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Ruth, the First Convert (DT Shavuot)
We soon celebrate Shavuot, called in our tradition “zman matan Torataynu,” the season of the giving of our Torah. It is a pleasant coincidence that the Torah reading for the Shabbat immediately preceding Shavuot is usually ”BaMidbar” (“In the wilderness”). Rabbinic tradition asserts that the Torah was given in the wilderness to demonstrate that it was not the property of a landed tribe but rather was available to anyone who chose to claim it as theirs.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/ruth-first-convert-model-welcome
Posted on: 2017/01/31 - 2:42pm
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The Hebrew Word For Patience
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore,” the Peter Finch character screams in the movie Network, one of the more memorable moments in cinematic history. In contemporary U.S. culture, it often seems as if speaking your mind, no matter how hurtful, and no matter what the consequences, is considered a virtue. That’s a problem!
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/hebrew-word-patience
Posted on: 2017/01/31 - 3:22pm
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Pregnant in Israel
The belly of a pregnant woman is public property. Traditional Jewish law divides domains into public (reshut harabim) and private (reshut hayahid), much like American law. While there is probably no case establishing this in the She’elot U’tshuvot (body of law known as the Responsa Literature containing questions asked of authoritative rabbis), the general public in Israel has indeed ruled that my belly, like the bellies of all pregnant women, belongs to the reshut harabim.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/pregnant-israel
Posted on: 2017/01/31 - 3:37pm
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A Discussion About Teaching Hanukkah: Miracle or Not?
Discussion from November 2004
Toni Bloomberg Grossman, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Hi everyone,
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/discussion-about-teaching-hanukkah-miracle-or-not
Posted on: 2017/02/10 - 2:31pm
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Next Year In Jerusalem
Different Meanings
Each year, around seder tables throughout the world, Jews and our guests end the haggadah with the phrase, “L'shanah haba'ah biyerushalayim — Next Year in Jerusalem.” Like the four children who appear earlier in the haggadah text as paradigms for the ways Jews approach the historical narrative, those who say or hear “Next Year in Jerusalem” do so with many different degrees of self-knowledge or awareness in relationship to the phrase.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/next-year-jerusalem-0
Posted on: 2017/02/10 - 2:39pm
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If God Is Good, Why Do Pain and Suffering Exist?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/if-god-good-why-do-pain-and-suffering-exist
Posted on: 2017/02/10 - 2:46pm
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Vision Statement - DW
Rabbi Deborah Waxman shares her vision for the Reconstructionist movement upon the occasion of her inauguration.
Why Reconstructionism now?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/vision-statement
Posted on: 2014/11/03 - 12:00am
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Incubator Session 1
On February 16, 2017, Cyd Weissman led the first in a series of six sessions as part of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator. In this first session, participants discussed how to turn bold ideas into action. Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
The world is changing rapidly around us. How do we respond?
Posted on: 2017/03/20 - 8:26pm
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Incubator Session 2
On March 2, 2017, the second in a series of six sessions of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator took place. In this second session, guest facilitator Douglas Heifetz guided a discussion on the lean startup. Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
Background on the Lean Startup Method
Explore this website to learn more about the Lean Startup Method.
Who We Are
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/incubator-session-2-lean-startup
Posted on: 2017/03/20 - 8:45pm
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Incubator Session 3
On March 16, 2017, the third in a series of six sessions of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator took place. In this session, guest facilitator Rabbi George Wielechowski guided a discussion on branding and marketing. Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
What is a Brand? You Feel it in your Kishkes!
Brand = psychological, emotional, gut reactions people have to a company or product.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/incubator-session-3-branding-and-marketing
Posted on: 2017/03/24 - 12:25pm