Case Study: Temple Beth Israel streamlines membership management with Claris

Multi-app workflows simplify membership management for synagogue.

Temple Beth Israel, a small synagogue in Eugene, Oregon, needed a better way to manage membership and administrative work with a lean team of volunteers and staff. The organization wanted to eliminate paper-based processes, reduce errors, and modernize operations without taking on the cost and complexity of a large off-the-shelf synagogue system, using Claris FileMaker alongside Claris Connect.

Claris implemented multi-app workflows with Claris Connect to automate repetitive tasks and connect information across systems, including address updates, calendar/date calculations, mailing, and financial handoffs. The results included a more paperless workflow, fewer manual errors, an expected 80% savings on mailing costs, reduced need for a full-time volunteer for letter processing, and a potential $20,000 savings by building a custom solution instead of purchasing specialized synagogue software.

Temple Beth Israel

Daniel

IT and Administrative Manager