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Reconstructionist Educators' FAQs
Click here to read the developmental introduction to these FAQs
Questions About God “Do Reconstructionists believe in God?” “Do I have to believe in God to be a Jew?” Posted on: 2016/03/24 - 6:10pm
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Making Decisions on Controversial Issues
Every congregation (or havurah) faces disagreements, in which particular individuals or sub-groups feel compelled to challenge the status quo. While these disputes are often resolved amicably, they can also result in individuals feeling a need to leave the group, or in some instances, a group of individuals feeling a need to start a new group based on the point of conflict. None of these results is necessarily bad or wrong. But there are times when such disagreements create a negative atmosphere and hurt feelings that never heal.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/making-decisions-controversial-issues
Posted on: 2016/11/22 - 8:54am
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Introduction to Reconstructionist Educators' FAQs
Click here to read the FAQs themselves.
What is going on in a child’s mind when they ask a question? Rabbi Harold Kushner tells the amusing story of the parent who wanted to provide sophisticated theological answers to his five-year-old son who had asked about God. The father explained how God wasn’t really a person, but was instead a spirit, a miraculous presence. A few minutes later the five-year-old came back to his father and said, “I got it. God is like Casper the Friendly Ghost.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/introduction-reconstructionist-educators-faqs
Posted on: 2016/03/24 - 6:12pm
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"Where Was God?" - Lesson Plan On Natural Disasters and Parashat Noah
During disasters and their aftermaths, many people wonder about God’s role in their suffering. This lesson seeks to explore God’s role in tragedy from a Jewish Reconstructionist perspective. This lesson is intended for children ages 8-12.
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 1:51pm
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Synagogue Membership As a Requirement For Religious School Enrollment
This listserv thread from November 2001 still contains valuable discussion on congregational policy.
Jeff Steinberg, Toronto, Ontario
I sit on our Hebrew school committee, which is currently reviewing a policy of the congregation. The policy requires congregational membership after one year's enrollment in the school. The school, in effect, serves a membership gathering function.
Posted on: 2001/11/01 - 12:00am
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Surviving in the One-Room Schoolhouse
(Reprinted from Reconstructing Jewish Education: A Process Guide edited by Dr. Jeffrey Schein in 1989.)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/surviving-one-room-schoolhouse
Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 9:04am
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Toddlers Turn On to Torah
How can you delight two- and three-year-olds with chanting Torah in ancient melodies called trope? How do you pull them into the storyline, and get them to call out questions and jump out of their seats at the end of each section to shout Hazak! Hazak! Venithazek! (Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened), as if it were a chorus from the latest Disney blockbuster? Rabbi Marisa Elana James did just that as a rabbinical student during her year as director of programming at a congregation in New York City.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/toddlers-turn-torah
Posted on: 2000/01/01 - 12:00am
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Hashkiveinu, Prayer and Connection
This lesson helps children and adults delve into the meaning and feeling of the Hashkiveinu prayer. It uses a story and other texts from Siddur Kol Hano'ar to make students more comfortable with the siddur.
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 3:17pm
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Fuller Aleynu For Siddur Kol Ha'Noar
Siddur Kol Hano'ar uses a truncated version of the Aleynu prayer. This fuller version uses Reconstructionist wording and can be pasted into Siddur Kol Hano'ar. It is available with and without transliteration.
Print the pdfs onto labels and cut them to size. Peel off the backs and paste the labels onto pages 34 and 82.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/fuller-aleynu-siddur-kol-hanoar
Posted on: 2017/04/25 - 3:06pm
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High Holiday Torah Services - Educators' Discussion
Discussion from March 2003
Vicki Phillips, B'nai Havurah, Denver, CO
Greetings Edtalkers,
This is Vicki from B'nai Havurah in Denver, Colorado. I am on the Children's High Holiday Programming committee. I have been involved with this committee on and off for about the last 8 years. I am currently asking for your input on what your synagogue does/offers for youth, grades kindergarten through 6th or 7th grade (B'nai Mitzvah) during the Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Services.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/high-holiday-torah-services-educators-discussion
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 5:51pm
