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PJI: Hope and the New Zionism
Israel’s Declaration of Independence, read and signed on the evening of May 14, 1948, begins with the story of Jewish persecution and homelessness. Then it proclaims the principles on which the country will be established.
One of the paragraphs reads:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/hope-and-new-zionism
Posted on: 2016/01/04 - 12:00am
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Holding Ourselves Accountable
Can virtuous behavior be taught?
I have had my doubts. Of course, parents do their best to instill their values in their children. In retrospect, however, it seems to me as if I learned from the way my parents lived their lives rather than from any values that they tried to teach me. I would say the same thing about how my own children have turned out. If they are honest or kind, it is not because their parents or religious school teachers told them that honesty or kindness are good, but rather because there were people in their lives who have modeled honesty or kindness.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/holding-ourselves-accountable
Posted on: 2014/03/15 - 12:00am
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Finding Grace in Parenthood
Jonah Itai Staub, our grandson, emerged on Friday at 6:45 a.m. At 6:52, we received the text from our son Andrew: “Baby is here! Everyone is healthy.” This coming Friday, little Jonah will be circumcised into the covenant of Abraham.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/finding-grace-parenthood
Posted on: 2014/03/01 - 12:00am
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Preparing for a Child
In the year 741 B.C.E., a prince, Hezekiah, was born to the royal family of Judah. The Prophet Isaiah was excited and inspired. Those were bleak times. King Ahaz, Hezekiah’s father, was paying tribute to the Assyrian emperor in order to avoid invasion and destruction. He was fighting with the northern kingdom of Israel and with Syria. Listen to Isaiah:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/preparing-child
Posted on: 2014/02/01 - 12:00am
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Toddlers Turn On to Torah
How can you delight two- and three-year-olds with chanting Torah in ancient melodies called trope? How do you pull them into the storyline, and get them to call out questions and jump out of their seats at the end of each section to shout Hazak! Hazak! Venithazek! (Be strong! Be strong! And may we be strengthened), as if it were a chorus from the latest Disney blockbuster? Rabbi Marisa Elana James did just that as a rabbinical student during her year as director of programming at a congregation in New York City.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/toddlers-turn-torah
Posted on: 2000/01/01 - 12:00am
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When the Call Comes, Will Your Congregation Be Ready?
“Do you have any resources about how to deal with guests, calls and emails from people who are interested in becoming a member or are curious about our congregation?”
It’s a smart question.
In an age when people avoid religious institutions, an email or phone call from a prospective member is an opportunity that synagogues cannot afford to lose. But, too often, congregations drop the ball.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/when-call-comes-will-your-congregation-be-ready
Posted on: 2017/04/19 - 10:23am
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Waiting for the Messiah - JJS
I was in my mid-twenties, delivering an “Introduction to Judaism” talk to a group of fraternity brothers at Lafayette College, when I first heard the question: Jewish people don’t believe the messiah has come? The young man, who identified himself as a member of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, lingered long after the program ended to try to understand what that meant. He could not imagine how one could live in such a state.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/waiting-messiah
Posted on: 2014/01/10 - 12:00am
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Asking for Help - JJS
It can be extremely difficult to ask for help.
Contemporary Western secular culture prizes autonomy and self-reliance. From a very early age, we are taught that it is better to be independent than dependent, so that corporations have to train their employees to work cooperatively and interdependently.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/asking-help
Posted on: 2014/01/29 - 12:00am
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Is God to Blame When Bad Things Happen? JJS
Often enough, I run into people who report that their faith in God was shattered when something terrible happened. If there is a God, they ask, how could He let such things happen?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/god-blame-when-bad-things-happen
Posted on: 2014/09/01 - 12:00am
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Where is God in This?
“I’ve hit a wall,” a spiritual direction client recently said to me. “I want to discern God’s presence more frequently.”
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/where-god
Posted on: 2014/07/22 - 12:00am
