Tikkun Olam Resources
Does The Torah Require Us To Publicize Names Of Sexual Abusers?
What does Judaism teach us about how to respond to accusations of harassment or assault?
A Vital Foreign Policy Tool Under Threat
Rabbi David Teutsch urges support for foreign aid in the upcoming federal budget.
Making Our Synagogues Vessels of Tikkun Olam
This article is adapted from a talk at the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Tikkun Olam Kallah, March 2003.
Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Texts for a Jewish Resistance Movement
These materials explore Jewish models of resistance to oppression.
Politics From The Pulpit: Speaking Publicly About Repairing The World Together
Reconstructionist Judaism takes seriously our obligation to act together to address injustice and suffering. To do so, Rabbi Elliot Tepperman argues, our congregations need to be places where we can safely engage in political and ethical agitation and disagreement, while avoiding mere irritation.
From Tzedakah to Restorative Finance: A Curriculum
This Reconstructionist curriculum on wealth inequality was written for the movement’s Tikkun Olam commission in the winter of 5777 (2016-2017).
Eco-Judaism (Is There Any Other Kind?!): How Torah Pushes the Sustainability Envelope
“Love of the Creator, and love of that which G!d has created, are finally one and the same,” wrote Martin Buber. Defending this divine creation in an era of climate change is a Jewish (and social, political, and moral) imperative.
A Yizkor Prayer for Righteous Gentiles
A child of Holocaust survivors, Rani Jaegar composed a yizkor prayer for Righteous Gentiles that is unique and breaks new ground. It tells the story of those who saw suffering and knew how to find their humanity. It remembers that “righteousness is an everlasting foundation” that breaks boundaries.
How to Build Just and Holy Congregations
Tepperman encourages sustained congregational dialogue and action around social, environmental and political justice.
Voters Must Act Against Demagoguery
RRC President Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., was among the 18,000 people in the audience for Donald Trump’s March 21 speech to the AIPAC Policy Conference. Her response was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer under the title “Voters Must Act Against Demagoguery.”
Political Activism as a Form of Prayer
Rather than seeing religion and political activism as two distinct phenomena, we can experience activism as a powerful form of prayer.
Welcoming the Stranger, Living Our Values
In an op-ed piece in Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., compellingly argues in favor of a robust and compassionate refugee program.
His Blood Cries Out for Faith and Love
Reacting to time spent with civil rights leader John Lewis, Rabbi Mordechai Liebling reflects on faith, progress, and justice.