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On Migrants and Refugees: A Sermon
As Jews, we are committed to treating every human being as created betzelem elohim, in God’s image, including migrants and seekers of asylum.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/migrants-and-refugees-sermon
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Jews With a Mission
As the participants in Adat Shalom’s service mission in Haiti engage in the practice of literally loving their neighbors as themselves, they feel deeply connected to the people with whom they work, to all of humanity and to the mystery of being.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/jews-mission
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Presidential Inauguration Remarks
At her inauguration as the first woman president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, Rabbi Deborah Waxman chants from Exodus and teaches about redemption.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/presidential-inauguration-remarks
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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We Were Once Slaves
Because we were once slaves, Michael Zimmerman explains, we can feel the suffering of other oppressed groups without having experienced it directly. Seeking justice does not need to be rewarded, as it is a privilege and a right to campaign on behalf of other marginalized communities.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/we-were-once-slaves
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Racism in the Jewish Community
Co-written by Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Donna Cephas, this essay examines the assumption that all Jews are white, while touching on a myriad of interrelated issues: conversion, interracial families, adoption, Ashkenazi privilege and political correctness.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/racism-jewish-community
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Radical Inclusion
Declarations that everyone is welcome in a community are insufficient for Jews who do not identify as white. Jewishness is not the sole or primary identity for those who are oppressed and endangered because of the color of their skin.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/radical-inclusion
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Reimagining Jewish Community Sermon Sparks
Download these text studies inspired by the essays in Reimagining Jewish Community, by Rabbi Rachel Weiss, Rabbi Brian Field, and Rabbi Ariana Katz.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/reimagining-jewish-community-sermon-sparks
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Israel & Us: Creating a New Narrative
Drawing from her involvement with groups ranging from T’ruah to the New Jewish Agenda, Rabbi Toba Spitzer explains the power of two disparate narratives in describing, understanding and working to find commonality within the American Jewish discourse on Israel/Palestine.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/israel-us-creating-new-narrative
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Our Responsibility
Drawing from teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi David Teutsch teaches that “silence is consent.” For American Jewish communities, keeping silent about injustice emerging in Israel makes Jews complicit in those acts of injustice.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/our-responsibility
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
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Why We Do What We Do
Drawing from teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Rabbi David Teutsch teaches that “silence is consent.” For American Jewish communities, keeping silent about injustice emerging in Israel makes Jews complicit in those acts of injustice.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/evolve-ref/why-we-do-what-we-do
Posted on: 2019/11/13 - 7:52pm
