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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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Preparing for a Rabbinic Sabbatical From the Perspective of the Congregational Leadership
In Leviticus 25:2-4 we learn:
“When you enter the land that I assign to you, the land shall observe a Sabbath of the Lord. Six years you may sow your field and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather in the yield. But in the seventh year the land shall have a Sabbath of complete rest, a Sabbath of the Lord.”
Posted on: 2017/04/26 - 9:20am
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Dues and Financial Policy: Our Tax for Jewish Citizenship
Early Models
Since developing as a people after the exodus from Egypt, the most common method of raising funds in Jewish community has been through taxation (see Exodus 30 on the half-shekel, Exodus 35 on free-will offerings, Leviticus 19 and Deuteronomy 14, 24, and 26 on tithing). This is by no means unique to the Jewish people.
Posted on: 2005/10/01 - 12:00am
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Resources on Community Building
(This list of resources is valuable, but in need of updates. Please feel free to suggest any corrections or additions!)
Alpert, Rebecca and Staub, Jacob Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach. Reconstructionist Press, Philadelphia, 2000.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/resources-community-building
Posted on: 2012/06/11 - 12:00am
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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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Books on Jewish Parenting
Note: This resource dates from 2003, but contains many resources that remain helpful. Please feel free to suggest changes and additions!
Annotated by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner, Havurah Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Education Director.
** indicates books that I found to be especially helpful as a parent and as a Jewish educator
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/sampling-books-jewish-parenting
Posted on: 2003/10/01 - 12:00am
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Incubator Session 5: Keeping Your Entrepreneurial Edge Sharp
On April 27, 2017, the fifth in a series of six sessions of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator took place. In this session, guest facilitator Rabbi Hayim Herring guided a discussion on “Keeping Your Entrepreneurial Edge Sharp.” Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
Posted on: 2017/05/07 - 5:48pm
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Incubator Session 6: Getting What You Need from Boards & Governance
On May 4, 2017, the last in a series of six sessions of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator took place. In this session, guest facilitator Toby Rubin, founder of UpStart, guided a discussion on “Getting What You Need from Boards & Governance.” Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
Attitude toward boards
Our attitudes to boards and governance are essential. If you don’t have a positive attitude toward boards, you won’t get what you need from them.
Posted on: 2017/05/18 - 9:40pm
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Recon Radio (Heart Mind and Spirit) on Shavuot
This archival episode of Heart, Mind, and Spirit discusses the holiday of Shavuot. The discussion with Rabbis Linda Potemkin and Shai Gluskin was hosted by Rabbi Shawn Zevit.
Note: We apologize that this program is currently inaccessible to those with hearing impairment. We hope to provide transcripts at a future date of audio materials from our back catalog.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/shavuot-audio-program
Posted on: 2017/05/24 - 12:29pm
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Ruth and Lovingkindess Teaching Session Gedzelman
As we look forward to reading the Book of Ruth on the holiday of Shavuot, Rabbi David Gedzelman explores the text with an eye towards literary elements which speak of how the Hebrew Bible pushes forward structures of covenantal openness, societal protection and compassion towards the other built on and transcending the requirements of the Law.
The handout for the study session is available here:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/spoken-audio/book-ruth-torah-lovingkindness-face-death
Posted on: 2017/05/26 - 2:05pm