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Deborah April Column
What does a thriving synagogue look like? I was recently asked to be on a panel at a conference on this topic. To prepare, I sat down — in true Reconstructionist style —with Seth Rosen, the chair of our board of governors; Tresa Grauer, who was recently promoted to become vice president for thriving communities; and almost-rabbi Micah Weiss, who will graduate from RRC in June, and just started working with us as assistant director of the Thriving Communities department and tikkun olam specialist.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/what-does-thriving-synagogue-look
Posted on: 2019/04/02 - 12:02pm
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How Your Community Can Help Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
What are concrete ways that Reconstructionist affiliates can get involved with the immigration issue? How can communities aid immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers?
Posted on: 2019/07/15 - 11:52am
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Reconstructionist Affiliates, Rabbis Push for More Just Immigration System
Members of Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, N.Y., a few years ago, embarked on a quintessentially Reconstructionist process. In a deliberate and participatory fashion, the community, guided by its Tikkun Olam Chevra, chose one issue on which to focus its education, advocacy and direct service efforts. The options — hunger, economic inequality, climate change and immigration — represented large, social problems with systematic and political dimensions.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/reconstructionist-communities-immigration-justice
Posted on: 2019/07/15 - 11:59am
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Forces of Nature - RENA Jan 2020
In October, enormous winds blew off parts of Congregation Beth Evergreen’s (CBE) sukkah. In early December, even stronger winds hurled a giant tree branch onto the roof of the synagogue with such force that it penetrated through to the inside of the building, leaving gaping holes and several surreal-looking limbs pointing down as if, given the season, a reindeer stepped through and got stuck.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/forces-nature
Posted on: 2020/01/27 - 12:37pm
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COVID-19 Email to Leadership
Dear Congregational Rabbis, Cantors, Presidents, Executive Directors, and Educators,
During this time of deep concern about the coronavirus, we have been in communication with many lay leaders, staff, and rabbis serving our affiliates. In this message, we’d like to share some information about what we’re doing to try to be helpful to the leaders of our communities.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/resources-your-community-time
Posted on: 2020/03/16 - 10:08am
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Reopening Synagogue Buildings Guide
In June 2020, 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/article/reopening-synagogue-buildings-guide
Posted on: 2020/06/30 - 4:29pm
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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.
Posted on: 2020/06/30 - 4:44pm
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Key Tips For Talking With News Professionals
Positive media coverage can amplify your voice, inform the public about key issues and build further credibility for your community. It’s a chance to share, in the public square, Reconstructionist values like pluralism and diversity, as well as remind audiences that there’s no one way to do and to be Jewish. At the same time, a negative story can negatively impact your community’s reputation. Here are key tips for speaking with journalists.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/key-tips-talking-news-professionals
Posted on: 2020/08/24 - 11:15am
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Synagogues and Congregants: A COVID Covenant - Nathan Weiner eJP
When COVID-19 hit, synagogues closed their physical doors, pivoting their presence online. Synagogue clergy, staff, and lay leadership went into overdrive to figure out how to bring meaningful and spirit filled Jewish encounter to congregants in this new environment - an effect that was important, difficult, new, scary, sacred, and above all, imperfect.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/synagogues-and-congregants-covid-covenant
Posted on: 2020/09/08 - 10:49am
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Dreaming Up High Holy Days - Joshua Lesser eJP
Rabbi Joshua Lesser https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/dreaming-high-holy-days
Posted on: 2020/09/08 - 11:45am
