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Optimism Poem
More and more I have come to admire resilience.
Not the simple resistance of a pillow, whose foam
returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous
tenacity of a tree: finding the light newly blocked on one side,
it turns in another. A blind intelligence, true.
But out of such persistence arose turtles, rivers,
mitochondria, figs—all this resinous, unretractable earth.—Jane Hirshfield
(Originally published in Given Sugar, Given Salt)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/optimism
Posted on: 2017/08/28 - 5:17pm
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Guide to Free Media Publicity
Introduction
The goal of this document is to provide synagogues with guidance regarding how to obtain publicity that will enhance their outreach efforts. All this information will be useful for publicizing other aspects of synagogue life as well. By publicity, we mean non-paid editorial mention, whether it be an announcement, a photo, a feature story on radio or TV.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/guide-free-media-publicity
Posted on: 2016/11/22 - 8:25am
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The Shofar and the Tears of Our Mothers
(from God Loves the Stranger)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/shofar-and-tears-our-mothers
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:14pm
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God Loves the Stranger: Introduction
God Loves the Stranger
—Deuteronomy 10:18
When I take these words deeply into my being, my flesh and blood, there is enormous relief. I am no longer struggling to protect the limited ideas I have about who I am. I am no longer projecting endlessly limited ideas of who you are. I am free. No one is a stranger. Everyone including my so-called enemies is an infinitely complex and precious creature. My labels, categories, and strategies to protect myself from them are paltry in comparison with their sacred mystery.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/god-loves-stranger-introduction
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:09pm
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Yom Kippur at Lincoln Memorial
(from God Loves the Stranger)
Today is a day of repentance, renewal, and solidarity.
Repentance in Hebrew is T’shuvah, which means turning and returning—making an about-face.
It is a most treasured human gift.
One who turns around and heads in the right direction Is respected and appreciated.
Indeed, when we say that we are lost, it is often the beginning of the journey home.
The Source of Life, the Divine Beloved, calls us to return, calls us to T’shuvah, again and again.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/yom-kippur-lincoln-memorial
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:46pm
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Herring and Havdalah
(from God Loves the Stranger)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/herring-and-havdalah
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 4:22pm
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Communal Mishlo'ach Manot
“And therefore the Jews make the 14th of the month of Adar: a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending choice portions to one another.” (Esther 9:19)
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/communal-mishloach-manot
Posted on: 2017/04/21 - 12:16pm
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Oneg Shabbat Lesson
This lesson, for use with Siddur Kol Ha’Noar, helps acquaint children and adults with the idea and practice of Shabbat.
Posted on: 2016/04/21 - 1:50pm
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Plenum
What Is the Plenum?
The plenum of the Reconstructionist movement is a group of representatives from each affiliated congregation and havurah who discuss and share the issues of the day, both internal movement discussions and thoughts on the movement’s relationship to the world. In order to foster that kind of discussion, the goal is to create a stable group, where representatives stay engaged with the plenum for a couple of years or more.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/plenum-purpose-and-membership
Posted on: 2016/12/07 - 2:47pm
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Where Prayer Meets Justice
In September, 2011, T’ruah, the organization I lead, brought seventeen rabbis to Immokalee, FL to visit workers in the tomato fields, not long ago considered ground zero for modern-day slavery in the United States. For two days, we sat with members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, farmworkers who have organized themselves into one of the most effective workers’ groups in the country.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/where-prayer-meets-justice
Posted on: 2016/05/05 - 11:59am
