Ron Wolf­son, Ph.D., is Fin­ger­hut Pro­fes­sor of Edu­ca­tion at the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Uni­ver­si­ty in Los Ange­les. He is the author of The Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty of Wel­com­ing: How to Trans­form Your Con­gre­ga­tion into a Sacred Com­mu­ni­ty and God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God’s Work on Earth (both Jew­ish Lights Pub­lish­ing). Ron is also co-founder and pres­i­dent of Syn­a­gogue 3000, a nation­al insti­tute for cat­alyz­ing excel­lence in syn­a­gogue life.