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Camp JRF Promo Video 2016

This video was produced for Camp JRF by Perlow Productions.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/camp-jrf

Posted on: 2016/07/22 - 2:07pm

Kaplan on Creation DT Bereyshit

The account in Genesis is perplexing to the modern person. We inevitably get bogged down with the first chapter of the Bible because it seems to conflict with our knowledge that comes from the scientific study of the natural world. Mordecai Kaplan being the modern man par-excellence accepted the scientific view of the universe but realized, of course, that the Torah has a different perspective in telling us about the origin of things. In this selection he focuses on the connection between the creation of the world and God's attention to Israel.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/kaplan-creation-explanation-jewish-mission

Posted on: 2016/08/22 - 10:05pm

Shabbat and Holiness DT Bereyshit

This week's parashah is the first in the Torah, Bereyshit. We are all familiar with the story of the creation that we read in these chapters of the Torah. However, the narrative still raised many questions for our rabbis and scholars. One of the many issues debated by the rabbis is the timing of humanity's creation in relationship to Shabbat. Rashi (12th century France) believed that God created Adam right before Shabbat so that he could immediately enter the holy and peaceful realm of Shabbat.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/shabbat-and-holiness

Posted on: 2016/08/22 - 10:22pm

Light and Darkness Waxman High Holiday video 2016

In this video, Rabbi Deborah Waxman offers a High Holiday message of hope in spite of the problems confronting the world and the personal travails we all face.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/video/light-and-darkness

Posted on: 2016/09/21 - 3:36pm