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With synagogues shuttered, Virtual Shabbat Box offers introspection, inspiration

This news brief was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on March 20, 2020 at the link: https://www.jns.org/with-synagogues-shuttered-virtual-shabbat-box-offers-introspection-inspiration/

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/jns-virtual-shabbat-box-brief

Posted on: 2020/03/20 - 5:00am

Statement from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association on Communal Gatherings during COVID-19 Pandemic

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/statement-reconstructionist-rabbinical-association-communal-gatherings-during-covid-19-pandemic

Posted on: 2020/03/26 - 1:06pm

Deborah Passover video 2020

Usually, on Passover, we ask “How is this night different from all other nights?”. This year, many of us are asking, “How does this Passover resemble any we’ve ever experienced?”

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/may-we-all-be-liberated-soon

Posted on: 2020/04/03 - 3:10pm

Jewish Particularism & Universalism: R' Deborah Waxman interviewed by R' Shmuly Yanklowitz

Why did Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D, president of Reconstructing Judaism, choose a career in the rabbinate? How did she arrive at her personal theology? How does that theology shape her response, and Reconstructing Judaism’s response, to the unprecedented health, economic and social crisis brought on by the coronavirus?

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/jewish-particularism-universalism-interview-rabbi-deborah-waxman-phd

Posted on: 2020/04/23 - 12:01pm

Daf Yomi While Sheltering in Place

This essay appeared originally on jns.org on April 24, 2020 at: https://www.jns.org/opinion/daf-yomi-while-sheltering-in-place/.

Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer is Associate Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the founder of its Multifaith Studies and Initiative program.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/daf-yomi-while-sheltering-place

Posted on: 2020/04/27 - 10:06am

Statement on Reopening Our Institutions

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/reopening-our-institutions

Posted on: 2020/05/01 - 11:28am

Cross-Movement Resource Guide Published on Re-Opening Synagogue Buildings

This past month, a working group made up of staff at the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements collaborated, with major support from the Secure Community Network, on putting together a “Guide to the Considerations about Re-Opening Synagogue Buildings.” The document offers synagogues some guidance and suggested methodical steps for decision-making and implementation of re-opening plans.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/cross-movement-resource-guide-published-re-opening-synagogue-buildings

Posted on: 2020/06/30 - 4:44pm