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Tzedakah and the Jewish Holidays
(With thanks to the Shefa Fund - whose successor organization, Jewish Funds for Justice, has become part of Bend The Arc - for the idea for this piece.)
For centuries, giving to tzedakah has been a traditional way to mark Jewish holidays. But all holidays are not created equal. In this resource, we offer connections between the theme of each holiday or season, and some possible giving opportunities that correspond with it.
Rosh Hashanah
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/tzedakah-and-jewish-holidays-giving-social-change
Posted on: 2016/04/20 - 2:27pm
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Perhaps You Belong in a Reconstructionist Community
“To be a Jew means first belonging to the group…” - Mordecai Kaplan
Thriving within a Jewish framework
“I like belonging to a Reconstructionist synagogue, because it means I’m a member of a warm and supportive community. I felt comfortable getting involved right from the beginning. I know that what I say and do makes a difference.”
- Member, Congregation Beth Israel, Media, Pennsylvaniahttps://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/perhaps-you-belong-reconstructionist-community
Posted on: 2017/03/29 - 6:07pm
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What Are You Asking For?
(A guided meditation on Psalm 27, from God Loves the Stranger: Stories, Poems, Prayers)
One thing I ask of Adonai, only that do I seek.
Imagine if you could ask one thing of Adonai.
Imagine if reality, life, all the power and resources in existence could grant you one thing and one thing alone.
(Pause) Take a few deep belly breaths.
For this moment let your thoughts float freely.
What would it be?
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/article/what-are-you-asking-meditation-psalm-27
Posted on: 2017/08/17 - 5:15pm
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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
