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Racial Justice - Coronavirus

The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated deep racial inequities in the United States. Due to disparities in access to and discriminatory practices in healthcare, over-representation in frontline work, a wealth gap, and countless other manifestations of systemic racism and individual biases, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people have been disproportionately affected by the virus and its economic impact. Asian Americans, in all their diversity, have been scapegoated and subject to rising discrimination and violence.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/center-jewish-ethics/coronavirus/racial-justice

Posted on: 2021/01/28 - 11:39am

Jews, Race, and Religion Lecture 1: Is the Talmud Racist?

In this presentation on January 28, 2021, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies director Professor Steve Weitzman introduced the series and its goals. Following that, Mira Wasserman explored concepts of race and racism as they relate to the foundational source of Jewish tradition, the Babylonian Talmud.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/center-jewish-ethics/jews-race-and-religion/1

Posted on: 2020/11/10 - 1:20pm

Resources from Reconstructionist Congregations and Rabbis - High Holidays 2021/5782

Our thanks to our partners and colleagues who have generously shared these resources.

Written Materials

Introduction and Remarks on the High Holidays for the August 18th Leadership Call

This introduction and framing for our August Leadership Call was written by Jackie Land and Rabbi Maurice Harris from the Department for Thriving Communities at Reconstructing Judaism. Many congregational leaders have found these remarks as a helpful framing tool for approaching the High Holidays in 2021.

https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/highholidays2021/resources-from-congregations-and-rabbis

Posted on: 2021/08/23 - 5:57pm