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Wrestling with Rest
Shabbat, ideally a source of joy, rest and renewal, can also pose some interesting community dilemmas. Many congregations face questions about Sabbath “rules” such as:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/wrestling-rest
Posted on: 2016/04/26 - 11:26am
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New Approach to Shabbat Practice (Schwartz)
Congregation B'nai Israel in Willimantic, Connecticut underwent a long communal Reconstructionist process to decide on congregational rules for Shabbat practice. This newsletter article documents that process, and explains the values weighed and the eventual outcome that was reached. This document can serve as an exemplar for Values Based Decision Making on other topics as well.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/new-approach-rules-shaping-shabbat-practice
Posted on: 2016/12/01 - 1:41pm
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Reconstructing for Tomorrow 11/7/17 First Session
There’s been a tension throughout our history between understanding Reconstructionism as an approach to being Jewish, a set of questions, a set of processes, a set of conversations. Reconstructionism as an organizational structure embodies those questions, those processes, those conversations.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/reconstructingfortomorrowfirstsession
Posted on: 2017/11/10 - 3:38pm
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Guide to Jewish Practice - Educators' Manual
This manual, written by Rabbi Nathan Weiner, will help you use all three volumes of A Guide to Jewish Practice to boost your adult and teen education programming in meaningful ways. It offers flexible formats that are simple to navigate and the pedagogical approach is rooted in values-based decision making.
Potential uses include:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/document/guide-jewish-practice-educators-manual
Posted on: 2018/04/23 - 12:32pm
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The Torah Process
This article is excerpted from The Guide to Jewish Practice, Volume 1. The full Guide may be ordered from the Reconstructionist Press.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/torah-process-how-jews-make-decisions
Posted on: 2016/11/15 - 2:47pm