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Tikkun Olam Landing

Tikkun olam (social activism, or literally “world repair”) is an attempt to repair a breach in the just functioning of the world. Tikkun olam is a central wellspring of spirituality and meaning for many contemporary Jews.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/act/doing-justice/tikkun-olam

Posted on: 2016/09/09 - 10:50am

TEST Component Showcase

This page is designed to showcase the various components available to page builders on Jewishrecon.org. This is the body field, which can have fairly complex formatting and embedded media. But wait, there’s more.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/component-showcase

Posted on: 2016/09/28 - 1:04pm

Congregational Directory

Click on the name of any state or country below to see a list of all Reconstructionist congregations and havurot located there, with contact details.
Click on a congregation’s name to go to its profile page on this site. Profiles contain maps with driving directory, leadership information, and other important details.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/directory

Posted on: 2017/03/19 - 1:25am

RRA Contributions to Elul Project

Six Reconstructionist rabbis were asked to write on the subject “Welcoming the Stranger” for their colleagues, in the RRA Connections newsletters. We’ve collected their contributions below.

Click here to return to the main “Embracing the Stranger” page)

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/rra-contributions

Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 5:34pm

God Loves The Stranger Feature

The high holy days are a time of collective and personal renewal. We ask ourselves “what do we value?” “What do we cherish?” We deepen our ongoing Jewish human project of creating a just and peaceful society and living a just and peaceful life. And we inquire “what is the relationship between the inner and the outer work of transformation?” I don’t have to tell any of you. It’s not easy.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/love-the-stranger

Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 1:17pm

Embracing the Stranger - Internal

Embracing the stranger is an endeavor that requires not just outward action, but internal effort on many levels. Both as individuals and communities, real inclusion involves rethinking of boundaries.

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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/looking-within

Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 1:06pm

Embracing the Stranger - Justice and Wider World

Embracing the stranger is not just an individual journey—it’s a communal calling. We are commanded as Jews to “Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Deuteronomy 10:19) In the face of fear, hostility, or simple disregard toward those who are different, our challenge is to lift up our common humanity, and our inherent dignity and worth as beings b’tzelem Elohim, reflecting the divine image.

Click here to return to the main “Embracing the Stranger” page)

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/wider-world

Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:46pm

Embracing the Stranger - Interpersonal

At times, we have the opportunity and challenge of embracing strangers when we meet them face-to-face. These encounters can be deeply unsettling at first. But as barriers of difference fall, they can be deeply meaningful, even transformational.

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https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/collection/stranger-before-us

Posted on: 2017/08/18 - 12:05pm