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Attitudes Beliefs and Values Shaping Jewish Practice
(Interested in more on ethics and values? Visit Ethics and Values.)
This article is excerpted from The Guide to Jewish Practice, Volume 1. The full Guide may be ordered from the Reconstructionist Press.
Posted on: 2016/11/15 - 2:19pm
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2021 Auerbach Grant Recipients
Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach Launch Grants and Ignition Grants support rabbinical students and rabbis in reconstructing the Jewish landscape to be more inclusive and engaging. This year’s winners point the way to a dynamic Jewish future.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/2021-auerbach-launch-and-ignition-grant-recipients
Posted on: 2021/07/13 - 10:56am
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Israeli-Palestinian History from a Progressive Zionist Perspective
This 3-part online class is based on a slideshow with the instructor, Rabbi Maurice Harris, narrating, followed by some Q and A with members of Or Haneshamah (Ottawa, ON, Canada).
Posted on: 2021/07/13 - 12:45pm
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Beit Midrash Videos
The Recon Connect Beit Midrash invites you to learn Torah from our notable rabbis at Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/recon-connect-beit-midrash-videos
Posted on: 2020/12/23 - 10:44am
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Congregational Safety Resources
In the months since the October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack, we have been sharing resources with Reconstructionist communities that address questions of how to make our synagogues safer while also upholding Jewish values of racial justice, interfaith community building, and equity. This page gathers together what we’ve shared so far with our educators, executive directors and presidents.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/synagogue-safety-security-and-values-resources
Posted on: 2019/04/29 - 1:45pm
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Community Guidelines for Commenting
Community Guidelines
- Be respectful of other commenters. Meeting differences of opinion with civil discussion encourages multiple perspectives and a positive commenting environment. Remember to criticize ideas, not people. Avoid name-calling and ad hominem attacks. Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the quality of the conversation.
- “Do not be scornful of any person.” Pirkei Avot 4:3
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/community-guidelines-commenting
Posted on: 2016/05/04 - 2:50pm
- Be respectful of other commenters. Meeting differences of opinion with civil discussion encourages multiple perspectives and a positive commenting environment. Remember to criticize ideas, not people. Avoid name-calling and ad hominem attacks. Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the quality of the conversation.
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Resources for Respectful Dialogue on Israel
From the Reconstructionist Movement
Rabbi Toba Spitzer, RRC ’97: “A Guide to Talking about Israel in Your Congregation”
PEARL call with Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, RRC ’85, and Cherie Brown, founder and executive director of the National Coalition Building Institute: “Having the Hard Conversations about Israel” http://archive.jewishrecon.org/pearl-sessions-2013
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/resources-respectful-dialogue-israel
Posted on: 2016/04/19 - 12:24pm
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Take Your Judaism For A Walk
My dictionary defines ecology as “the relationship of organisms to their environment.” The root, eco, is from the Greek word oikos, meaning house, the space we inhabit. When we speak of ecology today, however, we generally mean making the world a better place to live in by cleaning it up. I would like to present two approaches to this subject—first, that of two experts in the field, and second, an idea that I had.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/take-your-judaism-walk
Posted on: 2016/04/15 - 12:09pm
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How to Build Just and Holy Congregations
Although to every individual the achievement of personal salvation is his supreme quest and responsibility, it is unattainable without devotion to the task of social salvation.–Mordecai M. Kaplan, The Meaning of God in Modern Jewish Religion
Smashing the Imperialist Napkinholder
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/how-build-just-and-holy-congregations
Posted on: 2016/05/12 - 1:34pm
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"Straight-Welcoming?!" – Creating an Inclusive Community
Jewish communities of all stripes are grappling with the challenge of creating more inclusive communities. In particular, there is an unprecedented focus on welcoming LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Jews. At Congregation Bet Haverim (CBH) in Atlanta, our commitment to inclusivity emerged organically. Founded by gay and lesbian Jews, we became straight-welcoming; today, straight members constitute the majority. We had to decide whether our values were queer specific or queer universal.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/straight-welcoming-creating-inclusive-community
Posted on: 2016/05/13 - 11:25am