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A Jewish Approach to Obligatory Giving
(Reprinted from Congregations Magazine, The Alban Institute, Nov/Dec 2001. This piece was written by Bob Leventhal and Rabbi Shawn Zevit)
The rabbi squirms in his seat when a leader suggests that he engage in fundraising. Perennially vocal board members grow silent when it is time to follow up with congregants about their financial obligations. The topic of money makes us uncomfortable. But no organized religion has ever been without a need for resources or an expectation of offerings, dues, or taxes to support its institutions.https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/jewish-approach-obligatory-giving
Posted on: 2001/11/01 - 12:00am
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Group Discussion About Money (RT Winter 1999/2000)
This piece was originally published in Reconstructionism Today in its Winter 1999/2000 issue. It is included here for its historical interest and variety of perspectives.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/group-discussion-about-money
Posted on: 1999/05/24 - 12:00am
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Incubator Session 4: Jewish Megatrends
On April 6, 2017, the fourth in a series of six sessions of the Reconstructionist Learning Networks Innovators Incubator took place. In this session, guest facilitator Rabbi Sid Schwarz guided a discussion on “Jewish Megatrends: Priming the Pump of Jewish Innovation.” Below are highlights from the session, with links to resources discussed.
How Can “Old” and “New” Jewish Organizations Learn from Each Other?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/incubator-session-4-jewish-megatrends
Posted on: 2017/04/20 - 6:38pm
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Communal Mishlo'ach Manot
“And therefore the Jews make the 14th of the month of Adar: a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending choice portions to one another.” (Esther 9:19)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/communal-mishloach-manot
Posted on: 2017/04/21 - 12:16pm
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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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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
