Chicago, Il.
                        Zip??
 
        Again, I am not sure 'bout the details but they are a wonderful
  company to work with.  Good Luck.
 
                        Y. Gil Yehuda
 
                        [email protected]
                        [email protected]

    Thanks for your help.  I spoke with the Davka folks, who were very
    helpful.  I will probably follow up on the others also.
    
    LI

    re 859.0
    
    I belong to Temple Beth Am in Framingham. You may wish to call
    Jeff Katzif (DTN 223-1156). Jeff is in charge of our computer
    systems. We bought Temple Tracker and had to modify it to fit
    all of our needs a few years ago. Jeff knows what is available
    in the marketplace.

I have a couple of friends who own a company in Springfield MO. that specializes
in Church Management Software (the same basic things that a temple does ie 
membership, dues, contributions etc..) They use an Alpha Micro based multi user
systems but are working on MSdos based single user systems also. They do 
purchaseing of the base hardware and software and will install and provide
support (phone or on-site). They are currently the system of choice for the
Assemblies of God Church.


	Stoner/Wilson Consulting Software Engineers
	300 S. Jefferson
	Suite 304
	Springfield, Missouri 65806

	(417) 865-2798

	Ask for John Wilson or Chuck Stoner.

This is from an old card so the address might have changed (they are/were 
moving to a larger suite of offices).

    Although a church-management package does much of what you would want
    in a synagogue-management package, I doubt if it would manage
    yahrzeit-reminder mailing lists (and other functions dependent on the
    Jewish calendar) or print bi-lingual bulletins such as the Davka
    package claims to do.
    
    Ed

    I have learned quite a bit about some of the differences and it is
    rather amusing to me.  You learn alot about what is important to folks
    by what their software tracks (I should say here that I am not making
    judgements about the differences, only that I hadn't thought about them
    before).  For example, the church management products I have reviewed
    all handle donations, but they are tracked by envelope number.  A
    friend of mine told me that this is so you can pass them in without
    anyone knowing about it.  The products also tracked attendance at
    services and sermon topics. 
    
    In general, however, there are enough differences that church products
    won't work for a temple.  
                   
                                      

    In case you didn't catch the announcement in last week's Jewish
    Advocate - On January 21st at Temple Mishkan Tefilla in Chestnut
    Hill is a Temple Administration conference.  1 day made up of seminars
    and a display of temple automation products.  May be worth catching.
    
    Another package to look at is MacShamas (I forget the name of the
    manufacturer).
    
    Barb
    

    Understand that after having sold the TEMPLE TRACKER SYSTEM to a
    Temple, support is minimal.  Any comments??
    
    Thank you,
    
    Charlie